11:51 AM EST - Taseko Mines Ltd. : said public hearings began Monday for Taseko’s proposed billion-dollar open pit gold and copper mine near Williams Lake, British Columbia. The New Prosperity project is being reviewed by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency for the second time after the federal government rejected it in 2010 amid concerns about draining Fish Lake, which local First Nations says has cultural significance, to create a tailings pond. Taseko Mines Ltd.
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