Province approves underground expansion at Northwest B.C.’s Red Chris mine

B.C. has approved a major expansion for Northwest B.C.’s Red Chris Mine, allowing the open-pit mine to be extended underground and prolonging operations to at least 2038.
The approval is the second assessment undertaken through an agreement with the Thaltan Nation.
Red Chris is a copper and gold mine 18 kilometres southwest of Iskut owned by the Newmont Corporation, and is on both federal and provincial priority project lists.
The province expects the expansion to add 1,800 jobs during pea