The Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg in a file photo. The Canadian Press/John Woods
Manitoba’s environment minister has dismissed appeals against the decision to grant a a new environmental licence to a Chinese-owned mining project near a lake in eastern Manitoba, after the provincial cabinet issued an order granting him the authority to do so.
Manitoba’s NDP cabinet issued an order in council on July 16, giving Environment Minister Mike Moyes the authority to dismiss appeals against an environmental licence granted to Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada Ltd.—also known as TANCO—to expand operations through a new tailings reprocessing facility. Such facilities are designed to store and manage waste materials produced during mining operations.
