Editor:
I am writing as a proponent for the Ajax copper and gold mine south of Aberdeen should the environmental assessment meet with approval.
I shall remain a proponent for Ajax if the assessment declares the mine safe to proceed.
After all, why would anyone put the cart before the horse?
Even common sense says you wouldn’t put together a thousand-piece puzzle without first knowing you had all the pieces.
We don’t have them regarding the proposed mine.
Not even mine proponent KGHM Ajax has been told anything regarding approval.
I welcome any new business seeking to invest in Kamloops and add to our economy.
Who wouldn’t?
As far as I can tell, KGHM Ajax has been playing by all of the province’s environmental rules and will await a decision once it submits its application later this year.
Obviously it’s a thorough process, which even those opposed must certainly have now come to appreciate.
The environmental-assessment process has not been fast-tracked.
KGHM Ajax continues to play by our environmental rules, but did anyone notice that, when the company bought Sugarloaf Ranch, it was a good corporate citizen to Kamloops and kept everyone at the ranch fully employed?
The company respected our local cultural heritage, cattle and ranching.
If these things are indicators of good will to come, then I remain a proponent for the proposed Ajax mine to re-open in Kamloops, subject to the ongoing and lengthy environmental assessment.
Les Evens
Kamloops
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