After rejection of the original 'Prosperity' Mine proposal by Taseko Mines in November of 2010 - a newly submitted 'New Prosperity' mine proposal will be considered by a 3 member Federal Review Panel which starts its' work today in Williams Lake at 1pm in the Gibraltar Room
Prior to this - both supporters for 'New Prosperity' and those against 'New Prosperity' will each hold its' own rally from 11am - 1pm before attending the 1pm Panel Hearing. TNG in Boitanio Park and the WL Chamber of Commerce from 11am - 1pm in the back parking lot at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex (525 Proctor St in Williams Lake)
The General Hearings go from today until Thursday, then the topic specific hearings start on July 26/27, resume on July 29-31 and August 1st. The local community hearings start August 6-8 in Nemiah Valley (or Xeni Gwet'in), have a site visit at Fish Lake on August 9th, then move to Alexis Creek on August 12th, then off to Tl’etinqox (Anaham Band) on August 16/17 and then off to Dog Creek on Aug 19th, Alkali Lake on August 20th and a site visit to Little Dog Creek on August 21st. Visits to Toosey and Stone Bands along with Alexandria are planned but no dates are provided at this time
The speaking list for those registered today at Day 1 of the General Session are:
1 - 5pm:
a) Welcoming remarks by Williams Lake Mayor Kerry Cook
b) Grand Chief Stewart Phillip - BC Union of Indian Chiefs
c) Taseko Mines Ltd
d) Phillip Hochstein - Ind. Contractors & Business Association of BC
e) Gavin Dirom - Association for Mineral Exploration BC
f) Lorne Doerksen
g) Patricia Spencer - Friends of Fish Lake
Dinner break from 5-7pm
7-9pm:
a) Daryl Anderson
b) Craig Benjamin - Amnesty International
c) Taseko Mines responds to information presentation earlier this day
Closing Remarks by the Panel Chair
Short Closing Ceremony
Adjournment
Unlike in 2010 - where there was no video coverage permitted - the Panel has ruled that video taping will be allowed if requested beforehand and approved by the Panel. I expect that the Williams Lake Tribune and Welcome to Williams Lake may have already applied for this privilege so watch their websites for video coverage on top of the usual print and website coverage by all of the local media
You can find all of the documentation before the Panel here
Finally - in a related matter - you can read about last Friday's "Fish Lake Alliance" fundraiser here
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