VANCOUVER – The Tsilhoquo’in (sill-ko-teen) First Nation has been granted an injunction preventing Taseko Mines (TSX:TKO) from conducting exploration work around its proposed gold and copper mine in B.C.’s central Interior.
In the same court hearing, Taseko failed in its bid for an injunction forcing the First Nation to stop blocking the mine company’s access to the site outside of Williams Lake.
B.C. Supreme Court Christopher Grauer has ruled the natives weren’t properly consulted on two permits granted to Taseko by the provincial government.
Grauer says the First Nation will suffer greater harm than Taseko if it carries on its work for the proposed New Prosperity mine.
The injunction will be in force until the First Nation can launch a judicial review over the provincial government permits.
Taseko lawyers told the judge that its workers needed to be on the land to prepare for the federal government’s environmental review for the massive project, which was initially rejected by the federal government over environmental concerns.
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