Gitxsan chiefs protect Amazay Lake

Gitxsan hereditary chiefs perform an Eagle down ceremony on their traditional territory at Amazay Lake in nortwest BC in late August. Northgate Minerals wants to kill the 6-kilometre long, pristine mountain lake by using it as toxic tailings pond for 750,000 tonnes of acid producing waste rock from a proposed nearby open pit copper/gold mine. A joint Canada-BC review panel that heard arguments from the Gitxsan and Northgate in May will release its decision by mid-September about whether to allow the lake to turned into a toxic soup.

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