Posted: Jun. 29, 2024 8:51AMThe backers of a potential mining operation on Mount Sicker – north of Duncan – are warning the public, particularly hikers and bikers, of potential danger.
“Before we did this a few days ago you could’ve easily walked right over the edge, and it’s a 20 storeys drop,” said Peter Smith, CEO of Sasquatch Resources.It’s the most dangerous of a number of open or collapsed shafts documented by the company of the four former mines that operated on Mount Sicker in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The company is investigating whether it could mine the tailings or waste rock piles left by the former mines with the latest, and improved, mining techniques for gold, silver, copper and zinc.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.with another B.C.-based company that would sort the rock and clean the site if approvals are granted. A director of Sulphide Remediation Inc. sees a lot of upside for the environment.