Environment
Community Update December 2024
December 16, 2024
Mount Polley has had a productive six months, including progressing on mining operations, supporting local community events, building relationships with First Nations, and advancing environmental stewardship. Read our latest issu… Read more »
Imperial Metals Official Statement – Fisheries Act Charges
December 14, 2024
Remediated Hazeltine Creek, September 2023
Today, Imperial Metals Corporation has issued a statement regarding the Fisheries Act Charges against the company and Mount Polley Mining Corporation related to the 2014 tailings storage fa… Read more »
New Report Quantifies Success of Mount Polley’s Environmental Remediation
October 30, 2024
A newly released report, authored by a team of independent environmental consultants from WSP Canada, and Mount Polley Mine’s own Environmental Coordinator, confirms that the remediation efforts at Mount Polley Mine have succe… Read more »
Mount Polley Mine: A Decade of Environmental Restoration and Progress
August 27, 2024
Written by C.D. (‘Lyn) Anglin, Anglin & Associates, North Vancouver BC, and member of the Board of Directors, Imperial Metals.
Ten years ago, the Mount Polley Mine experienced a significant environmental event when its tailings dam… Read more »
WLFN Elders Tour Remediated Sites at Mount Polley mine
July 21, 2024
In June, Mount Polley hosted a site tour for the Elders from the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN). This visit showcased the collaborative efforts between Mount Polley and its consultants, Williams Lake First Nation, Xatśūll First Natio… Read more »
Community Update July 2024
July 18, 2024
Check out our Mount Polley Community Update!
We’re excited to share the newest developments at Mount Polley Mine, includes recent activities, ongoing projects, and community events. Stay informed and engaged with our progress and init… Read more »
Mount Polley Honoured with Jake McDonald Annual Reclamation Award
October 16, 2023
🌿 Celebrating Excellence in Reclamation: Mount Polley Mining Corporation and Habitat Remediation Working Group Honoured with Jake McDonald Annual Reclamation Award 🌿
Imperial Metals is pleased to share that on September 20, 2023, Mou… Read more »
Community Update Q3 2022
February 13, 2023
Salmon Watch
For the second year in a row, significant numbers of adult Sockeye Salmon have been observed using the reconstructed habitat in the lower reaches of Hazeltine and Edney Creeks. Peak observations were made in mid September wit… Read more »
September Sockeye Salmon Run
December 16, 2022
This season we witnessed a great Salmon Run in Hazeltine Creek. Mount Polley’s environmental team along with the support of our environmental consultants at Minnow Environmental have continued to monitor use of the constructed creek ha… Read more »
Trout Spawning Activity in Hazeltine Creek at its Highest since 2019
August 3, 2022
Mount Polley is pleased to report there has been an increase in the number of adult rainbow trout and in spawning activity in Hazeltine Creek.
Mount Polley completed a series of annual surveys to count individual adult rainbow trout using t… Read more »
Two Recent Scientific Papers Confirm Mount Polley’s Previously Reported Findings
June 13, 2022
Mount Polley Mining Corporation is Pleased that Two Recent Scientific Papers Confirm Mount Polley’s Previously Reported Findings.
Two recently published reports (Granger et al., 2022 and Pyle et al., 2022) provide third party confirm… Read more »
Hazeltine Creek Remediation Wildlife Monitoring Plan Update
October 13, 2021
A Wildlife Monitoring Plan has been implemented in the Hazeltine Creek corridor, utilizing wildlife cameras to build an inventory of animals that are using the corridor to support local wildlife studies.
Environmental monitoring prog… Read more »
Over 100 sockeye salmon adults return to spawn in Hazeltine Creek
October 5, 2021
After seven years of remediation work in Hazeltine Creek in response to the 2014 tailings dam breach, the salmon have returned to the creek to spawn. In stream work was completed in late August this year, just in time for the sockeye migratio… Read more »
![Abundant Rainbow Trout observed upstream of fish fences, looking to transit into Hazeltine Creek from Polley Lake to spawn. [May 2017]](https://www.mountpolley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/rainbow-trout-polley-lake-900x600.jpg)
Fish populations thriving at Mount Polley
August 11, 2021
Habitat modelling reveals four times more juvenile fish are expected in Hazeltine Creek post-remediation efforts
Mount Polley Mining Corporation is pleased to report that fish populations are thriving at Mount Polley. Further… Read more »
A letter from the Mount Polley Team
March 3, 2021
Happy Holidays – we hope that everyone enjoyed a joyous holiday season and wish you all the best for 2021.
A Covid-19 update – Mount Polley employees continue to take additional precautions to minimize the risks of COVID19 tra… Read more »
Mount Polley Environmental Monitoring
October 22, 2020
Environmental monitoring programs and closure research projects at Mount
Polley mine site continue as planned. Remediation
construction at the lower Hazeltine Creek and Edney Creek began this summer.
Mount Polley staff, with assista… Read more »
September site tour with the Habitat Remediation Working Group
October 14, 2020
The remediation of Hazeltine Creek has been planned and advanced through the direct collaboration of Mount Polley mine employees, government agencies, First Nations and their technical advisors. This collective is called the Habitat… Read more »
Remediation continues at Mount Polley Mine site
October 14, 2020
Please check out this write-up by the Soda Creek First Nations on the remediation work being done at Mount Polley and the tour completed by South Creek Indian Band (SCIB).
Remediation continues at Mt Polley Mine site (PDF)… Read more »
Experts recommend leaving tailings in Quesnel Lake
September 17, 2020
Lately we have received questions about the water quality at Quesnel Lake, so here are a few Q&A’s which address this subject.
First, what it means to conduct remediation?
According to the BC Environmental Management Act, “remediati… Read more »
Briefing Note on Hamilton et al 2020 paper
September 9, 2020
The following provides some comments from Mount Polley Mining Corporation (MPMC) on the Hamilton paper (Hamilton, et al. 2020)[1] regarding Quesnel Lake in relation to the TSF Breach at Mount Polley. The note is divided into general comm… Read more »
![Collecting spawning Rainbow Trout from Hazeltine Creek. This was a challenge as the new fish habitat was vast and the fish had lots of places to hide! [May 2018]](https://www.mountpolley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/collecting-spawning-rainbow-trout-900x600.jpg)
Mount Polley built and managed an on-site fish hatchery in 2018
August 21, 2020
After the spill, a population monitoring program on Polley Lake indicated there had probably been a reduction in the age class of the population of Rainbow Trout (as upper Hazeltine Creek was the main spawning area for these trout). There w… Read more »
Rainbow trout return to Hazeltine Creek
August 21, 2020
In 2018 a milestone was celebrated by the Mount Polley Environmental Team (MPET) when the efforts of the remediation work rebuilding Hazeltine Creek witnessed the return of Rainbow Trout, Redside Shiners and Long Nose Suckers to the rebu… Read more »
Mount Polley Remediation Leader Named CIM Distinguished Lecturer
July 9, 2020
Imperial congratulations to Dr. ‘Lyn Anglin on being named a
recipient of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum’s (CIM)
Distinguished Lecturer award. The CIM Awards
honour the mining industry’s “finest for… Read more »
Mount Polley water quality is evidence of remediation
May 25, 2020
Mount Polley takes water quality very seriously. Extensive monitoring is evidencing the effectiveness of the remediation and site water management programs undertaken by Mount Polley.
How is water quality monitored in Polley and Ques… Read more »