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The Britannia copper and zince mine in British Columbia Canada, between Vancouver and Whistler, hosts of the 2010 Olympics, was ignored as a source of heavy met
by drjasonharrison 5y ago
The Britannia copper and zince mine in British Columbia Canada, between Vancouver and Whistler, hosts of the 2010 Olympics, was ignored as a source of heavy metals into the ocean.
A waste treatment plant, water capture and treatment, and deeper discharge into the ocean led to improved water quality and copper extraction.
https://mineclosure.gtk.fi/britannia-mine-british-columbia-canada/ https://mineclosure.gtk.fi/britannia-mine-british-columbia-c...
Someday we will process our landfill for their precious metals. Before that we should use insitu remediation to extract currently "unprofitable to extract" metals from closed mines.