KGHM speeds up Ajax mine scheme

KGHM Ajax Mining, part of the KGHM group has submitted its Application/Environmental Impact Statement to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency seeking environmental approvals for the Ajax Project, a proposed copper-gold open-pit mine, a company press release read. "This is an important milestone for the Ajax Project," said Marcin Mostowy, the CEO at KGHM Ajax, hoping that the application will meet the "high" standards expected of the project. The application will be screened for least 30 days. Once that review is completed, the application will proceed to formal review by the regulatory agencies, and will be publicly released, the company also informed. The project features constructing an open-pit mine located on the historic Ajax-Afton mine site, southwest of Kamloops.