The federal environment ministry has greenlit a proposed $1.8 billion mining project in Central B.C. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change announced its approval of the proposed Blackwater Gold project "following a thorough and science-based environmental assessment process." Investment decision not yet made on 1.8B mineBut environmental approval from B.C. And Blackwater Gold, owned by New Gold, said an investment decision hasn't yet been made. But Blackwater Gold stands by its mining project.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2019 15:11 UTC