Latest Indigenous News – Nunavut mine to release 1.5 years’ worth of old water into Meliadine Lake

Fri, 22 May 2020 06:00:00 EDT

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. got an emergency amendment to its water licence to release a year and a half’s worth of melted snow and rain water into Meliadine Lake. The water has collected in a catchment pond at the mine outside of Rankin Inlet.

Originally posted on https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-mine-agnico-eagle-water-emergency-1.5579604?cmp=rss