Lincoln Gold Mining (LGM) is determined to go ahead with its project in the MRC du Maskinongé despite local resistance and promises to “minimize any potential impact on ecosystems”.
In an email sent to Dutythe company’s president, Paul Saxton, pledges “to consider all concerns” and to give “priority” to the protection of the environment in “all its operations”.
Tuesday, The duty revealed that the British Columbia-based mining exploration project was facing growing opposition in Saint-Élie de Caxton, Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc and Saint-Boniface.
Opponents of the project are preparing in particular to send hundreds of formal notices to the mining company so that it gives up its aims.
A “passive” method of exploration
The mining company, which has got its hands on at least 82 exploration titles (“claims”), covets the nickel, cobalt and copper that would be found in the subsoil of the region, minerals used in particular in the manufacture of batteries for electric cars.
Mr. Saxton says he is ready to move forward with the exploration phase of the project, which involves conducting “a geophysical study” at “very low frequency”. It is, he writes, a “passive” method of identifying the presence of metals by detecting interference.
“Our geologists also plan to take small rock samples [de la taille d’un poing] and to carry out a geological mapping of the area,” he said.
The mining company intends to contact the owners of the areas where the tests will be carried out individually, also mentions the president of LGM.
“We would like to assure you that if the people and communities opposing the project are in the immediate study area, we will accommodate them by avoiding disturbance of the lands, while recognizing our right to explore. »