Barrick Gold has been hit with a fine of $114,750 for exceeding the amount of cobalt in the effluent from its decommissioned Nickel Plate gold mine outside Hedley, B.C. The administrative penalty ...

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was penalized for repeatedly sending mine waste into a tributary. Cobalt levels were found to be up to 7,000% above permit limits. Nalidsa Sukprasert/iStock/Getty Images Plus A mining company ...

Provincial inspectors found mine effluent contained average cobalt concentrations 1,155 per cent above regulatory limits, at one point, spiking to 7,011 per cent above the mine’s permit limit ...

Barrick Gold has been hit with a fine of $114,750 for exceeding the amount of cobalt in the effluent from its decommissioned Nickel Plate gold mine outside Hedley, B.C. The administrative penalty is ...