KIVALLIQ INUIT ASSOCIATION (KIA) RAISES CONCERNS WITH AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD. EMERGENCY APPLICATION TO AMEND ITS WATER LICENSE AT MELIADINE.
RANKIN INLET, NU – April 15, 2020 – On March 24, 2020, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (Agnico Eagle) filed an emergency application with the Nunavut Water Board (NWB) requesting an amendment to the Meliadine Mine Water License 2AM-MEL1631. Agnico Eagle wants authorization to release saline water, with higher concentrations of dissolved substances than permitted in the current License, from a containment pond (CP1) into Meliadine Lake prior to the spring melt.