KSM

Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy wrote a letter to Representative Dan Ortiz (Alaska State legislature) addressing concerns raised by him in the recent Canadian Press article titled, ‘Lawmakers in Alaska and Washington state push B.C. on mining regulations’ about KSM Project’s tailings management facility.

In the letter, Brent also shared information about Seabridge Gold’s engagement with Alaskan regulators and communities, and current water quality conditions around the KSM Project along with Seabridge’s monitoring program.

Read the letter here

Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy wrote a letter to Matt Simmons, reporter at The Narwhal addressing inaccurate information about KSM Project’s Selenium Removal Technology and our engagement with Alaska during the Environmental Assessment process that was published in the article titled ‘These 12 B.C. mines pose risks to salmon, caribou, water: report’.

Read the letter here

Several misleading claims about the KSM Project were made in the recent report titled ‘Dirty Dozen 2021: B.C.’s top polluting and risky mines’ published by SkeenaWild Conservation Trust and the BC Mining Law Reform Network. Through this factsheet, we would like to share accurate facts about our KSM Project and highlight how we are advancing the Project using the best available technologies, robust sustainable practices and most importantly, collaborative relationships with our Indigenous partners and stakeholders.

Read the factsheet here

Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy also sent a letter to Adrienne Berchtold, co-author of the report addressing all the factual errors and inaccuracies mentioned in the report and demanded an immediate correction of incorrect information that was published. He also invited her to reach out to him to learn accurate facts about the KSM Project before publicly sharing information about the Project, to eliminate transmitting any further factual errors.

Read the letter here. 

During the House Fisheries Special Committee hearing on April 28, 2021, several issues related to British Columbia-Alaska transboundary mining and exploration were raised by select presenters, which were either misleading or inaccurate. Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy wrote letters to the House Fisheries Special Committee to share factual and pertinent information to address these inaccuracies.

In the letter, he also highlighted the legislative and regulatory changes that were made to BC mining laws since the Mount Polley incident, the importance of inviting mining and exploration companies operating in the transboundary region on any discussions around the transboundary water monitoring programs, water quality monitoring program Seabridge is conducting and the voluntary environmental remediation work Seabridge is conducting at the Johnny Mountain Mine.

Read the letter here

Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy wrote a letter to SkeenaWild and BC Mining Law Reform Network highlighting inaccurate information regarding the KSM Project published in the map/press release titled ‘New Map Shows Dozens Of Mine Pollution Threats In BC’.

In the map ‘BC Contaminated Mine Sites’ the KSM Project was identified as a mine site with acid rock drainage concerns. This is an inaccurate and highly misleading statement. KSM Project is not a mine, it is a potential mining project.

The report also failed to mention that Seabridge Gold has been collecting surface water quality monitoring data for the KSM Project in upper Mitchell Creek, upstream of the confluence with McTagg Creek, since 2007. The Mitchell Glacier is receding over time, which has exposed the Mitchell deposit. This exposure causes naturally occurring acid rock drainage due to oxidation of the sulphide mineralization within the bedrock. This acid rock drainage is not caused by the KSM Project. The naturally occurring acid rock drainage has already impacted the water quality of Mitchell Creek, Sulphurets Creek and the Unuk River, long before and irrespective of the proposed KSM Project. Water quality in these watersheds cannot therefore be characterized as pristine.

The letter also includes pictures to demonstrate the existing natural conditions around the KSM Project, factual information about KSM Project’s Water Treatment and Tailings Management Facility, Environmental Assessment, and the voluntary environmental remediation work at the Johnny Mountain Mine at our Iskut Project.

Read the letter here

Seabridge Gold owns the KSM Project, a proposed gold, copper, silver, and molybdenum mine, located 65 north of Stewart, BC. The KSM Project will employ approximately 1,800 people during its 5-year construction and approximately 1,040 jobs during its 52-year mine life. While construction has not yet started on the KSM Project, Seabridge Gold supports building a strong workforce in northwest BC and finds value in supporting residents to further education and training. As a result, Seabridge Gold is implemented a bursary program to support students from northwest British Columbia (BC) access education and training. 

If you are a resident of northwest BC (defined as west of Burns Lake north to the Yukon border), currently enrolled in studies, complete the following application for an opportunity to receive financial support towards your education. Applications will be reviewed and scored, based on the completion of the application and submission of the required documents. The winter application is applicable for students enrolled in studies for the winter semester (January -April 2021). 

Submission Deadline:   March 1, 2021 (Winter 2021 Bursary Program is now closed but please check back for our Fall 2021 Bursary).

Applications, essay, and additional attachments will only be accepted via scan and/or e-mail submitted to ksm_community@seabridgegold.com by March 1, 2021.

* For enquiries and additional questions contact Seabridge Gold at

(250) 847-4704, ksm_community@seabridgegold.com

Bursary Application Winter 2021

Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy wrote a letter to Emma Gilchrist, Editor-in-Chief and Executive Director of The Narwhal highlighting the misleading information about the KSM Project published in the article titled ‘B.C. voters support mining reforms that protect the environment, make polluter pay: poll’, written by Matt Simmons, Northwest B.C. Reporter.

In the article, Mr. Simmons quoted Nikki Skuce where she used Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project’s example to support her claim that B.C.’s mining laws support projects even if they are located near important watersheds. However, he failed to mention that the proposed KSM Project successfully completed a rigorous independent joint harmonized BC-CANADA Environmental Assessment over a seven-year period (2007-2104) as mandated by the BC Environmental Assessment Act and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (1992) respectively.

He also failed to mention the substantial public support Seabridge has gathered for the KSM Project by conducting hundreds of meetings with community members, regulators, Treaty and First Nations. Seabridge also voluntarily conducted over 130 meetings/interactions with Alaskan community members, regulators and Tribes during the EA process. As a result of these meetings and feedback from all participants, Seabridge made $300 million dollars in design changes to the project’s capital cost

Read the letter here

At Seabridge Gold, we believe in sharing regular updates about the company and its Projects with the communities.

Our 2020 newsletter that was sent to 13,000+ residents of Northwest BC features a message from Jay Layman, our Director, President and Chief Operating Officer, information about our achievements of the past year at our KSM and Iskut Projects, COVID-19 safety measures adopted at our sites, and how we are supporting local Northwest BC communities and helping residents pursue their educational endeavours through the KSM Project Bursary Program.

Read our 2020 annual newsletter here.

Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy, sent a letter to  Mary Kauffman, Editor of SitNews to clarify statements made in the recent news release published by SitNews titled ‘SEITC Responds to UN Special Rapporteur’s Report’ where referring to impacts of upstream dams, one of the recommendations from the report said ‘Canada should take proactive measures to prevent environmental harm and respect concerns of risk of harm including where host countries have put in place no-go-zones for resource extraction’. Mr. Frederick Olsen Jr was quoted responding to this recommendation, “Exactly! On their side of the border, they want the KSM mine which would be one of the world’s largest mines but a few miles away, on our side, we have Misty Fjords National Monument and plenty of sacred sites.”

The above statement by Mr. Olsen does not stand true for Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project. The KSM Project’s Tailings Management Facility is located in the upper reaches of the Bell Irving River Basin and drains into Canadian waters, not the Unuk River, or any other US waterway. To imply otherwise is simply incorrect.

Further, the proposed KSM Project successfully completed a rigorous independent joint harmonized BC-CANADA Environmental Assessment over a seven-year period (2007-2104), a regulatory review that also involved both US Federal and State representatives working alongside Provincial and Federal regulators. As we experienced, the BC EA process includes a five-pillar assessment and ensures that any potential environmental, economic, social, heritage and health effects that may occur during the lifetime of a major project, are thoroughly assessed.

Read the letter here.

Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy wrote a letter to Emma Gilchrist, Editor-in-Chief/Executive Director of The Narwhal highlighting the erroneous and misleading information about the KSM Project and the design of the tailings management facility published in the article titled ‘Six years after Mount Polley disaster, expert recommendations not fully implemented: report’ by Matt Simmons.

Read the letter here.