Study Shows Many BC Mining Projects Fail to Materialize or Underperform

environment · 2025 · British Columbia

A study by Simon Fraser University found that of 27 BC mining projects granted environmental assessment certificates since 1995 and projected to open by 2022, 20 failed to open and those that did underperformed economically compared to forecasts.

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• “Simon Fraser University associate professor Rosemary Collard... showed that 20 failed to do so. In fact, regulation was a factor in only three of the projects. The mines that did become operational... under performed economically compared to what their forecast said in their environmental assessment.” — The Islands Grapevine – May 15th, 2025 (May 15th, 2025)

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