Cambior has received the Health of the Land Award from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (USBLM) for its reclamation work at the past-producing Valdez Creek placer gold deposit in Alaska.
The alluvial deposit, situated 250 km northeast of Anchorage, was operated from 1987 to 1995 by subsidiary Cambior Alaska, during which time it produced 386,000 oz. gold.
Since the operation closed, Cambior has spent US$2 million on reclamation work at the 240-ha site, including infilling, landscaping, reseeding the waste dump, flooding the open pit to create a lake, and recontouring a creek bed to follow its original course. The site has become a wildlife habitat and has the potential for use as public lands.
The USBLM award, which recognizes attempts made by former operators to restore land to its natural state, cited the company’s “careful attention to minimizing the potential for future erosional degradation, while providing an excellent growth medium for rapid re-colonization of local plant species.” This is the second award Cambior has won in recognition of its work in Alaska. Previously, it received the Governor’s Award for Reclamation.
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