Friday, December 2, 2011

Socio-Economic Impact Study Underway


Oskisko Mining has started looking at the impacts its proposed open-pit gold mine near Atikokan might have on existing services in the district.

The company projects up to two-thousand employees in the construction phase and five hundred in the mill.

Mark Bowler, a senior advisory, says a socio-economic impact study will identify potential challenges.

Bowler says having enough trained staff might be one of the early challenges.