Bankrupt mine company ordered to clean up acid

Canadian regulators have ordered Redcorp to clean up the acid leaking out of the old 1950s Tulsequah Chief mine.

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Redcorp Ventures Ltd. and subsidiary Redfern Resources was planning to clean up the acid leaking out of the old 1950s Tulsequah Chief mine as it redeveloped the site. But now that the company is insolvent and the project is halted, Canadian regulators have ordered Redcorp to clean up the acid.

Canadian federal regulators have known since 1990 that water samples from the old mine's drainage were "acutely toxic" to fish.

Vancouver-based Redfern installed a pilot water treatment plant, but acid is still flowing into the Tulsequah River. It's 45 miles northeast of Juneau and just upstream of the Taku River and its rich fisheries.

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