Breakwater Resources Limited - conviction information for 2020-10-19
| Corporation name: | Breakwater Resources Limited |
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| Address: | 550 Burrard Street |
| City: | Vancouver |
| Province/territory: | British Columbia |
| Postal code: | V6C 0A3 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sector or industry: | 212 - Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) |
| Location of offense: | Route 100, Km 42, Lebel-sur-Quévillon, Quebec |
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| Case summary: | On February 28, 2018, a 500-litre spill of flocculent into a drain connected to the tailings site at the Langlois mine resulted in the discharge of an acutely lethal effluent into the Wedding River. |
| Charges: |
1 Count: 36(3) of the Fisheries Act
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| Enforcement notification: | A Quebec mining company is fined $350,000 for a violation of the Fisheries Act |
| Result: | Guilty Plea |
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| Date of conviction: | 2020-10-19 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
| Nature of offense(s): |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Pollution Prevention provisions (subsection 36(3)) of the Fisheries Act |
| Date of sentencing: |
2020-10-19 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Val-d'Or, Quebec |
| Sentence(s): |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $350,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On October 19, 2020, before the Court of Quebec, Breakwater Resources Ltd. pleaded guilty to contravening subsection 36(3) of the Fisheries Act.
The company was fined $350,00, which will be directed to the Government of Canada`s Environmental Damages Fund. |