Reclamation Research at a Mine Site in North Coastal British Columbia – a Five-year Progress Report

Reclamation and field scale rehabilitation at Kitsault is in the initial stages only, but useful insights have been obtained. With the mine closure, the absence of operating personnel has limited the scale of the enquiry already begun, but the absence of human pressures has permitted the natural colonization of much bare ground. Under the extreme conditions of the waste dumps the practicality of establishing a plant cover on level waste rock deposits has been demonstrated. It remains to be shown that equal success can be obtained on the steep slopes of these dumps.