10 - Friday, July 12, 1985 - North Shore News

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Council's
opposed to
zinc mining

ALEX BILLERMAN wants to open up an access
road to an old mining site in Lynn Headwater

region, but so far he has met with opposition
from both District and City councils.

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Billerman, president of
prospecting firm Onsun
Developments, wishing to
open the site up to mine for
zinc, gave a presentation to
North Vancouver District
Council June 24 and to
North Vancouver City
Council Monday night.

District unanimously
agreed Monday not to sup-
port Billerman's request for
an access road, four
kilometres of which comes
within District jurisdiction.

District Ald. Mary Segal
stated, ‘‘l think it is impor-
tant that council go on re-
cord as opposed in the
strongest possible terms.”"

City council’s . general
concern about the proposal
was there were no guarantees
that the mine would be prof-
itable, and if the mine did

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a $100,000 access road
would be a waste.

“We like to look before
we leap,’* City Ald. Rod
Clark said. ‘“‘You want to
desecrate a virgin valley for
a mine that would profit
you. If it doesn’t work out

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desecrated valley.’’

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Billerman said he’ would
take full responsibility for
refurbishing the land where
the road would be built,
after the mine closed down,
and his argument in favor of
the road is that it would give
picnickers access to the
GVRD park.

But District Mayor
Marilyn Baker said, ‘‘It’s
not the sort of place to take
the kids for a picnic.”

Billerman said there are
no guarantees that the site
will turn into a full-fledged
mine, but indications show
that it could be as profitable
as Britannia mine, providing
jobs for between 700 and
1,000 people.

He said a 1918 report of
the Lynn Headwater mine
estimated 700,000 tons of
zint, worth about $70 mil-
lion on today’s market.

Billerman said despite
depleted ore’markets, zinc is
still holding its own, worth
between 44 and 47 cents per
pound.

Billerman said he is plann-
ing a three-way deal between
claim owner Scope
Developments, an unnamed
interested mining company
and Onsun.

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