Gold mines in
N.W.T.: Lupin, Polaris, CanTung, Giant, Con, and numerous abandoned mines.
Effects
of metals on fish and benthos; water license issues.
Uranium mines: Echo Bay, Great Bear
Lake and an abandoned mine on Marten River. Effects of
metals on fish and benthos; concentrations of radionuclides in fish; effects of road development; water license issues.
Lead/Zinc Mines in N.W.T.: Pine Point, Great Slave Lake; Polaris,
Little Cornwallis Island; Baffin Bay, Baffin Island. Effects of
metals on fish and benthos; water license issues.
Molybdenum mine: Kitsault Mine, Alice Arm, B.C. Impact on
marine environment using research vessel-based benthic sampling, SCUBA
surveys and water column turbidity surveys. Special regulations
under the Fisheries Act.
Island Copper Mine (copper), Rupert Inlet (Quatsino Sound), B.C.
Impact on
marine environment using research vessel-based benthic sampling, SCUBA
surveys and water column turbidity surveys. Administration of Metal
Mines Liquid Effluent Regulations.
Wesfrob (iron/copper), Tasu Sound, Graham Island, B.C. Impact
on marine environment using benthic sampling, SCUBA surveys and water
column turbidity surveys. Administration of Metal Mines Liquid
Effluent Regulations.
Brittania Mine, Howe Sound, B.C. Impact on the marine environment
using traditional benthic sampling equipment and a manned
submersible. Administration of Metal Mines Liquid Effluent
Regulations.
Dr. Harding has a number of mine-related journal and technical
report publications.
From 2001 to 2007, SciWrite has assessed the effects of selenium
(a highly embryotoxic element often associated with coal mine
runoff) to river birds and marsh birds. The studies were conducted
at Line Creek, Elkview, Fording, Greenhills, and Coal Mountains
mines in the Elk Valley, British Columbia. See
Toxicology for more details.
