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Judgment Upheld: Former CEO’s Appeal Dismissed Over Environmental Violations at Yellow Giant Mine

Details of the Verdict Former CEO Benjamin Mossman saw his appeal shattered by a British Columbia court, upholding the verdict that found him guilty of 13 environmental breaches. These infractions included the discharge of mine waste, failure to report environmental spills and dumping, and releasing substances in concentrations surpassing legally permitted levels. In a ruling that cast a dark echo across the industry, the court declared that Mossman was complicit—whether directly or indirectly—in the Yellow Giant mine’s repeated breaches regarding zinc levels. This reckless behavior led to the pollution of precious bodies of freshwater in the vicinity of the mining