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Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. Announces Conclusions of the Canadian
Environmental Assessment Agency
Vancouver BC, December 19, 2012: The Company would like to provide some
information on the conclusions of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
on the Morrison project.
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (“CEAA”) and the British Columbia
Environmental Assessment Office (“EAO”) coordinate the federal and provincial
Environmental Assessments under the Canada-British Columbia Agreement for
Environmental Assessment Cooperation.
The EAO Environmental Assessment concluded that there are no significant adverse
environmental effects. This was supported by an EAO commissioned independent 3rd
Party review. The Executive Director of the EAO also concluded that the proposed
Project does not have the potential for significant adverse effects. In
addition, the Executive Directors’ report stated that the EAO determined that
there would be no significant residual adverse effects from the proposed Project
on water quality and fisheries resources.
The Executive Director’s report also stated the position of the Federal
Agencies. It summarized that “CEAA considers that the issues examined by its
agencies have been addressed through project design, mitigation measures and
other commitments agreed to by the Proponent. CEAA has produced a draft
Comprehensive Study Report that concludes that the proposed Project is not
likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.”
The CEAA draft Comprehensive Study Report, September 2012, concluded that: “The
environmental effects of the Project have been determined using assessment
methods and analytical tools that reflect the current best practices of impact
assessment practitioners. As a result of incremental changes to the project
design and additional mitigation measures and commitments applied to the Project
throughout the comprehensive study process, the Agency concludes that the
proposed project can be constructed, operated, maintained, and decommissioned
without significant adverse effects, including consideration of cumulative
effects. No significant adverse biological, physical, or human health effects
are predicted. Any residual effects are predicted to be of low magnitude,
moderate duration, localized in geographic extent, and reversible over the long
term following decommissioning. Taking into account the above, including
proposed mitigation measures and proponent commitments; the Agency concludes
that the Project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental
effects.”
The Company wishes to emphasize that PBM is strongly committed to continue to
work towards bringing the proposed Morrison Copper/Gold Project to commercial
production.
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by email to info@pacificbooker.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
“Erik Tornquist”
Erik Tornquist, Director
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