Seabridge said the new petitioners are challenging the “substantially started determination” (SSD) of the project as public interest advocates rather than as private litigants who claim rights or property interests in the KSM project area.
The SSD is a provincial designation relating to environmental approval deadlines. This is the third legal claim brought by SEITC against the KSM project; the two previous proceedings were brought to challenge KSM’s 2014 environmental approval.
“We have had a week to consider the previous petition,” Seabridge chair and CEO Rudi Fronk said in a release. “We are very confident there is ample evidence that the determination was reasonable and appropriate. Since our subsidiary is included as a respondent to the new petition, we are a party to the proceedings and will aggressively defend against both petitions.”
Seabridge has asked that the new petition be combined…
