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Panel to release Mount Polley mine spill report Friday

The Mount Polley Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel will release its report Friday morning.

The Mount Polley Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel will release its report regarding the cause of the Aug. 4, 2014 Mount Polley tailings storage facility breach on Friday, Jan. 30.

After sharing the report with the Williams Lake and Soda Creek Indian Bands, and the Ministry of Energy and Mines, the panel will post the report on its website at 9:30 a.m., followed by a presentation at the legislature library in Victoria from 9:35 to 10:30 a.m.

Media in Williams Lake will have an opportunity to interview Independent panel member Dirk Van Zyl who will be at the Pioneer Complex on Friday beginning at 11:30 a.m.

A live broadcast of the presentation will also be available through http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2014/12/mt-polley-mine-incident.html.

Watch the Tribune's website for full coverage of the event.