public traded as tsx iii industry metals and mining founded 1959 imperial metals and power ltd headquarters vancouver canada key people j. brian kynoch president and director products gold copper zinc lead molybdenum revenue c 187.8 million 2013 1 5.8 % net income c 41.0 million 2013 1 25.7 % website www.imperialmetals.com imperial metals corporation known as imi imperial metals inc until 2002 is a canadian metals and mining company . engaging in the acquisition exploration development mining and production of base and precious metals in north america the majority of its holdings and operations are in british columbia . contents 1 operations 1.1 mount polley mine 1.2 red chris project 2 references operations edit imperial has two operating mines in british columbia one in southern nevada and two exploration stage projects also in british columbia currently under development . mount polley mine edit the mount polley mine located 100 km northeast of williams lake british columbia is an open pit copper gold mine that started operation in 1997 . exploration on the property continues concurrent to mining operations with the expected lifetime of the mine expiring in 2025 . 2 in august 2014 the mount polley mine was the site of the mount polley mine disaster . since the 2014 disaster the mining company has faced substantial protests mounted by local ingenious activist kanahus manuel and other members of the secwepemc nation . 3 red chris project edit map of the red chris mine property the red chris project is an under construction open pit copper gold mine with a targeted commissioning date for late 2014 . 4 the mine property is located outside of the community of iskut with the klappan river flowing through the property less than 20 km from its confluence with the stikine river . the mine s proximity to the sacred headwaters and the transboundary nature of environmental management in this region has raised concerns across the border on the alaskan panhandle . on february 1 2015 the globe and mail reported that commercial fisherman native organizations and the mayors of sitka and petersburg have released a joint statement requesting an equal seat at the table with canada in discussions about how and if watersheds shared by both countries are developed . 5 references edit a b imperial metals company profile iii bloomberg . 2015 02 03 . imperial metals mount polley web overview . 2015 02 03 . kresnyak danny april 29 2015 . first nation group launches protest to halt re opening of mount polley mine . vancouver observer . retrieved july 15 2016 . imperial metals red chris web overview . 2015 02 03 . hume mark . mount polley spill taints alaska b.c. mine relations . the globe and mail . february 1 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title imperial metals corp & oldid 729990426 categories companies listed on the toronto stock exchangemining companies of canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 july 2016 at 00 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view