The lake is at the headwaters of the Skeena River, which produces the second-largest number of sockeye salmon in B.C.
"This is a part of the province that has a genetically unique species of salmon that could be put at risk," said Environment Minister Terry Lake.
Lake said there were many factors about the proposal that took him and Mines Minister Rich Coleman out of their comfort zone, including a five-square-kilometre liner of the mine's tailings pond.
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