- Taseko Mines (TGB -0.6%) believes Canada's government acted unlawfully in rejecting its New Prosperity copper project in British Columbia, so it is suing the Ottawa government for damages and to find out what happened.
- TGB appears in a federal court in Vancouver today to argue that its two judicial review applications to Ottawa should be combined into one civil suit seeking damages, in a move that appears to be unprecedented and is fiercely opposed by the government.
- TGB says it has evidence of actual malfeasance by federal officials, including secret meetings with opponents of the $1.5B project that could have swung Ottawa’s decision.
- If TGB’s request for a civil suit is granted, the miner would have a greater ability to force disclosure of the documents, in addition to the potential damages.