As a legal challenge over the proposed Record Ridge magnesium mine near Rossland plays out in B.C. Supreme Court, the company behind the project says it remains committed to building a Canadian critical minerals industry, but will export ore to the United States in the interim.

Ore extracted from the proposed Record Ridge magnesium mine will be shipped to a processing facility in the United States, Calgary-based West High Yield Resources confirmed in a written response to the Trail Times.

The company described this arrangement as a transitional step while it prepares for downstream development in Canada.

“The project’s immediate focus is to begin small-scale mining under strict environmental controls and generate early cash flow,” wrote company president and CEO Frank Marasco.

He said

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