From the Thursday, February 28, 2008 online edition of The Globe and Mail . . .

A metallurgical coal mine project proposed for the upper reaches of the Flathead River in southeastern B.C. is going full speed ahead despite widespread opposition across the border in Montana.

“We are actively working to get that done as quickly as we can,” said Ken Bates, chief executive officer of Sudbury-based Cline Mining Corp.. “We are hell-bent to get it done and are pushing the government to get it done. I’m sorry they are taking so long.”

Cline’s determination to push forward comes as another company, BP Canada Energy Co., has deferred indefinitely the portion of its $3-billion coal bed methane project that lies in the Flathead River drainage.

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