Promises, Promises …

Douglas Watt is retired after more than forty-five years working in the mining industry, and has lived on the shores of Quesnel Lake in Likely for over twenty-five years. Doug has a diploma from the BC Institute of Technology in chemical and metallurgy technology (extractive metallurgy). His career experience includes mineral processing research, mill operations supervision, senior metallurgist, and environmental
superintendent and consultant, extending from South Korea to British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. Watt has been an active participant in monitoring the Mount Polley Mine prior to the 2014
disaster, and as a local stakeholder, has contributed numerous comments and presentations to mine and provincial regulators during the frequent permit amendment applications processed in the past ten years.