Editor:
It was interesting to see how Pan Pacific Aggregates (PPA) supporters from another country could swing a majority of votes in favor of PPA on your poll (Coast Reporter, Oct. 5) when there was not one person in favor of the mine out of nearly 100 attendees at the meeting on Sept. 17 at the Sechelt Seniors Center.
I also found it interesting that Mr. Pow stated categorically at that meeting that there was no silica at the site. One of the minerals that would be mined on the site according to PPA's original statement is wollastonite. Direct copy: "Wollastonite is a calcium inosilicate mineral (CaSiO3) that may contain small amounts of iron, magnesium, and manganese substituting for calcium. It is usually white. It forms when impure limestone or dolostone is subjected to high temperature and pressure sometimes in the presence of silica-bearing fluids as in skarns or contact metamorphic rocks."
Robert J. Milton
Sechelt
