From the best of my knowledge, Northern Star has done everything necessary to protect the environment. Fortunately, environmental laws are more strict than in the past so the chances for mismanagment are less. I don't know of one instance where NSM was cited or fined by provincial or national environmental regulators. Here is a press release from 2006 which says NSM passed water quality standards for pumped water.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Oct 5, 2006 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Northern Star Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:NSM) announces that Environment Canada inspectors carried out a site visit to the Midway project, with the goal of sampling and analyzing the water pumped from the underground working and stored, prior to release, in the company's dewatering ponds.
The company is pleased to announce that the water tests have has met all Federal water quality standards for metal concentrations...
