Stephanie Little

Person

Last mentioned: Mar 13, 2026

Timeline

  1. Compliance Failures

    122 instances of failed environmental sampling and monitoring occur.

  2. Penalty Issued

    B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks imposes $23,305 in fines.

  3. Extraction Begins

    Fertoz starts extracting 8,000-tonne bulk sample at Sparwood mine.

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Fertoz Fined $23K Over 122 Environmental Monitoring Failures at B.C. Mine

Fertoz International Organic Inc. has been penalized $23,305 by British Columbia regulators for 122 breaches of environmental monitoring requirements at its Sparwood phosphate mine. The failures created a critical data gap, preventing the province from verifying if heavy metals or nutrients contaminated local groundwater between 2021 and 2025.

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