In a terse news release issued late Sept. 2, Compliance chairman Jim O’Rourke announced that Compliance president Stephen Elli had “resigned as an officer of the company to pursue another opportunity.” O’Rourke advised that Ellis would “continue on as an advisor and aid in an orderly transition until his successor is appointed.” There is no mention of the contentious letter or any indication of what direction the company might pursue in the Raven Coal project.
A blistering letter from the president of Compliance Coal Corporation to the provincial Environmental Assessment Office has led Tseshaht First Nation to reassert its demand that the proposed Raven Underground Coal Project be terminated.