Code Review Committee

The Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia (the Code) provides the detailed regulations for all aspects of mining and mineral exploration in B.C.

About the Code Review Committee

The Minister appointed a standing Code Review Committee (the Committee) in 2019. The Committee has equal representation from Indigenous communities, labour and industry.  

The Committee recommends revisions to the Code that:

• improve worker health and safety
• protect the public and the environment
• support the safe introduction of new technology

Committee Membership

Chair: Jorge Freitas - Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals

Indigenous representatives:​

• Charlie Allison
• Kiana Blackwood
• Tamlyn Botel
• Peter Stone

Industry representatives:

• Kim Bittman
• David Rogalsky
• Don Sander
• Wilfred Visser

Labour representatives:

• Brian Getson
• Ed Kent
• Dean Lott
• Kent MacPherson

Ongoing work

The Committee establishes sub-committees and task groups as needed to review priority topics. Sub-committees and task groups conduct the technical reviews and make recommendations for Code revisions to the Committee.

Task groups meet over a short time frame and focus on a single specific topic in the Code, while sub-committees meet over a longer time frame and may review multiple topics over time.