GN, Inuit association ask for 2nd chance for Kitikmeot gold mine – CBC

Sep 01, 2016

Review board recommended in June Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.’s Back River Gold Mine project not proceed

The Government of Nunavut and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association are joining a chorus of voices asking the minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs to send a gold mining proposal back to the Nunavut Impact Review Board for further review after the board suggested the project not proceed.

In June, the board recommended Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.’s Back River gold mine not proceed to the licensing stage over concerns about climate change and potential impacts to the Bathurst caribou herd.

The N.W.T. government estimates the herd has declined 50 per cent since 2012.