Anishinaabe Nation opposes the Novador project on its ancestral territory – CityNews Montreal

May 26, 2026

Members of the Anishinaabe nation of Lac-Simon demanded and obtained, on Monday, the cessation of work at an open-pit mine in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

Members of the community went to the Novador project site, near Val-d’Or, to deliver a notice to the workers on site to cease all activities.

In this letter, the First Nation chief, Lucien Wabanonik, argues that the Fresnillo company’s work is taking place without the community’s consent, even though it “has expressed its clear and unequivocal opposition to this project.”

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