Vancouver – Northgate Minerals (NXG-T) is encouraged by the appointment of a joint environmental review panel by the British Columbia Ministry of Environment for its proposed copper-gold mine development at Kemess North and a compensation agreement regarding native trapping rights in the region.The Kemess porphryry copper-gold project is located some 430 km northwest of Prince George in the northern part of the province.
The Ministry of Environment appointed the three-member panel to conduct the joint federal-provincial review of the Kemess North project. The panel will be chaired by Carol Jones, a soil scientist specializing in mine reclamation and include Malcolm Scobie, a professor of mining engineering and, Mark Duiven, a natural resource and community development consultant.
Northgate’s compensation agreement with members of the Fort Connelly First Nation based in Bear Lake, who hold trapping rights in the Kemess region, is similar to an agreement with the same trapline holders for development of the Kemess South mine in the late 1990s.
The trapline holders, which will participate in the ongoing environmental review process for the Kemess North project will receive annual compensation for disruption caused by the potential development and operation of the Kemess North mine once production begins.
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