The Tahltan Nation is rolling out schooling for licences in hauling trucks, bulldozers and loaders, a vice president of the Indigenous group’s development company says in a new video.
A trailer will eventually house four simulators this year and initially be stationed at Newmont‘s (NYSE: NEM) Red Chris gold and copper mine in northwest British Columbia, Colleen Cashtin said in an interview.
“There’s a simulator component, a course real-life scenario and we have mentors on site,” Cashtin said. “Tahltans traditionally have been known as some of the great operators and being able to pass on that knowledge also empowers our workers.”
Watch the full conversation below with Henry Lazenby of The Nothern Miner at the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia’s Roundup last month in Vancouver.
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