- said council
Rattray, who is one of three.

' territory.”

eS aon

Gov't consultation.
inadequate: Tahitan

Proposed mine gets environmental OK

By ROD LINK _.
THE TAHLTAN want the
provincial government to
“stop any more approvals
for a proposed $228-million
gold and copper mine north

of here, saying they haven’ t

been able to investigate the

_ project thoroughly.

Although the province did
give the Red Chris mine.the
environmental green light
Aug. 25, it did so without
a complete Tahltan buy-in;

say officials from the Tahl-

tan Central Council.
It represents the interests

of the Tahltan people in their

traditional. territory which
includes the Red Chris prop-
erty ‘located south of the
Tahltan village of Iskut on
Hwy37 North. |

“We just don’t have the
;, Capacity to deal with the data
*gathering that took’ place,”

council employees.

“OF the 13 proposals in -
* the {provincial] environmen-

tal approval process, ihree of
them are in our. traditional

“a

-Rattray said compa-

-hies and governments send

mountains of material ask-

ing for comment. 7
“We have the same fidu-

ciary responsibilities and li-

- ability as any other. govern-
ment but we don’t have the ~

capacity to assess the risk
and impacts on our people,”
he said.

“Our ultimate , goal is to.

transform the process so that
the local communities who
are most susceptible to the

risk. and impacts have the:

most say.”

‘With - the environmental :

approval now in place, Red

Chris. developer . bcMetals .
_ Corporation can now begin’
to apply for various permits,

including ones for the con-
struction of a 23-kilometre
road from Hwy37 to the
mine site.

The company says it can.

NESS: "a°mine with ‘a°25-
year life employing up.to
250 people a year.

Another Tahltan official,
Gordon Loverin, ‘said the
province is failing in its duty
to consult and accommodate
aboriginal interests.

The phrase “consult and
accommodate” has come
from supreme court deci-
sions which say that while
native groups cannot halt

- development, their interests .

must be taken into account
by governments. —

- It’s one thing - for ‘the
B.C. government to say it
has ‘consulted, but to not
provide the. resources for

us is a different story,” said - .

Loverin.
He added that a company

talking to aboriginal people,

about development does not
mean the government has
also fulfilled its duty.
‘Loverin noted that the
Tahltan Central Council has
written. numerous letters to
the provincial government

_. but has yet to receive a re-

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sponse.

Provincial mining min-
ister Bill Bennett says the
province does feel it and the
company spent enough time
and effort speaking with the
Tahltan Central Council and
the two Tahltan band coun-
cils about the project leading
up to the environmental ap-
proval. i

He expects the company
to continue speaking with the
Tahltan as bcMetals applies
for aforementioned permits
relating to road construction
and the mine site itself.

“And if there is a need to |

put resources to the ‘Tahltan
people for this, and I read-
ily acknowledge they need
resources, then I'll push for
that,” said Bennett.

* The minister - met ‘with

Tahltan officials while tour-.

concluded that

ing the area this summer and
heard then about the need
for money to study resource
impact.

“I took that back and

‘spoke to the .appropriate .

ministers so they heard it
loud and clear,”
nett.

He also said native gov-
ernments have an obligation
to deal with development is-
sues as best they can.

Theenvironmental review
“impacts as-
sociated with aboriginal title

_ that cannot be ameliorated

through monetary compen-
sation have been addressed

~ to some degree by proponent

commitments and impacts”
have been reasonably bal-

anced with the proponent’s -

needs and provincial objec-
tives.”

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