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In the rush for Canada’s critical minerals, Indigenous rights and sovereignty are being ignored - ricochet (ricochet.media)

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A First Nation chief in northwestern Ontario says political rhetoric about running roughshod over Indigenous consultation to fast-track mining and other extraction projects is emboldening an abusive approach to resource engagement.

Onigaming Chief Jeff Copenace says his community “fundamentally opposes” a proposed gold mine and warns that the development “will be opposed at any cost necessary including peaceful protest and direct action.”

In a March 22 email, Golden Rapture Mining president Richard Rivet sent an email to Onigaming First Nation leaders, informing them that Ontario officials would soon deliver the company’s “enviro-friendly exploration plan” for its Phillips Township Gold Property.

Copenace said a number of representatives from the junior mining company had reached out over the past month regarding exploration and development on the proposed 10-000-acre mine site, located between Sioux Narrows and Nestor Falls

If approved, the eight-site project would re-ignite mines that were exploited as long ago as the 1894 Lake of the Woods gold rush.

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[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

Gold isn't even a critical mineral, it's a Critical Mineral(TM)