Mines and miners have often been the target of NGOs for the impacts mining can have on water, land and Indigenous communities.
Copper is the most abundant critical mineral mined in B.C., but there are also proposals here for new nickel mines, and even a rare earth mine. “Many countries are looking to Canada as a reliable and responsible producer of critical minerals, but we’re in a high stakes game with many competitors,” Goehring said.
There are 17 operating mines in the province – seven of them metallurgical coal mines -- two smelters, and two new gold mines going into production this year: Premier and Blackwater. Mining is the largest employer of aboriginal people in Canada, and in B.C. 45 First Nations share in the benefits of mining through participation or impact benefit agreements, and 49 have received $326 million in mineral tax payments, Goehring said.
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