Kamloops Lake at the mouth of Thompson River near Savona, British Columbia. Stock image.
The Province of British Columbia has secured a mandate to enter into discussions with the Tŝilhqot’in Nation to define how Indigenous consent would be incorporated into the decision-making process for future mining projects in the Teẑtan Area of the province’s Interior.
The mandate would enable the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, the Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals, and the Environmental Assessment Office, to enter negotiations with the Tŝilhqot’in Nation, should it agree to consider any reviewable mining project in the region, the BC government stated in a press release dated June 18.
Any agreement would fall under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Declaration Act) and be negotiated if the Tŝilhqot’in Nation decided in the future to consider any mine…
