The property hosts the former Eskay Creek mine that produced 3.3 million oz of gold and 160 million oz. of silver from 1994 to 2008. The Process Charter is a collaboration between Skeena, the Tahltan Central Government (TCG), and the Government of British Columbia.
While the project has the support of the Tahltan, the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) said on Tuesday they are seeking recognition from the government of British Columbia and Canada to protect the Unuk River watershed from being damaged by the Eskay Creek mine.
Eskay Creek is one of at least six proposed and operating mines dotting the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk Rivers upstream of the US-Canada border.
The Alaska-based consortium of Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Tribal governments this week applied to the Canadian environmental regulators to have their historic presence recognized along the Unuk River, which they say is threatened by rapidly…
