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Indigenous agency wins in Canada- prevents Kiggavik Uranium Mine Project

Nunavut Impact Review Board, 14 July 16  – correspondence issued on July 14, 2016 by the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs and received by the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB or Board) by regular mail on July 25, 2016 regarding the Board’s Final Hearing Report for the Kiggavik Uranium Mine Project Proposal (NIRB File No. 09MN003).

As responsible ministers for the Kiggavik Uranium Mine (the Kiggavik Project) as proposed by AREVA Canada Resources Inc., the Ministers of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Natural Resources, Transport and Indigenous and Northern Affairs (the Ministers) have jurisdictional responsibility for authorizing whether the Kiggavik Project should or should not proceed. Having reviewed the Board’s Final Hearing Report for the Kiggavik Project, pursuant to Section 12.5.7(a) of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, the Ministers have accepted the NIRB’s determination that the Project should not proceed at this time.

Receipt of the Ministers’ decision concludes the Board’s assessment of the Kiggavik Project. All information pertaining to the NIRB’s Review, including the Board’s May 8, 2015 Final Hearing Report, can be accessed online from the Board’s public registry using any of the following search criteria:

Project Name: The Kiggavik Project  File Number: 09MN003 Application Number: 123967

July 27, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized