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McLeod Lake Indian Band latest to sign mining revenue-sharing deal with province
Posted on 08/26/2010
Band Chief deems agreement environmentally responsible, good for the region  more
Aboriginal Mining Guide: How to negotiate lasting benefits for your community
Posted on 07/21/2010
The Aboriginal Mining Guide is a new book and website that helps Aboriginal communities to decide if they can gain lasting benefits from mining: "Can we use mining to increase our capacity to build an economic future that suits our community's values, priorities, and needs?"  more
Merit Mining and Osoyoos Indian Band Sign IBA
Posted on 05/04/2010
Merit Mining announces that it has signed an Impacts and Benefits Agreement ("IBA") with the Osoyoos Indian Band ("OIB") with respect to Merit exploring, developing and operating its Greenwood Gold Project in south central British Columbia.  more
The IBA Community Toolkit
Posted on 03/16/2010
The IBA Community Toolkit is a free resource for First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities in Canada considering impact and benefit agreements, such as those with mining companies.   more
Powerful or Just Plain Power-Full? A Power Analysis of Impact and Benefit Agreements in Canada’s North
Posted on 03/16/2010
Impact and benefit agreements (IBAs) between natural resource developers and Aboriginal communities are increasingly portrayed as viable approaches to assure Aboriginal people will reap economic benefits of resource extraction in their traditional territories.  more
Social Impact Assessment Guidelines: Greenland authorities require an IBA (pg 13) before issuing exploitation licenses
Posted on 03/02/2010
Greenland aims at developing the mineral resources industry to one of the country’s primary business sectors.   more
The Pacific Business and Law Institute is hosting an IBA Conference in Vancouver this April
Posted on 02/10/2010
At Pacific Business and Law Institute, we believe that few things are more powerful than knowledge. Focused knowledge inspires people, unites them and helps Nations, professionals, projects and companies move beyond everyday facts and tasks toward realizing larger aspirations and visions.   more
Developing An Ideal Mining Agenda: Impact and Benefit Agreements as Instruments of Communty Development in Northern Ontario
Posted on 12/20/2009
Mineral extraction in northern Canada has historically given little regard to the negative impacts experienced by local Aboriginal communities.   more
Taku River Tlingit First Nation, Eagle Plains and Prize Mining Sign Impact & Benefit Agreement for Yellowjacket Gold Project
Posted on 11/10/2009
The Taku River Tlingit First Nation (“TRTFN”), Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:EPL) and Prize Mining Ltd. (TSX-V:PRZ) jointly announce that the parties have completed and executed a formal Impact and Benefit Agreement (“IBA”) relating to mineral exploration and gold production activities at the Yellowjacket Gold Project (“Yellowjacket Project”) located near Atlin, British Columbia.  more
Investigating complex-value-based community mine education strategies : a case study with the Tlicho community in the Wek’eezhii region Northwest Territories, Canada
Posted on 11/04/2009
This thesis attempts to define an effective model for developing educational programs related to mining for communities in an iterative manner that speaks to the needs and values of the community. The lessons learned provide direction on methods to replicate an effective education program for communities.  more
Baffinland and Qikiqtani Inuit Association Sign MOU for the Proposed Mary River Project
Posted on 03/31/2009
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation ("Baffinland" or the "Company")(TSX: BIM) and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association ("QIA") are pleased to announce that a memorandum of understanding (an "MOU") has been successfully negotiated concerning detailed provisions intended to form part of a future Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreement (an "IIBA").  more
Diamond Mining Impact on People, Wildlife in NWT of Canada
Posted on 02/22/2009
The following interview was graciously shared with Rapaport News by jeweler Marc Choyt, whom many of you may also know as an advocate for the fair trade diamond and jewelry cause.  more
Mining Company and Tahltan Sign Agreement
Posted on 02/10/2009
Fortune Minerals Limited and the Tahltan Central Council ("TCC") on behalf of the Tahltan Nation have entered into an agreement that commits the parties to the principles of cooperation and mutual respect. Fortune Minerals is currently engaged in the Environmental Assessment (EA) process for the Mount Klappan anthracite coal project in northwestern B.C.  more
February 6, 2009: Extractive Industry: Regulation, Dispossession, and Emerging Claims. Upcoming Conference, York University: Toronto.
Posted on 11/02/2008
There are now more than 120 agreements in Canada between Aboriginal groups and mining companies. We are at a stage where it has almost become the norm for companies to negotiate agreements to gain access to the community, community lands and to initiate programs and services around environmental management, human resource (HR) development, business development, social planning and so on.  more
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