Bye Bye DBG Permits The region known as Sheslay on Tahltan territory in northwest B.C. is a sacred place, but Doubleview Gold Corp. has been test drilling there without the Tahltan Central Government’s permission for several years. Photo: Tahltan Central Government.
This congregation of animals so close to the community means Sheslay is an important subsistence hunting area for the Tahltan Nation
A new agreement between the Tahltan Nation and the British Columbia government will help ensure sensitive areas aren’t open to development, while providing greater certainty for everyone, says the president of the nation’s central government.
Tahltan territory spans a region in northwestern B.C. known for its mineral deposits and some mining and exploration claims surround the nation’s communities and burial sites, Chad Norman Day told a news conference on Thursday.
The B.C. government is providing $20 million to support economic development and the implementation of the deal that commits the province and the nation to developing a land-use plan with the first phase due by 2023. It also commits to testing new permitting processes for mining and mineral exploration.