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Adelegation of about thirty Quebecers, including several electedofficials and the Minister Serge Simard, will visit Saskatchewan inJanuary to learn more about the exploitation of uranium.
Thevisit information is organized at the request of elected regionalCôte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec, which have over the uranium explorationprojects for the least controversial.
Mayors,prefects and indigenous representatives will accompany the Minister forNatural Resources and responsible for the case of mines, Serge Simard. Members of his Cabinet, the Department and the National Institute of Public Health will be there.
Thedelegation is to visit a uranium mine and will have the opportunity totalk with several players in the sector during his stay, 10 to 14January.
"Participants are going there to see how it goes and ask questions," said Ministry spokesman, Eric Santerre. Among them, there are people who are not necessarily agree or at ease with respect to the exploitation of uranium. This is an information visit is not trying to convince anyone. "
Nord-du-Québec,the mayors of Chapais and Chibougamau will be present, as the PQ MNAUngava, the president of the Regional Conference of Elected James Bay(CRÉBJ) and three representatives of the Cree Nation.
NorthShore, there will be two prefects including MRC, the mayors ofSept-Iles, Havre-Saint-Pierre and Baie-Johan-Beetz, as the leader of theband council of Natashquan.
The Coalition for Quebec is also looking better send a delegate. But no representative from the mining industry will travel.
The most advanced uranium project in Quebec is the Matoush project in the Otish Mountains, 275 km north of Chibougamau. StratecoResources Society, which operates the project, is currently seeking apermit to construct an underground exploration ramp.
In the most recent public hearings in November, Mistissini were opposed to the project operated on their traditional territory. CRÉBJ and the cities of Chapais and Chibougamau are in favor.
LowerNorth Shore, the company Uracan also conducts exploration work, but itis not very well received by communities in the region. Alittle further west, in Sept-Iles, the work of the Terra Ventures hadenormous opposition in 2009, culminating with the threat of resignationof doctors in town.
At the other end of the country, Saskatchewan has lived for 60 years with uranium mines. It produces nearly 20% of world supplies of the radioactive metal. The Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan, uranium is the region the world's richest, with grades of 12%.
If one day become a uranium producer, Quebec would not play in the same league. The contents of Matoush revolve around 0.5% uranium, and they are even lower on the North Shore.