Shareholders Should Sue DBG For NegligenceThe company eventually agreed to conduct preliminary archaeological studies in 2014 and discovered obsidian artifact fragments under its camp and identified areas where similar artifacts would likely be found. As a result of these findings, the province added a condition to the company’s drilling permit that required it to conduct an archaeological impact assessment before doing any more mineral exploration.
But in 2015, the company started drilling again without doing so. Day asked them to stop drilling. Two days later, the employees agreed to respect the Elders’ wishes and left the site.
In response, Doubleview president and CEO Farshad Shirvani called the RCMP, described the meeting as a blockade and took the Elders and government leaders to court, seeking an injunction against them.
“What kind of mineral exploration company in Tahltan territory sues Tahltan leaders and Elders who were born in the area that they’re drilling in and making a mess of?” Day said.
The B.C. Supreme Court dismissed the case in 2016, but Doubleview never left the territory.
Day said Doubleview’s plans to ramp up its exploratory work while refusing to meaningfully engage with the nation was the “straw that broke the camel’s back.