FNNND Chief HopeWithout 43-101, PEA and access road and permitting, no majors like Teck will be interested in Cantex. Victoria Gold like Cantex is located at the Beaver Land Watershed. Chief Hope said the following; "...Speaking with CHON-FM, Chief Hope provided that clarification.
“We did not ask Victoria Gold to stop cleaning up the mess that they made,” said Hope. “We asked Yukon government for a halt – a pause – and stop, temporarily, their ongoing permitting process for mining industry within our traditional territory. The Crown knows that they have a duty to consult; and right now, we can’t be consulted on ongoing projects due to the Wildland Fire evacuation notice and this emergency unfolding within the south McQuesten river valley.”