HIGH-GRADE NI-CU-PT-PD-ZN-CR-AU-V-TI DISCOVERIES IN THE "RING OF FIRE"

NI 43-101 Update (September 2012): 11.1 Mt @ 1.68% Ni, 0.87% Cu, 0.89 gpt Pt and 3.09 gpt Pd and 0.18 gpt Au (Proven & Probable Reserves) / 8.9 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inferred Resource)

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LNG Canada is soon to make a decision about going forward with this project, in which the FN's have given consent and have lucrative contracts lines up.

Michael Sawyer, a resident wants a ....federal review.which would delay this project.

"The pipeline has already received a green light from the province’s environmental agencies, a key factor in the decision by LNG Canada’s Joint Venture Partners (JVPs) whether to give the project the go-ahead or not.

He's arguing that:

While pipeline projects in B.C. don’t solely fall under provincial jurisdiction as defined by the constitutional provision giving provinces control of natural resources, both decisions determined that a tie-in with existing pipelines that are under federal jurisdiction would also place those new projects under federal jurisdiction.....

Sawyer also said a federal review would put into play federal species protection legislation – he has his eye on a northeastern B.C. caribou herd .....

And as for why the application to the NEB has only been filed now with an LNG Canada investment decision expected so soon, Sawyer said it simply took this long to gather his information.

“There’s no intention to time my application. That’s how long it took to get this together,” he said.

In a previous article Sawyer stated:  " he is not outright opposed to LNG, but it needs to be demonstrated that it is in the public interest, which he believes has not been done in the Coastal Gas Link case.

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Sawyer has received death threats and threats of damage to property. It's interesting here that the FN's have lucrative deals and want to go forward, but Sawyer is the one bringing up the need for a federal review and the caribou concern. He's basically saying,  is although the FN's have terrrific economic interests at stake here...what about the rest of the public views on this?

Having a federal review would increase the timeline greatly and the consortium may decidee not to make this investment....which has these FN's.....worried.

Yep, we know how that feels. We've been patiently waiting to better our lives too with our investments, and keep getting the not enough consultation and foot dragging. And we too worry about investors like RCF getting impatient and walking away....I guess the shoe's on the other foot with this LNG project.

https://www.interior-news.com/news/smithers-pipeline-challenger-receives-threats/

 

https://www.interior-news.com/news/first-nations-also-worried-about-lng-pipeline-challenge/

First Nations also worried about LNG pipeline challenge

The elected bands already have contracts lined up should project proceed.

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First Nations who will benefit economically from TransCanada’s planned Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline to feed the pending LNG Canada liquefied natural gas plant at Kitimat have added their worries to the prospect of a federal review of the pipeline.

“The implications and timing of the challenge are really unfortunate,” said Karen Ogen-Toews, CEO of the First Nations LNG Alliance of Smithers resident Michael Sawyer’s request to the National Energy Board (NEB) that it consider whether it has jurisdiction over the pipeline.

“The joint-venture partners in the $40-billion LNG Canada project are soon to make a final investment decision. A challenge to the pipeline that would supply the project with natural gas is clearly of great concern,” she said.

Although the pipeline and LNG plant both have provincial environmental clearance, Sawyer is using past court rulings in his filing to the NEB, keying on the prospect that Coastal GasLink will tie in with an existing federally-regulated pipeline system, thereby placing it under federal jurisdiction.

“The 20 First Nations along the pipeline route have all approved the pipeline and have agreements with Coastal GasLink. These are vital to the economic and social and employment future of these communities and their people. The jurisdictional challenge could mean further and unnecessary delay. These projects need to go ahead,” said Toews, who is a former chief councillor of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation located west of Burns Lake.

The Alliance’s position supports that of 14 northern B.C. mayors who said they were disappointed by the Sawyer filing, she said.

“Not only do we agree with the mayors on the economic importance of this project, but also recognize the consent provided by 20 First Nations who were each consulted on the environmental impacts of the project and have provided consent for it to proceed. This achievement is no accident,” Toews added.

Coastal GasLink has already lined up supply and services contracts worth $620 million with First Nations along the pipeline route pending LNG Canada’s investors giving their Kitimat plant the green light.

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