Prosperity For Whom?

Taseko’s BC Mine Hangs in the Balance

By Greg Klein

“The message is simple,” the Vancouver Sun quoted Grand Chief Edward John of B.C.’s First Nations Summit last August. “If you’re going to develop a mine or oil and gas, you need to ensure First Nations people are involved.”

That’s been the guiding principle of resource development in British Columbia for several years now. But a proposal by Taseko Mines Ltd TSX:TKO shows how the extraordinary rights—and additional potential rights—of a few thousand aboriginals might block a project that could provide jobs for themselves and many thousands of others.

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