Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to thank the Member for the question. We have had some success in holding the Mining 101 course. We've had a number of these meetings in the Sahtu. Specifically, we've been in Fort Good Hope, Deline, Colville Lake, Tulita. We've also been to the community of Nahanni Butte and also into Norman Wells. We have to continue to promote mining as a means to economic success here in the Northwest Territories. In the Member's riding we've had some success recently with Selwyn Chihong on the border with the Yukon. We've had discussions with those folks recently. That ore body does extend into the Northwest Territories and there is hope that that will be mined in the near future. We also have had some really good results from a stream sedimentary sampling program also on the border with the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, a high incidence of tungsten and gold. There are some real possibilities in the Member's riding for mining. Our hope is that we get that education component in the communities started right now so that people can look to mining as a career choice.
David Ramsay on Question 801-17(5): Sahtu Employment Opportunities In The Mining Sector
In the Legislative Assembly on March 12th, 2015. See this statement in context.
Question 801-17(5): Sahtu Employment Opportunities In The Mining Sector
Oral Questions
March 12th, 2015
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