Thank you, Mr. Chair. As the Member knows, Mactung is probably one of the world's largest undeveloped concentrations of tungsten in the world. We are working on a marketing plan going forward right now, and we are anticipating having that ready by the summer of 2018. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Could he share that marketing plan, then, with standing committee? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Yes, when we have it completed, we can certainly do that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That's great. I know the Minister is really anxious to look at the oil and gas legislation, as well. Are we going to be considering the royalty regime during the review of that legislation? He promised to do that with the mining legislation, but it has been pushed off now until the 19th Assembly. Are we going to be looking at the royalties with regard to oil and gas? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, a comment on the Mineral Resource Act royalty part of it. There were two discussions in our public engagement, and, once we got to the intergovernmental council, that is where the decision was made to put that on hold on the royalties.

As far as the Oil and Petroleum Resource Act going forward and the Oil and Gas Operations Act, we will have our public engagement sessions as well. The demand we will be meeting is probably exactly the same thing with the intergovernmental council, having those discussions with them. I couldn't comment at this point if the royalty part of this will be going forward as that initiative, not until those conversations take place. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I would hate to think that we are going to get all the way through that one, too, and find out that royalties for oil and gas are going to be hived off to the next Assembly as well. Let's talk, then, about the royalty regime from mining.

The Minister has said that it is the Indigenous governments, themselves, that have been pushing our government to delay review of the royalty regime for mining. Can the Minister share some of that correspondence with committee, then, so that we can see that for ourselves? I am aware that there were several organizations that actually pushed the government to review the royalty regime in light of our poor international standing on capturing revenues. Can the Minister share some of this correspondence from the Indigenous governments with standing committee, where the governments have asked that this be delayed? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will have to look into that and get back to the Member if we are able to do that at all. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks. I appreciate the Minister undertaking that commitment. I want to turn to page 221. It shows that there is a contribution ongoing to the NWT Chamber of Mines, $30,000. It looks like it is some kind of a core funding. Can the Minister comment on this? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is not core funding for them. This is for them to be able to attend various things, like PDAC and AME Mineral Roundup. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. If other organizations wanted to obtain this kind of funding -- I'll just give a couple of examples, maybe the Council of Canadians or Ecology North -- they could apply to the department and get this type of funding as well? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If they were to send me a request, we would have to take it into consideration, and then we could put it in our next budget. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Is this just a general pot that is available for different organizations to apply to obtain funding to go to these sorts of conferences? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.