Court order allows mining company to continue working at Red Sucker Lake
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 04/07/2013 (4502 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
An eviction notice and stop-work order issued by a northern Manitoba First Nation against a mineral exploration company has been countered by a court-ordered temporary injunction on behalf of the company allowing it to continue to operate.
The spat between Red Sucker Lake First Nation and Mega Precious Metals Inc. broke out suddenly this week after more than two years of apparent cooperation between the two.
However frustration from the First Nation at what some say was the lack of jobs or training opportunities and growing environmental concerns prompted the chief and council to terminate a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mega, one of only three such agreements that have ever been negotiated in the province.
In its first public statement since it received the eviction notice on Monday, company CEO, Glen Kuntz said, “Mega believes the company has, and continues to, demonstrate our respect for Red Sucker Lake First Nations’ treaty rights. Mega plans to continue to meet with community members and provide project updates on a regular basis in an effort to maintain our social license to operate.”
Mega Precious Metals is in the process of proving up a gold reserve called Monument Bay in a location about 60 kilometres north of Red Sucker Lake which is within the band’s traditional area.
In a press release last month, Kuntz said Monument Bay has the potential “to become Canada’s next great gold mine.”
Red Sucker Lake is about 700 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
The injunction is valid until July 11.