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Fortune Minerals president Robin Goad shakes the hand of Tahltan Central Council president Annita McPhee during a meeting between a Fortune delegation and Tahltan leaders in the Klappan Aug. 17. Tahltan have been demanding that Fortune abandon its plans to open an anthracite coal mine in the Klappan area. Beside McPhee is Iskut band council chief Marie Quock.
Tahltan, miners locking horns By Amara Janssens THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR
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SMITHERS - A demand by the Tahltan that a mining company abandon a project in northwestern B.C. resulted in both sides exchanging strong opinions August 17 17, without a resolution. “We listened to protestors,” Troy Nazarweicz, investor relations manager for Fortune Minerals said after the meeting. Yet the meeting had Annita McPhee, president of the Tahltan Central Council feeling less than
pleased with the outcome. “There was no resolution,” McPhee said. “I’m disappointed.” However, Fortune Minerals offered to alter its helicopter routes after a major concern was expressed in regard to the noise affecting hunting. Fortune Minerals was back to normal operations Monday morning, while McPhee said there is still a possibility for a blockade of the camp to come. The August 17 meeting took place in the area of the Klappan
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claimed by the Tahltan and the location of a potential anthracite coal mine being developed by Fortune of London, Ontario. Tahltan members prize the area for its hunting and other uses, and have been demanding for years now that Fortune leave the area. Their demand over the past week has now taken the form of an eviction notice. The company, which has been trying to raise capital for the project and which now has a South Korean partner, just re-
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cently renamed the project Arctos Anthracite in hopes of making a fresh start. Fortune has been focusing on entering the provincial environmental review process. Early in the evening of August 17 Tahltan leaders, including McPhee and Iskut chief councillor Marie Quock met with Fortune chief executive officer Robin Goad and a delegation of Fortune officials. Police officers came with the Fortune delegation but stayed in the background. See Tahltan Page 2
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