Mineral exploration industry supports B.C. Land Act pause

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Mineral exploration association president says pause is a chance to get things right for everyone

The president of B.C.’s Association for Mineral Exploration says a pause on changes to the province’s Land Act is a welcome step toward providing the regulatory certainty industry is looking for.

“We all desire and we all are going in the same direction and I think the key thing is just how do we ensure we have a process that collects all of our collective information the right way, so we can build things that work for everyone.” “But this touched a nerve and a moment in time that we now recognize,” Cullen said at a hastily arranged news conference at the legislature Feb. 21. “The responsible thing for government to do is listen.”

The lion’s share of that investment, 61 per cent, was made in Northwest B.C. where Jutla said the grassroots work of economic reconciliation is taking place. He noted 21 per cent of 2022 spending went to Indigenous-associated businesses.

 

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