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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister supports the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s decision
The minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs has reviewed the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s final report on the proposed Kiggavik uranium mine and agreed with the board: “the project should not proceed at this time.”
The review board issued its final report on the proposed mine near Baker Lake in the spring of 2015.
The report rejected Areva Resource’s proposed Kiggavik mine on the grounds that it lacks a definite start date and a development schedule. The board concluded that without this information it was impossible to assess the environmental and social impacts of the mine.