Honourable Bill Bennett

FIRST NATION SIGNS FIRST MINING CONSULTATION AGREEMENT.

FIRST NATION SIGNS FIRST MINING CONSULTATION AGREEMENT
July 27, 2006

From left to right: Minister of State for Mining Bill Bennett, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Tom Christensen and Upper Similkameen Indian Band Chief Richard Holmes descend the stairs to the historic Mascot Mine while touring the facility before signing a historic mining consultation agreement at the Snaza’ist Visitor & Interpretive Centre on Thursday, July 27 in Hedley. This is the first mining-related consultation agreement government has signed shaped by the principles of the New Relationship.

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