b"CROSS-COUNTRY SNAPSHOTCONSTRUCTIVE COLLABORATIONA g l i m p s e i n t o s o m e n a t u r a l r e s o u r c e p a r t n e r s h i p s m a k i n g a n i m p a c t o n I n d i g e n o u s c o m m u n i t i e s i n C a n a d aYUKON First Nation plans to expand theAgreement (CEPA) between Ulkatcho SD SOLAR INITIATIVEmine's resource base via an exten- and BC Hydro. The project is also WATSON LAKE, YUKON sive drilling program. being developed in partnership The Sd Solar Initiative is a 2.85 MWwith several First Nations companies, solar power plant combined with a 5.3NUNAVUT further supporting localMWh battery energy storage system.MEADOWBANK, MELIADINE, economic development.Developed by First Kaska Utilities LP in& AMARUQ MINES CEDAR LNG PROJECT partnership with Liard First Nation, theAgnico Eagle Mines Limited is workingKITIMAT, BRITISH COLUMBIA plant will produce 5,186 GWh of powerclosely with First Nations partners inCedar LNG Project is a floating liquefied per year, which is enough energy toNunavuts Kivalliq region throughout reduce diesel consumption by approxi- three of its mining sites in the terri- natural gas (LNG) facility being built mately 1,020,300 litres annuallymoretory:theMeliadine,Amaruqandin partnership between Haisla Nation than 24 per cent of the current diesel- Meadowbankmines.Agnicohasand Pembina Pipeline in Kitimat, B.C. generated power in Watson Lake.invested over $7 billion in the regionIt will produce 3.3 million tonnes of Moreover, it is estimated to reducesince starting operations in 2007 andnatural gas annually and be powered greenhouse gas emissions by 3,509has become its largest private-sectorentirely by renewable electricity from tonnes per year. employer. Its Indigenous relationshipsBC Hydro, making it one of the lowest-are driven by formal agreements likecarbon LNG facilities globally. Notably, LITTLE SALMON the Inuit Impact Benefit Agreementit is Canadas first Indigenous majorityCARMACKS FIRST NATION and initiatives such as the Kivalliq Inuitowned liquefied natural gas initiative, The Little Salmon Carmacks First NationElders Advisory Committee.with Haisla Nation owning 50.1 per (LSCFN) in Yukon has partnered withcent and Pembina Pipeline holding Eavor Technologies, a geothermal tech- BRITISH COLUMBIA 49.9 per cent.nology company, to develop Eavor- ANAHIM LAKE SOLAR PROJECTLoop, a 3 MW closed-loop geothermalANAHIM LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA SUNRISE EXPANSION PROGRAM system that circulates fluid through aThis community-led off-grid solarTHROUGHOUT BRITISH COLUMBIAsealed, underground loop to extractinitiative is being developed underThe Sunrise Expansion Program heat without the need for traditionalthe sole ownership of the Ulkatchowill upgrade Enbridge's existing geothermal reservoirs.Energy Corporation, a division ofWestcoast (B.C.) pipeline system the Ulkatcho First Nation. It involveswith approximately 137 kilometres of SELKIRK COPPER MINES INC. / the construction of a 3.8 MW solar42-inch looping along the system's MINTO MINEfarm as well as a new battery energysouthern T-South section. The project TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OFstorage system (BESS), microgridalso entails the installation of new SELKIRK FIRST NATION, YUKON control system, safety and secu- compressor units at four existing In 2025, Selkirk First Nation acquiredrity systems, and other propertystations (including electric-driven full legal ownership of Minto Mine,assets. When completed in theunits) and the addition of 34 kilo-a copper, gold and silver miningfall of 2025, it will reduce the Firstmetres of power lines to support operation 250 kilometres north ofNation communitys reliance onelectrification. Once complete, the Whitehorse. It then formed Selkirkdiesel power by approximately 64expansion will increase the pipeline's Copper Mines Inc. in partnershipper cent, saving nearly 1.1 millionnatural gas transportation capacity with Vancouver-based Venerablelitres of diesel annually. The projectby 300 million cubic feet per day. Ventures, which now holds 100 peris supported by $20 million inThe BC Mtis Federation (BCMF) is cent ownership of the mine withfunding from the B.C. and federalcollaborating with the project stake-Selkirk First Nation as its largestgovernments and includes a 20-yearholders to create opportunities forshareholder. Moving forward, SelkirkCommunity Electricity PurchaseMtis-owned businesses.30A CCIB PUBLICATIONFall 2025"