Presentation to the BHP Diamond Mine Public Hearing (Ernie Bernhardt, Kugluktuk, January 31, 1996)
Ernie Bernhardt of Kugluktuk presents concerns about BHP's proposed diamond mine, focusing on potential waste contamination of the Coppermine River and impacts to local food sources, while also questioning long-term employment and community benefits for indigenous peoples and whether the project represents genuine opportunity or minimal work.
- Date
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Ernie Bernhardt, BHP, DeBeers, Dene people, Imperial Oil, Esso
- Locations
- Kugluktuk, Coppermine River, Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Beaufort Sea
- Parameters
- waste management, water quality, mining extraction, river contamination, caribou monitoring, fish contamination, employment, social impacts, closure effects
- Pages
- 2
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