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NexGen Signs Industry-Leading Impact Benefit Agreement with the Métis Nation - Saskatchewan Northern Region 2 and the Métis Nation - Saskatchewan
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n NexGen Signs Industry-Leading Impact Benefit Agreement with the Métis Nation - Saskatchewan Northern Region 2 and the Métis Nation - Saskatchewan\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n June 15, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ -\n \n NexGen Energy Ltd. (\"NexGen\" or the \"Company\")\n \n (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) is pleased to announce the signing of an Impact Benefit Agreement (\"IBA\" or the \"Agreement\") with the Métis Nation – Saskatchewan Northern Region 2 (\"MN-S NR2\") and the Métis Nation –\n \n Saskatchewan\n \n (\"MN-S\"), covering all phases of the Rook I Project (\"Rook I\" or the \"Project\"), which hosts the 100% owned Arrow uranium deposit.\n \n \n \n The signing of an IBA with the MN-S follows the signing of Benefit Agreements with each of the Clearwater River Dene Nation (\"CRDN\"), Birch Narrows Dene Nation (\"BNDN\"), and Buffalo River Dene Nation (\"BRDN\"). These four Nations collectively represent the First Nation and Métis communities for which the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment assigned procedural aspects of the Duty to Consult for the Project to NexGen, and which have been identified by NexGen as the primary Indigenous Nations for consultation in consideration of the federal requirements of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (\"CNSC\").\n \n \n \n \n NexGen signs an historic IBA with the MN-S NR2 and the MNS.\n \n The Project is located within an area to which the MN-S NR2, as represented by the MN-S, assert constitutionally protected Aboriginal rights and interests, including Métis title, over certain lands and resources (\"Rights\"). The IBA defines the environmental, cultural, economic, employment, and other benefits to be provided to the MN-S NR2 and the MN-S by NexGen in respect of the Project, and to confirm the consent and support of the MN-S NR2 and the MN-S for the Project throughout its complete lifecycle, including reclamation. The Agreement was negotiated and developed out of a Study Ag...