Skeena Resources: Groundbreaking Agreement Between Province and Tahltan Central Government Provides Further Certainty for Eskay Creek

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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 6, 2022 / Skeena Resources Limited (TSX:SKE)(NYSE:SKE) (\"Skeena\" or the \"Company\") welcomes the historic consent-based decision-making agreement (the \"Agreement\") reached by the Province of British Columbia and the Tahltan Central Government. Through this Agreement, the proposed Eskay Creek gold-silver project (\"Eskay Creek\" or the \"Project\"), located in Tahltan Territory, will be the first mining project to have permits authorized by an Indigenous Government. As a formal recognition of the Tahltan Nation's right to manage resource development decisions within their Territory, it is a significant step forward by all parties to implement the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in the environmental assessment process. This historic Agreement changes the approach to environmental assessments on the Tahltan Nation's land by introducing a framework that ensures Tahltan values and rights are respected from the outset. Additionally, the Agreement will also make possible the development of a new model for sustainable mining and world-class environmental practices and standards and lead to unprecedented business certainty of Indigenous consent for a mining project. Skeena sees this Agreement as an historic step toward recognizing the rights and title of First Nations in British Columbia and a major benefit for Eskay Creek. The Agreement provides greater certainty and framework for the environmental assessment of the revitalization of the past-producing Eskay Creek mine. Obtaining legal consent from the Tahltan Nation on the authorization issued by the Province of BC, an integral part of Skeena's ESG strategy, addresses the question of project authorization on unceded Indigenous land. It will further strengthen Skeena's relationship with the Tahltan Nation and the Nation's support for the Project. Justin Himmelright, Skeena's Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Sustainability, commented \"As an already developed mine site with existing road access, waste management facilities, nearby access to green power, and robust economics, gaining consent from the Tahltan Nation on whose unceded land Eskay Creek is located, is a crucial step in an efficient approval process for the Project. It also provides certainty of the Tahltan Nation's le...

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