Federal Conservative leader questions Ottawa’s Sisson Mine process
Pierre Poilievre says during N.B. visit that ‘major projects’ approval means more bureaucracy for stalled mine
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says New Brunswickers shouldn’t get their hopes up about progress on the Sisson Mine.
The proposed tungsten and molybdenum mine north of Fredericton, stalled for more than a decade, was one of the projects the Carney government sent to its Major Projects Office last week.
“Don't expect much,” Poilievre warned during a CBC News interview after a tour of Atlantic Modern Homes Ltd., a Fredericton homebuilder.
“The Liberals are saying the progress they've made is that they're taking the idea, putting it on a piece of paper and sending it to a new office for even more consideration.
“It's time for the federal government to do one thing: get out of the way, grant the permit and let the project go forward.”
Federal Conservative leader questions Carney’s moves on N.B. mineThe Conservative leader stopped short of predicting the mine would not happen.
“We’ll see,” he said, pointing out that Dominic LeBlanc, a federal cabinet minister and a New Brunswick MP, predicted in 2017 — when the mine won approval through a federal environmental impact assessment — that construction would start the following year.
LeBlanc did indeed say in June 2017 that “we’re confident that the construction will begin next spring.”
“We're once again seeing promises of things that might one day happen, promises that they've made for almost a decade and that they keep breaking,” Poilievre said Thursday.
In a statement, a spokesperson for LeBlanc said the Major Projects Office will help speed projects like the Sisson Mine to fruition.
Unions, private-sector executives and others recognize the office’s “transformational potential,” the statement said. “It’s unfortunate that the Conservative Party is too focused on its own internal turmoil and not able to put forward a positive vision for this country.”
That’s a reference to the defection of one of Poilievre’s MPs to the Liberals and the decision by another to leave federal politics in the new year.
The Sisson Mine already had a provincial environmental impact approval at the time of LeBlanc’s bullish comments in 2017.
The province had also signed an accommodation agreement with Wolastoqey chiefs.
But the mine hasn’t advanced since then, in part because of low mineral prices on the global market that have made the business case for investors questionable.
Last week’s referral of the mine to the Major Projects Office doesn’t necessarily mean the project will be designated under the Building Canada Act, which allows for fast-tracked approval under a range of federal regulatory processes.
Ottawa says projects that aren’t designated can still benefit from support, including co-ordinated efforts across multiple federal departments to win approval, and “strategies to address risks and support project advancement.”
Premier Susan Holt says in Sisson’s case, that means an offtake agreement, a guarantee of sales of the minerals, and a “price floor” — a minimum price the mine could count on for its minerals.
“Those two tools help attract investment and secure the value of the resource,” Holt said last week.
Poilievre would not say whether he supported the price floor concept, arguing the government should “get out of the way” by lowering taxes and speeding up permitting.
Those moves, he said, would make Canada a more profitable place to do business “without a government subsidy or taxpayer risk on the backs of already burdened and starving Canadians.”
CBC News has requested an interview with the CEO of Northcliff Resources about the Sisson project’s likely timelines but the company hasn’t responded.
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Northcliff awarded up to ~C$29 million in non-dilutive financing
• United States Department of Defense (US DoD): US$15 million (~C$20.71 million) award under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan): C$8.214 million Contribution Funding Agreement via NRCan’s Global Partnerships Initiative (GPI)
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• Significant interest from off-takers for both tungsten and molybdenum
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• Europe
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• Working towards offtake agreements to support project financing
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• Interest from a range of finance providers:
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Financial watchdog mum on 56% jump in Sisson mine shares
Financial and Consumer Services Commission does not confirm any investigations unless violations found
The provincial regulatory body never confirms or discusses any investigations unless it concludes there have been violations of securities legislation and it's ready to file allegations against individuals or companies, said senior legal counsel Brian Maude.
"At that point, that becomes public because it's in the public interest for that information to be disclosed," he said. Earlier this month, CBC News revealed the value of Northcliff's shares increased by 56 per cent between December — when the provincial government and the chiefs of the Maliseet First Nations reached an agreement behind closed doors that would accommodate development of the Vancouver-based company's proposed tungsten-molybdenum open pit mine and processing facility outside Stanley — and Feb. 10, when news of the deal was made public.
During that eight-week period, unknown investors had been buying Northcliff stock and bidding its price up from nine cents per share on Dec. 15 to a new 52-week high of 14 cents per share on Feb. 9, according to Toronto Stock Exchange trading archives.
"If you're dealing with information that is not public, then you're trading with an advantage, or creating a disadvantage for people who are only relying on public information," Maude said.
The "million dollar question," however, is trying to determine whether there's a direct relationship between stock trading and someone being privy to private information — and whether that information could in fact have a "material impact" on the share price.
"That's why these cases are so difficult to investigate," he said.
As a result, the commission does not divulge any information about ongoing investigations.
"If we say, 'I'm investigating company X. Now, they may or may not have done anything wrong, we're just going to investigate to see whether or not they did,' that's not going to go over well … particularly if it turns out that at the end of our investigation, they didn't do anything wrong," Maude said.
It could have a "really serious impact" on the public company, its stock prices, people who work for the company, as well as the individuals who have invested in that company in good faith, he said.
Since the agreement with the Maliseet chiefs was made public on February 10, Northcliff Resources stock has escalated further — hitting a two year high on Tuesday of 23 cents per share.
If individuals or companies are found to have violated securities legislation in New Brunswick, they can face a maximum fine of about $750,000, said Maude.
Multimillion-dollar deal
Before its recent rally on the markets, Northcliff's stock had been struggling for a number of years, at one point losing 87 per cent of its value since peaking at 65 cents per share in 2012.Sagging international tungsten and molybdenum prices over the last two years have been hovering well below levels the company envisioned in its 2013 feasibility study for the development, although the Gallant government's faith in the project has never publicly wavered.
Under the recent agreement, the six First Nations — St. Mary's, Woodstock, Oromocto, Tobique, Kingsclear and Madawaska — will receive 9.8 per cent of provincial revenue generated from the metallic mineral tax. The six First Nations will share in:
- $3 million upon federal environmental approval of the mine.
- 35 per cent of the first $2 million the province receives in royalties each year.
- 3.5 per cent of annual royalties above $2 million.
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Millions of shares connected to N.B. tungsten project trade hands after government announcement
Northcliff Resources stocks surge and then sag amid uncertainty over proposed mine's future
The company behind New Brunswick's proposed Sisson Mine has watched its stock price soar and then partially crash over three days as investors try to work out if anything major actually happened after a week of speculation and announcements about the project.
Andrew Ing, the president of Northcliff Resources Ltd., said in a statement Thursday that he was "excited" the company's long-stalled mine has been referred to the federal government's Major Projects Office for evaluation and help.
But he noted "a construction decision" on Sisson has still not been made.
Earlier this week, word began leaking out that the proposed tungsten and molybdenum mine near Stanley, north of Fredericton, might be on a federal government list of national projects to be prioritized and fast-tracked.
Why tungsten, the critical mineral of N.B.'s nation-building project, is going up in priceAnnouncements were scheduled for Thursday, but on Tuesday CBC News confirmed and reported Sisson would be part of the Thursday announcement. That caused a rare buying frenzy of Northcliff Resources stock Wednesday morning.
By midday Thursday, the stock price, which dipped as low as two cents per share last winter had climbed 190 per cent in a matter of hours to hit 66 cents.
According to the Toronto Stock Exchange 9.3 million shares of Northcliff were traded on Wednesday and Thursday, more than 500 times the volume exchanged on the same two days a week earlier
However, the tide soon turned. Sellers dominated trades late Thursday, and on Friday and the stock lost more than half of its gains for the week before settling out in the 40-cent range.
But there remains significant interest in the minerals Northcliff hopes to eventually provide.
Tungsten markets are dominated by supplies from China, and recent worldwide trade disputes have sent its price soaring and raised concerns about its long-term availability.
Peter Thilo Hasler, a financial analyst with Splene Capital in Munich, evaluates international tungsten markets and companies. Without commenting directly on the New Brunswick project, he said he believes there is space for new North American suppliers of the mineral.
"There is lots of room," Hasler said in an interview. "To develop new mines in North America is one way out of this dependence on China."
Last week, Hasler said international tungsten prices hit $70 US per kilogram.
Sisson's original feasibility assumed that long-term prices of $35 US per kilogram for tungsten and $33 US for molybdenum would make the mine feasible.
However, that study is now 12 years old and is scheduled to be redone.
It was unclear what was causing the dip in Northcliff's stock price following its initial surge although there did appear to be some confusion over the significance of what the federal government announced.
On Thursday the Prime Minister's Office confirmed to CBC News that projects announced so far, including Sisson, have only been referred for an evaluation for fast-tracking. None have yet won that special designation.
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Rising metal prices trigger little investor interest so far in stalled N.B. mine
International price for molybdenum, a key element in proposed Sisson mine, is up more than 100% this year
A sudden surge in the worldwide price for the metal molybdenum might be good news for backers of a proposed tungsten mine development in central New Brunswick but so far investors have been reacting to the change mostly with indifference.
Vancouver based Northcliff Resources Ltd. is behind what has become a stalled plan to construct a $500 million open-pit metal mine near Stanley known as the Sisson project.
In addition to an estimated 222 million kilograms of tungsten deposits, the 189-square-kilometre development includes a suspected 154.8 million pounds of molybdenum. This spring, molybdenum suddenly raced to a 13-year price high of $50.50 US per kilogram ($22.95 per pound) according to the financial and economics forecasting website TradingEconomics.com.
That made it the fastest rising metal price tracked by the website this year. It has appreciated 114 per cent since January and soared to its highest valuation since prior to the worldwide financial crisis of 2008.
In addition, the website claimed its own "global macro models and analysts expectations" suggest prices for the element will keep rising.
"Looking forward, we estimate it to trade at $67.49 (per kilogram) in 12 months time," read the forecast.
A call to Northcliff's head office Tuesday to ask about how that pricing scenario might affect a decision to proceed with the mine was not immediately returned.
But the company has been clear in the past that prices and price forecasts for both tungsten and molybdenum are central to whether the project will proceed.
"The ability of Northcliff to raise interim and construction financing to fund its share of the Sisson Project's cost, will be significantly affected by changes in the market price of the metals for which it explores," the company said in its annual information form filed earlier this year.
"Future significant price declines could cause investors to be unprepared to finance exploration and development of tungsten and molybdenum deposits, with the result that Northcliff may not have sufficient financing with which to fund its share of the costs of development activities for the Sisson Project."
Tungsten and molybdenum are both notable for having high melting points and are used in a number of applications, including as an additive to make steel harder, stronger and more resistant to corrosion and in the internal construction of a variety of consumer electronics.
Northcliff has virtually all of the critical provincial and federal environmental approvals it needs to pursue a mine, but predictions of starting dates have proven unreliable in the past.
Former Northcliff president Christopher Zahovskis gave an interview in 2013 suggesting the mine would be under construction by 2014.
That date came and went. In 2017, after the project received a major federal environmental approval, senior federal Liberal cabinet minister Dominic Leblanc predicted shovels would be in the ground by early 2018.
"The federal cabinet approval of the environmental assessment was the last remaining critical piece in order to ensure this project sees the light of day," LeBlanc told reporters in Fredericton in June 2017.
"We are very confident that the company will be able to get the financing in place over the next number of months. We're confident that construction will begin next spring."
Four years later the development remains at a standstill.
Lower-than-expected metal prices than the project's 2013 feasibility study anticipated have been a central problem, although those have been slowly narrowing.
Current prices for tungsten have risen significantly since last year but remain about 20 per cent below those used in the feasibility study with molybdenum prices now 30 per cent or more above.
"The prices of tungsten and molybdenum are volatile, and are affected by numerous factors beyond Northcliff's control," the company noted in its information form.
Higher metal prices are critical for the Sisson project to proceed, but they need to stay elevated for the nearly 30-year expected life of the mine, which has made moving forward a difficult decision to make.
So far investors do not appear to see an improvement in the mine's prospects even with recent price increases. On Tuesday, Northcliff's stock price closed at 5.5 cents per share on the Toronto Stock Exchange, up just one cent on the year to date.
Northcliff has 17 months left to make a decision on whether to construct the mine before its provincial environmental approval to proceed expires.
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“Too much at stake”: concerned residents challenge Northcliff over Sisson mine [Video]
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A half dozen people shared concerns they have with the proposed Sisson tungsten and molybdenum mine with a Northcliff company representative at a family barbecue the company was sponsoring at their office in Stanley this past Saturday, August 11th. Northcliff, a subsidiary of Hunter Dickinson, intends to build an open-pit mine in the Stanley area. The mine’s impact on the Nashwaak watershed has many people concerned.
Julia Linke, who lives downstream from the proposed mine, said, “Too much is at stake,” when requesting proper public consultation and consent of Aboriginal and local communities. Judie Acquin-Miksovsky added that the project does not have the consent of St. Mary’s First Nation. Louise Melanson mentioned the deplorable track record of Canadian mining companies around the world. The company said that the answers to their questions will be available in the fall when the environmental impact sssessment and feasibility studies are done.
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Long-delayed Sisson Mine in running for Carney’s national projects list
N.B. project could benefit from G7’s push to challenge China on critical minerals
New Brunswickers will find out Thursday how much of a poker face Prime Minister Mark Carney has.
During a visit to Fredericton on Monday, the prime minister smiled broadly — and cocked his head as if about to reveal a secret — when he was asked why the proposed Sisson Mine wasn’t on his initial “projects of national interest” list released in September.
Carney said more projects would be added on Thursday, including one from the province.
“I’ve had a number of conversations with the premier about major projects here that meet the criteria,” he said.
“They strengthen Canada’s autonomy. They diversify our economy. They’re built with Indigenous partners. They’re consistent with our climate goals. And they have a real economic return.”
Projects that earn the federal designation can benefit from a range of advantages, including accelerated regulatory approvals, federal funding and other forms of support designed to get them moving quickly.
The proposed Sisson Mine project, more than a decade old, would extract tungsten and molybdenum, two critical minerals used for energy storage and production and military applications.
A look at the Sisson Mine, one of N.B.’s proposed ‘national’ projectsIt has already obtained federal and provincial environmental approvals but may be in line for other help to make the project less of a risk for investors.
Since Carney’s comments on Monday, Holt has been asked repeatedly what project Ottawa has chosen and has responded that she didn’t want to “scoop” the prime minister.
The premier knows what the choice is, but all she would say is that it’s not electricity transmission connections through New Brunswick linked to Nova Scotia’s Wind West project.
I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s announcement so that I can stop dancing around the question.
- Premier Susan Holt
“I’m really looking forward to tomorrow’s announcement so that I can stop dancing around the question,” Holt said Wednesday in Edmundston.
New Brunswick submitted several project proposals for consideration, but the timing for Sisson looks good.
Ottawa said in May it was willing to put up $8.2 million to support the project, and the proponent, Northcliff Resources, said in May the U.S. government was awarding it $20.7 million to advance development.
And last month energy ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries met in Toronto to push forward with their “Critical Minerals Production Alliance,” a co-ordinated effort to support development in the sector.
The goal is to create alternate sources of critical minerals so that China doesn’t effectively control the global supply — and wield influence over procurement and prices.
Reuters reported in September that G7 leaders were looking at setting a price floor for the minerals to ensure proposed mines had enough of a business case to attract investors.
A price floor “helps us strategically, in competition with China, that has 80 per cent of the tungsten market tied up,” Holt said Wednesday.
“Being able to have a price floor established by the Canadian government secures the value of the resource as well as our ability to develop it.”
She said another possibility is an offtake agreement — essentially, a guarantee to investors that there will be a buyer of the mine’s product.
Northcliff Resources is 81 per cent owned by New Zealand’s Todd Corporation, according to a company presentation last month.
The province approved the project under its environmental impact assessment process in 2015, with 40 conditions attached.
Environmental critics say Northcliff has yet to comply with some of those conditions, and New Brunswick has twice extended the deadline for the start of construction.
Holt said Wednesday her government was pushing for all the conditions to be met so the mine can proceed.
Federal approval came in 2017, the same year Wolastoqey chiefs who had opposed the mine signed what the province called an “accommodation agreement” on the project.
That agreement would see the six First Nations receive 35 per cent of the first $2 million in provincial mine royalties each year, and 3.5 per cent of everything above that.
The chiefs said at the time they had to sign on to get the government to renew tax-sharing agreements for on-reserve gas and tobacco sales revenue for another decade.
Blaine Higgs, the Progressive Conservative premier at the time, terminated the tax agreements in 2021, but the new Holt Liberal government recently signed new deals with roughly the same terms.
Natural Resources Minister John Herron said earlier this year that his goal is to ensure First Nations get equity stakes — a share of ownership — in major projects.
A decade ago, the project was estimated to be worth $579 million and was likely to generate $280 million in royalties to the province over the mine’s 27-year lifespan.
It would employ 500 people during construction and 300 during regular operations.
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It is time for a reset of the Sisson mine’s Environmental Impact Assessment
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Two respected environmental organizations have come out definitively opposed to the Northcliff Sisson mine proposed for the Upper Nashwaak Watershed. The Nashwaak Watershed Association and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick have both issued statements in opposition to the mine plan. The watershed association has further suggested that at a minimum the province should reset the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the mine to include updated building standards and updated consideration of the business case for the mine.
Recent research also points to a need for updated consideration of the health impacts of the mine. A recent NB Media Co-op story featured the work of researcher Dr. Daniel Saucier of the Centre de Formation Médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick and his associates who have documented a possible connection between the spatial distribution of the incidence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disease (ALS) and the prevalence of past sulfur dioxide emissions in the province.
ALS is a fatal motor neuron disease causing progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and the brain.
While the study by Dr. Saucier and his associates concluded that more research is required to pin down a causal relationship between ALS and sulfur dioxide, the report of abnormal per-capita incidence of ALS in the province relative to the national average is cause for alarm, concern and caution. Quoting the article: “preliminary analysis, published in 2016 found an annual rate of 2.5 cases annually per 100,000 people in New Brunswick. In contrast, most countries around the world typically see one or two cases per 100,000 people.”
By comparison and closer to home, the journal Neurology has reported the incidence of ALS in heavily industrialized southwestern Ontario, 1978 through 1982, as 1.63 per a population of 100,000.
Given the results of this ALS study, further investigation has unearthed a possible link between ALS and other compounds of interest to New Brunswickers. A quick search of the scientific literature reveals a connection between ALS and the compounds, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, two compounds scheduled to be in use and emitted from the Ammonia Para Tungstate (APT) processing plant at the proposed Sisson mine.
While all these studies are in the early stages of confirmation, their results suggest a need for a more proactive approach to Health Impact Assessment of the proposed Sisson mine before the project is permitted to proceed any further. Given the findings of the late Dr. Eilish Cleary’s 2012 report on shale gas, at a bare minimum the residents of the Nashwaak watershed require and deserve a thorough baseline assessment of health conditions, air quality, soil conditions and water conditions before this mine is permitted to release these toxins onto the landscape.
Also of note:
- The current mine plan is based on outdated Best Available Practices and Best Available Technology of tailing storage and dam design. We would not allow residential or other industrial construction to proceed in 2025, based on outdated building codes of 2013, and based on an excuse that it would be too expensive to build to current code standards.
- The current mine plan is based on outdated economic feasibility studies. Operating costs and capital costs of mines have outdistanced metal prices. Staking the province’s future on 2011 economic data is not an intelligent way to proceed in these economically challenged times.
- Critical Minerals researcher Cameron Stockman has pointed out that the Sisson mine would likely require a government guaranteed price floor, combined with government stockpiling of the mine off-take in order to attract the investment required to launch the project. This constitutes a tacit admission of the bad business case for this mine that is destined to suck on struggling taxpayers and to detract from “Nation Building” aspirations.
- The mine’s shaky business case is also destined to saddle the watershed and province with boom-bust cycles, accompanied by all the social turmoil that result from such cycles in today’s society. The social chaos of boom-bust is epitomized by the wave of drug culture murders in Dawson Creek, B.C. following a sudden boom in the oil and gas sector.
- The current mine plan is based on outdated models of air emissions. Current science has shown that past models of emission dispersion are inadequate. The residents, farmers, livestock, land, air and water of the Nashwaak watershed and the province deserve better protection from the arsenic, fine particulate matter, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia destined to come out of this mine.
- The current mine plan is based on archaic open-pit technology that is being replaced by less intrusive pin-point directed borehole drilling.
- The current mine plan is being driven by an influx of money from the U.S. military establishment with probable unspecified promises of guaranteed price and market for its output that will further burden taxpayers and the environment.
Given all the above considerations and that the mine proponent has failed to comply with several conditions of approval including refusing to provide the public with a model of a tailing dam failure and an appropriate financial securities plan for reclamation and water treatment post closure, it is time to pull the plug and call a halt to the proponent’s foot dragging. It is time to reset the whole EIA process on Sisson. The possible link of the proposed mine to the neurological disease ALS should be a tipping point for all New Brunswickers.
Stop the madness, listen to the water, consider the health of our children and future generations, and reject this blight on the landscape. The proponent has been allowed to play its investment games unimpeded for far too long.
Lawrence Wuest is an ecologist living in the Upper Nashwaak on unceded territory of the Wəlastəkwiyik, Mi’kmaq, and Peskotomuhkati.
Sisson mine owners see share price climb 56% in weeks before Maliseet deal
New Brunswick government says deal was announced as soon as possible after being confirmed by First Nations
The price escalation began roughly at the same time the province and Maliseet First Nation communities came to a deal about the mine.
"It was in December, mid–December — around early to mid–December," said Chief Patricia Bernard of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation about when she and five other chiefs agreed not to oppose the mine in exchange for a deal with the province on tax sharing on gasoline and tobacco sales.
Bernard said documents formalizing the December agreements were then signed on Jan. 31.
Share price bid up
News of the Sisson deal was not disclosed to the public until Feb. 10.But by then, unknown investors had spent almost eight weeks buying Northcliff stock and bidding its price up from nine cents per share on Dec. 15 to a new 52–week high of 14 cents per share on Feb. 9.
After Friday's announcement the stock jumped further to 15 cents, the highest its been in 18 months.
Over two million shares in Northcliff Resources changed hands during the 37 trading days between mid–December and Friday's announcement, six times more than during the identical 37 trading days one year earlier.
- 6 Maliseet First Nations agree to Sisson mine deal
- How province pressured 6 First Nations to accept Sisson deal
It is not legal in Canada for anyone who has confidential information about a company that is not known to the public or other shareholders to act on that knowledge.
'Timing is interesting'
Anything that affects a publicly traded stock has to get out as soon as possible.- Bruce Fitch , PC finance criticHowever, Fitch does say the province needs to release any information it has that can affect the stock price of any publicly traded company as quickly as it can to be fair to all investors.
"Anything that affects a publicly traded stock has to get out as soon as possible," said Fitch.
Deal not signed til late January
Tanya Greer, a spokeswoman with the provincial Department of Energy and Resource Development, said in an email the province could not announce the agreement earlier than Feb. 10 for logistical reasons."The agreements could not be signed until the six First Nations had taken the agreements to their councils and received their approval, which did not occur until late January," wrote Greer in an email to CBC News.
"The signing happened days later, and the announcement was scheduled as soon as the premier, MLA and MP could be available."
The province did not respond to a question asking whether it was aware Northcliff`s share prices were escalating during the period before the announcement was finally made.
Sagging international tungsten and molybdenum prices over the last two years have been hovering well below levels the company envisioned in its 2013 feasibility study for the development, although the Gallant government's faith in the project has never publicly wavered.
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Seems that I must resort to my MO and create another blog in order to post all my comments warts and all. Then as usual I will Tweet about it and email my indignation to you boss Hubby Baby Lacroix, his lawyers and of course Minister Joly.
If the malicious moderators wish to check my work and compare it theirs all they have to do is Google my name N'esy Pas Alex Johnston?
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Jeff Christian
Go after the guilty parties !!!
Ever notice that no one ever does go after them?...unless it is absolutely unavoidable?
Same with off-shore bank accounts to avoid taxes...no one goes looking for them except in isolated cases.
Why not?
Too many powerful and important people involved...and politicians.
David Raymond Amos
We need less faith-based public policy and more fact-based policy. At current prices, NB will earn diddly-squat by developing the resource, so there is no reason to aggressively pursue this file from the province's perspective. The only people making money are those profiting from the run-up in the stock price.
And Mr. Fitch is wrong. There is a way of knowing who is profiting from the stock market action. Records of who buys and sells stocks are kept, of course. The only question is: "Does the public benefit of knowing who is profiting from the transactions outweigh the harm done to the individuals involved by making such information public?"
Not an easy question to answer, but only the willfully ignorant would refuse to try.
http://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/critical-metals-investing/tungsten-investing/tungsten-outlook/
See, for example, http://www.infomine.com/investment/metal-prices/ferro-tungsten/all/
In my humble opinion the minerals can stay put till the price goes through the roof. Then someday perhaps our grandchildren can negotiate a lucrative deal on royalties and be employed working the dirt in the lovely place they were born a raised while the rest of us are pushing up daisies for them to enjoy and remember us fondly.
Nothing is ever properly investigated I know I have lived it.
"The timing is interesting and the volume is interesting but I don't want to make an accusation that would be improper,"said Fitch who cautioned it is up to securities regulators to look at trading anomalies."
Yea Right
Why is former stock broker Bruce Fitch or anyone in the know even remotely dubious? Surely Fitch is old enough to remember Mr Goodale not taxing Income Trusts and the gossip about Mr Brison just before the writ was dropped for the election of the 39th Parliament in late 2005 The Conservatives did not care about that nonsense either N'esy Pas?
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om Tuesday 10 January 2017. If you require immediate assistance,
please dial (506) 658-3060.
Merci pour votre courriel. Je suis absent du bureau, et je retournerai
mardi le 10 janvier 2017. Pour une assistance immediate, veuillez
composez le (506) 658-3060.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
David Walters
613-957-3522
david.walters@cra-arc.gc.ca
CRA's new fingerprinting policy could create travel problems for
accused tax evaders
Tax agency calls mandatory fingerprinting 'a powerful deterrent'
By Dean Beeby, CBC News Posted: Feb 21, 2017 9:00 PM ET
The Canada Revenue Agency has begun to record the fingerprints of
every person charged with tax evasion, a move that could severely
restrict foreign travel for anyone accused but not necessarily
convicted of a criminal tax offence.
"Introducing a mandatory fingerprinting policy would serve as a
powerful deterrent to those considering committing a serious tax
offence or those who may contemplate reoffending," says an internal
memorandum justifying the new measure.
"The mobility restriction is an important deterrent, especially for
people engaged in offshore tax evasion."
The agency changed its policy manuals last fall to implement mandatory
fingerprinting following years of inconsistent fingerprint collection
based on the varying advice of local prosecutors.
Diane Lebouthillier
Last year, Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier's agency
received $444 million over five years to chase down tax evaders,
including those using offshore tax havens. Critics say efforts so far
have let wealth-management companies, which facilitate the use of tax
havens, off the hook. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The new policy means the fingerprints of all accused tax evaders will
be recorded in the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) database,
accessible by almost 70,000 Canadian police officers but also by some
foreign agencies such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and
its border officers.
As the memo notes, U.S. officials checking the CPIC database "may view
a taxpayer charged and/or convicted for tax evasion as inadmissible to
their country."
CBC News obtained a copy of the memo, and the July 7 order authorizing
the new policy, under the Access to Information Act, with several
sections blacked out under security and advice exemptions.
Tracking begins April 1
"Without a national policy on fingerprinting, CRA's convictions were
not always recorded in CPIC," CRA spokesman David Walters said in an
email. "Therefore, some persons convicted of tax evasion were unknown
to law enforcement agencies."
Walters said the agency will rely on qualified police officers to
collect the prints. He said there are no statistics to date on how
many fingerprints have been collected since the change in policy but
formal tracking is to begin April 1.
CRA turning to 'big data' to focus its audits — and catch tax cheats
Tip line leads Canada Revenue Agency to offshore tax cheats
The CPIC database is keyed to fingerprints, which are the prime means
of tracking a person's movements before and after conviction. "Without
fingerprints, the CRA cannot ask law enforcement to carry out such
tracing of movements," the memo says.
The document also says the new policy puts those accused of tax
evasion on a level playing field with people charged with theft, fraud
and financial crimes.
They're not charging many people ... they're mostly settling out of court
- Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness
There are other benefits, it says, including "facilitating the
apprehension of an accused who fails to appear for trial or sentencing
as it allows law enforcement to execute a bench warrant for the arrest
of a person alleged to have committed a tax crime, including any
accused who may leave the country to avoid facing the consequences of
their actions."
Walters says if an accused is acquitted of tax evasion, the agency
will "request" the fingerprints be removed from the CPIC database —
though some law firms specializing in fingerprint "destruction" warn
the images could remain for months, depending on the protocols of the
police service that registered the prints.
The new policy is part of the agency's renewed emphasis on tax cheats,
especially offshore tax evaders, and includes $444.4 million earmarked
in last year's budget to combat tax evasion over five years.
Financial tracking
Since January 2015, financial institutions have also been required to
report directly to the CRA all international electronic fund transfers
of $10,000 or more. In a little more than a year following that
legislative change, the agency received data on more than 17 million
transactions.
The tax agency has also been more frequently accessing the financial
databases of FINTRAC, the federal centre that combats money laundering
and terrorist financing, after critics said the two institutions
weren't sharing enough information.
CRA formally asked FINTRAC for information from its databases on
specific cases 68 times in 2015-2016, more than triple the requests
from 2013-2014.
Howlett
Dennis Howlett of Canadians for Tax Fairness says CRA isn't charging
enough tax evaders, and is instead choosing out-of-court settlements
where the terms and identities aren't disclosed. (CBC)
One of CRA's most persistent critics — the non-profit Canadians for
Tax Fairness, funded largely by unions — questions the effectiveness
of the new fingerprinting policy when the agency turns so seldom to
the justice system to catch big tax cheats.
"They are not charging many people, so the evidence would seem to
indicate they're mostly settling out of court," executive director
Dennis Howlett said in an interview.
"They do need to take some cases to court to clearly establish some
precedents and to strengthen their negotiating hand when they do
settle out of court … We're a bit surprised there aren't more
charges."
Howlett also said CRA is still not pursuing wealth-management firms
that facilitate offshore tax evasion, or corporations that may be
keeping profits in offshore tax havens to evade taxes at home.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 18:25:03 -0400
Subject: YO Jana Winter why not ask CBC or Birgitta Jónsdóttir or her
Prime Minister or your President Trump or his lawyer Mr Cohen
(646-853-0114) If I am one of "The real bad guys" in Canada they
seek???
To: janawinter@protonmail.com, Wendy.Olsen@usdoj.gov, "James.Comey"
<James.Comey@ic.fbi.gov>, Diana.Swain@cbc.ca, birgittaj
<birgittaj@althingi.is>, postur <postur@for.is>, "Robert. Jones"
<Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
krishnamurthyp@sec.gov, "Marc.Litt" <Marc.Litt@bakermckenzie.com>,
"PETER.MACKAY" <PETER.MACKAY@bakermckenzie.
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca,
oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, plee@stu.ca, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
postur@for.stjr.is, aih@cbc.ca, andre <andre@jafaust.com>,
"blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>,
"David.Coon" <David.Coon@gnb.ca>
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:34:40 -0300
Subject: Fwd: USANYS-MADOFF AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM US
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SDNY
To: frank.pingue@thomsonreuters.
johanna.sigurdardottir@fel.
Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
grant.mccool@thomsonreuters.
"Robert. Jones" Robert.Jones@cbc.ca, marie@mariemorneau.com,
dfranklin@franklinlegal.com, egilla@althingi.is,
william.turner@exsultate.ca, klm@althingi.is, mail@fjr.stjr.is,
Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, wendy.williams@landsbanki.is,
cdhowe@cdhowe.org, desparois.sylviane@fcac.gc.ca, plee@stu.ca,
jonina.s.larusdottir@ivr.stjr.
fme@fme.is, info@landsbanki.is, sedlabanki@sedlabanki.is, tif@tif.is
Cc: rfowlo@comcast.net, jmullen@townofmilton.org, webo@xplornet.com,
t.j.burke@gnb.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, Dan Fitzgerald danf@danf.net,
"spinks08@hotmail.com" spinks08@hotmail.com, gypsy-blog
gypsy-blog@hotmail.com, "nb. premier" nb.premier@gmail.com, nbpolitico
nbpolitico@gmail.com>, "bruce.fitch" bruce.fitch@gnb.ca, "bruce.alec"
bruce.alec@gmail.com
I know that the Yankee law enforcement people are either as dumb as
posts or pure evil. There appears to be few exceptions. The ethical
Ms. Olson is my favourite lady today. Does anyone speaking or acting
in the best interests of the decent folks in Iceland understand my
sincerity and her Integrity YET?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
'The real bad guys' are coming from Canada, not Mexico, Daily Beast
report alleges
Leaked FBI data from 2014-2016 suggests more 'suspected terrorists'
enter U.S. by way of Canada than Mexico
By Diana Swain, CBC News Posted: Feb 11, 2017 9:00 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/the-
The Investigators with Diana Swain - November 19, 2016
Air Date: Nov 18, 2016 6:44 PM ET
The Investigators with Diana Swain - November 19, 201622:24
Did the spread of fake news on social media play a role in electing
Donald Trump? Diana speaks with a BuzzFeed reporter who revealed a
group of Facebook employees are trying to combat misinformation. Plus,
behind-the-scenes on a collaboration between CBC News and the Toronto
Star about police powers in the digital age. Watch Sat 9:30 pm ET &
Sun 5:30 pm ET on CBC News Network.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
The Investigators with Diana Swain
Air Date: Oct 24, 2016 8:42 AM ET
Episode 2: The ethics and challenges of reporting on data dumps after
another release by Wikileaks hits the U.S. presidential campaign.
Plus, a CBC News investigation into solitary confinement
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/
The Investigators with Diana Swain
Air Date: Oct 14, 2016 9:57 PM ET
Series premiere: How journalists got the scoop on Donald Trump, and
questions about the privacy of your medical information
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: president <president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca,
B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au
pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press
<press@bankofengland.co.uk>, "Andrew.Bailey"
<Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk>,
fin.financepublic-
<newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<news-tips@nytimes.com>, lionel <lionel@lionelmedia.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "justin.ling@vice.com, elizabeththompson"
<elizabeththompson@ipolitics.
"Bill.Morneau" <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, postur <postur@for.is>,
stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>
---------- Original message ----------
From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
counsel to President Donald J. Trump. All future emails should be
directed to mdcohen212@gmail.com and all future calls should be
directed to 646-853-0114.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hancox, Rick (FCNB)" <rick.hancox@fcnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
G'Day/Bonjour,
Thanks for your e-mail. I am out of the office until 24 February. If
you need more immediate assistance, please contact France Bouchard at
506 658-2696.
Je serai absent du bureau jusqu'au 24 fevrier Durant mon absence,
veuillez contacter France Bouchard au 506 658-2696 pour assistance
immédiate.
Thanks/Merci Rick
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:15:04 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just called and left a
message for you
To: Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
"Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
"mark.vespucci" <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>,
curtis <curtis@marinerpartners.com>, "rick.hancox"
<rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<djtjr@trumporg.com>, mcohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>,
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "ht.lacroix" <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>,
"hon.melanie.joly" <hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>
Trust that Trump, CBC and everybody else knows that I speak and act
Pro Se particularly when dealing with the Evil Tax Man
https://twitter.com/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
Transfer of Canadian banking records to U.S. tax agency doubled last year
Documents for thousands of Canadian residents transferred under
controversial FATCA legislation
By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Banking records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned
over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a
controversial information sharing deal, CBC News has learned.
That is double the number transferred in the deal's first year.
The Canada Revenue Agency transmitted 315,160 banking records to the
IRS on Sept. 28, 2016 — a 104 per cent increase over the 154,667
records the agency sent in September 2015.
Lisa Damien, spokeswoman for the CRA, attributed the increase to the
fact it was the second year for the Canada-U.S. information sharing
deal that was sparked by the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA).
"The exchange in September 2015 was based on accounts identified by
financial institutions at the time," she said. "The number of reported
accounts was expected to increase in 2016, because the financial
institutions have had more time to complete their due diligence and
identify other reportable accounts."
Trudeau Nuclear Summit 20160331
Prior to coming to power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed the
agreement to share banking records of Canadian residents with the IRS.
He has since changed his position. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The transmission of banking records of Canadian residents is the
result of an agreement worked out in 2014 between Canada and the U.S.
after the American government adopted FATCA. The U.S. tax compliance
act requires financial institutions around the world to reveal
information about bank accounts in a bid to crack down on tax evasion
by U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts.
Dual citizens, long-term visitors affected
The deal requires financial institutions to share the banking records
of those considered to be "U.S. persons" for tax purposes — regardless
of whether they are U.S. citizens.
Among the people who can be considered by the IRS as "U.S. persons"
are Canadians born in the U.S., dual citizens or even those who spend
more than a certain number of days in the United States each year.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper's government argued that given
the penalties the U.S. was threatening to impose, it had no choice but
to negotiate the information sharing deal. The former government said
it was able to exempt some types of accounts from the information
transfer.
CRA
The Canada Revenue Agency transfers banking records of people believed
to be 'U.S. persons' to the IRS. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The Canada Revenue Agency triggered controversy after it transferred
the first batch of Canadian banking records to the IRS in September
2015 in the midst of the election campaign, without waiting for an
assessment by Canada's privacy commissioner or the outcome of a legal
challenge to the agreement's constitutionality.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Treasury Board President Scott Brison
and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale have dropped calls to scrap
the deal, which they had made before the Liberals came to power.
Watchdog wants proactive notification
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has raised concerns about the
information sharing, questioning whether financial institutions are
reporting more accounts than necessary. Under the agreement, financial
institutions only have to report accounts belonging to those believed
to be U.S. persons if they contain more than $50,000.
Therrien has also suggested the CRA proactively notify individuals
that their financial records had been shared with the IRS. However,
the CRA has been reluctant to agree to Therrien's suggestion.
Racial Profiling 20160107
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has questioned whether the CRA is
transmitting more banking records to the IRS than is necessary.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault said the increase in the
number of files transferred was "surprising," and he questioned
whether financial institutions are only sharing records of accounts
worth more than $50,000.
"I don't see how there would be 150,000 more accounts reportable to
the IRS in one year. It is something I will look into."
Dusseault said the CRA should notify every Canadian resident whose
banking records are shared with the IRS.
Lynne Swanson, of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian
Sovereignty, which is challenging the information sharing agreement in
Federal Court, said she has no idea why the number of banking records
shared with the IRS doubled.
Youngest MP 20110519
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should notify
every Canadian resident whose banking records are shared with the IRS.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
"It still seems low in comparison to the number of Canadians that are
affected by this," she said. "It is estimated that a million Canadians
are affected by this."
Hopes for repeal
Swanson hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump, or Congress — which is
now controlled by the Republican Party — will scrap FATCA. The
Republican platform pledged to do away with the information collecting
legislation.
"FATCA not only allows 'unreasonable search and seizures' but also
threatens the ability of overseas Americans to lead normal lives," the
platform reads. "We call for its repeal and for a change to
residency-based taxation for U.S. citizens overseas."
Swanson's group is also hoping the Federal Court of Canada will
intervene, although a date has not yet been set for a hearing.
"A foreign government is essentially telling the Canadian government
how Canadian citizens and Canadian residents should be treated. It is
a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
<fin.financepublic-
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "MAY, Theresa" <theresa.may.mp@parliament.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:10:53 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Whereas the UKIP NEVER had any time to talk
to me about the financial industry now I have even less of my precious
time for them just like wannabe Consevative leaders who try to play
dumb
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" <fin.minfinance-financemin.
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:06:39 +0000
Subject: RE: Whereas the UKIP NEVER had any time to talk to me about
the financial industry now I have even less of my precious time for
them just like wannabe Consevative leaders who try to play dumb
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "HAMMOND, Philip" <philip.hammond.mp@parliament.
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 21:10:55 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Whereas the UKIP NEVER had any time to talk
to me about the financial industry now I have even less of my precious
time for them just like wannabe Consevative leaders who try to play
dumb
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 12:50:55 -0400
Subject: Fwd Attn Peter.Murrell of the Scottish National Party I am on
the phone to you right now (902 800 0369) You are welcome George
Osborne Say Hello to the RCMP and Jean Chretien for me will ya?
To: nigel.farage@europarl.europa.
<boris.johnson.mp@parliament.
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
UKIP,
Lexdrum House,
King Charles Business Park,
Newton Abbot, Devon
TQ12 6UT
0333 800 6800
Email: mail@ukip.org
http://uk.businessinsider.com/
Paul Nuttall interview: UKIP will take Stoke from 'lobby-fodder' Labour
Adam Payne Jan. 26, 2017, 8:57 AM
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-
Names in frames for key by-election in Stoke Central
Patrick Burns Political editor, Midlands
http://www.stokesentinel.co.
Revealed: Final list of candidates for the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election
By Phil Corrigan | Posted: January 31, 2017
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Ukip's Paul Nuttall under investigation after admitting to never
having lived in his 'permanent residence' in Stoke
By Helena Horton 2 February 2017 • 6:06pm
https://www.theguardian.com/
Stoke byelection: this is Britain on the edge, torn between hope and despair
Polly Toynbee Monday 6 February 2017 20.01 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/
Paul Nuttall's 'Nukip' vision: 'Beer-swilling is an image of the past'
Ukip leader is confident of winning Stoke byelection and aims to
increase party’s appeal to women and working classes
Amelia Gentleman Tuesday 7 February 2017 19.01 GMT
http://www.standard.co.uk/
The Johnson supremacy
Tuesday 4 October 2011 10:31 BST
"The world does not need a mini-Boris," says Jo Johnson, the
journalist-turned-politician trying to escape the shadow of his
journalist-turned-politician brother in their dynasty of journalists
and politicians. "It would be a disaster if I tried to pass myself off
as him." The Conservative MP for Orpington is sibling number four in
the Johnson clan. After Boris, comes The Lady editor Rachel,
entrepreneurial Leo, Jo and then two half-siblings, Julia and Max. Jo
is considered the "sensible" one: "There was no point trying to be the
loud one."
If Boris is the showman and the stand-up comic, Jo seems to have a
better eye for detail. Some have suggested the two could one day
compete for the top job in the party, Miliband-style, although Jo
describes Labour's filial battle as "unedifying". Perhaps a BoJo-JoJo
double-act at 10 and 11 Downing Street might be an alternate vision of
the future? Jo gives the perfect
politician-being-grilled-on-
David Cameron the right man for the right time. I am full-square
behind him and George Osborne."
Jo looks like Boris's slimmer body double, his suit and hair less
tousled. At 39, he is eight years the Mayor's junior and says his
father Stanley is more often mistaken for Boris than he is. "
"On top of his backbencher's salary though, the register of members'
interests shows regular sums from the Financial Times, where he
remains a contributing editor, and that he recently received £3,600
for giving a speech to Bank of America employees.
His house, where he lives with his wife Amelia Gentleman and two
children, is in Camden, "a nice part of town, but it's not Belgravia".
He and Gentleman, a Guardian journalist whose mantelpiece must groan
under awards, met 20 years ago while students at Oxford, and married
in 2005.
Marrying to the Left seems a Johnson tradition: their mother Charlotte
Johnson Wahl has faultless Leftie credentials while Boris's wife
Marina is said to be much more liberal than he. Gentleman has written
extensively about the impact of the Government's cuts which, I
suggest, must make for some lively conversation over the supper table:
"There's lots of healthy debate, debate is good," he says, a view that
seems lucky in light of his family. "You can't iron contradictions out
of individuals and you can't iron them out of families."
OVERVIEW
SISSON PROJECT
Northcliff Resources Ltd. holds an 88.5% controlling interest in and is the operator of the advanced-stage Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum Project in New Brunswick. The Sisson Project has the potential to become a near-term critical metal producer, providing new primary supply of tungsten and molybdenum to North American, European and Asian markets. Todd Corporation (Todd) of New Zealand has an 11.5% interest and Northcliff an 88.5% interest in the Sisson Partnership, which owns the Sisson Project. Todd also holds a 81.35% interest in Northcliff. More information on Todd can be found at https://toddcorporation.com/
The 14,140-hectare Sisson property hosts a large, structurally controlled, intrusion-related tungsten-molybdenum deposit amenable to open pit mining. Northcliff announced the positive results of the Sisson Project Feasibility Study in January 2013 and since then the Sisson Project has received numerous key approvals.
November 13, 2025 Vancouver, BC - Northcliff Resources Ltd. (“Northcliff” or the “Company”) (TSX: NCF) is pleased to
announce that its Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum Project (the “Sisson Project” or “Sisson”) has been referred to the Major
Projects Office. The Major Projects Office will provide financial and regulatory assistance in the advancement of the Sisson
Project towards a construction decision.
On November 13, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that the Sission Mine is one of the projects that will be
referred to the Major Projects Office. Established under Bill C-5 passed by Canada’s parliament in June 2025, the intent of
the Major Projects Office is to give government new powers to approve major projects of national interesti, facilitating
development of these projects through collaboration with key partners, including project proponents, Indigenous Peoples,
investors, and all levels of governmentii.
Sisson is a pre-construction stage project with in-hand Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) approvals. Sisson received
EIA approvals from the provincial and federal governments in 2015 and 2017, respectively. Located near tidewater in New
Brunswick, Canada, the Sisson Project hosts a significant deposit of tungsten and molybdenum, both of which have been
identified as Critical Minerals by the Government of Canada. The Company is currently progressing with studies to advance
the project.
In 2025, Northcliff received funding under Critical Minerals initiatives in the United States (“US”) and Canada. In May, the US
Department of Defense (“DoD”) awarded the Company US$15 million (~C$20.7 million) under the Defense Production Act
Title III program to expand tungsten’s domestic capacity, sustainment of its critical production and address vulnerability in
the Critical Minerals supply chain in the US and Canada (May 1, 2025 release). In August, final approval was received from
Natural Resources Canada (“NRCan”) whereby NRCan will provide contribution funding for up to C$8.214 million in support
of the costs for the update of the Feasibility Study and basic engineering through the Global Partnerships Initiative (August 7,
2025 release). The objectives of the work being funded by NRCan are to build on and complement the programs being
supported by the US DoD.
Northcliff Chairman, President & CEO Andrew Ing said, “We are excited that the Sisson Project is one of the nation building
projects announced today by Prime Minister Carney and referred to the Major Projects Office. Northcliff’s goal is to
contribute to the efforts to build a resilient supply chain of critical minerals and support their growing use in digital
technology, clean energy, and aerospace applications by becoming a reliable, easily accessible, domestic producer of tungsten
and molybdenum in New Brunswick.”
About Northcliff Resources Ltd.
Northcliff is a mineral resource company focused on advancing the feasibility-stage Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum Project
located in New Brunswick, Canada, to production. Additional information on Northcliff is available on the website at
www.northcliffresources.com. Investor services can be reached at (604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
Andrew Ing
Chairman, President & CEO
Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking information based on current expectations. Forward-looking information is provided for the
purpose of presenting information about management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future and readers are cautioned
that such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward looking information may include, without limitation, the opinions
or beliefs of management, prospects, opportunities, priorities, targets, goals, ongoing objectives, milestones, strategies, and outlook of
Northcliff, and includes statements about, among other things, future developments, the future operations, strengths and strategy of
or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or
“believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will
be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. These statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. These statements
are based upon certain material factors, assumptions and analyses that were applied in drawing a conclusion or making a forecast or
projection, including Northcliff’s experience and perceptions of historical trends, the ability of Northcliff to maximize shareholder value,
current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that are believed to be reasonable in the circumstances.
Although such statements are based on management’s reasonable assumptions at the date such statements are made, there can be no
assurance that such forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from
those anticipated in such forward-looking information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
information. Northcliff assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking information to reflect new events or circumstances
unless required by applicable law. For additional information regarding forward-looking statements and their related risks, please refer to
the “Risk Factors” section in the Annual Information Form of the Company for the year ended on October 31, 2024, which is available on
the Company’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.
i https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/new-nation-building-projects-to-include-mining-and-energy-developments-sources-say/
ii https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/major-projects-office/about-us.htm
September 12, 2025, Vancouver, BC - Northcliff Resources Ltd. (“Northcliff” or the “Company”) (TSX: NCF) is
pleased to announce that it has entered into a secured loan agreement (the “Loan” or the “Loan Funding”) in the
amount of C$3.5 million with Todd Sisson (NZ) Limited (“Todd”), a subsidiary of the Todd Corporation, the
Company’s largest shareholder.
The Loan Funding will be used for the following:
• the settlement of all current and accrued liabilities and payables relating to HDSI and director fees;
• the reimbursement review period for eligible expenditures in conjunction with certain United States and
Canadian governmental critical minerals programs, including Canadian Global Partnerships Initiative
(“GPI”) funding awarded by and U.S. Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III funding awarded by the U.S.
Department of Defense (“DoD”), as detailed in Northcliff’s May 1, 2025 and August 7, 2025 new releases;
• expenditures that are ineligible under such programs, but which are necessary to the operations of
Northcliff;
• certain developmental costs in connection with the Company’s Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum Project (the
“Sisson Project”), a critical minerals project in New Brunswick, Canada; and
• general working capital purposes.
The Loan is a secured loan facility in the amount of C$3,500,000, will bear interest at the prime rate (as established
by the Royal Bank of Canada) plus 6% per annum, and has a term of up to 6 months, with the interest payable at
maturity. The loan and accrued interest are repayable at any time by the Company without penalty, but must be
settled at the earlier of a) maturity or b) on the date upon which the Company draws down from a convertible
loan agreement to be entered into between Northcliff and Todd at a later date.
The Loan is exempt from the formal valuation and disinterested shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101
Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”) pursuant to the de minimis
exemption contained therein. The terms of the Loan are also subject to regulatory approval.
Todd currently holds 81.35% of the issued and outstanding shares of Northcliff and an 11.5% interest in the Sisson
Partnership. Northcliff owns an 88.5% interest in the Sisson Partnership, which owns the Sisson Project.
About Northcliff Resources Ltd.
Northcliff is a mineral resource company focused on advancing the feasibility-stage Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum
Project located in New Brunswick, Canada, to production.
Additional information on Northcliff is available on the website at www.northcliffresources.com. Investor services
can be reached at (604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Andrew Ing
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Government of Canada funding for FS Update and additional engineering
August 7, 2025 Vancouver, BC - Northcliff Resources Ltd. (“Northcliff” or the “Company”) (TSX: NCF) is pleased to
announce that it has received final approval for funding from Natural Resources Canada (“NRCan”) to help advance
the Company’s Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum Critical Minerals Project (the “Sisson Project” or the “Project”) in
Canada. NRCan will provide contribution funding for up to C$8.214 million in support of the costs for the update
of the Feasibility Study (“FS Update”) and basic engineering through the Global Partnerships Initiative (“GPI”). The
objectives of the work being funded by NRCan are to build on and complement the programs being supported
through the US$15 million (~C$20.7 million) in Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III funding awarded by the U.S.
Department of Defense (“DoD”), as detailed in Northcliff’s May 1, 2025 release. This initiative supports Canada
and U.S. goals to secure supply chains for the critical minerals needed for important manufacturing sectors,
including communication technology, aerospace and defense, and clean technology.
Located near tidewater on the southeastern coast of Canada in New Brunswick, the Sisson Project hosts a deposit
with the critical minerals tungsten and molybdenum. The Sisson Project has the prospects of becoming an
accessible and reliable producer, strengthening and diversifying the supply chain for these two metals used in
important industrial, electronic, aerospace and defense applications, and new technologies.
Northcliff expended some $70 million on resource, engineering, environmental and economic studies on the
Sisson Project that culminated in a positive Feasibility Study in 2013, as well as the provincial and federal processes
since that time that resulted in environmental assessment and other key approvals. The Company is currently
focused on advancing the Project through the pre-construction phase with several aspects of the planned pre-
construction program in progress. These include the FS Update and basic engineering, which is designed to provide
the necessary economic and technical information to support a construction decision. Additionally, detailed
project development planning, project finance and offtake engagement activities have been initiated (Northcliff
June 26, 2025 news release).
“Canada is a global leader in mining, including the responsibly sourced critical minerals that power our economy
for clean energy, digital technologies, and national defence. This federal investment demonstrates Canada’s
commitment to increasing Canadian mineral production to strengthen domestic supply chains, create Canadian
jobs, and make the most of our natural resources, in New Brunswick and across the country.” The Honourable Tim
Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.
Andrew Ing, Northcliff’s Chairman, President and CEO commented, “Bi-lateral investments by the Canadian and
U.S. governments are being made to ensure that the minerals are available to support newly developing
technologies as well as maintain security of supply and North American industrial competitiveness. Northcliff has
the opportunity to contribute to these key objectives by becoming a reliable, easily accessible, domestic producer
of two critical minerals - tungsten and molybdenum. We appreciate this important additional funding from the
Canadian government through the GPI, which will complement the DPA Title III award from the U.S. Department
of Defense, and welcome the opportunity to work collaboratively with both governments in advancing the Sisson
Project towards a construction decision to develop a domestic and resilient supply chain for critical minerals.”
The disclosure of scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and
approved by Tanya Yang, P.Eng., a Qualified Person who is not independent of the Company.
The Canadian to U.S. dollar exchange rate used in the conversions is US$1 = C$1.38.
About Northcliff Resources Ltd.
Northcliff is a mineral resource company focused on advancing the feasibility-stage Sisson Tungsten-Molybdenum
Project located in New Brunswick, Canada, to production.
Additional information on Northcliff is available on the website at www.northcliffresources.com. Investor services
can be reached at (604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Andrew Ing
Chairman, President & CEO
This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements" or “forward-looking information” within
the meaning of Canadian and United States securities law. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that address the use
of the DoD funds and Government of Canada funds; advancement of the Sisson Project towards a project finance decision, including the
successful development and construction of the planned Sisson tungsten-molybdenum mine, concentrator and APT plant to become a
reliable source of tungsten and molybdenum are forward looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed
in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and
actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The assumptions used by Northcliff to
develop forward-looking statements include the following: the actual receipt of funds from DoD and the Government of Canada, the
Company’s ability to complete construction of Sisson Project mine and facilities, the Company’s ability to arrange the necessary financing
beyond the DoD funding and Government of Canada funding to continue operations and develop the Sisson Project, the receipt of all
necessary regulatory approvals for the construction and operation of the Sisson Project; the relevant laws and regulations in Canada and
the US; studies and development of the Sisson Project will continue to be positive; our expectations of continued availability of capital and
debt financing, and no geological or technical problems will occur. Forward-looking information is subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
information. These factors include the risks that may interfere with the Company’s ability to continue development of the Sisson Project,
the Company may not be able to finance and develop the Sisson Project on favourable terms or at all, relevant regulatory changes,
uncertainties with respect to the receipt or timing of required permits, approvals and agreements for the development of the Sisson Project,
the Company may not be able to secure offtake agreements for the metals to be produced at the Sisson Project, the inherent risks involved
in the exploration and development of mineral properties and in the mining industry in general, the financial markets and in the demand
and market price for tungsten, molybdenum and other minerals and commodities, and fluctuations in exchange rates, particularly with
respect to the value of the US Dollar and Canadian Dollar; the exploration and development of properties located within First Nations treaty
and Aboriginal groups asserted territories may affect or be perceived to affect treaty and asserted aboriginal rights and title, which may
cause permitting delays or opposition by Aboriginal groups or communities, environmental issues and liabilities associated with mining
including processing and stockpiling; changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation,
continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions, as well as risks relating to the
uncertainties with respect to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees
of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
The Company reviews its forward-looking statements on an ongoing basis and updates this information when circumstances require it. For
more information on the Company, investors should review the Company’s annual information form that is available on its profile at
www.sedarplus.ca.
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Date: Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:49 AM
Subject: Yo Chucky Leblanc I bet your buddies Mark Darcy, David Coon, Jenica Atwin and Ron Tremblay are Happy Happy Happy about the news about the long-delayed Sisson Mine N'esy Pas?
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Long-delayed Sisson Mine facing environmental deadline, other problems
Expected to begin construction years ago, 'generational opportunity'
project still on the drawing board
Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jul 24, 2020 6:00 AM AT
"The Sisson project won federal environmental approval in 2017, two
years after the province gave its own blessing. Federal Liberal
cabinet minister Dominic Leblanc predicted construction would begin in
the spring of 2018, but it still hasn't. (Ed Hunter/CBC )
It's been a tough year for Northcliff Resources Ltd., the company
behind a long delayed tungsten and molybdenum mine development known
as the Sisson project in central New Brunswick.
Its president quit, its stock fell, prices for its minerals have
melted and now the company is in danger of failing to meet a
requirement of its provincial environmental approval.
"Northcliff has engaged with the province of New Brunswick to extend
the deadlines under the provincial EIA (environmental impact
assessment) and the process is ongoing," the company said in a
quarterly management update for investors filed last month. "
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 15:44:07 -0300
Subject: YO Chucky Leblanc say Hey Grand Chief Ron Tremblay and
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Subject: Automatic reply: YO Chuicky Leblanc Need I say that your
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to
keep the Conservatives from winning the next election.
Latest Sisson Mine approval leaves First Nations, conservation groups uneasy
Tailings pond for proposed mine north of Fredericton requires damming two fish-bearing brooks
For two years, Nick Polchies of Woodstock First Nation and his dog Arizona have been waking up in the woods, on land that someday — and for centuries to come — could be a toxic tailings pond.
Polchies initially went to the site, about 80 kilometres northwest of Fredericton, to help the Wolastoqi grandmothers already camping out there to protest the proposed Sisson Mine.
Northcliff Resources Ltd., a Vancouver-based company, says its open-pit tungsten and molybdenum mine would create 500 jobs during construction and 300 jobs for the 27 years it is expected to operate.
The $579-million mine near the community of Napadogan would also have a storage pond for toxic waste that would last for many years after the mine is abandoned. The waste facility would require the damming of two fish-bearing brooks.
Polchies's resolve to fight the project only deepened when the mine and the tailings pond proposed for the unceded Wolastoqey land got approval this summer from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
"Basically, my mind kind of went to an old meme," said the frustrated Polchies. "It's like 'how many times must we teach you this lesson, old man?' Like it's not going to happen, we're not going to allow it to happen."
The proposed mine project includes a tailings pond and ore processing plant, covering 12.5 square kilometres of Crown land. (Northcliff Resources Ltd
First Nations and environmental groups have been concerned about the mining project since it was first proposed in 2011. And despite being consulted as the proposal moved through the approval process, they still believe it's a mistake.
"It's unfortunate but the economic arguments in favour of large mining projects almost always outweigh the environmental damages that projects like the Sisson Mine will do," said Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.
The federal approval published July 10 came with amendments to the regulations covering metal and diamond mining effluent. Under the revised regulations, Bird Brook and West Branch Napadogan Brook would be lost and included in the tailings pond.
Endangered American eel and Atlantic salmon are present in both brooks, which run into the Nashwaak River, then to the St. John River, or Wolastoq.
Despite opposition from many First Nation chiefs, the New Brunswick government approved the Sisson Mine in 2015.
Felt pressure to sign
Two years later, six Wolastoqey communities — St. Mary's, Woodstock, Oromocto, Tobique, Kingsclear and Madawaska — signed an "accommodation" agreement with the province, a multi-million dollar deal giving them a share of provincial revenue generated by the mine.The bands said their position on the mine hadn't changed but they had no choice but to sign the accommodation agreement. If they didn't sign, they'd lose a tax agreement with the province, which provides them with own-source revenue.
Archeological surveying done since the mine was proposed has uncovered artifacts near the ore body, including an 8,500-year-old spear point.
Other artifacts that were documented and sealed disappeared from the same site. A traditional longhouse has since been constructed there and has been used for ceremonies.
Two brooks to vanish
Even the federal Environment Department's own assessment of the project, produced in 2017, found the mine would have adverse effects on the environment and the Wolastoqiyik's traditional use of the land and water. But the government decided that with mitigation, the adverse effects could be justified.Northcliff has not said when it wants to go ahead with the Sisson Mine. Tungsten is at its lowest price since 2010, while molybdenum is only slowly gaining value.
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Marieka Chaplin, executive director of the Nashwaak Watershed Association, says her grassroots group is opposed to the destruction of fish-bearing streams. (Matthew Bingley/CBC)
First Nations and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans were consulted on the fish habitat compensation plan for the project needed before mine waste can be deposited in the two fish-bearing brooks.
But the chiefs said in a news release that despite being part of the engagement process, they weren't notified the two brooks would not be protected by effluent regulations.
Eye-opening moment
"He pointed out a little distance and said, It's going to expand from here to here, roughly that would be about the size of that dam, it's going to be all tailings, toxic water,'" Polchies said. "And that's pretty much when I knew I had to switch places."
Marieka Chaplin, executive director of the Nashwaak Watershed Association, which has been involved in the consultation from the early stages, said there are many things about the tailings pond that are concerning.
"We're concerned about the impact the project would have on our rivers and waterways," Chaplin said. "And obviously as a grassroots watershed organization, we're just simply opposed to the destruction of fish-bearing streams because that's one of the main things that we're trying to restore and conserve."
Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, says the dam for the Sisson Mine's tailings storage facility will be twice as high as the Mactaquac Dam and 16 times as long. (Jon Collicott/CBC)
"We're very curious to know what it would cost to treat and store the mine's tailings, for example. We're concerned about seepage from the mine's tailings there."
It's unfortunate but the economic arguments in favour of large mining projects almost always outweigh the environmental damages that projects like the Sisson Mine will do
- Lois Corbett, Conservation Council of New BrunswickDespite the federal approval, the project is still subject to 40 legally binding conditions attached to the provincial approval.
They include collaborating with post-secondary institutions for training programs, an emergency preparedness and response program, consulting with First Nations to determine the impact on animals of importance, and a water management plan.
"The project owners can crow and say that it's a significant milestone," Corbett said of the federal approval, "but there's a whole heck of a lot more hills that have to be overcome before we'll see a shovel in the ground."
Economic argument wins
"This is a economic depressed area, so this is an easy place to do a foolio on the government and … decision-makers. And I think that we need to end that era being taken advantage of."
"It's unfortunate but the economic arguments in favour of large mining projects almost always outweigh the environmental damages that projects like the Sisson Mine will do."
Contents from the Mount Polley Mine tailings pond spill down the Hazeltine Creek into Quesnel Lake near the town of Likely, B.C., in this photo from Aug. 5, 2014. The dam for the pond that stored toxic waste broke, causing a wide water-use ban in the area. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press
"That got jacked up to almost a million dollars, so it is better now," she said. "But from an ecological perspective, what the compensation package is doing is actually taking down one culvert and one dam, and restoring alewife in the Nashwaak, which is an admirable goal but it is not replacing Atlantic salmon nor American eel.
"Heck of a big dam"
Corbett said that the dam that will hold back the proposed tailings pond at Sisson will be larger than the Mactaquac Dam.The tailings storage facility will be roughly 3½ kilometres by 2½ kilometres and up to 90 metres high.
"So that's one heck of a big dam," she said.
The tailings storage facility will be built from earth and rock with a geosynthetic liner.
The Mount Polley mine disaster in 2014 was a wakeup call about the regulation of the mining industry, Corbett said.
In 2014, a tailings pond for the Mount Polley copper and gold open-pit mine in British Columbia breached and flooded toxic water and mine waste into the nearby lakes and streams. Charges have not been laid against the mining company responsible for the breach.
Representatives of Northcliff Resources Ltd. and the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government were contacted but would not be interviewed.
Nick Polchies is confident the protest camp at the proposed site will remain for as necessary, or when the project is called off.
"It's a fight and I refuse to stand down" Polchies says.
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One year later: First Nations life at the proposed Sisson mine site
Just one man is currently living full-time at the camp, which now features a two-storey cabin
One year after members of New Brunswick First Nations moved into the proposed site of the Sisson Mine, there's just one man living on the site full-time — and he says isolation is both the best and most challenging part of his existence.
"Before the dog, it was being alone completely," said Nick Polchies, 32. "She's a new addition, we only got her about three or four weeks ago. So, she's company."
Three members of the Wulustukyik Nation Grandmothers and Mothers group spent the winter in the camp, but Polchies and his one-year-old German shepherd Arizona are now the only ones living on the site full-time.
During his time there he hasn't seen any project developers, and believes the project is at a standstill.
Building a solitary existence
Polchies is building his life there, despite being alone most of the time.
"On the weekend is usually when there is somebody else out here," said Polchies in an interview. "Either with me or I go and take a break to take a shower or do laundry. You know, the stuff I can't do out here just yet."
Last July the camp was made up mostly of tents and a camper. The living arrangements were makeshift and temporary.
"Right now it's a bit more stable," said Polchies. "Less tents. We used to have more trailers around that really weren't that good. They were pop-ups … now we have a home that's livable. But it's not finished yet."
There's now a small two-storey cabin powered by a series of eight solar panels used to charge Polchies' cell phone and tablet computer.
A second cabin stands half completed next door.
Everything is built where the tailings pond would be dug for the proposed $579 million tungsten mine.
Mine status unknown
CBC News contacted the developer of the mine, Northcliff Resources, for an update on the status of the project but did not immediately receive a reply.
"There wasn't the space," he said. "The ladies wanted to spend the winter out here and I just complied."
The first cabin was built in February. Its wood stove and solid walls allowed for more than just getting by at the site.
Now Polchies says it's his turn to further develop the camp.
Deep woods living
The trip to the camp is about a 20-minute drive on a logging road. Once the roadway turns to pavement the closest community, Juniper, is another 20 minutes on top of that.
In the run of a typical day, Polchies battles frost and the rabbits that threaten his garden.
He also knows a bear lives nearby. Although the two have never crossed paths, he says each knows the other is there.
"He leaves a pretty big mark, and right in the middle of the road," said Polchies. "So I think it's a pretty big bear judging by that."
While things have been quiet this spring, Polchies says that if that changes and construction does start, those who oppose it will know where to come.
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