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About: Open Monday to Friday 8:30am-5:00pm. CONTACT US. Water and wildlife compensation agreements including additional payments if Sabina fails to implement caribou mitigation commitments regarding calving and post-calving periods made to the Nunavut Impact Review Board. Such factors and assumptions include, among others, the effects of general economic conditions, commodity prices, changing foreign exchange rates and actions by government and regulatory authorities and misjudgments in the course of preparing forward-looking statements. Address: 30 Mitik St. As is the case for the rest of Nunavut, there is no road access to the region and all places are fly-in. For example, Iqaluit is approximately 1,069 km (664 mi) from Kugaaruk, the closest Kitikmeot community. It also states that more programs will be introduced by the association in the "near future. COVID-19 rules were relaxed. Kitikmeot Corporation. KIAs mandate is to “manage Kitikmeot Inuit lands and resources, and to protect and promote the social, cultural, political, environmental and economic well-being of Kitikmeot Inuit”. Access to the territorial capital of Iqaluit is difficult and expensive as the only direct flight is from Cambridge Bay, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. For our shareholders we have created more value in the Company by securing tenure and further de-risking the project. These agreements enhance KIA and Sabina’s existing relationship of mutual respect and demonstrate that Nunavut is a pro-responsible development/mining region and underscore its “open for business” strategy.

The population is predominantly Inuit (90.0%) with 0.7% other aboriginal peoples, 0.3% North American Indian and 0.4% Métis, and 9.3% non-Aboriginals. Nattilik, which covered Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak. All five hamlets have certified airports: Cambridge Bay Airport, Gjoa Haven Airport, Kugaaruk Airport, Kugluktuk Airport and Taloyoak Airport, with scheduled flights by Canadian North and First Air. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release. Jeannie Evalik was elected that day as KIA’s vice-president of social and cultural development. Bobby Lyall, along with his brother Kitikmeot Corporation president, Charlie Lyall and delegates Martina and Connie Kapolak, argued that the Government of Nunavut had spent most of the infrastructure money available from the federal government in the Baffin Region (Qikiqtaaluk Region). Vancouver, BC and Cambridge Bay, NU – Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. (SBB-T) (“Sabina”) and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (“KIA”) announced today that they have finalized agreements relating to the Binding Term sheet announced on October 18, 2017.The parties have entered into 20 year benefit and land tenure agreements under a Framework Agreement (“FA”) setting out rights and obligations with respect to surface land access on Inuit owned land on the Back River Project (“Back River” or the “Project”).Additionally, these agreements provide Inuit of the Kitikmeot Region with financial and socio-economic benefits including, training, jobs, initiatives to create additional opportunities outside of the mining industry, share ownership in Sabina and a 1% net smelter royalty on future production from the proposed mine on the Goose property. Sabina & Kitikmeot Inuit Association Finalize Inuit Impact Benefit Agreement and Long Term Land Tenure Agreements for Back River Project. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula, together with King William Island and the southern portion of Prince of Wales Island. The funding for the programs comes from Indigenous Services Canada, and both programs will run for three months starting on April 1 and running through the end of June. The association is currently finalizing a "brief online and phone-in application process," according to the release. ", "Census Profile, 2016 Census Bathurst Inlet", "Census Profile, 2016 Census Umingmaktok", "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kitikmeot, Unorganized", "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kitikmeot, Region", Kitikmeot Region information at Explore Nunavut, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kitikmeot_Region&oldid=970747559, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Inuktitut-language text, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Territorial rank in terms of population: 3rd out of 3. Kitikmeot Corporation (KC) is owned by the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) – our sole shareholder – and we are one of the three Regional Development Corporations within Nunavut. ABOUT KC. [15][17] It has the smallest population and is the least densely populated of the three. KIA Mandate To represent the interests of Kitikmeot Inuit by protecting and promoting our social, cultural, political, environmental and economic well-­‐being. Sabina has been very professional in these negotiations. An IIBA setting out commitments associated with Inuit employment, training and education, Kitikmeot business opportunities, formation of an Inuit Environmental Advisory Committee and investments in community infrastructure projects with the objective of supporting regional wealth creation initiatives within Kitikmeot communities; An initial investment of $4 million in regional wealth creation initiatives in the Kitikmeot, $2 million of which will be paid forthwith and the remainder no later than upon a production decision, with additional payments commencing the third year following commercial production if Sabina-related employment targets are not achieved.The purpose of the regional wealth creation initiative is to create new long term operating jobs outside of the mine to expand and diversify the Kitikmeot economy; An annual payment to the KIA of up to $1 million to cover KIAs cost of implementing the FA; and. The Kitikmeot Region also doubles as one of three census divisions in Nunavut, the others being the Kivalliq[15] (also known as the Keewatin) and the Qikiqtaaluk[16] (also known as the Baffin) regions. These are comprehensive milestone agreements that provide the long-term certainty of tenure required to de-risk, finance, develop and ultimately mine at Back River.

30 Mitik Street, P.O. “These Agreements allow a mine to be built and operated on Inuit Owned Land and will provide significant social and economic opportunities and benefits to Inuit of the Kitikmeot Region. 1 888 648-4218 nhoeller@sabinagoldsilver.com. This page was last edited on 2 August 2020, at 04:01.