British Columbia court supports Seabridge KSM work but demands new indigenous engagement
TSX- and NYSE-listed gold developer Seabridge Gold has advised of a ruling made by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on two petitions challenging the determination by the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) that Seabridge's KSM project, in the Golden Triangle area, was substantially started as of July 24, 2024.
The court found that the determination was reasonable but that the EAO had not engaged in sufficient consultation with one of the petitioners, the Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha (TSKLH).
The court has ruled that the EAO must provide a specific period of 90 days for TSKLH to provide written submissions on whether the project was substantially started, after which the EAO must reconsider the substantially started determination.
The court also dismissed a second petition that was filed by SkeenaWild Conservation Trust against the substantially started determination.
Seabridge chairperson and CEO Rudi Fronk says that work at KSM will continue during the consultation process and EAO's reconsideration of the substantially started determination.
"We are satisfied that the court has confirmed the reasonableness of the EAO determination. We will continue to execute our work plans for KSM and look forward to meeting with the EAO to receive an update on their additional consultation activities in due course. Meanwhile, the permanent physical improvements we have made at KSM which were considered appropriate for the determination have been significantly enhanced. We remain appreciative of the continued support of the Nisga'a and Tahltan Nations, and the Gitxsan Hereditary Chiefs Office, for KSM," Fronk states.
Since its application for substantially started status in January 2024, Seabridge has incurred an additional $208-million of expenditures on permanent works at KSM, bringing total expenditures at KSM to $1.2-billion.
Despite garnering provincial and federal environmental approvals in 2014, the KSM project remains on hold.
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