Tsilhqot’in National Government Chair Chief Joe Alphonse and other First Nations leaders are in Ottawa lobbying against Taseko Mines Ltd. and its proposed New Prosperity Mine.
“We just finished meeting with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada,” Alphonse told the Tribune Wednesday.
“This project has gone through an assessment already and been rejected. The process should be tightened up and made tougher for the company to reapply,” Alphonse said, adding the TNG is prepared to go back to court to protect its interests.