Indigenous Leaders: Metals plant agreement is ‘monumental,’ says chief – BayToday.ca

June 12, 2024

Atikameksheng Anishnawbek Chief Craig Nootchtai anticipates jobs, economic spinoffs among from recent Wyloo announcement

Two years ago, Craig Nootchtai recalled, he was feeling “cautiously optimistic” about his community’s increasing involvement in the area’s resource projects.

The chief of Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, whose territory includes the City of Greater Sudbury, was reflecting on a previous experience at the BEV In Depth: Mines to Mobility conference, an annual, two-day event of activities focused on the battery-electric manufacturing supply chain.

But during this year’s event, held May 29-30 at Cambrian College, Nootchtai retracted his earlier comments.

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