Prairie Creek Mine

Synopsis

A prospective silver, zinc and lead mine promoted by Canadian Zinc Corp. It is in an extremely sensitive location, in the Mackenzie Mountains of the NWT, on a tributary of the South Nahanni River, upstream of the World Heritage Site. The site is completely surrounded by the Nahanni National Park Reserve, in DehCho territory. Concentrate would be trucked to Fort Nelson, BC. Permits are still required. Social licence is unlikely to ever be granted.

Category Mining

Type Mine

Prov NT

Region Nahanni

Posted 27Dec09

Updated 01Feb12

Status Proposed

Contacts

LOCAL
COMMUNITY

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Northwest Territories, www.cpawsnwt.org, Kris Brekke, Interim Executive Director, kris(at)cpaws.org, 867-873-9893

GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES

Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, www.reviewboard.ca, Chuck Hebert, chubert(at)reviewboard.ca, 867-766-7052
File EA0809-002 — Canadian Zinc Corp. Prairie Creek Mine

ABORIGINAL
GROUPS

Dehcho First Nations, www.dehchofirstnations.com, dcfn(at)dehcho.org, 866-995-3748, 867-695-2355 (Fort Simpson); Samuel Gargan, Grand Chief, grandchiefgargan(at)dehcho.org, ext 103; Dahti Scott-Tsetso, Resource Management Coordinator, dahti_scott(at)dehcho.org, dfnlandandresources(at)gmail.com, ext 110

Nahanni Butte Dene Band, www.dehchofirstnations.com, Fred Tesou, Chief, fredtesou(at)hotmail.com, 867-602-2900, the nearest community to the minesite.

PROPONENT

Canadian Zinc Corp., www.canadianzinc.com, CZN-T, John Kearney, Pres., kearney(at)canadianzinc.com, 416-362-6686 (Toronto), 866-688-2001, 604-688-2001 (Vancouver), 867.695.3963 (Fort Simpson)

More information

Location

In 2009 the Nahanni National Park Reserve was expanded to 30,000 ha, and now encompasses the expanded area as shown on the map. Note that the Prairie Creek Mine location has been excluded from the park area, an "island" of unprotected land in the middle of a park. More about the park at the Parks Canada website.