Dunnedin Ventures Inc. Announces Board Changes; Receives Permit for Exploration Work Through 2017 - 2018
The company also reported it has received a positive vote from the Chesterfield Inlet Community Lands and Resource Committee (CLARC) for its multi-year diamond exploration program. The positive endorsement of Dunnedin's exploration plan is contingent upon Dunnedin integrating community knowledge into its work in order to minimize impacts upon wildlife, and Dunnedin providing assistance to the Kivalliq Inuit Association (the 'KIA') with cleanup of the abandoned Shear Minerals exploration camp at Josephine Lake. While not on the Kahuna project claims, the camp is a concern for many local residents and Dunnedin has formally offered assistance with the KIA's upcoming cleanup efforts. Such assistance is expected to take the form of transportation of people and equipment to and from the camp while the KIA remediates the site, during Dunnedin's upcoming field program. Following the CLARC endorsement, Dunnedin received a staking and prospecting permit from the KIA that is valid through 2018. This allows the company to undertake mapping, sampling and bulk sampling on Inuit controlled lands similar to that which it completed at the Kahuna project in 2015. The company also holds a permit from Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada allowing such work on federally controlled lands that is valid until 2017. Dunnedin is currently finalizing its Wildlife and Environment Monitoring and Mitigation Plan with input from community members and will soon submit its amended application for multi- year bulk sampling and drilling beyond 2017- 2018 to the Nunavut Impact Review Board.