BC First Nation ramps up monitoring with approval of Mount Milligan mine expansion – Canada’s National Observer

Jan 12, 2026

A First Nation in British Columbia says it will step up its own environmental oversight after the province approved a major expansion of the Mount Milligan mine — a project that has long shaped both the economy and the watersheds within its territory.

Colleen Erickson, chief of Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation said recent provincial approval allowing the Mount Milligan mine to extend operations to 2035, expand its footprint and increase production has revived concerns about whether environmental protections are keeping pace with the project’s growth. “It’s in the last pristine watershed in our territory,” Erickson said.

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