Companies walked away from NWT’s Tundra mine with gov’t consent – CBC
May 25, 2015
Contract terminated ‘by mutual consent’ last month after companies were ‘unable to complete’ it
Two companies hired by the federal government to clean up a contaminated gold mine northeast of Yellowknife have walked away from the project, with the government’s consent.
In 2010, the government awarded a $43-million contract for remediating the Tundra mine site to two companies owned by the Tlicho Investment Corporation: Aboriginal Engineering and Tlicho Engineering and Environmental Services. The contract was expected to last until 2015.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada now says it was advised by the companies last August that they would be “unable to complete” the contract, which was subsequently terminated “by mutual consent” last month.
