Proposed open-pit mine on Quebec-Labrador border drawing concern from Innu, Inuit – TheIndependent.ca
November 26, 2024
Torngat Metals says it wants to work with Indigenous governments to minimize the potential impacts of its planned rare earth element mining project
A proposed rare earth element mining project on the Quebec side of the Quebec-Labrador border has some Indigenous people in northern Labrador concerned with the potential impacts on the environment and local wildlife.
Torngat Metals, formerly known as Quest Rare Minerals Ltd., is hoping to set up an open pit mine approximately 235 km northeast of Schefferville, Que., transport the elements via a 160 km seasonal road to Voisey’s Bay, and ship the material from there to a rare earth processing and separation plant to be built in an existing industrial port in Sept-Îles, Que.
