Rare earths miner, Indigenous construction companies sign $8-million business contract – Northern News Services
February 21, 2021
Cheetah Resources, the company overseeing the Nechalacho rare earths project southeast of Yellowknife, made another significant step toward production by signing a mining services contract with the Det’on Cho Nahanni Construction on Feb. 19.
The official signing of the $8-million contract stipulates that the construction company will provide mining and equipment services for a single extraction campaign between March and September under the direction of Cheetah.
Representatives of the miner, the construction company and economic development arm of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) held the public signing at the new Cheetah Resources office at 4912–49 St. on Friday.
