THE RESULTS

The mine itself only actually lasted five years out of the predicted eight. Although the First Nation could have been more effective in the implementationImplementation: the carrying out or execution of an agreementAgreement: any explicit, signed document that is negotiated and includes mutual concessions or limitations placed on both sides. Examples are Negotiation Agreements, Exploration Cooperation Benefit Agreements, Socio-Economic Participation Agreements., decision, or plan. of some smaller opportunities, it was quite successful in capturing the larger downstreamDownstream: downstream business refer to suppliers of products and services such as exploration, production, processing, product development, technical services, marketing and sales that supply the mine but are not owned by the mine. benefits. Through this agreementAgreement: any explicit, signed document that is negotiated and includes mutual concessions or limitations placed on both sides. Examples are Negotiation AgreementsNegotiation Agreement: an early agreement in the mining process, likely to occur in the Exploration Stage, which would outline the basis of the relationship between the Aboriginal group and the mining company and how the relationship will evolve if the mine moves forward. , Exploration Cooperation Benefit Agreements, Socio-Economic Participation Agreements. and a related Joint VentureJoint Venture: commonly, a business to which two or more parties contribute the essential land, capitalCapital: cash, property, equipment, services, and contracts or leases., and services, in return for a share in its ownership and control. (Note: the Joint Venture is very strictly defined under Canadian law.), the TH development corporationCorporation: the most common form of business organization. It pursues set objectives and is empowered with legal rights usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees, or loan and borrow money. (Chief Isaac Inc.), TH acquired two active, successful, and expanding businesses, MacKenzie Petroleum and Kluane Transport. They employ about 45 people regionally and territorially. The cash settlement enabled TH to design and build a state-of-the-art Child Development Centre which provides pre-natal through to 12-year-old programming for the community of Dawson City.

Through the Joint Venture partners many opportunities arose for TH and community contractors who otherwise would not have secured those contracts. In the end Dawson realized that First Nation involvement brought about a more environmentally-sound mining project with greater opportunities for involvement of the whole local population.