The Northern Miner Podcast - episode 139: Indigenous People as 'Resource Rulers' in Canada ft Bill Gallagher - part 2

By Posted John Cumming / May 21, 2019 / www.northernminer.com / Article Link

This episode wraps up our two-part conversation with strategist, lawyer and author Bill Gallagher on the topic of Canada's Indigenous People and their land rights, and how that affects resource development in the country.

Bill Gallagher

Bill Gallagher

Based in Waterloo, Ont., Bill is the author of two popular books on the topic: the recently published "Resource Reckoning: a Strategist's Guide from A to Z" and the 2012 milestone "Resource Rulers: Fortune and Folly on Canada's Road to Resources."

To buy the books and for more information, visit www.billgallagher.ca and find him on Twitter at @ResourceRulers.

In this episode Bill covers several topics, including: the Peel River Watershed decision in the Yukon; Ring of Fire politics in Ontario; and international aspects of Indigenous land rights including the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Pope's latest encyclical on the same issue, and the Standing Rock pipeline showdown in the United States.

In the last of a series of four promoted-content Mining Minute segments, Max Sali, CEO of newly listed Barrian Mining (TSXV: BARI), talks about some of the team that will be guiding upcoming exploration of the firm's flagship Bolo gold asset in Nevada. Visit www.barrianmining.com for more information.

This podcast is sponsored by the Yukon Mining Alliance (www.yukonminingalliance.ca).

Yukon Mining Alliance

Click here for part 1 of the interview with Bill Gallagher.

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Music Credits:

"Miami Nights - Main Theme" and "Hiding Your Reality" by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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