Tahltan Nation seeks title over B.C.’s trillion-dollar mineral heartland
The claim covers 70 per cent of the Golden Triangle, one of Canada's richest mineral regions, with an estimated $1.28T in contained metals.
The B.C. government is quietly negotiating one of the largest transfers of Crown authority in provincial history—recognizing legally unproven Aboriginal title over 11 per cent of British Columbia.
The “foundation agreement” seeks to recognize Tahltan Nation rights and title over its entire legally unproven 96,000-square-kilometre territorial claim, according to public and FOI-obtained documents by the Northern Beat.
“The [foundation agreement] negotiations will be based upon recognition of Tahltan Aboriginal Title and Rights in Tahltan Territory,” states a 2020 “shared prosperity agreement,” defining the territory as “the traditional territory identified by the Tahltan.”
The claim covers a land mass larger than Portugal, including 70 per cent of the Golden Triangle, one of Canada’s richest mineral regions, with an estimated $1.28T in contained metals.
