New Prosperity

In late 2019, the Tŝilhqot’in National Government and Taseko entered into a confidential dialogue, with the involvement of the Province of British Columbia, in order to obtain a long-term resolution of the conflict regarding Taseko’s proposed copper-gold mine previously known as New Prosperity, acknowledging Taseko’s commercial interests and the Tŝilhqot’in Nation’s opposition to the project.

This dialogue has been supported by the parties’ agreement, beginning December 2019, to a series of one-year standstills on certain outstanding litigation and regulatory matters relating to Taseko’s tenures and the area in the vicinity of Teẑtan Biny.

The standstill agreement was extended for a fourth one-year term in December 2022, with the goal of providing time and opportunity for the Tŝilhqot’in Nation and Taseko to negotiate a final resolution.

The dialogue process made tangible progress but is not complete. In agreeing to extend the standstill through 2023, the Tŝilhqot’in Nation and Taseko acknowledge the constructive nature of discussions to date, and the future opportunity to conclude a long-term and mutually acceptable resolution of the conflict that also makes an important contribution to the goals of Reconciliation in Canada.