Mining interests on the caribou ranges

• Mineral tenures on the calving grounds (map) (November 2009)
• Mineral tenures on the Qamanirjuaq calving ground (map) (November 2009)
• Mineral tenures on the Beverly calving ground (map) (November 2009)
• Mineral tenures on the Beverly calving ground, plus 2007 and 2008 reconnaissance surveys results (map) (November 2008)
• Summary of mineral tenures for the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq calving grounds (tables) (November 2009)
• Land use activities across the ranges (map) (April 2008)

Mineral tenures on the calving grounds (November 2009)

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In recent years, mineral exploration has been unfolding at an unprecedented pace in Northern Canada. A uranium mineral exploration boom has swept northern Saskatchewan, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and parts of northern Manitoba as well – all on the ranges of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds. The number of government-issued prospecting permits, mineral tenures and mineral claims is extensive on the sensitive calving grounds, where disturbance has a more profound effect on the overall population of caribou herds than any other factor. This map breaks down the types of mineral tenures held on the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq calving grounds. It, like the individual maps below showing which companies and individuals hold mineral tenures on each of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq calving grounds, is current to November 2009. (The map showing mineral tenures on the Beverly calving ground in tandem with the results of the Government of the Northwest Territories' 2007 and 2008 reconnaissance surveys is current as of November 2008.) Our thanks to WWF-Canada for creating these maps.

Mineral tenures on the Qamanirjuaq calving ground (November 2009)

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Mineral tenures on the Beverly calving ground (November 2009)

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Mineral tenures on the Beverly calving ground, plus 2007 and 2008 reconnaissance surveys results (November 2008)

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• Summary of mineral tenures on the Beverly calving ground (November 2009)
• Summary of mineral tenures on the Qamanirjuaq calving ground (November 2009)

Land use activities across the ranges (April 2008)

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This April 2008 map, prepared by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) for the BQCMB, reveals land use permits, prospecting permits and mineral leases and claims on the caribou ranges of the two herds, along with mine locations, winter roads and major roads. Our thanks to INAC for this map.