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{
    "time": "2025-10-02 12:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "John Mullally",
        "fr": "John Mullally"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8913472\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'll jump in there, Mr. Rowe, to talk about this particular region in northwestern British Columbia. It was really the target of...when we acquired Newcrest in 2023, Newmont saw this region in northwestern British Columbia as a place we could do business for many generations to come. We have people in our company looking 100 years down in terms of infrastructure needs and trying to understand how things are going to evolve here. The first thing is the transmission line and the road did bring those initial discoveries and led to some of the first operations, so adding in additional transmission and additional infrastructure will do that as well.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8913473\" data-originallang=\"en\">We've talked, too, about working with indigenous people, and that will be a really important component to solidifying the resource development. Essentially, how can we do that in combination and advance reconciliation at the same time?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8913474\" data-originallang=\"en\">The other thing is the geology. These ore bodies are ones that do have the copper-gold porphyries that are large enough to sustain operations for 50 or more years. We have a view at the Red Chris operation right now, for example, that you could operate there for another 50 years, though not for every single type of deposit. Chad and people who understand the geology better than I could detail that. The short term going in and exploiting smaller deposits over short amounts of time doesn't set up well, but infrastructure and investments in workforce development and training and getting large companies in, like ourselves, with over 100 years of experience in the industry and bringing the expertise to the area, can set up certain regions for significant critical mineral production over many years.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8913472\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais intervenir ici, monsieur Rowe, pour parler de cette r\u00e9gion particuli\u00e8re du Nord-Ouest de la Colombie-Britannique. Elle devait \u00eatre la destination de... quand elle a fait l'acquisition de Newcrest en 2023, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Newmont consid\u00e9rait cette r\u00e9gion du Nord-Ouest de la Colombie-Britannique comme un endroit o\u00f9 elle pourrait faire des affaires pour de nombreuses g\u00e9n\u00e9rations \u00e0 venir. Nous avons des gens dans notre entreprise qui remontent un si\u00e8cle en arri\u00e8re en mati\u00e8re d'infrastructures et qui essaient de comprendre comment les choses vont \u00e9voluer. Tout d'abord, ce sont la ligne de transport d'\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 et la route qui ont permis les d\u00e9couvertes initiales et d\u00e9bouch\u00e9 sur certains des premiers chantiers. L'ajout de lignes de transmission et d'autres infrastructures y contribuera \u00e9galement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8913473\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons aussi parl\u00e9 de travailler avec les peuples autochtones, et ce sera un \u00e9l\u00e9ment tr\u00e8s important pour solidifier l'exploitation des ressources. Essentiellement, comment pouvons-nous faire cela en combinaison et favoriser la r\u00e9conciliation en m\u00eame temps?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8913474\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'autre chose, c'est la g\u00e9ologie. Ces gisements pr\u00e9sentent des porphyres de cuivre\u2011or suffisamment gros pour rendre l'exploitation viable pendant 50 ans, voire plus longtemps. \u00c0 l'heure actuelle, par exemple, nous pensons qu'il serait possible d'exploiter Red Chris pendant 50 autres ann\u00e9es, mais ce ne sera pas le cas pour tous les types de d\u00e9p\u00f4ts. M. Ulanski et les gens qui comprennent mieux la g\u00e9ologie que moi pourraient vous en parler plus en d\u00e9tail. Dans le court terme, l'exploitation de petits gisements sur une courte p\u00e9riode ne donne pas de bons r\u00e9sultats, mais les infrastructures et les investissements dans la formation et le perfectionnement de la main-d'\u0153uvre, ainsi que la participation des grandes entreprises \u2014 comme la n\u00f4tre qui a plus de 100 ans d'exp\u00e9rience dans l'industrie et qui apporte son expertise dans la r\u00e9gion \u2014 permettront, dans certaines r\u00e9gions, de paver la voie \u00e0 une importante production min\u00e9rale critique et durant de nombreuses ann\u00e9es.</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/natural-resources/45-1/4/john-mullally-4/",
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    "source_id": "13151781",
    "document_url": "/committees/natural-resources/45-1/4/",
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