Notice Notice of Applications
Job Description
Project: NICO Project Access Road (NPAR)
Location: Hislop and Lou Lake, NT
Purpose: Type A Land Use Permit W2025F0007 and Type B Water Licence W2025L8-0003; Miscellaneous (i.e., access road construction).
File: W2025F0007; W2025L8-0003
Comment deadline: November 24, 2025
Fortune Minerals Limited (the Applicant) has submitted a complete application for a type A land use permit (permit) and a type B water licence (licence). The purpose of this Application is to construct and maintain the NICO Project Access Road (NPAR) from the NICO Mine to the Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road (TSAR) and an airstrip. The Project lies entirely within Tłı̨chǫ Lands and Fortune Minerals has signed an Access Agreement with the Tłı̨chǫ Government. Both the NICO Mine and a portion of the NPAR were considered in the Environmental Assessment (EA) completed by the Mackenzie Valley Review Board in 2013 (EA0809-004). Since the EA, Fortune Minerals has revised the alignment of the NPAR to include an additional 19 km of road and an airstrip.
Comments, recommendations, and/or notices of application for water compensation must be submitted by the comment deadline indicated above using the Board’s Online Review System (ORS) at www.new.onlinereviewsystem.ca.
The Applications and materials related to the proceedings can be The Application and materials related to the proceedings can be viewed using the ORS or by contacting the Board’s office at (867) 765-4599.
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