Water Stewardship

Teck Coal Sites in the Elk Valley

Client — Teck Resources Limited

Teck has engaged Falkirk to provide water quality modelling and technical reporting services for several projects. Among ongoing projects, Falkirk is involved in the CG5 rehandle waste removal Project in support of determination of effects for a Notice of Departure Self-Assessment. Falkirk has also recently initiated a project offering its water quality modelling services for the Upper Fording River’s Reasonably Foreseeable Development (RFD) Case. Falkirk is currently subcontracted to SRK Consulting Ltd. on a privileged and confidential scope of work involving water quality modelling services for Teck and is engaged as the lead consultant on the water quality modelling aspects of the project, including the development of reporting deliverables for external communication.

Shasta Baker Project

Client — TDG Gold Corp.

Falkirk is the Lead Consultant with overall responsibility for project management, study coordination and the final deliverables for baseline studies, procurement, and leading environmental compliance and permitting. Falkirk also functions as the Indigenous Advisory team for this company, including negotiations with Indigenous communities and governments, consultation, development of engagement plans and strategies, and policy development.

The Falkirk team has also supported water quality impact assessment and gap analysis of the current water quality information to support regulatory applications.

Bralorne Gold Mines / Spences Bridge

Talisker Resources Ltd.

Talisker Resources Ltd. has utilized Falkirk as an Owners’ Representative for project permitting, water treatment, Indigenous Engagement and Negotiations on multiple projects throughout British Columbia.

At Talisker’s Bralorne Gold Mine, Falkirk has undertaken the development and negotiation of mutually beneficial agreements between the company and relevant Indigenous communities, facilitation of quarterly Environmental Monitoring Board meetings (permit condition), growth of relationships through appropriate cultural lenses, and ongoing updates and communication between the company and the Indigenous communities in its project areas.

Falkirk has been instrumental in establishing both business and community partnerships associated with Talisker’s projects across British Columbia. Sensitive to Indigenous ways of knowing and interacting with the land, Falkirk’s Christy Smith has facilitated authentic and long-standing relationships between Talisker, and a number of Indigenous Nations, including Nation-led capacity building and community support initiatives.