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As I was wrapping up my season last fall, I began to notice the ominous presence of pink and orange ribbons throughout one of my most cherished spots. Having spent a good portion of my career in the forest sector, I recognised them immediately: my hunting spot was about to change forever.

Yes. But only if you're willing to have an honest conversation about money.

Building trust in Indigenous communities isn't complicated. But it takes time you can't bill for, presence that carries no agenda, and the humility to realize that the only person not copacetic is usually you.

For decades, mineral exploration in BC operated under a system that was remarkably simple: for as little as $1.75 per hectare, a person could register a mineral claim online and secure rights over land — including land within the asserted traditional territories of First Nations — without notifying those Nations, consulting with them, or obtaining anything resembling consent. It was legal. It was standard practice. And for the companies and individuals operating within it, it

Northern BC is on the cusp of a $938 billion mining opportunity — and the social performance work that determines whether those projects move or stall cannot be sourced from a Vancouver office. Relationships with Nation leadership are built over years of permanent presence, not assembled between flights. The supply chain logic the industry already applies to equipment and services applies equally to the advisors doing the most consequential work on northern BC files.