Throughout 2025, Skeena will continue advancing the Eskay Creek Project through B.C.’s rigorous environmental assessment process, in collaboration with the Tahltan Central Government.
Key Steps to Date
- Our Environmental Assessment Certification (EAC) application for Eskay Creek, submitted last August, highlighted the actions and mitigations Skeena has implemented or will take to protect the environment where we work.
- During the 180-day legislated review process that followed our EAC submission, we received more than 2,380 comments from Indigenous Nations, regulatory agencies and the public.
- Skeena is incorporating feedback to produce a revised EAC application.
After more than six months of engagement, feedback and revision, Skeena will submit a revised EAC application this spring. This revision includes thousands of hours of work and insights from hundreds of people – from Indigenous governments and organizations, to local, provincial and federal governments, to Skeena’s subject matter experts and EA team.
Once the revised EAC application is received, the EAO and participating Indigenous nations will seek consensus on whether the Project has adequately responded to the identified issues and whether the revised application contains enough information for the Effects Assessment.
When the revised application has been accepted, the Project will enter the Effects Assessment phase, which will lead to:
- The development of a draft Assessment Report that describes the potential effects of the Project, and
- A draft EAC with legally-binding conditions that Skeena must follow for the life of the project should a certificate be issued
These drafts will reflect engagement with Indigenous nations, the Technical Advisory Committee and the Community Advisory Committee. Before referral to provincial decision-makers, the public will have another opportunity to participate in a public comment period.
At the same time, the Project will also enter the Tahltan Risk Assessment phase. The Tahltan Central Government will assess how the Project aligns with Tahltan Sustainability Requirements to better understand potential effects to Tahltan Values and the Tahltan Way of Being. Engagements with Tahltan members will also occur.
We would like to thank each and every person who has supported the EAC journey so far and look forward to continued collaboration through this next phase.