B2Gold - Nunavut

B2Gold Nunavut extends heartfelt thanks to the community of Kugluktuk for the warm welcome at our recent public meetings focused on Back River Environmental Monitoring. Our team was grateful for the opportunity to share updates on our environmental monitoring efforts, discuss our commitments to responsible management, and connect with you on the Project’s public reporting. A big thank you to everyone who joined us at the Community Hall—your questions, insights, and conversations are invaluable. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the Kitikmeot Inuit and Communities to make a positive, lasting impact together. #ResponsibleMining

B2Gold Nunavut invites Kugluktuk residents to attend an open house on Monday October 28, 2024, at the Colin Adjun Community Hall. B2Gold Nunavut team members will be available throughout the day to provide information on the mine permitting process in Nunavut and the Back River Project’s environmental monitoring programs. In the evening, the B2Gold Nunavut team will also provide a presentation and host a question-and-answer session on these topics.

After arriving at the Back River Project for their Inuit Workplace Experience Program, Mark, Daryl and Seth from Cambridge Bay’s Redfish Arts Society got straight to work alongside members of the B2Gold Nunavut team. Once safety training and orientation was complete, the Redfish team toured the mine site, prepared a 6015 bucket for maintenance, and fabricated some mine site signage. B2Gold Nunavut was thrilled to show the value of skilled trades training in action and looks forward to having the next group on site in the near future as part of our ongoing Inuit Workplace Experience Program. Photos courtesy of Mark Slatter and James Henrichsen

B2Gold Nunavut invites Kugluktuk residents to attend an open house on Monday October 28, 2024, at the Colin Adjun Community Hall. B2Gold Nunavut team members will be available throughout the day to provide information on the mine permitting process in Nunavut and the Back River Project’s environmental monitoring programs. In the evening, the B2Gold Nunavut team will also provide a presentation and host a question-and-answer session on these topics.

Andrew Moore, B2Gold Nunavut’s Director of Indigenous & Northern Affairs, was lucky enough to be in Cambridge Bay this week to pick up the first cohort attending the Goose Site as part of our Inuit Workplace Experience Program partnership with the Redfish Arts Society. Since 2023, B2Gold Nunavut has been working with the Redfish Arts Society to support their ongoing efforts to teach Inuit youth welding through artwork. Learn more about the program here: https://bit.ly/3ydTPSD As part of our partnership, Daryl Taptoona and Seth Zukwisky of Cambridge Bay will join their instructor Mark Slatter at the Goose Mine site for the next week. They will be working alongside members of the B2Gold team to participate in daily site operations and get insight into the careers their training at the Society can lead to. Please join us in welcoming Daryl and Seth to the Back River Project. #ResponsibleMining

B2Gold Nunavut was honoured to host Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) Board Members and Staff at Back River Project sites this week. The KIA and B2Gold toured the Goose Mine construction site, and also visited the Marine Laydown Area (MLA) in Bathurst Inlet. B2Gold would like to thank the KIA for joining us at the Back River Project and look forward to continued collaboration to ensure the benefits of the Project reach Kitikmeot Inuit and Kitikmeot Communities. #ResponsibleMining

B2Gold Nunavut's Cambridge Bay office will be closed this week. Any enquires can be sent to br.project@b2gold.com

September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day for all Canadians to mark the history and legacy of the residential school system. It is also known as Orange Shirt Day — B2Gold employees in Canada received an orange T-shirt with a commissioned design by Nunavut Inuit artist, April Pigalak. The illustrated design features Truth and Reconciliation text in English, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun (Netsilik Dialect), which are the languages in use by B2Gold Inuit employees at our Back River District operations and offices. The design also incorporates an illustration of a pair of children’s shoes, an image which has become a symbol of mourning for the children and youths who died in residential schools and for the Indigenous people, families and communities impacted by the schools. Our employees across Canada will be wearing their T-shirts in support, to honour the resilience, dignity and strength of survivors and intergenerational survivors, and remember the children who never came home.

Due to weather in Cambridge Bay, B2Gold Nunavut will be cancelling the Open House scheduled for today. As always, to submit a resume for open positions please send a resume to nunavut.recruitment@b2gold.com. Any general inquiries can be sent to br.project@b2gold.com. B2Gold Nunavut will provide updates soon on a rescheduled Open House.