Sunrise is one of the highest grade and largest nickel and cobalt deposits outside of Africa and one of the largest and highest grade scandium deposits in the world.
The Vancouver-based miner consolidated a land position of over 90 square kilometres in the Babine copper-gold porphyry district in central British Columbia.
Catherine McKenna said that if mitigation measures are taken, Greenstone Gold Mines’ project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.