Photo: NTI president speaks out at Nunavut’s mining symposium

The potential benefits of mining in Nunavut include lowering the cost of living, increasing the number of jobs and opening up the doors to cheaper hydroelectric power, said Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Cathy Towtongie at the opening session of the April 5 Nunavut Mining Symposium in Iqaluit. About 400 representatives from exploration and mining companies, governments and Nunavut communities are attending the 2011 mining symposium on the theme “Going Global.” (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)