Photo: QIA, Baffinland sign deals in Iqaluit

Tom Paddon (left,) president and chief executive officer of the Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. and Okalik Eegeesiak, president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, sign an Inuit impact and benefit agreement and commercial production lease Sept. 6 at the Discovery Lodge in Iqaluit for Baffinland’s proposed Mary River iron mine project on northern Baffin Island. “This is a historic deal for Inuit of the Qikiqtaaluk region and for all of Nunavut and has the potential to positively change the economic and social fabric of the territory,” said the QIA’s president Okalik Eegeesiak in a news release. Read more about the deals on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY DAVID MURPHY)