Media Advisory: Minister to Attend Consultation Session in St. John’s
The Honourable Shawn Skinner, Minister of Natural Resources, will attend a consultation session to be held in St. John’s to support development of a Provincial Minerals Strategy. The session will be held tonight (Wednesday, March 2) at the Holiday Inn beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Public consultations have been scheduled throughout the province to provide opportunity for industry, Aboriginal groups, and other interested individuals or organizations to provide input into the development of a Provincial Minerals Strategy to support responsible, sustainable development in the provincial mining industry.
Additional information on the consultation process is available online at www.gov.nl.ca/nr/.
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Media contact:
Heather MacLean
Director of Communications
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5282, 697-4137
heathermaclean@gov.nl.ca
2011 03 02
12:25 p.m.