Business Partners
As official business partners of TNDC, the companies listed below are the preferred service providers operating in Tahltan Territory, recognized by the Tahltan Nation.
Aviation
Douglas McCrea
Email: douglas.mccrea@flycma.com
Phone: 250.877.5019
Central Mountain Air Ltd. is TNDC’s partner providing passenger charter air services. Central Mountain Air (CMA) is a Canadian regional airline with ongoing commitment to providing safe, reliable and cost- effective air services (general passenger, workforce logistics, cargo and Medevac) to the organizations and communities its serves. CMA’s headquarters are in Smithers, BC with operational facilities in Vancouver, Calgary, Prince George and Smithers. www.flycma.com
Matthew McElligott
Email: matthew.mcelligott[at]flysummitair.com
Phone: 604.681.7500
Summit Air & Helicopters is TNDC's partnership providing rotary and aviation services in Tahltan Territory. Summit Air provides chartered cargo and passenger aviation and has been delivering remote aviation solutions to its valued customers for over 20 years throughout the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Summit Helicopters delivers remote helicopter aviation solutions in Western and Northern Canada with one of the largest and most diverse fleets in the industry and highly experienced crews. www.flysummitair.com
Camp Services
Bud Rich
Email: bud.rich[at]summitcamps.ca
Phone: 250.814.7612
Summit Camps and Catering is TNDC's partnership with Summit Camps, providing camp facilities and catering to mining exploration projects in Tahltan Territory. Based in Smithers, BC, Summit Camps provides industry leading workforce camp accommodations in remote locations. www.summitcamps.ca
Hankin Asp
TNDC
Email: hankin.asp[a]tndc.ca
Phone: 866.827.8631 ext. 1003
Sarfraz Khan
Sodexo
Email: Sarfraz.Khan[at]sodexo.com
Phone: 403.542.6406
TNDC-Sodexo is a division of TNDC that works in partnership with Sodexo Canada to provide catering and camp operation services at remote industrial sites in Tahltan territory. The partnership is managed by SRS and is supported by Sodexo Canada, a leading provider of comprehensive service solutions in Canada and around the world.
www.sodexo.com
Construction
Shaun Rudolf
Email: shaun[a]cobaltconstruction.ca
Phone: 867.668.3004
Cobalt Construction Inc. is TNDC's partner providing construction services in Tahltan Territory. Cobalt Construction Inc., based in Whitehorse, Yukon, specializes in large earth moving projects in both the road construction and mining sectors. www.cobaltconstruction.ca
Darcy McKeown
Email: darcy@pvlgroup.com
Phone: 250.635.7459
Tahltan and Progressive Ventures provides general contractor for industrial and commercial construction projects in Tahltan Territory. Progressive Ventures Construction is a full service general contracting company, locally owned and operated in Northwestern BC since 1972. www.pvlgroup.com
Steve Doyle
Email: steve.doyle[at]barminco.com.au
Phone: +(61) 439 638 180
Tahltan Barminco is TNDC's partner providing underground mining services at the Newcrest Red Chris Mine, beginning with the exploration decline development project. Barminco is one of the world’s largest hard rock underground mining services companies, with operations in Australia, Africa and North America. www.barminco.com.au
Jennifer Byram
Email: JByram[at]pelly.net
Phone: 867.667.6161
Tahltan Pelly Construction (TPC) provides construction services in Tahltan territory. TPC is a joint venture between TNDC and Pelly Construction Ltd., a Yukon based mining and construction company. www.pelly.net
John McVey (CEO)
Email: jmcvey[at]procongroup.com
Phone: 604.358.5064
Tahltan Procon Joint Venture is a partnership between TNDC and Procon Mining & Tunnelling, providing mining and tunnelling, and related services in Tahltan Territory. Procon is one of the leading Canadian providers of underground mining services with customers and projects located across Canada. Procon specializes in northern, remote, challenging projects and provides new or existing mine development, contract mining, underground construction, and equipment maintenance services. In addition, the Company provides tunnelling and construction services to the civil, hydroelectric and industrial sectors. Procon is based in Burnaby, BC and has offices, workshops and project site locations across Canada.
www.procongroup.com
Drilling & Blasting
Blaine Wright
Email: blaine.wright[at]orica.com
Phone: 250.286.3255
Orica provides bulk and packaged explosives and blasting systems to open cut and underground mining operations, quarry and civil construction markets. Under the TNDC partnership agreement, Orica provides explosive products and related services within Tahltan Territory. Orica is well positioned in Western Canada and has an established and robust supply chain including primary and secondary manufacturing of explosives products, dedicated logistics and advanced technical services capabilities located within the region. www.orica.com
Brant Jackson
Email: brant.jackson[at]geotechdrilling.com
Phone: 888.228.1234
Tahltech Drilling Services (TDS) provides exploration, geotechnical, environmental, construction and other specialized drilling services for resource and infrastructure development projects in Tahltan Territory. Drilling services include exploratory drilling combined with testing and instrumentation installation to determine sub-surface ground characteristics for infrastructure development purposes including tailings storage feasibility or upgrades, pipeline alignment investigations, hydroelectric dam feasibility investigations or upgrades, road network evaluation, LNG facilities, construction/foundation design for buildings, rock anchoring for transmission lines and wind mills, and geothermal exploration investigations. TDS is a partnership between TNDC and Geotech Drilling, a multi-discipline surface and underground drilling company based in Prince George, BC. www.geotechdrilling.com
Environmental & Engineering
Alex Burkinshaw
Email: aburkinshaw[at]allnorth.com
Phone: 250.613-1084
Tahltan – Allnorth Consultants is a limited partnership between Allnorth and TNDC. Through this partnership, we offer a wide range of engineering, design and field services to all potential and operating businesses within Tahltan Territory, supporting projects in resource exploration, mining, building construction, forestry, hydroelectric power, civil, infrastructure and public works. Our services include multidisciplinary engineering, surveying, construction management, exploration and geoscience, materials testing, permitting and compliance, environmental, forestry and mapping. www.allnorth.com
Wade Brunham
Email: wade.brunham[at]erm.com
Phone: 250.877.8125
Tahltan ERM Environmental Management (TEEM) provides environmental social, health and safety, and sustainability consulting services in Tahltan Territory, including fisheries, terrestrial, atmospheric, ecological risk assessments, environmental effects monitoring, reclamation, water treatment, social and economic sciences. TEEM is a joint venture partnership between TNDC and ERM Consultants Canada Ltd., a leading global provider of environmental resource management services.
www.erm.com
Forestry
Andrew Burke
Email: andrew.burke[at]northpacforestry.com
Phone: 604.696.6095 Ext. 201
Tahltan Forestry Ltd. (TFL) is a company jointly-owned by TNDC and NorthPac Forestry Group Ltd. TFL manages the Tahltan’s First Nations Woodland Licence N3E in the Cassiar TSA, and provides forestry services to mines and industrial proponents that includes permitting, road construction, timber clearing, grubbing and waste disposal. NorthPac is a diversified resource development company originating in Northwest BC. www.northpacforestry.com
Transportation & Fuel
Sid Bandstra
Email: sbandstra[at]bandstra.com
Phone: 250.635.2728
Through its joint venture with TNDC, Bandstra Transportation Systems Ltd. provides scheduled and non-scheduled freight transportation services in the Tahltan Territory and western Canada. With its equipment and connections, Bandstra is able to provide complete, one-stop logistics services for North America and around the world.
www.bandstra.com
Doug Ames
Email: doug[at[northwestfuels.ca
Phone: 250.615.2110
Northwest Fuels is a fuel supplier servicing the energy sector in Northwestern BC, operating two fuel bulk plants, a fuel marina and six commercial card-locks, with a head office in Terrace and offices in Smithers, Prince Rupert and Houston.
www.northwestfuels.ca
Paul Clermont
Email: paul@gonst.ca
Phone: 250.563.3114
Tahltan NST Busing - with partner Northern Spirit Transportation - provides group transportation services to mining exploration projects in Tahltan Territory. In operation since 2005, Northern Spirit Transportation and based in Prince George, operates a variety of vehicles, ranging from full sized highway coaches to specialized industrial units. www.gonst.ca
Mike Pinchin
Email: mpinchin[at]arrow.ca
Phone: 250.571.7767
Tahltan-Arrow Transportation Ltd. (TAT) provides trucking and contract hauling services in Tahltan territory. TAT is a joint venture between TNDC and Arrow Transportation Systems Ltd., which provides transportation solutions throughout Canada and the United States, and is located in Stewart, BC.
www.arrow.ca