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TNDC Joint Venture / Limited Partnership Style Agreements
Under TNDC’s joint venture and limited partnerships, TNDC is collaborating with an external company to jointly own and operate a business venture. These partnerships typically involve shared assets, resources, risks and profits.
Current TNDC Joint Venture/Limited Partnerships
- Tahltan Arrow Transportation
- Tahltan Communications
- Tahltan ERM Environmental Management
- Tahltan Forestry
- Tahltan Hy-Tech Drilling
- Tahltan NST Busing Services
- Tahltan Procon Joint Venture
- Golden Triangle Equipment

Photo: Tahltan ERM Environmental Management
Tahltan Arrow Transportation
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.

Tahltan Communications
Tahltan Communications – a partnership between Tahltan Nation Development Corporation (TNDC) and CityWest Cable and Telephone Corporation (CityWest) is building over 200 kilometers of new fibre optic cable in unison with fibre optic strands into Tahltan Territory. Tahltan Communications will provide high speed fibre optic based telecommunication services connectivity to the communities of Iskut and Dease Lake by early 2023 as well as to the many small, medium and large industrial businesses in the region. CityWest has over 100 years of service as a company that has a profound impact on the communities we serve because we are locally owned and locally based. We live and work in the same communities that our customers do. Our local distinction and our partnerships are what makes us unique and allows us to offer a competitive advantage. CityWest is proud to provide a superior customer experience to our customers across B.C., who subscribe to Internet, TV, and phone services.
Tahltan ERM Environmental Management
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.

Tahltan Forestry
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.

Tahltan Hy-Tech Drilling
Tahltan Hy-Tech Drilling is TNDC’s partnership with Hy-Tech Drilling Ltd., a recognized provider for Diamond Drilling in Tahltan Territory. Based in Smithers, BC, Hy-Tech supports the world’s leading mining companies with surface and underground drilling for exploration, development stage projects and ongoing active mining operations in some of the most rugged and complex environments.

Tahltan NST Busing Services
Tahltan NST Busing – with partner Northern Spirit Transportation – provides group transportation services to mining exploration projects in Tahltan Territory. In operation since 2005 and based in Prince George, Northern Spirit Transportation operates a variety of vehicles, ranging from full sized highway coaches to specialized industrial units.
Tahltan Procon Joint Venture
Tahltan Procon Joint Venture is a partnership between TNDC and Procon Mining & Tunnelling, providing mining and tunnelling, and related services in Tahltan Territory. Since 2018, they have been working at Newmont’s Brucejack Mine under the TNDC-Procon Joint Venture (TPJV), providing services such as underground mine development, production mining, and underground construction and tunnelling.
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. Procon 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.

Golden Triangle Equipment
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions and TNDC have an agreement, Golden Triangle Equipment Ltd., that will see TNDC acting as a reseller for Sandvik mining and rock excavation products, including equipment, rock tools and spare parts in the Golden Triangle in Northwestern British Columbia.
Sandvik Group
Sandvik is a high-tech and global engineering group offering products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability and safety. We hold world-leading positions in selected areas – tools and tooling systems for metal cutting; equipment and tools, service and technical solutions for the mining industry and rock excavation within the construction industry; products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as products for industrial heating.
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying. Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service and digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying. Sandvik Group is a high-tech and global engineering group offering products and services that enhance customer productivity, profitability and safety. Sandvik’s world-leading positions include tools and tooling systems for metal cutting; equipment and tools, service and technical solutions for the mining industry and rock excavation within the construction industry; products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as products for industrial heating.

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