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The twelve initial students enrolled in the First Nations Underground Core Mining Training Program, a partnership between the Aboriginal Workforce Development Initiative (AWDI), the New Brunswick Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, and Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV), have successfully completed their studies.
The twelve initial students enrolled in the First Nations Underground Core Mining Training Program, a partnership between the Aboriginal Workforce Development Initiative (AWDI), the New Brunswick Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, and Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV), have successfully completed their studies.
As quoted in the press release:
The twelve students from the Elsipogtog, Pabineau, Eel Ground, Esgenoopetitj, Eel River Bar and Metepenagiag First Nations, all completed the initial 11-week training-to-employment initiative for Trevali’s Halfmile Mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of northern New Brunswick. The next stage of the Program will see the students teamed with experienced miners for on the job-training in all aspects of underground mining operations after which they will receive a certificate, thereby creating a new generation of skilled First Nation trades-people for a growing resource industry in New Brunswick, as well as throughout Canada and internationally.
Trevali President and CEO, Dr. Mark Cruise, said:
“We are extremely proud to be part of this exciting initiative and would like to express our congratulations to the inaugural class of First Nation students in the mining program,” stated Dr. Mark Cruise, Trevali’s President and CEO. “We’re also looking forward to seeing the students commence their second-phase of training at our Halfmile mine where initial production recently commenced.”
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