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Local Indigenous peoples have comprised up to 70
“Examples of QM Points’
per cent of onsite labour on QM Points projects.
commitment and continued
success abound.”
QMP has maintained over 80 per cent of its heavy
equipment fleet from within the Athabasca Basin
Remediation Project by the Saskatchewan
and local to project locations.
Research Council (“SRC”). Part of the Government

of Saskatchewan and Government of Canada
QM Points has developed productive business
efforts to assess and reclaim abandoned northern
relationships with Indigenous and local
Saskatchewan uranium facilities (Project CLEANS
subcontractors, offering Indigenous entrepreneurs
or Clean-up of Abandoned Northern Sites), the
an opportunity to participate and grow their
Gunnar Mine and Mill Site poses potential risks to
business.
the surrounding communities and environment due

to limited previous efforts into decommissioning of
For an example of QM Points’ work, look no
abandoned mills and mines in Saskatchewan.
further than the Gunnar Mine Other Site Aspects

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