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More than half of the resources lie beneath indigenous territories And today, across many regions, mining projects are expanding directly onto Indigenous lands. For example, the Mount Polley Mine in British Columbia, operated by Imperial Metals, is located in an area traditionally used by Indigenous communities. In 2014, a tailings dam at the mine collapsed Releasing about 25 billion litres of contaminated waste water and mining debris into nearby lakes and rivers. Mining operations have al