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Vancouver, B.C. – September 27, 2016 - Highbank Resources Ltd. (TSX.V –"HBK"), (the "Company").
Highbank President, Jim Place reports:
"Highbank’s fortunes have changed for the better." "Optimism in the Resource sector has returned to Western Canada with the announcement of Federal approval for Petronas and its partners Pacific NorthWest LNG project". Highbank looks forward to working with Petronas’s engineers and the construction companies; to provide aggregates and stone products for pipelines, infrastructure, and plant construction works.
In the News:
Federal Liberals approve Petronas LNG project in B.C. –Financial Post - September 27, 2016 by Natalie Obiko Pearson and Josh Wingrove - Bloomberg News http://ow.ly/m7wn304DaI7
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has approved Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s $36 billion Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project on British Columbia’s Pacific coast.
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the announcement near Vancouver late Tuesday. It was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first decision on a major energy project after a pro-environment campaign swept him to power last year.
The project is "an important opportunity to grow our economy and shows how we are rebuilding Canadians’ trust in our environmental assessment process," McKenna said.
Liberals approve Pacific NorthWest LNG project despite environmental concerns – September 27, 2016 by Brent Jang and Shawn McCarthy – The Globe and Mail http://ow.ly/5Vow304DanL
Ottawa’s decision to give the go-ahead to Pacific NorthWest LNG raises industry hopes for an LNG bonanza……..
The federal government’s decision is subject to the project’s owners meeting an array of conditions designed to reduce the project’s environmental footprint.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet, which met on Tuesday morning in Ottawa, had until October 3rd to render a decision in what has been a lengthy regulatory process dating back to 2013.
"The decision to proceed to the construction phase of the project rests with Pacific NorthWest LNG’s shareholders," Spencer Sproule, the project’s senior adviser of corporate affairs, said prior to the announcement in Richmond.
"We believe strongly that now that its approved, the Prime Minister needs to champion the project," Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose said, "He needs to make this project important, not only for British Columbians, but for all Canadians. This is a project that will create thousands of jobs, create billions of dollars in investments and it is a project that’s absolutely necessary for the prosperity of this country."
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HIGHBANK RESOURCES LTD
"James H. Place"
James H. Place, CEO/President
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