Benefit s of British Columbia s Mining Supply Chain 8 H elping A dv ance E conomic R econcil ia tion wi th BC s I nd igenous C ommuni ties Mining has bec ome a major p artner t o Indig enous businesses In 2018 120 Indig enous afilia t ed supplier s pr o vided ma t erials g oods or ser vic es t o BC s 17 oper a ting mines v alued a t 265 million These Indig enous businesses ar e associa t ed with 25 Indig enous Na tions or Indig enous De v elopment Corpor a tions Mining is a signific ant emplo y er of Indig enous people in BC F or e x ample a t the Bruc ejack and R ed Chris mines in Northern BC mor e than 30 o f e ach mine s w ork f or c e is Indig enous Indig enous P eoples shar e in the benefit s of mining thr ough numer ous and inno v a tiv e Imp ac t Benefit Agr eement s tha t Indig enous na tions ent er dir ec tly with MABC member c omp anies Many Indig enous na tions in BC also shar e dir ec tly in miner al t ax r e v enue fr om mines oper a ting within their tr aditional t errit ories