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Skookum Jim Award
This award, first presented in March
2008, recognizes Aboriginal achievements
in the mineral industry.
Recipients
of this
award
will
have
demonstrated
exceptional
achievement
and/or
service
in an
aboriginal-run
service
business
for the
Canadian
mining
industry
or a
Canadian
aboriginal
exploration
or
mining
company,
or have
made a
significant
individual
contribution
to the
mining
industry.
Selection of
the award recipient(s) is made by the
Awards Committee in collaboration with
the Aboriginal Affairs Committee.
The fourth Skookum Jim Award was presented at the PDAC convention on March 7, 2011.
2011 Skookum Jim Award Winner
 Phillip (Jerry) Asp won the 2011 Skookum Jim Award. Asp was recognized for promoting mining’s benefits to aboriginal communities in British Columbia. A former Chief of the Tahltan Band Council, Asp established the Tahltan Nation Development Corporation to provide construction and maintenance services to northern BC mines. The company became the largest aboriginal-owned and operated heavy construction company in western Canada. Jerry negotiated two mining impact and benefits agreements, the first for the Golden Bear mine that set the template for later Tahltan projects, and the second for the Eskay Creek mine. Jerry is a founding member of the National Indian Businessman’s Association and the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association, of which he serves as vice president. He was a major contributor to the award-winning Mining Information Toolkit for Aboriginal Communities. The photograph shows Asp (left) being presented with his award by Glenn Nolan, PDAC first vice president.
Previous recipients of the Skookum
Jim Award
2010
Willie Keatainak |
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2009
Tli Cho Logistics |
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2008
Athabasca Basin Development Limited Partnership |
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