I think the issue goes back generations. We've heard about the residential schools and the treatment or mistreatment of communities over generations. There's a serious lack of trust of any outsider coming into a community, even between communities. They cannot form a bond. It's almost like when you are constantly being hit as a kid and someone comes up and pretends to hit you and you feel as if you're being hit. There's that reflex that someone is going to come in and promise something they're not going to deliver. It's happened time and time again.
I think there are some shining lights out there that have proven that trust can be built. In Canada right now there are well over 200 agreements between indigenous communities and resource development companies. In the hard rock sector, there are a number of IBAs. I believe that is the process we would call free, prior, and informed consent. The communities feel that they've been informed of all the aspects of participation in the project—environmental risk, social risk, employment opportunities, entrepreneurial opportunities—and agree and fully commit their communities to that process. I think there are great examples out there.
We talk about legacy issues in the Ring of Fire development. Our company has about 75% of all the mining claims up there. That's going to last for generations. It's the generational aspect of building trust and building opportunities that are going to see success, not for our generation or the generation of my grandchildren but in the future, when the communities are going to be more involved, more integrated into the system, and possibly owners of the mine.