EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I N A U G U R A

The Northern Regions Mining Summit, hosted by the Institute of the North in May 2014, addressed the social, cultural and economic impact and opportunity of mineral resource development for Northern peoples in Alaska, Canada and Greenland. [...] It was an exceptional and unique forum for exploring the prudent development of the North’s rich mineral resources for the benefit of Northern peoples. [...] The outcomes are timely and responsive to Arctic Council decisions related to an Arctic Economic Council, but moreover to Canada’s Arctic Council chairmanship theme of Development for the People of the North. [...] The results benefit companies who hope to explore and produce in the North American Arctic, governments tasked with ensuring risk mitigation and impact benefit, and northern communities who stand on the front line of challenge and opportunity. [...] This is by no means a comprehensive analysis and further work is needed to flesh these out, but it can be seen as an outcome of the proceedings of the Northern Regions Mining Summit – a specific point in time and group of people who worked together to address the question of successful Northern Regions mining.