ATTAWAPISKAT - De Beers Canada should know by the end of this week whether or not it has the support it wants from the members of the Attawapiskat First Nation to move ahead with exploration work on its Tango Extension project.

Since early August, the First Nation’s economic development corporation, Attawapiskat Enterprises, has been conducting a door-to-door survey asking people if they would support the first phase of the project that could prolong diamond mining inside their territory.

The deal being proposed to Attawapiskat members not only includes more direct involvement in the resulting mine from the Tango Extension, De Beers is also offering jobs for band member in the remediation work at the existing Victor Mine after it ceases operations in 2018.

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