NIRB’s public registry shows a Sept. 14 filing under its draft environmental impact statement information-request category for file 24XN038, Grays Bay Road and Port. The Board’s project dashboard also records that notifications were sent to parties on Sept. 14. The filing follows a Sept. 11 request from West Kitikmeot Resources Corp. for more time to respond to information requests. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

The proposal would include a deep-water port, small-craft harbour and supporting port facilities on Coronation Gulf, plus a 230-kilometre all-season road to the former Jericho Mine site. NIRB says the port would be about 180 kilometres east of Kugluktuk. The information-request stage is part of the environmental review record: it does not approve construction, issue permits or authorize work to begin. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

NIRB’s dashboard lists the file as an active review. Its next major listed stages include the start of a public technical review, a pre-hearing conference and a public hearing, but the registry does not yet show dates for those steps. The Sept. 14 posting is not a public notice setting a new comment deadline. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

West Kitikmeot Resources Corp. says the proposed project would handle cargo, fuel, containers and community supplies, while also providing transport for minerals from possible future mines. The company estimates construction would take about five years and require roughly 250 to 400 workers. Those are proponent estimates, not NIRB findings or approvals. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗