Agnico Eagle chairperson calls on government to invest in business for Arctic sovereignty – Nunatsiaq News

Apr 10, 2025

Sean Boyd speaks to delegates at Nunavut Mining Symposium

If Arctic sovereignty were a game of poker, Canada would be wise to up the ante by increasing support for exploration, says Sean Boyd, board chairperson of Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

That’s how Boyd framed the Arctic’s place in world politics during his keynote address Thursday at the Nunavut Mining Symposium in Iqaluit. His talk was titled, The Role of Mining in Arctic Sovereignty.

“As a strong sovereign country, we really never want to be in a position where we’re sitting across from a major world leader and he looks us in the eyes and he says, ‘You have no cards,’” Boyd said, evoking the metaphor for a negotiation favoured by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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