Whitefish Bay has received 45-thousand dollars from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency to participate in the environmental assessment.
The money will help the area First Nation community provide input on the draft plan as well as consult with mining and government officials.
Treasury Metals continues preliminary work on an open-pit and underground gold mine.
Once operational it could have ore production capacity of 25-hundred tonnes per day with an anticipated life of 10 to 12 years.