There are two gravel pits involved in this project; the smaller CY Ranch Pit expansion and the considerably larger Commercial Pit. The Nation’s Economic Development and Lands Departments completed the required assessments and studies to advance the project and the formal application for permits have been made to the federal department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC).
Piikani Resource Development Ltd. (PRDL) has been working with industry experts and the Nation’s Public Works Department to assure we are advancing the project in accordance with government and industry standards. Attaining the gravel permits will allow PRDL to engage contractors and sell the product from the smaller site as pit-run.
The funds derived from the sale of the raw product to be extracted from the smaller pit will be invested in the infrastructure needed to allow PRDL to set-up and manage the commercial pit in a manner that best meets the needs of the Nation. PRDL will enter into either purchase or lease agreements to secure a loader, two pit trucks, a scale house, a portable 90’ scale and the materials needed to provide equipment servicing as well as site security. This infrastructure will allow the corporation to maintain secure control over the gravel products developed at the pit sites.
Initially PRDL will contract with industry experts for marketing services and for gravel crushing to meet the specific product requirements of identified buyers. Trucking the product off-site is most often completed by the buyer, so initially employment opportunities will be restricted to equipment operators and scale house workers.
PRDL anticipates that by the second year of operation the business will be capable of supporting its own growth, and opportunities may be afforded for expansion to other Piikani Nation gravel sites, and into spin-off industries such as crushing, trucking, concrete manufacturing, washed products, etc.
Piikani Resource Development Ltd. (PRDL) has been working with industry experts and the Nation’s Public Works Department to assure we are advancing the project in accordance with government and industry standards. Attaining the gravel permits will allow PRDL to engage contractors and sell the product from the smaller site as pit-run.
The funds derived from the sale of the raw product to be extracted from the smaller pit will be invested in the infrastructure needed to allow PRDL to set-up and manage the commercial pit in a manner that best meets the needs of the Nation. PRDL will enter into either purchase or lease agreements to secure a loader, two pit trucks, a scale house, a portable 90’ scale and the materials needed to provide equipment servicing as well as site security. This infrastructure will allow the corporation to maintain secure control over the gravel products developed at the pit sites.
Initially PRDL will contract with industry experts for marketing services and for gravel crushing to meet the specific product requirements of identified buyers. Trucking the product off-site is most often completed by the buyer, so initially employment opportunities will be restricted to equipment operators and scale house workers.
PRDL anticipates that by the second year of operation the business will be capable of supporting its own growth, and opportunities may be afforded for expansion to other Piikani Nation gravel sites, and into spin-off industries such as crushing, trucking, concrete manufacturing, washed products, etc.