By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Daily Gleaner The company that wants to develop the “nation-building” Sisson mine in central New Brunswick is sweetening the pot from the original deal by offering First Nations an ownership stake in the project, says the province’s Indigenous Affairs minister. Keith Chiasson told reporters at the legislature recently that the original 2017 deal between the provincial government and the six Indigenous communities dotting the St. John River and its tributaries was mostly about royalties, years before the Wolastoqey filed a massive title claim for more than half of New Brunswick, including the Sisson Brook area about 100 kilometres northwest of Fredericton. Northcliff Resources, based out of Vancouver, has considered offering a more lucrative equity stake, the minister said. “We did have a…
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