Currently, the project is in the early stages of an environmental and impact assessment process jointly through the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Photo: Torngat Metals. The 2005 Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement established two categories of land: the Labrador Inuit Settlement Area and Labrador Inuit Lands. Labrador Inuit Lands, which is inside the settlement area, consists of 15,800 km2 of Inuit-owned land. “I can say categorically we did not choose this route to avoid the environmental impact assessment,” she said.