“Social license to operate” (SLO) terminology was developed to improve the reputation of the mining industry and to minimize the risks of communities interfering with mining activities. The conception of the social license term has succeeded in bringing local social challenges into the consciousness of mining proponents, but unfortunately has provided little direction to solve them. In Canada, SLO terminology sometimes conflates dire social issues of many Indigenous communities into a risk reduction exercise focussed on continuing mine operations. After generations of cultural genocide across Canada, Indigenous communities have finally gained some influence with mineral development decisions through impact and benefit agreements and during the environmental assessment process. This article investigates three case studies to understand the application of social license and social risk terminology with mineral development in Canada. This investigation gleans a diversity of issues in Canada through the selection of mines in three different jurisdictions which have unique histories, communities, and lands. This research demonstrates that mining companies operating in Canada should have tailored, comprehensive, and collaborative approaches to create symbiotic relationships with communities and should avoid using general terminology such as social risk and social license to operate.

开发“社会经营许可证”（SLO）术语是为了提高采矿业的声誉，并最大程度地降低社区干扰采矿活动的风险。社会许可期限的概念已成功地将地方社会挑战带入了采矿拥护者的意识中，但不幸的是，它并没有提供解决这些挑战的方向。在加拿大，SLO术语有时将许多土著社区的严峻社会问题归纳为一项减少风险的工作，重点是持续进行矿山作业。在整个加拿大经历了几代人的文化大屠杀之后，土著社区终于通过影响和收益协议以及在环境评估过程中，对矿产开发决策产生了一定影响。本文研究了三个案例研究，以了解社会许可和社会风险术语在加拿大矿产开发中的应用。这项调查通过在三个具有独特历史，社区和土地的不同辖区中选择地雷，收集了加拿大的各种问题。这项研究表明，在加拿大运营的矿业公司应采用量身定制的，全面的协作方法与社区建立共生关系，并应避免使用诸如社会风险和社会许可之类的通用术语。和土地。这项研究表明，在加拿大运营的矿业公司应采用量身定制的，全面的协作方法与社区建立共生关系，并应避免使用诸如社会风险和社会许可之类的通用术语。和土地。这项研究表明，在加拿大运营的矿业公司应采用量身定制的，全面的协作方法与社区建立共生关系，并应避免使用诸如社会风险和社会许可之类的通用术语。