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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — Ksi Lisims LNG and Gitxaała Nation have signed a Benefits Agreement, marking an important milestone for the proposed LNG facility and marine terminal. In addition, Gitxaała Nation has also signed a Project Agreement with PRGT – the natural gas pipeline co-owned by the Nisga’a Nation that will service Ksi Lisims LNG.
These agreements include financial provisions, business and workforce opportunities, and support for climate initiatives. Their terms are designed to strengthen relationships and enhance the projects’ capacity to deliver lasting benefits to Gitxaała citizens, while supporting the development of these critical infrastructure and export facilities.
"The Gitxaała Nation is proud to enter into these agreements with the Nisga’a Nation and Western LNG,” said Luugagwelks: Linda Innes – Elected Chief Councillor of the Gitxaała Nation. “These agreements reflect the strong and longstanding relationship between our Nations and our shared commitment to supporting economic opportunities that will benefit our communities and the region for generations to come.”
"Continuing to advance these foundational agreements with Indigenous Nations helps to build prosperity for communities in northwest B.C. and continues to be a key priority for Ksi Lisims LNG and PRGT," said Davis Thames, Founder, CEO, and President of Western LNG. "Collaborating with Nations has been the core of this project since its inception and a major part of what we see as making Ksi Lisims LNG a successful initiative.”
"The agreement between Gitxaała Nation and Ksi Lisims LNG and PRGT are important steps for our projects and for First Nations in B.C.,” said Eva Clayton, President of the Nisga’a Nation. “We have always envisioned PRGT and Ksi Lisims LNG as projects that would usher in a new era of prosperity for the entirety of northwest B.C. and we are pleased to see this vision materializing.”
Western LNG and the Nisga’a Nation look forward to working with Gitxaała Nation to implement the terms of the agreements as efforts toward a Final Investment Decision in 2026 continues.
Ksi Lisims LNG, meaning “from the Nass River” in the Nisga’a language, is a proposed net-zero liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia, Canada. It will be located on Nisga’a Nation-owned land on the northern tip of Pearse Island. Powered by renewable hydroelectricity, Ksi Lisims LNG is designed to be one of the lowest emission intensity LNG facility in the world with a pathway to net-zero. The facility will produce 12 million tonnes per annum of LNG from two floating LNG production and storage facilities.
The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project is a 750km natural gas pipeline that will safely and responsibly deliver natural gas from northeastern British Columbia to the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG facility on Nisga’a Nation territory. PRGT was acquired from TC Energy during 2024 by NW Infrastructure Limited Partnership, co-owned equally by Western LNG and the Nisga'a Nation. PRGT represents a new model for Indigenous-led infrastructure—prioritizing environmental responsibility, economic reconciliation, and local partnership.
