The injunction prevents Taseko employees from conducting exploration work, which had been permitted by the BC government.

Tsilhoquo'in Chief Marilyn Baptiste says the latest mine proposal will be even worse on the environment than the first proposal. "Little Fish Lake as well as Upper Fish Creek will be destroyed. And Lower Fish Creek will be destroyed by their pit," argues Baptiste.

BC Supreme Court judge Christopher Grauer has ruled the First Nation was not properly consulted on two permits granted to Taseko by the provincial government. The injunction will be in force until the First Nation can launch a judicial review over the provincial government permits. Jay Nelson, the band's lawyer indicated, "I think it's the right decision. It gives everybody some space now to try to get the consultation process right for these approvals, so it gives the Crown a chance to come back and do its job properly."