Mineral Exploration, Mining and Economic

Development for Aboriginal Communities:

The Mining Sequence
J. Louis Causse, Geologist-Economist
[email protected] – (CANDO -Toronto, Ontario) October 26, 2015

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 Toronto Workshop – Oct. 2015

 CANDO sponsored a one day workshop titled “ Mineral Exploration,

Mining and Economic Development for Aboriginal Communities” on
October 26, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario.
 The audience consisted of First Nations economic development
officers, other Aboriginal people interested in mining, and
representatives of industry and government.
 Danielle Lightning, Special Projects Coordinator, CANDO, and
Catherine Peltier Mavin, Aboriginal Policy & Promotion Advisor, NRCan
were the leads for the Workshop. [email protected], (780)
990-0303 and, [email protected], (613) 995-
8839
 The workshop was facilitated by J. Louis Causse, a geological
consultant based in Ottawa, Ontario who provided photographs and
content “[email protected]”.
 This presentation is the property of CANDO. It is not to be distributed or
used in presentations without their permission.
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 Information Tools

 Mining Video: Our Community…Our

Future: Mining and Aboriginal
Communities
(www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms)
 Information bulletins on mining and
Aboriginal peoples
(www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/prod-serv/fs_e.htm)
 Map of Agreements
 (http://www2.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/map-
carte/MiningProjects_cartovista-eng.html)
 Mining Industry HR Guide
(http://www.mihr.ca/en/resourcesGeneral
/ResourceGuide.pdf )

VISIT:http ://www.nrcan.gc.ca/aboriginal_engagement_in_mining

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 Workshop Outline

. Introduction
 1. Prospecting and Exploration
 2. Mine Development/Construction
 3. Mine Operation
 4. Mine Closure and Reclamation
. Review, Conclusions and Evaluation

Please ask questions during the presentation

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 Introduction
Aboriginal Communities and Mining in Canada

Many Aboriginal
communities are located
within 200 km of
producing mines and
2500 exploration
properties across Canada

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 Introduction
Mining by Aboriginal People

Western Lake Superior can find stone tools, such as spear

points and axe heads, dating from 11,000 years ago

Indigenous people mined copper 4,000 to 5,000 years ago to

make beautiful copper fish hooks, knives, gaffs and other
implements

Traded copper implements for flint from

North Dakota and shells from the Atlantic Coast

http://www.thunderbay.ca/Living/culture_and_heritage/tbay_history.htm

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Introduction
The Minerals and Metals Sector in Canada

 Long History of Exploration and Mining

 Significant economic contribution across
Canada
 Mineral production: $50B (extracting and
processing)
 Producing more than 60 minerals and metals
 More than 200 producing mining establishments;
50 non-ferrous smelters, refineries and steel mills
 Employs 320,000 Canadians (2011)
 Mining is a major employer of
Aboriginals Weekly Earnings:

 185 mining reliant communities http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-

som/l01/cst01/labr73a-eng.htm
 Among highest average wages in Canada

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Mining’s Importance to Aboriginal
Communities

Mineral exploration and mining can be a key concern for Aboriginal

communities with respect to environmental impacts on Traditional
Territories and social impacts on people

Mining is the #1 employer of Aboriginal people in Canada and Ontario

Aboriginal people hold 10% of Ontario mining jobs

A key sector for Aboriginal businesses

Right location, small to large scale opportunities

Some mining companies forging partnerships with Aboriginal

communities

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Earnings, average weekly, by industry
(All industries)
Earnings, average weekly, by industry (All industries)

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

current dollars
All industries excluding
822.74 852.07 872.82 894.71 910.74
unclassified enterprises
Forestry, logging and support 852.83 946.96 971.99 993.45 1,047.07
Mining and oil and gas
1,592.77 1,704.81 1,735.99 1,846.36 1,879.33
extraction
Utilities 1,500.74 1,569.51 1,643.66 1,641.14 1,652.08
Construction 1,046.92 1,062.92 1,086.27 1,136.64 1,187.73
Manufacturing 916.75 959.68 980.56 1,003.34 1,019.80
Wholesale trade 988.88 1,025.39 1,051.08 1,057.22 1,077.84
Retail trade 486.25 499.60 512.36 526.30 527.72
Transportation and
873.10 880.16 915.08 930.33 970.46
warehousing
Information and cultural
1,064.53 1,051.21 1,065.38 1,121.66 1,136.44
industries
Finance and insurance 1,036.91 1,050.01 1,065.08 1,093.04 1,112.93
Real estate and rental and
769.62 816.67 830.61 861.87 868.32
leasing
Professional, scientific and
1,135.71 1,180.13 1,210.41 1,244.56 1,274.06
technical services
Management of companies
1,152.53 1,193.14 1,190.49 1,214.36 1,251.25
and enterprises
Administrative and support,
waste management and 671.41 709.02 734.10 729.49 749.97
remediation services
Educational services 876.46 933.63 953.99 981.91 988.14
Health care and social
770.73 788.02 809.26 816.90 833.51
assistance
Arts, entertainment and
514.32 553.50 550.88 543.43 562.70
recreation
Accommodation and food
334.94 354.16 357.53 368.12 362.38
services
Public administration 1,067.70 1,094.57 1,113.40 1,148.44 1,173.09
Other services 686.52 700.45 710.59 732.98 751.61

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 Module 1: Exploration

 What is Mineral Exploration?

 What Are the Stages?
 Who Are the Main Players?

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What is Mineral Exploration?

 Finding new resources of metals, minerals and

rocks in the ground

 Copper, gold, flint, building stone, salt, ….

 The starting point for the mineral industry

 All existing mines have a lifetime and need to be

replaced

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How Does Exploration Start?

 Same process as moose hunting

 Near an existing mine

 Similar types of rocks (geology) to an area with mines

 Prospecting finds in new areas

 With an idea to examine an area that may have undiscovered mineral

resources

If you know where to find a big moose, you aren’t telling other
hunters!
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 Governments’ Role (in Canada)

 Provincial and territorial governments support mineral

exploration by:
Creating geological, geophysical and geochemical
maps and reports to guide prospectors and companies
to areas with minerals
Supporting special programs to train prospectors and
field workers
Administering mineral claims and exploration activities
 No Federal government involvement for exploration,
except:
On Reservations and other lands where Aboriginal
Peoples control the mineral rights
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 Exploration Path

Prospecting/
Geology

Geophysics
Geochemistry

Drilling

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Mineral Explorationists
Incurable Optimists

 Key ingredient in a high risk industry.

 Similar to research (i.e. space program)
 One in 10,000 properties staked becomes
a major metal mine
 Requires “promotion” of opportunities to
raise investment

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Main Players – Prospectors/
Junior Companies
 Make discoveries of many metals and
industrial minerals
 Often work alone spending own $ or,
“grubstake”
 Hike through the bush, walk new logging
roads, follow creek beds, etc.
 Use tools like a rock hammer, GPS
locator, gold pan, grub hoe, …..
 Collect rock, soil and stream silt
samples looking for evidence of gold,
copper, nickel, diamonds and other
metals and minerals
 Hope to find a property to sell or “option”
(& Net Smelter Return) to a company

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Geological Mapping, Rock Sampling
and Stripping Rock Outcrops

1) Igneous rocks:
a. Plutonic/Granitic;
b. Volcanic/Basaltic

2) Sedimentary rocks:
Limestone

3) Metamorphic rocks:
Gneiss
Photos from Andreas Lichtblau

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Oceanic-continental Convergence

Tectonic Plates:
Oceanic plate is pushing into and being subducted
under the continental plate.

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Arial Geophysical Surveys

 Literature search/ Mineral

inventory
 Reconnaissance surveys:
 a. Magnetic (Mag)
 b. Electromagnetic (EM)
 c. Radiometric

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Ontario Mining “CLAIMaps”

Ontario mining CLAIMaps

http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/clai
mapsiii/viewer.asp

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Ontario Mining Claims Information
http://www.mci.mndm.gov.on.ca/claims/clm_mdva.cfm

 Home
 Mines and Minerals
 Northern Development
 News
 Site Map
 Contact Us

Mining Claims Information Main Menu

The Mining Claims Information at this site is normally updated Every Night. This information
was last updated on the night of October 16, 2014

You may search the Mining Claims Database for a Listing of Cancelled Mining Claims in the
last 180 days, Active Mining Claims, Client Reports and Work Report Summaries by Mining
Division:

Posted Mining Claims: Cancelled Mining Claims:

Posted claims which can be searched back to a Cancelled claims which can be searched back
period of 180 days to a period of 180 days
Active Mining Claims: Client Reports:
Current active mining claims in Ontario Listing of Active Claims by mining division
and by client/company name
Work Reports: Mining Claim Maps:
Summary of Assessment Work which has been Claim maps internet application
filed by individuals or companies
Dispositions:
Current dispositions in Ontario

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Ontario Mining Claims
Sioux Lookout Area Feb. 17, 2015

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Ontario Ring of Fire Mining Properties

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Line Cutting, Ground Geophysics,
Drilling
Photos from Andreas Lichtblau

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Exploration Property Grid
 What Does Drilling Tell Us?
(Assessment work reports approved by Geologist)

Continuous
veins

Discontinuous
veins
Exploration

 Acts and regulations

 Jurisdictions (Provincial &
Territorial Mining Acts,
Federal Mining Acts)
 Mining Claims, Permits
required

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Exploration

 Environmental and social

impacts
 Description of impacts
and mitigation
Ontario Environmental Assessment
Act; CEAA & RA; Advanced
Exploration Closure Plan
 Guidelines (e.g. PDAC’s
E3Plus)
Due diligence; Consultation &
accommodation; Baseline
environmental studies
 Opportunities for
community participation
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Example of Required Information
 Exploration

 Employment and other economic

opportunities
 Employment
Field assistants, camp staff, line cutters,
prospectors, samplers, geologists, security,
heavy equipment operators,…
 Business & Joint Venture
Equipment rental, tree planting,
construction of camps, catering, drilling,
expediting, freight, site reclamation, first
aid, security
 Training
MiHR’s Mining Essential Program

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Sandy Lake First Nation
Diamond Drillers Helper Program

 20 days of training at the

Outland Firesteel Camp
west of Upsala ,
Confederation College
 In partnership with the
Sandy Lake Ontario
Works Program
 Funded by the Ministry
of Economic
Development Trade and
Employment

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 Exploration
Community experiences

 Wabauskang FN Agreement:

 Goldcorp Inc. and Wabauskang

First Nation signed a
Collaboration Agreement
(January 30, 2015)
 Lac Seul FN Agreement :
 Paves the way for long-term
economic prosperity. Goldcorp’s
sixth First Nation partnership in  Lac Seul First Nation and Goldcorp
Canada Inc. sign a Collaboration Agreement
(August 19, 2013)
 A framework for continued
consultation and support for Red Lake
Gold Mines and defining the long-term
benefits for the First Nation

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 Dragon’s Den/
Exploration Group Exercise
 Use flip charts
 Choose a scribe to record on the flip charts
 Choose a group reporter

1. Diamond “Grubstaking”, or:

2. Metallic Minerals “Option”:
Use maps and/or rock sample(s) available to present your
mining property portfolio to Junior company officials. You
seek their participation ($) in furthering your economic
development/exploration venture. List all steps (Exploration
path) already done, or planned, to identify or evaluate new
prospects on your traditional lands.
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Module 2: Mine Development

 What is Mine Development and

Construction?
 What are the Activities?
 Who Are the Main Players?

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 What is Mine Development?

 For a mine to be built, the

proponent must demonstrate that
it will:

 1. Make a profit (Bulk sampling, Ore

reserves, Feasibility study);
 2. Meet gov’t requirements;
 3. Protect the environment and
mitigate impacts; and
 4. Receive First Nations and
community support (Consultation &
accommodation)

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Advanced Exploration Mineral
Projects 2014, Ontario

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Exploration, Development Projects
and Mines in Traditional Territory

 Currently, Mineral industry is dealing with low metal

prices and limited investment in exploration:
- In 2014, Ontario had:
. 43 operating mines
. 35 advanced mineral projects
. 400 projects being explored by ~265 companies

Marc Leroux, MNDM, 2015

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Capital Pool Company Program
TSX-V

 A CPC is a “shell company” used by investors to raise a pool of seed capital

that will later be used to buy an operating business.
 The CPC conducts an Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) to raise the needed “seed
money” and after selling sufficient shares is permitted to list on the TSX
Venture Exchange (the “TSX-V”). Once the CPC is listed, it has 24 months to
identify and acquire a qualifying target business.
 3-6 investors who have demonstrated a positive association as a director or
officer with at least one public company and are willing to incorporate the CPC
and act as founding directors.
 Acquisition of assets or a business that could qualify as the target business.
$100,000 and $500,000 in total seed capital to put forth at the time of
incorporation (minimum of $5,000 contribution by investor).
 Acquisition should take place within 24 months of CPC’s listing on the TSX-V.
 The CPC issues “seed shares” to the founding investors, which are priced
at the greater of $0.05 or 50% of the price at which the IPO shares will be
offered (minimum of $0.10).
 The CPC prepares a prospectus outlining the intention of management to
raise between $200,000 and $1,900,000 through the sale of additional CPC
shares to identify and evaluate potential new acquisitions.

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Mine Development

 Acts and regulations

 Jurisdictions (60 Laws, Regs,
etc.: Provincial & Federal
Mining Acts, Forest Acts)
 Licences, permits required
(180 instruments)
 Mining lease (10 to 20 years)

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 Mine Development

 Environmental and Social Impacts

 Description of impacts and
mitigation (Design tailing pond,
Wastewater, Closure plan)
 What is an environmental
assessment?
(Prov. Env. Impact Assessment; Fed.
CEAA, Metal Mining Effluent Regs)
Traditional knowledge
 Monitoring
 Community participation

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Environmental Assessment Process Chart
Federal Environmental Acts/Regs

 Canadian Environmental  Transportation of Dangerous

Assessment Act Goods Act, 1992
 Canada Water Act  Transport of Dangerous
 Canada Wildlife Act Goods Regulations
 Expropriation Act  Ozone-Depleting Substances
 Statistics Act Regulations
 Canadian Environmental  Comprehensive Study list
Protection Act Regulations
 National Fire Code of Canada  Exclusion list Regulations
1995  Inclusion List Regulations
 Fisheries Act  Migratory Birds Regulations
 Nuclear Safety and Control
Act

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Provincial Regulations
 Mining Act (Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry)
 Environmental Protection Act (Ministry of the Environment)
 Ontario Waters Resource Act (Ministry of the Environment)
 Occupational Health & Safety Act (Ministry of Labour)
 Public Lands Act (Ministry of Natural Resources)
 Lakes & Rivers Improvement Act (Ministry of Natural Resources)
 Crown Forest Sustainability Act (Ministry of Natural Resources)
 Technical Standards and Safety Act(Technical Standards and Safety
Authority)
 Planning Act (Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing / Ministry of
Health)
 The Health Protection & Promotion Act (Ministry of Health)
 Environmental Assessment Act (Ministry of the Environment)
 Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act (Ministry of
Transportation)

Hinz, Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, 2011 presentation

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Mine Development

 Economic opportunities:
(contract mining, construction services,
trucking, catering, site services,
recycling/waste disposal, road maintenance,
laboratory services, supply of oil/gas, safety
equipment…)

 Employment:
(warehouse technicians, trades, safety,
geologists, accountants, heavy equipment
operators, housekeeping…)

 Agreements (e.g. IBAs)

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Development and Underground
Access Construction

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 Mine Development
Community Experiences
 Examples

 Obish Construction Limited Partnership: La Seul First Nation and Moncrief

Construction Limited Partnership , Ontario.
. Construction : Roads, Excavations, Grading, Aggregates, Bridges, Clearing,
Brushing, Power and Communication Lines
. Sand and Gravel Mining and Quarrying

 The Naicatchewenin Development Corporation (NDC), Rainy Lake (Ontario)

 100% First Nation owned and operated
 engineering, consulting, and proposal development services

 Nuna Group of Companies (51% Inuit-owned),

 Services includes drilling, heavy equipment simulator training contracts,
winter road construction
 Several partnerships and joint ventures with Aboriginal groups.

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Module 3: Mine Operation

 What is the Mine Operation?

 What Are the Mine Operation
Activities?
 Who Are the Main Players?

Mine Open-pit & Underground:

http://www.ct.ufrgs.br/laprom/Underground%20Mining%20Methods.pdf

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Mine Operation

 Process of producing a mineral product for the

benefit of society, stakeholders and
shareholders.
 A mine is operating when rock and/or “earth” is
being excavated from the ground and in many
cases passing to a processing plant to produce a
valuable product.

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Mines in Northern Ontario 2014

Northern Ontario Gold, PGE and

Diamond Mines

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 Underground Mining

 Access by a elevator-like shaft or

one-ended tunnel (decline)

 A decline is a sloping and often

spiraling access

 Depth limitations due to mining

costs, high temperatures and/or
rock bursts

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Open Pit Mining

 Near surface resource

 Suitable for processing
large tonnages of rock
with less contained
metals or diamonds that
can’t be mined in a more
expensive underground
mine
 Generate a higher
proportion of waste rock Dome Mine, Timmins, Ontario
to ore than u/g mines

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Open Pit and Underground Mine Cross
Section

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Victor Mine, De Beers, Ont.

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Welder and Underground Miners,
Williams Mine, Ont.

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Mine Operation

 Acts and regulations:

. Conditions of lease
. Typically 21 years, can be renewed
. Requires a Mine closure and reclamation
plan
. Security deposit
.Yearly lease fee ($3 per hectare)
. Conditions of licences and permits
. Other instruments
. Up to180 instruments; 60 laws &
regulations; 20 agencies involved

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Mine Operation

 Environmental and social

impacts
 Description and mitigation:
. Env. Planning (Notice of
operations; Wastewater management;
Post bonds for closure)
. Traditional knowledge to mitigate
potential impacts
 Monitoring of tailing ponds and
waste piles

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 Mine Operation
Mining Practices in Canada

 Environmental practices
 Companies must meet all environmental
standards and laws
 The mining industry has adopted guidelines
and protocols for responsible development
 Aboriginal engagement
 Consultation, project review provide
opportunities to Aboriginal peoples to
express concerns, give input
 Traditional knowledge can help with
informed decisions on environmental
protection
 Early dialogue is the best way to achieve a
successful partnership

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Mine Operation

 Employment and other

economic opportunities
 Employment: Miners, pipe
fitters, administrators,
accountants, mechanics,
welders, nurses, computer
technicians, carpenters, cooks,
security officers…
 Training (MiHR)
 Business opportunities and
diversification

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 Mine Operation
Community Experiences

 Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation , Ont.

 Project coordinator to advance partnerships with mining
companies (Lac des Iles Palladium mine).
 Minfocus Exploration Corp. has signed a “MOU” with
LMLFN regarding exploration on their traditional territories.

 Troilus Mine, Qu.

 1. Located 120 km north of Chibougamau, Qu.
 2. Open-pit gold and copper mine, operated from 1997 to
2010,
 3. In 1994, Inmet and the Cree of Mistissini signed an
IBA:
 a) 15% Cree employment (2007),
 b) $1M Fund for training programs and small
business start-up;
 4) Economic benefits through procurement:
 a) $3.5 M operating contracts to local services,
partnerships,
 b) Some Cree employees started their own trucking
and logging businesses.

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Module 4: Mine Closure and
Rehabilitation

 What is Mine Closure?

 What Are the Mine Closure
Activities?
 Who Are the Main Players?

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Mine Closure

Mine closure is the period of time when the ore-

extracting activities of a mine have ceased, and final
decommissioning and mine reclamation are being
completed.
 Reduced employment levels, which can have a significant
negative impact on local economies.
 Some mines can last for more than 50 years, others may
only last for a few years
 Close due to different reasons, most commonly because
. Running out of ore
. Declining commodity prices

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Closure Planning – Ont.

In planning for closure, there are four key

objectives that must be considered:
 1. Protect public health and safety;
 2. Alleviate or eliminate environmental damage;
 3. Achieve a productive use of the land, or a
return to its original condition or an acceptable
alternative; and,
 4. To the extent achievable, provide for
sustainability of social and economic benefits
resulting from mine development and operations.

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North Coldstream Mine
Site Revegetation

Chris Hamblin, MNDM

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Mine Closure and Rehabilitation

 Acts and regulations

 Who governs mine closure?
 Mining related acts and
regulations
 Conditions of licenses and
permits

All mines sites must be

reclaimed according to
applicable governmental
regulations

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Closure Plan Overview (Ontario)

 Closure Plan developed before a new mine is approved

 The proponent must conduct public notice and consult with “affected
Aboriginal people”
 Public document is reviewed by relevant provincial and federal
government ministries and agencies and affected Aboriginal people and
municipalities
 Review begins when suitable financial assurance is deposited with
Ontario by the proponent
 Comments by all reviewers are compiled by MNDM staff during a
legislated 45 day review period
 May require revisions to address reviewers’ concerns
 If acceptable, the closure plan comes into effect on acknowledgment by
Director of Mine Rehabilitation

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Mine Closure and Rehabilitation

 Environmental and social impacts

 Description and mitigation
 Monitoring
 Orphaned/Abandoned mines

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 Mine Rehabilitation Code (Ont.)

 The 9 parts of the Mine Rehabilitation Code are:

1. Protection of openings to surface
2. Open pits
3. Stability of crown pillar, room and pillar operations
4. Tailings dams and other containment structures
5. Surface water monitoring
6. Ground water monitoring
7. Metal leaching and acid-rock drainage requirements
8. Physical stability monitoring
9. Revegetation

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Shaft Capped

Chris Hamblin, MNDM

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Hollinger Open Pit, Timmins, Ont.

Porcupine Gold Mines (PGM) received its . Adjacent to Timmins’ downtown core, the
final environmental approval from the repurposing of an underground mine
province (Dec 2014), paving the way for (~1930 to 1968).
work to start on its Hollinger open pit: . PGM has spent $8 million to fill
. The environmental compliance approval subsidence areas and other hazards
(ECA) focused on noise, vibration and . Eliminate the remaining hazards by
dust creating one large open pit
. Recover the remaining gold over 8 yrs
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Proposed Reclamation Hollinger
Open Pit, Ont.

 Conceptual drawing of how the Hollinger Pit project may

eventually look once the pit is mined out and the land is
rehabilitated. Photo Credit: Goldcorp.
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Kam Kotia Mine Site Tailings Area

Chris Hamblin, MNDM

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 Abandoned Mines in Ontario

 “Sites where advanced exploration,

mining or mine production has ceased
without rehabilitation having been
completed”

 Can have public health and safety,

environmental and aesthetic concerns
 More than 6,000 abandoned mine sites
 Have a public provincial inventory
(database and google files)
 Potential impacts vary dramatically with
type of mine and often are related to the
size
 Some sites will have no concerns

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Mine Closure and Rehabilitation

 Community employment and

economic opportunities :
 Jobs: Trades personnel, equipment
operators and mechanics, security & First
aid…
 Business opportunities: Site
reclamation, tree planting, drainage
systems, water sampling and analysis,
security services…

Through training and experience, the skills acquired

in the mining industry can be transferable to other
economic activities, often within the same community

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Casino Lac Leamy, Qu.
(Old Quarry Site)

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Butchart Garden, B.C.
(Old Quarry Site)

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 Mine Closure and Rehabilitation
Community Experiences

 Troilus Mine, Qu.

 Developed its final closure plan with the Cree
community and provincial regulators
 Troilus Agreement Implementation Committee
 Helped transition workers to new employment
 Consideration given to future hunting needs
 Successfully closed Troilus site in 2010 meeting all
environmental and safety requirements.
 Inmet involved Environment Canada to help
establish biodiversity as part of the revegetation
program.
 Closure team responsible for reclamation,
maintenance, inspection and monitoring the
property on an ongoing basis.

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Summary, Questions and Answers, Comments or
Suggestions

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