April 16, 2020 Ms. Tyree Mullaney Regulatory Specialist Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board 4922 - 48th Street 7th Floor YK Centre Mall Yellowknife, NT. X1A 2P6 Dear Ms. Mullaney: Re: Updated Engagement Plan – MV2019C0025, MV2019L2-0011 & MV2019L2-0012 Seabridge Gold is pleased to provide an updated version (ver. 2.1) of our Engagement Plan for posting to the public registry. This version reflects the following administrative changes: Annual review and update of stakeholder contact information in Appendix C: List of Affected Parties and their Designated Contacts, Update the Seabridge contact list in section 4, Update the Revision Table on page i, Update the issue date on the cover page, and Change the date and version number across the bottom of all pages. There were no other changes to the Plan. The previous Engagement Plan (ver. 2.0) was submitted in September 2019 and approved by the Board on March 27, 2020 in conjunction with the issuance of the above noted permit and licenses. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Yours truly, Jane Howe Permitting Manager – NWT Seabridge Gold [email protected] (306) 321-4144 106 Front Street East, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1E1 Telephone: (416) 367-9292 Facsimile: (416) 367-2711 [email protected] Courageous Lake Project Engagement Plan April 2020 Seabridge Gold (NWT) Inc. 106 Front Street East, Suite 400 Toronto, Ontario M5A 1E1 Canada T: 416-367-9292 F: 416-367-2711 www seabridgegold net COURAGEOUS LAKE PROJECT Engagement Plan REVISION TABLE Version Date of Revision Summary of Changes Date Approved by MVLWB 1 Jun. 26, 2013 Draft Engagement Plan submitted to Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board (MVLWB) for review and approval 1.2 Oct. 13, 2013 Revised Engagement Plan submitted to the MVLWB for review and approval; Revisions reflected stakeholder review comments on version 1 1.3 Nov. 15, 2013 Minor administrative revisions based on Jan. 30, 2014 reviewer comments 2 Sept. 2019 Submitted as supporting document for March 27, 2020 Land Use Permit and Water Licence applications. Revised to align with updated MVLWB guidelines; Revised in consideration of input received from Indigenous groups/affected parties 2.1 April 2020 Administrative update to Appendix C: Stakeholder Contact list. www.seabridgegold.net Version: 2.1 April 2020 Page i COURAGEOUS LAKE PROJECT Engagement Plan CONTENTS REVISION TABLE ......................................................................................................................................... I ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................ IV 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Purpose of Plan ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Goals of Engagement ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Regulatory Context ............................................................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 External Policy Context ....................................................................................................... 5 1.3.2 Seabridge Policies and Management Plans ........................................................................ 6 1.4 Revisions and Distribution of Plan ......................................................................................................... 7 1.5 Distribution of the Plan .......................................................................................................................... 7 2. AFFECTED PARTIES ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Identification of Affected Parties ............................................................................................................ 8 2.2.1 Affected Parties – Indigenous Groups ................................................................................. 8 2.2.2 Nearest Communities ........................................................................................................ 12 2.2.3 Other Land Users .............................................................................................................. 12 3. ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM ............................................................................................................. 16 3.1 Engagement Planning ......................................................................................................................... 16 3.2 Engagement Triggers .......................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Engagement Methods and Implementation of the Plan ....................................................................... 17 3.3.1 Implementation of the Plan ................................................................................................ 18 3.4 Documentation and Reporting ............................................................................................................ 18 3.4.1 Documentation .................................................................................................................. 18 3.4.2 Reporting ........................................................................................................................... 18 3.4.2.1 Internal Reporting ........................................................................................ 18 3.4.2.2 External Reporting ....................................................................................... 22 3.5 Plan Review ........................................................................................................................................ 22 3.5.1 Reviewing and Updating the Engagement Plan ................................................................ 22 3.5.2 Special Circumstances ...................................................................................................... 22 4. SEABRIDGE INTERNAL ROLES AND CONTACT INFORMATION .............................................. 24 5. REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 25 APPENDIX A SEABRIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY APPENDIX B SUMMARY OF INPUT FROM AFFECTED PARTIES ON REVISIONS TO THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN APPENDIX C LIST OF AFFECTED PARTIES AND THEIR DESIGNATED CONTACTS www.seabridgegold.net Version: 2.1 April 2020 Page ii COURAGEOUS LAKE PROJECT Engagement Plan List of Tables Table 1: Summary of Engagement Methods ..................................................................................................... 19 Table 2: Implementation of Engagement Activities ............................................................................................ 21 Table 3: Engagement Plan Performance Indicators .......................................................................................... 23 List of Figures Figure 1: Regional Map of the Courageous Lake Property ................................................................................. 2 Figure 2: Courageous Lake Property – Proposed Exploration Land Use and Water Use ................................... 3 Figure 3: Indigenous Group Territories and Agreements in relation to the Courageous Lake Property .............. 9 Figure 4: Other Land Users in relation to the Courageous Lake Property ......................................................... 13 Figure 5: Stages of the Engagement Program .................................................................................................. 16 www.seabridgegold.net Version: 2.1 April 2020 Page iii COURAGEOUS LAKE PROJECT Engagement Plan ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ADFN Akaitcho Dene First Nation AIMAIO Akaitcho Interim Measures Agreement Implementation Office CIRNAC-CARD Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada –Contaminants and Remediation Division EP Engagement Plan GNWT Government of the Northwest Territories ha hectares IBA Impact and Benefit Agreement km kilometre LKDFN Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation MVLWB Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board NSMA North Slave Métis Alliance NWT Northwest Territories NWTMN Northwest Territory Métis Nation NWTMN AiP Northwest Territory Métis Nation Agreement-in-Principle TG Tłı̨ chǫ Government TK Traditional Knowledge YKDFN Yellowknives Dene First Nation WLWB Wek’èezhìi Land and Water Board WRRB Wek’èezhìi Renewable Resource Board www.seabridgegold.net Version: 2.1 April 2020 Page iv COURAGEOUS LAKE PROJECT Engagement Plan 1. INTRODUCTION Seabridge Gold NWT Inc. (Seabridge) is a Canadian based resource exploration company that has been conducting gold exploration in the Courageous Lake area since 2003. The Courageous Lake area is approximately 240 kilometres (km) northeast of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (NWT; Figure 1). The property comprises 62 mineral leases and 26 mineral claims, totaling 50,258 hectares (ha) which are wholly owned by Seabridge. The property is located within an historic mining district that includes