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4 Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 2018–19 Cover photo and photo at right: archbould.com CONTENTS

7 President's Message

8 Executive Director's Message

8 Yukon Chamber of Mines Board of Directors

12 By the North, for the North: the next generation of geologist are here Centre for Innovation in Mining prepares tomorrow’s leaders.

14 Dig in: Miners strike more than gold in the Klondike Klondike placer miners have put the Yukon on the map as leaders in ice-age paleontology

17 Strengthening Relationships through engagement Yukon Chamber of Mines builds Canada’s first interactive engagement guide

25 2017 Yukon Geoscience Tradeshow & Forum

28 2017 Yukon Geoscience Forum Awards

30 Yukon Exploration Projects 2016

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Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 5 Canada’s mining future lies in the North Yukon is ready

World class mineral deposits, a reliable regulatory regime, strong relationships with First Nation governments and access to markets continue to make Yukon a leading jurisdiction for mining and investment. The Yukon government is committed to the growth of a thriving and prosperous and diversified economy with well-defined benefits for our communities, First Nations and all of Yukon. The key to success for the future of our territory comes from respectful, collaborative relationships with First Nations, who are both leaders and partners in Yukon’s economic prosperity.

We are working closely with First Nations and industry to ensure Honourable Ranj Pillai Yukon’s regulatory process is clear, effective and reliable. Minister of Energy, We are investing in clean energy and resilient infrastructure to support Mines and Resources long-term economic growth in an environmentally responsible way. Our support of mineral exploration helps demonstrate that Yukon has amongst the highest mineral potential of any Canadian jurisdiction. Five of the world’s top ten gold mining companies agree, Yukon is a great place to invest and a great place to do business.

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THE YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES is proud to present another annual mining directory, a tool seen by many as required reading for working in the Yukon mining industry. We hope you find this directory useful as we enter the 2018 field season. Looking back, 2017 saw ever increasing interest and activity in the Yukon’s mining sector. Building off of the strong relationships we formed in the past and by forging new ones, the Yukon Chamber of Mines has seen increased engagement across the board. Through our dynamic partnerships and the efforts of our membership, the Yukon mining industry has continued to actualize its great potential. As a non-profit organization, much of the strength of the chamber comes from the incredible support of our members. On behalf of the board of directors and staff of the Yukon Chamber of Mines, I would like to thank each company, organization, and individual whose time, support, and membership dollars enable YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES us to continue working for you. Be it through our lobbying efforts while at the table with policy and decision makers or through our President’s Message community outreach programs that highlight the many benefits of a thriving mining sector, the Yukon Chamber of Mines is only able to do what it does because of you. Going into this year, the Yukon Chamber of Mines will continue strengthening its voice as a representative of Yukon’s modern, responsible mining industry.

Sincerely,

Sue Craig President, Yukon Chamber of Mines

Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 7 Yukon Chamber of Mines

REPRESENTING THE TERRITORY Update from the Yukon Chamber of Mines

innovation, so does our directory, with addi- collaboration, and environmental sustain- tional companies listed and enriched content. ability. Over the course of 2017, we also In 2017, Yukon’s mineral exploration and de- experienced meaningful collaboration with posit expenditures totalled $165.1 million, a Yukon First Nations and the Government significant increase over 2016’s $90.4 million. of Yukon. Together, we will continue work- This coming field season promises to be ing on issues of mutual interest, including exciting as we see Victoria Gold Corporation improvements to Yukon’s assessment and (TSX-V: VIT) building its Eagle Gold Mine in permitting regimes. We are the industry on the Mayo region after securing $505 million in the front lines of reconciliation, as miners construction financing and Alexco Resource are on the doorstep of every Yukon First Corporation (TSE: AXR) looking to bring Nations’ traditional territory. It is incumbent its Bermingham property online. Yukon’s upon us to work collaboratively and respect- only operating hardrock mine—Minto, just fully to make Yukon the most successful and north of Carmacks and owned by Capstone progressive jurisdiction to mine in the world. Mining Corp (TSE: CS)—entered into an All of us at the Yukon Chamber of Mines agreement of sale to Pembridge Resources would like to thank our members, volunteers, (LSE: PERE) for $37.5 million and a 9.9% stake and sister organizations, as well as our many in the company. All of the aforementioned other supporters as we build on Yukon’s THROUGHOUT THE PAGES the pages of activity follows Goldcorp, Barrick Gold, competitive advantages and reputation the Yukon Mining and Exploration Directory, Newmont, and Agnico Eagle all setting up as a progressive jurisdiction endowed with a distribution across Canada exceeding shop in Yukon over the last 18 months. with significant world-class deposits. 12,000 copies, you will find stories and photos Last year was also a significant one for the which articulate the technology, innovation, Yukon Chamber of Mines. We saw success and progressive partnerships of our industry. with the Our Yukon (www.ouryukon.ca) Sincerely, The directory is a testament to the growth communications campaign, with the release of the Yukon mining industry, as well as the of numerous educational videos highlighting Samson Hartland Chamber organization that represents it. As the benefits of a healthy mining industry Executive Director we see breakthroughs in collaboration and in the areas of innovation, First Nations Yukon Chamber of Mines

YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES Board of Directors

SUSAN CRAIG - PRESIDENT and the steering committee for the Yukon Yukon Mining, Development and Exploration Sue Craig has over 25 years of experience in College’s Geological Technology program. Overview, and presenting information on the Yukon, ranging from mineral exploration the Yukon to investment bankers, financial and permitting to construction and operation JOHN SMALL – institutions, and mining analysts in meet- of mines. Craig is currently an appointed VICE-PRESIDENT, TREASURER ings and conferences around the world. member of the Yukon Mineral Advisory John Small joined the board as a small Burke has worked in the mineral explora- and Yukon Energy Corporation boards. business representative. His company, tion and mining industry in British Columbia She is a Yukon Women in Mining champion Small’s Expediting Services, provides and Yukon since 1983. He was fortunate to be and a board member of the Association of logistical and transportation support to the part of the exploration team which discov- Mineral Exploration B.C. Craig was honoured Yukon’s exploration, mining, and oil-and-gas ered the Sa Dena Hes lead-zinc mine and the to receive the Yukon Chamber of Mines Mem- industries. Small believes the Yukon Chamber Ketza River mine in the Yukon. Mike worked ber’s award in 2012. She served as a director of Mines has a major role to play in protect- at the Ketza River mine from exploration of YCM for many years, and her knowledge ing, developing, and advancing the Yukon’s through mine development, production, and experience in the Yukon, especially aforementioned industries. As a director and and closure as the mine geologist before during these trying times in our industry, representative of small businesses working joining the Yukon Geological Survey in 1990. are a tremendous asset to the board. in the industry, Small can contribute and Burke holds a bachelor’s of science degree advance the objectives of the chamber. in geology from the University of British HEATHER BURRELL – VICE-PRESIDENT Columbia and is a professional geologist Heather Burrell is a geologist with 15 years MIKE BURKE – PAST PRESIDENT with the Engineers and Geoscientists British of field experience in the Yukon with Archer, Mike Burke is a Yukon-based consulting Columbia and a member of the Society Cathro, & Associates (1981) Limited. Burrell geologist. He was the chief geologist for of Economic Geologists. Burke has been is passionate about grassroots exploration Golden Predator Mining Corp from 2011 a member of the Yukon College Board of and early stage project development and has to 2017. Prior to joining Golden Predator, Governors since 2011. He is also a member completed countless drill programs on behalf Burke worked with the Government of Yukon of the Advisory Committee for the Centre for of clients. She is a professional geologist with for more than 20 years. He was head of Northern Innovation in Mining at Yukon Col- Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia mineral services for the Yukon Geological lege and a member of the Technical Advisory and a member of the Society of Economic Survey when he left government in 2011. Committee for the Yukon Geological Survey. Geologists. She also sits on the Yukon Miner- At the Yukon Geological Survey, Burke was als Advisory Board, the Technical Advisory responsible for liaising with prospectors and Committee for the Yukon Geological Survey, mining and exploration companies, visiting active exploration sites, authoring the annual

8 Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 ALLAN DOHERTY – DIRECTOR Clark has a passion for ensuring the YVES BROUILLETTE – DIRECTOR Al Doherty, P.Geo, has been a field geolo- sustainability of the sector through Yves Brouillette is the current general gist in the Yukon since 1980. Doherty has responsible and meaningful engagement manager of Capstone's Minto operations in been very active with the Yukon Chamber with the land and all those who use it. the Yukon. He is a mechanical engineer with of Mines since 1986 and served as president more than 25 years of operations experience from 1988 to 1989 and 1991. He was a KENDRA JOHNSTON – DIRECTOR in various roles and organizations throughout member of Yukon Minerals Advisory Board Kendra Johnston is the president and a Canada and Australia. Prior to joining Cap- from 2003 to 2009 and the Yukon regional director of Independence Gold Corp., a stone, Brouillette spent three years with Rio director for the Prospectors & Developers gold exploration company searching for Tinto Iron and Titanium operations as general Association of Canada from 2000 to 2009. gold primarily in the Yukon. She has been manager in Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec. Doherty was also involved with the inception with the company for 10 years, overseeing Previously, Brouillette worked six years of the Yukon Mine Training Association and the Yukon exploration programs, building with Xstrata Copper, managing the Kidd served as its first board Chair in 2006. He is relationships with various stakeholders, Met zinc operations in Timmins, Ontario, well known by many First Nation leaders. and managing the land, environment, and before moving to Brisbane, Australia, to health and safety programs. Johnston is take on the role of general manager of asset BUDDY CRILL – DIRECTOR also an active member and volunteer of management. Earlier in his career, Brouillette Buddy Crill is the mine general manager for the mineral-exploration community. worked with steel producer Ispat Sidbec as Goldcorp’s Coffee mine project, located 130 In addition to her position with the Yukon production and maintenance coordinator in km south of Dawson City. Crill and his family Chamber of Mines, she is also the vice-chair Montreal, Quebec, and later with Tembec relocated to Whitehorse from Mexico City of the board of directors of the Association as maintenance and services manager at a in August of 2016, immediately following for Mineral Exploration B.C., a co-founder pulp mill in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario. Goldcorp’s acquisition of Kaminak Gold and and director of Below B.C., and past chair He holds a master’s of business admin- the Coffee mine project. He has a bachelor’s of AME’s Roundup conference. Johnston is istration degree from the University of of science degree in electrical engineering a registered professional geologist in B.C. British Columbia and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Idaho, and has 24 and holds a master’s of business administra- in engineering from McGill University. years of progressive industry experience in tion degree from Queen’s University. both the mining and electric utility sectors. Prior to his current role at the Coffee proj- MARY MIOSKA – DIRECTOR ect, Crill was director of operations support Mary Mioska brings 10 years of expertise for Goldcorp’s Latin American region, where in managing the environmental aspects of he worked with the Latin American mine Yukon mining projects, from exploration managers to implement improvements in through to operational-mine-site monitoring. operations, asset management, maintenance, She has a technical background in water- energy, technology, and supply chain. Prior quality protection and permitting and direct to joining Goldcorp in early 2015, he worked Yukon experience in leading permit applica- for Barrick Gold at the jointly owned (60% tions and compliance of local mining opera- Barrick, 40% Goldcorp) Pueblo Viejo mine tions with territorial and federal regulations. in the Dominican Republic and at Barrick’s Mioska has an environmental engineer- Cortez mine in Nevada. Crill’s roles at the ing degree from the University of British Pueblo Viejo mine included asset manager, Columbia. Her master’s thesis examined energy manager, and he was a member of passive bioremediation of contaminated the commissioning team. He has also worked groundwater at a mine in the Yukon, with a for UniSource Energy in Arizona, Kennecott focus on selenium and heavy metal removal. Minerals in Alaska, M3 Engineering in Mioska also sits on the board of Yukon Arizona, and Power Engineers in Idaho. Women in Mining and the environment com- Crill is serving as a director for the Yukon mittees of both the Mining Association of Chamber of Mines and is on the Govern- B.C. and the Mining Association of Canada. ing Council for the Yukon College’s Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining (CNIM). MICHAEL C. MCDOUGALL – DIRECTOR He enjoys spending his spare time in the Mike McDougall has over 35 years of experi- great outdoors with his wife and two kids. ence in the Yukon placer fields, ranging from exploration, permitting, and management JOSH CLARK – DIRECTOR of large placer operations to construction Josh Clark brings over a decade of experi- and operation of his own family operation Well Drilling | Water Filtration ence in business development, marketing in the Sixtymile placer camp. McDougall is Water Quality | Pump Installation and sales, human resources, community currently the president of the Klondike Placer Commercial and engagement, and customer care. 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BY THE NORTH, FOR THE NORTH: THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEOLOGISTS ARE HERE Centre for Innovation in Mining prepares tomorrow’s leaders.

haron Busby remembers the moment “For me to just do the basics of it, it's Sshe found Yukon College’s Geologi- mechanical, she says. “You do ABC to cal Technology program while research- get the water sample, but the reasoning ing post-secondary programs across behind it and the science behind it, how Canada. groundwater flows and the impacts of it, “I was looking for earth-sciences pro- and how a monitoring well is created, I grams,” she explains. “The geotechni- learned all of that in my program.” cal program caught my attention, and I The Geological Technology program is thought, Yup, that's it. I want to do rocks.” offered as a one-year certificate or two- Now an environmental technician, year diploma program at Yukon College. Busby has worked in the hydrogeology It gives students a strong foundation in field since graduating in 2017. geology, geophysics, and mineral-explo- “I have been working throughout ration techniques, preparing them for Yukon and B.C. doing soil sampling geoscience jobs with mining or mineral- and soil remediation, testing monitor- exploration companies or environmental ing wells, and developing and installing or geology-based consulting firms. monitoring wells,” she says. “I've been Busby says she was interested in hydro- involved in a lot of soil-remediation proj- geology from the start, but it wasn’t until ects to clean up commercial properties.” her second year in the program that she Busby says the program taught her the saw her career path. fundamentals of geoscience, which gave “It was just like the light bulb went off,” her a better understanding of the techni- she says. “I was learning a whole bunch of cal side of her job. other stuff along the way. We finally got

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“It was just like the light bulb went off. I was learning a whole bunch of other stuff along the way. We finally got to that course, and everything else that I learned in the other courses seemed to be incorporated into this course.”

to that course, and everything else that I Another priority for CNIM is improv- and it gives you such a good background learned in the other courses seemed to ing environmental-monitoring training and good solid experience.” be incorporated into this course.” for students. Busby recommends anyone interested Shelagh Rowles is the Executive Direc- The centre has had requests from in a geoscience career should look for tor of the Centre for Northern Innova- Yukon First Nations as well as industry programs that pair a strong theoreti- tion in Mining (CNIM). She says the to deliver environmental monitoring that cal background with practical skills, like centre was created to prepare students, meets legal requirements for industry, the two-year diploma program at Yukon like Busby, for emerging job opportuni- but also considers First Nations spiritual College. ties and bridge the gap between educa- and cultural elements and species using Rowles says CNIM is unique because tional training and employment needs the land. of its focus on the North. for industry. Rowles says a mining company devel- “What we want to do is to highlight “[CNIM] responds to the needs oping a closure plan for its mine brought training and programs that are specific articulated by industry and Yukon First a group of students and an Elder to to the needs of the people that we're Nations, who say where the training the site. The company wanted to use a trying to serve,” she says. “We really priorities are and how we can assist with plant indigenous to the Yukon to help want to be at the forefront of harness- the human-resource gaps in industry,” with remediation until the Elder advised ing those opportunities to enhance the says Rowles. against it. labour market.” A governing council, made of repre- “The Elder said, ‘You know, if you use As Yukon College begins its transition sentatives from the mining and mineral these particular plant species for reme- to a university, the post-secondary insti- industry and First Nations governments, diation they'll attract moose and this tution will be eligible for more research meet four times a year to determine the historically is a caribou ground, so you'll funding. It’s also possible they’ll develop centre’s priorities and strategic direction. actually really disrupt the caribou-migra- a degree in geology or introduce engi- One of CNIM’s current priorities is tion cycle and our hunting patterns’,” neering programs, which Rowles says getting the Geological Technology she explains. will grow local expertise and benefit program accredited with a technical In the end, the company chose a dif- industry, communities, and the territory. designation. ferent plant for the remediation plan. “The more programs we introduce, Rowles says the designation will Rowles says it’s a recent example of the more expertise we draw, which is ensure the program is recognized by how environmental monitoring can meet not only valuable to our students, but industry across the country and helps the needs of industry and First Nations it's invaluable to our industry and to our graduates find work, both in and out- communities. communities broadly,” says Rowles. side of the Yukon. Busby says it’s fieldwork that sets the The transition from college to univer- “It means a lot more mobility for our college’s program apart from others and sity could be finished as early as the grads,” says Rowles, “but also if some gave her the skills she needed for her spring of 2020. Until then, CNIM will of the larger companies come in [to the career. continue working with industry leaders Yukon] with more rigorous technical “There's a lot of hands-on work that we and First Nations groups in identifying requirements, students don't have to did, a lot of fieldwork, a lot of experiential employment and educational oppor- leave the territory in order to achieve work as well as theory, classroom-based tunities for a sector heading into an that.” work,” she says. “It opens your eyes, too, upswing. A to a lot of different areas in the industry,

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DIG IN: » Fossils found in the field are sorted before they are MINERS STRIKE cleaned and catalogued. MORE THAN GOLD IN THE KLONDIKE Klondike placer miners have put the Yukon on the map as a leader in ice-age paleontology

here’s a plaque at the entrance of the Beringia Zazula explains that the organic-rich silt sedi- TCentre that explains how the centre was cre- ment and soil in the region, which placer miners ated. It’s easily overlooked thanks to the three- call “black muck,” is an important record of the metre tall, ice-age mammal that greets visitors to environmental history of the ice age. The black the Whitehorse museum. muck is essentially ice-age dust that accumu- “It was largely because of the lobby of the lated over tens of thousands of years and has placer-mining industry,” says Jonas Smith, execu- preserved the remains of ancient animals. tive director of the Klondike Placer Miners’ Asso- Ice-age fossils could be found anywhere in the ciation, explaining the unique greeter. “People region, but Zazula attributes the fossil discover- felt very passionately that they were finding all ies in the Klondike to industrial development. this neat stuff and it was just sitting in a ware- “The fact that there are gold miners moving house, and it was a shame that it wasn't being all the ground is why we find them,” says Zazula. shared with Yukoners and the world.” “Those bones and fossils will be found in many Placer miners have been unearthing fossils in other places; it’s just that there's no industrial the Yukon for more than a 120 years. Pictures of development, like gold mining, to expose them.” miners posing with fossils discovered in the Klon- He says the relationship between mining and dike quickly circulated during the gold rush, and paleontology works well because it’s based on institutions around the world took note. mutual interest and respect. Dr. Grant Zazula, a Yukon-based paleontolo- Smith agrees. He says it’s a relationship that gist, says the relationship between gold mining has long been celebrated. in the Yukon and ice-age paleontology began “Placer miners are usually pretty excited when almost immediately. they dig up something neat, and the paleontolo- “Within only two, three, four, five years of the gists realize that none of these discoveries would Klondike Gold Rush, major museums around the ever have been made were it not for the labours world—such as the American Museum of Natu- of the miners,” says Smith. ral History from New York and the Paris Natural From June to September, Zazula and his team History Museum, the Smithsonian, the British move to Dawson City, set up camp, and make Museum in London—they all sent expeditions of daily drives down mining roads to meet with gold scientists to come to the Yukon to look for and miners. collect these bones that were being uncovered “[We] find what they're unearthing, collect it, by the gold miners,” says Zazula. and bring it back for scientific study,” says Zazula. While most of Canada was covered by a giant In 2004, Stuart Schmidt found a horse bone

Photos: archbould.com glacier during the ice age 20,000 years ago, the at his placer mine near Thistle Creek. Scientists northwestern part of the Yukon and the entire dated the bone at 750,000 years old, and geneti- interior of Alaska were too cold and dry to sup- cists were able to extract DNA from it, which is port glaciers. Instead, the area was inhabited by the oldest DNA sequence ever produced. mammals.

Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 15 » Above: Assistant Palaeontologist Elizabeth Hall cleans fossils in the field tent before bringing them back to Whitehorse. Below: Grant Zazula examines the helmeted muskox skull and horns, a rare discovery of an extinct species. The fossils were found by Stuart Schmidt at a mining operation south of Dawson City, Yukon.

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» Above: After fossils are cleaned, they're catalogued by field staff in the Klondike.Below: Greer Vanderbyl returns a fossil to storage. Fossils are stored in a Whitehorse-based facility, known as 'the bone lab'.

Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 17 “None of this stuff would even be known to us if it weren’t for mining.”

Zazula says 90 percent of the discoveries made in the Klondike are common species—woolly mammoth, ice-age horses, and steppe bison—but 10 percent are the “really cool things,” like Schmidt’s horse bone. “Every summer we might find one bone from an ice-age camel and one » At left: Aisling Farrell bone from a giant ground sloth or a holds a frozen, mummified sabre-toothed cat, and that's what we're ancient horse leg with freeze really excited about,” he says. dried flesh and hair attached. At right: Gisli Balzer and Since 2012, Zazula and his team have Susan Hewitson hoist up a been conducting more intensive field- mammoth skull to place it work in the Klondike. He says the work Photos: Grant Zazula inside a wooden crate. is paying off. “We're starting to now amass collec- tions of some of those rare things and actually starting to learn more about EXTINCT MUSKOX SKULL FOUND them, and that's been a lot of fun,” says Zazula. AT PLACER MINE NEAR DAWSON CITY He says the team always recognizes the The helmeted muskox once lived years. The fossil will be carbon placer miners work clearing the ground, in most parts of North America but dated to determine its precise which leads to the discoveries. has long been extinct. age, but Yukon paleontologist “Without them it wouldn't be pos- On September 11, 2017, Stuart Grant Zazula’s initial guess puts it Schmidt, a Klondike placer miner, around 25,000 years old. sible,” he says. “To me the gold miner discovered a helmeted muskox All fossils found in the Yukon be- is just as important as the geneticists at skull while working on his proper- long to the government. They are making the study happen.” ty in the Indian River valley, south cleaned, catalogued, and stored Schmidt is one of those miners. Last of Dawson City. in “the bone lab,” based in White- September, he discovered a helmeted The skull was fully intact, making horse, for both Yukon and visiting muskox skull, a rare discovery of an it the second discovery of its kind in scientists to study. extinct species, and he has contributed northern Canada. The last known Schmidt’s discovery will help many fossils to the Yukon palaeontology discovery was made in the 1920s scientists learn more about the near Fairbanks, Alaska. Since then, extinct species—its size, diet, and program collection over the years. For only a few of their bones have been general life. The skull may even his efforts, he was given the Yukon Berin- found in the North. offer a hint on why the helmeted gia Research Award at the Yukon Placer Buried in permafrost, the skull muskox went extinct. Forum for his contributions to Yukon pal- was preserved for thousands of aeontology and Beringia research. Smith says the fossil discoveries made in the Klondike are valuable resources for Yukoners and the international aca- demic community. “There’s just literally cutting-edge, world-class science that's come out of little, old Yukon as a result of discoveries made by placer miners,” says Smith. “None of this stuff would even be known to us if it weren't for mining.” As placer miners dig into another season in the Klondike, Zazula and his team prepare to join them in June. They’ll spend the summer travelling mining roads, talking with miners, and collecting this year’s fossils. A Illustration: Wikimedia

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» Judy Gingell, Kwanlin Dün First Nation Elder and a lead consultant on the Yukon Chamber of Mines.

STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH ENGAGEMENT Yukon Chamber of Mines builds Canada’s first interactive engagement guide to bring industry and First Nations together.

his year marked the 45th anniversary Judy Gingell, Kwanlin Dün First Nation The renewed guide, funded by Tof Together Today for Our Children Elder and a lead consultant on the the Yukon Government and CanNor, Tomorrow, a document that paved the Yukon Chamber of Mines project team, expands on how Yukon First Nations road to Yukon First Nations self-govern- was drawn to the project because it re- would like to be engaged by the mineral ment and land-claims agreements. flected the intention of the First Nations industry. It’s a comprehensive resource The Council of Yukon First Nations final agreements. for mineral and exploration companies Grand Chief Peter Johnston says the “The whole [Umbrella Final Agree- working in the Yukon. The guide covers agreements give First Nations a voice ment] is about building a relationship best engagement practices and pro- in every aspect of its traditional ter- and partnership and working collec- vides profiles of the 17 First Nations ritory. It’s a voice not all Indigenous tively for the better of all people,” says with ties to the Yukon and an overview people have. Gingell. “We need to start working of Aboriginal law and modern treaties “We’re very advanced here [in the together and talking to each other. in the Yukon context. It also includes Yukon] compared to the other parts of Every little bit helps.” a directory of suppliers, government the world in the sense of governance departments, and agencies, as well and our involvement in the territory,” as profiles of mineral and exploration says Johnston. ENGAGEMENT GUIDEBOOK companies working in First Nations tra- Over the last year, the Yukon Cham- ditional territories. ber of Mines worked with the 17 First The project built on work completed Gingell says the response from the Nations with land ties in the Yukon to in 2012, when the Yukon Chamber of communities has been positive. develop an engagement tool for the Mines, Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in, and Nacho “They liked the idea,” she says. “A mineral industry. It’s the first of its kind Nyäk Dun First Nation developed a lot of them were willing to share some in Canada. pamphlet that provided an overview of the successes they had in this area The guide, Yukon First Nation Engage- of Yukon First Nations and communi- [working with industry] and were will- ment & Consultation Guidebook for ties for mineral exploration companies ing to share how things went and what the Mineral Exploration Industry, was a interested in working in the Yukon. didn't go right.” collaborative project with the 11 First “There’s always been a hope to build Nations with final agreements and the on that,” says Sue Craig, president of three non-settled First Nations in the the Yukon Chamber of Mines. “I have to “IT’S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY Yukon, as well as three transboundary give Samson [Hartland, executive direc- ADVANCES TOGETHER.” First Nations—two in the Northwest tor of the Yukon Chamber of Mines] Territories and one in northern British credit. He wrote a pretty amazing pro- Grand Chief Johnston says First Columbia. posal and managed to get a fair bit of Nations communities understand how funding [for the project].”

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important the mining industry is to the The goal of the project was to create a territory’s economy. tool for industry that outlines how each “When the mining industry is down it’s First Nations government and commu- a tough life for a lot of people here, but nity want to be engaged, as well as the when it’s up and all the boats are afloat, process for mineral and exploration work everyone’s having a good time.” in traditional territories, established by He says decision making needs to be the First Nations government. a three-pronged approach; the mining Engagement is changing, and not just “It now tells industry, First Nations governments, and in the Yukon. Engagement is being used our story from the territorial government need to work in projects all around the world. together. Craig recently attended Prospectors & a different point “For many years it’s been one or the Developers Association of Canada. She of view. I think it’s other or none of the three [moving for- says one presentation from a company important we reflect ward], and nobody benefits from that,” talking about their engagement with says Johnston. “It’s important that communities in the jungles of Africa just that value system everybody advances together.” made sense. back out to the Johnston says the engagement guide- “They're engaging and they have book is a step forward. agreements,” she explains. “You want mining company.” “It now tells our story from a different the community to be supporting what point of view,” says Johnston. “I think it’s you're doing, to understand what you're important we reflect that value system doing. The only way to do that is to back out to the mining company.” engage and talk to them.” The Yukon Chamber of Mines saw the But she admits there’s no recipe for gap in engagement resources for indus- engagement. try and thought it was an opportunity to “Each First Nation is different, and each work with First Nations to build better project is different,” says Craig. “It's just relationships between First Nations and an ever evolving [process]. I think we’re industry, but also help locals and people always learning from each other.” new to the Yukon learn about First Nations and their traditional territories. The Yukon Chamber of Mines’ Yukon First Nation Engagement & Consultation Guidebook for COMMUNITY SUPPORT the Mineral Exploration Industry will be available online, as well Craig says engagement is critical for any project. as in print, in spring 2018. A “If you don't have support from the local community, and usually the local community is a First Nation community, your projects won’t go ahead,” she says.

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2017 YUKON GEOSCIENCE TRADESHOW AND FORUM

he crowd was packed tight on the scale projects being undertaken is sig- Ttradeshow floor for opening day of nificant as well.” the Yukon Geoscience Tradeshow and People are optimistic and the numbers Forum. People shuffled from booth show it. The tradeshow booths were sold to booth, while the line at Goldcorp’s out at the four-day conference. Close exhibit spilled over to its neighbours as to 60 exhibitors, including mineral and attendees waited to test the company’s exploration companies, industry suppli- virtual-reality mine tour. ers and contractors, government depart- There was a renewed sense of growth ments, and non-profit organizations at the conference for the territory’s min- were represented at the tradeshow. eral and exploration industry, which had This year’s core shack had more than 20 been curbed by a prolonged downturn. participants, and 21 authors presented Restaurants and bars were overflowing in the poster program. and hotel rooms sold out as Whitehorse Craig says another highlight of this welcomed more than 600 delegates to year’s conference was partnering with the 45th annual conference, held in late the Yukon Mining Alliance on the Invest- November. ment Forum. Sue Craig, president of the Yukon “In the past, [the Yukon Mining Alli- Chamber of Mines, says there was plenty ance] did a Sunday feature about invest- of enthusiasm and a general upbeat feel- ment and investment in Yukon explora- ing at this year’s conference. tion companies or mining companies, so Several majors coming into the ter- this year it was kind of pulled all under ritory in 2017 was a promising signal, one roof,” she says. “It worked out very but Craig says that was just part of the well.” growth. There were 150 exploration pro- The Investment Forum included grams in the Yukon last year. remarks from Energy, Mines, and “I was surprised when I saw the number Resources Minister Ranj Pillai, highlights [of exploration programs],” says Craig. from roundtables with junior explorers, “So, yes, you have the majors on one a panel discussion on changes to the side, which is wonderful, but the fact that sector and its effects on the region, and

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“Overall, [the conference] is a chance to come together, share ideas and industry successes.”

The conference also offered a full program of technical and non-technical talks, which ranged from innovations in technology and infrastructure to project and regional overviews, community partnerships, and environmental-impact assessments. Craig says the technical program has always been an anchor for the conference, but the non-technical presenta- tions offer an opportunity to learn about research and best practices. “Everybody that’s in exploration these days realizes that there’s a technical aspect, but there’s a social and environmental aspect, as well,” she says. “You have to have all of those working for projects to go forward.” Craig says there are a lot of companies who come to the Yukon that want to respect what’s important to Yukoners. “Overall, [the conference] is a chance to come together, share ideas and industry successes, learn from each other, and learn what’s important to Yukoners, especially for companies not based in » Top: Delegates listen to the First Nations the territory,” she says. Joint Venture Partnerships Panel discussion. Planning for next year’s conference has Middle: Trade Show Floor at Geoscience. already begun. The committee hopes Bottom: Selkirk Dancers perform at the to build on the momentum of last year’s opening reception of the conference. success and capitalize on the upward swing in the industry.

The 46th annual Yukon Geoscience Tradeshow and Forum will be held in Whitehorse on Nov. 17–20, 2018. A

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» At left: Capstone Mining Corporation's Ryan Herbert and Jane-Marie Glynn accept the Robert E. Leckie Award for responsible and innovative exploration and mining practices. Centre: Members of the Triumph Gold team accept the Robert E Leckie award for environmental stewardship. Pictured L-R: (TBC). At right: Mike Langtry and Mike Cawood of M2 Mining receive the Robert E. Leckie Award for excellence in environmental stewardship

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Yukon’s mineral and exploration industry ing working relationships between indus- CWTS is a self-sustaining ecosystem that came together in November at the annual try and government and setting standards use biofilters to clean water. Yukon Geoscience Trade Show and Forum for placer-mine waste. The CWTS has created an ecosystem, to honour industry leaders across the ter- The Yukon government created the using native plants to the region, that is ritory. Handed out every year, the awards awards in 1999 as a tribute to Leckie’s naturally treating water at the Minto mine. showcase the industry’s best sustainable, career and to recognize industry leaders The ecosystem requires minimal mainte- environmental, and community-develop- in environmental stewardship. nance while the mine is in operation and ment projects. Minto Explorations Limited earned will continue treating water after it closes. Granted by the Government of Yukon, the Leckie Award for Responsible and The Leckie Award for Excellence Yukon Chamber of Mines, and Yukon Innovative Exploration and Mining in Environmental Stewardship hon- Prospectors Association, awards are pre- Practices for the Constructed Wetland ours one quartz- and one placer-mining sented to individuals and mineral explora- Treatment System (CWTS) it built at its operation that demonstrates excellence tion companies for their contributions to copper mine in the Dawson Range. in environmental stewardship and social improving industry standards. The award honours an exceptional responsibility or leadership and innova- Each year, the Department of Energy, quartz- or placer-mining operation that tion in overall processes. Mines, and Resources honours three demonstrates excellence in environmen- Triumph Gold Corporation was given notable quartz- or placer-mining opera- tal stewardship, social responsibility, the Leckie Award for Excellence in tions for their environmental stewardship and leadership and innovation in overall Environmental Stewardship in Quartz or innovative leadership in responsible processes. Mining for cleaning up historical distur- exploration and mining practices with the The Minto team designed a CWTS as bances within its operating areas. The Robert E. Leckie Awards. part of its Reclamation and Closure Plan reclamation work included sloping old A mining inspector based in Mayo, (RCP) to minimize the effect of the mine’s trenches, filling in drill holes, and relocat- Leckie was a leading voice in strengthen- activity on surface and groundwater. The ing core left by previous operators.

28 Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 Yukon Chamber of Mines Photos: bicyclerideproductions.comPhotos: » At top (left to right): The team from Alkan Air accepts the Yukon Chamber of Mines Member Award. Pictured here L-R: Loralee Johnstone William Koehn of JDS Energy & Mining presenting Alkan Air President & CEO Wendy Tayler, John Faulkner, Adam Scheck, Ron Limoges, and YCM Executive Director Samson Hartland. Sally Howson (2nd from right) accepts the Yukon Chamber of Mines Member Award from William Koehn, Loralee Johnstone and Samson Hartland (L-R).

» At bottom (left to right): Hardy Hibbing receiving the Yukon Prospector of the Year award from YPA President Bill Mann. Dr. Timothy Liverton receiving the Yukon Prospector of the Year award from YPA President Bill Mann.

The company was also acknowledged department (federal, First Nations, ter- Sally Howson was presented with the for its efforts to provide employment ritorial, or municipal) that contributes to Yukon Chamber of Mines’ Member opportunities to First Nations communi- advancing sustainable and responsible Award for her work setting higher stan- ties, as well as its support to local events practices in Yukon’s mining industry. dards for respectful and early engage- and community groups in the area. Alkan Air was given the Yukon Cham- ment with communities and First Nation M2 Gold Mines Ltd. earned the Leckie ber of Mines’ Community Award for governments, as well as environmental Award for Excellence in Environmental its continued support of the Yukon Hos- best practices. Stewardship in Placer Mining for its pital Foundation and Yukon Imagination The Yukon Prospectors Association reclamation work along the Indian River. Library. The company also launched a named Tim Liverton and Hardy Hibbing The company’s approach improved fish flight academy last year to foster interest the 2017 Yukon Prospectors of the Year habitats by strategically designing and in the aviation industry among northern for investing more than four decades of placing boulder piles to create eddies. youth and offer training and work oppor- work in the southeastern Yukon and Swift The team also contoured soils and spread tunities in the North. River area. The pair have made significant a vegetative mat over the land to promote The Member Award honours an indi- social and economic contributions to their regrowth. vidual or corporate member of the Yukon community, Watson Lake. Two awards are presented by the Yukon Chamber of Mines that demonstrates Chamber of Mines during the Yukon Geo- development of healthier communities, The 46th annual Yukon Geoscience science Tradeshow and Forum: the Com- protecting the natural environment, and Tradeshow and Forum will be held in munity Award and the Member Award. contributing to a vibrant economy for Whitehorse on November 17–20, 2018. The Community Award honours an present and future generations. individual, corporation, or government

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WITHOUT A TRACE: LOW-IMPACT EXPLORATION IS CHANGING AN INDUSTRY “Leaner and meaner” methods will open new doors for exploration companies

he GTProbe stops every five metres and Ground Truth wasn’t initially designed to be a Tpounds a five-centimetre hole into the bed- low-impact exploration company but ended up rock. Two geologists, who have been guiding becoming one. the remote-control vehicle through the bush, Ryan says the industry had to “smarten up” stop and take a sample from the new hole. The because of the up and down nature of the min- GTProbe continues on, leaving little to no trace eral cycle, which lead to low-impact exploration. it was ever there. He points to examples of companies abandon- Mounted on low-impact rubber tracks, the ing stakes part way through exploration, during GTProbe, a lightweight track machine, leaves downward cycles, as the catalyst for change. moss undisturbed. The new technique is part “We have people going on big staking rushes, of Ground Truth’s Drones to Drills program. Its [then] they go broke and run away,” he explains. revolutionizing the mineral industry. “Some of us have been up here for over 25 years Yukon prospector Shawn Ryan leads the and that's our bread and butter. We see the research and development arm of Ground Truth. waves coming and going, but we're not going. He likens the exploration company’s approach to We're here.” commando operatives. After the market crashed in 2011, Ryan and the “The idea is that 95 percent of the time team at Ground Truth re-evaluated. when you drill there's nothing economic,” Ryan “We just said let’s try to invent a better system explains. “So what we're trying to say is, why here,” Ryan says. go in with the big heavy system when you could That’s when Ground Truth turned toward low move around with this lightweight system, kind impact. of ‘leaner and meaner’? It's kind of like the com- “If you take the cost [benefit] out of it, low mando team of exploration.” impact theoretically gives you the social license Becoming “leaner and meaner” has also to go to the bush,” he says. improved the time it takes a team to map and A lot of Ground Truth’s work is in the White sample large areas of land. Gold district, south of Dawson City. “We can do in a month what would take two or Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Chief Roberta Joseph three years, normally,” says Ryan. admits she’s not an expert in mineral exploration, He explains that with the low-impact method, but says traditional exploration methods, like using lightweight geophysical tools, teams can trenching, don’t consider impacts to the environ- go into the bush in one pass and sample in a rela- ment, including wildlife. tively straight line, while hardly cutting any trees. She says low-impact exploration is a significant “We wander around the bush taking our sam- improvement on standard exploration practices. ples, and then if there's something there, well, “From the example that I’ve seen there is prac- there's something there. If not, well, we haven't tically no trace of disturbance with low-impact disturbed anything,” he says. “You don’t even methods, compared to conventional way,” she see a line in the bush.” explains.

Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 35 » Right: A team member works on a technical drawing of a low-impact drill.

“It’s better to teach The new and innovative technology The industry is starting to see the Ground Truth is using in the Tr'ondëk value in low-impact exploration. the market that there Hwëch'in Traditional Territory optimizes “It saves time, saves money, and it’s are better tools in sustainable low-impact exploration, cre- low impact,” explains Ryan. ates efficiencies, and saves money. He says industry is starting to catch on the toolbox now.” Chief Joseph says delivering envi- and companies are trying to replicate ronmentally sustainable activities on Ground Truth’s methods. the land is important to the Tr'ondëk And he welcomes it. Hwëch'in. “It’s better to teach the market that “Low-impact-exploration operations there are better tools in the toolbox practically leave no trace for finding now. You don't have to use that that old resources and are the way to go for the computer. There's a high-tech computer future,” she says. now,” he jokes. A Chief Joseph understands change won’t happen overnight, but knows low- impact exploration is a step forward in improving industry standards. “Change always takes time with new and innovative ways of doing things,” she admits. “In today’s society, communities are much adaptive to accepting better ways of doing business.”

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hovels won’t break ground in 2018 on the “A project such as Gateway sends a mes- “When you can have Yukon’s territorial gov- SYukon Resource Gateway Project, but sage to resource companies and the invest- ernment, the federal government, and First industry leaders say a project this size can’t ment community that government welcomes Nations governments come together and be rushed. responsible mining development and respon- recommend a major infrastructure project The Yukon Resource Gateway Project, sible mining projects,” says West-Sells. goes forward, that shows the Yukon is friendly announced last fall, is a partnership between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to mining, understands the importance of industry and government to upgrade 650 up to $247,381,000 in federal funding from mining, and that is a good place to invest,” kilometres of road in the Dawson Range and the Building Canada Fund – National Infra- explains West-Sells. Nahanni Range. structure Component for the project. Maurice Albert, vice president of external Paul West-Sells, president and CEO of The Government of Yukon and industry affairs for Selwyn Chihong, says partnerships Western Copper and Gold, says govern- will pitch in $112,802,000 and $108,662,000 are necessary for mining projects today. ment initially thought construction would respectively, bringing the project’s total “The only way we can effectively, efficiently start this summer, but deferring it a year is budget to just shy of $500 million. develop projects is to have these partner- understandable. Energy, Mines, and Resources Minister Ranj ships where the three levels of government— “Any project that has a multiple number Pillai says the project will have substantial federal, territorial, and First Nations—come of partners is going to move more slowly economic benefits for the Yukon. together with resource companies and really because you've got people with different “We anticipate significant employment work at defining solutions that will be win-win interests at play, and so I think you've seen opportunities during the construction phase, solutions,” he explains. that [here],” says West-Sells. as well as opportunities for maintenance of The proposed Yukon Resource Gateway One of the challenges of large projects the road and economic benefits from the Project will upgrade existing infrastructure, involving many partners is the speed of projects along the route,” says Pillai. including replacement of numerous bridges, progress, but West-Sells says the positives West-Sells says all levels of government culverts, and stream crossings. outweigh any negatives. coming together on the project is a “very, In the Dawson Range, four individual very powerful message.” road systems will be upgraded to improve

38 Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 » Left: Nahanni Range Road is part of the Nahanni Range portion of the Yukon Resource Gateway Project. The existing road will be upgraded “Only when the parties are working together can we move from its junction with Campbell away from a zero-sum game to a positive-sum game.” Highway to the Yukon/NWT border. access to the mineral-rich region of central opportunities and long-term benefits for » Below: Yukon MP Larry Bagnell, Prime Yukon. Portions of the goldfield roads will First Nations will also be developed before Minister Justin Trudeau, and Yukon Premier be enhanced, as will the Indian River Road construction begins. Sandy Silver leave the podium after Trudeau to Coffee Creek, in the north. In the south, “The first part of the Gateway project is to announced joint funding for the Yukon upgrades will be made to Freegold Road and develop project agreements between Yukon Resource Gateway Project. a bypass route will be built around Carmacks. government and the affected First Nations Casino Road will also be upgraded, with new in whose respective traditional territories road constructed between the Casino and the roads will span,” adds Pillai. “Absolutely Coffee terminus points. no components of the project will proceed Upgrades in the Nahanni Range will be without the agreements of the affected First made to Nahanni Range Road from its Nations.” junction with the Campbell Highway to the Albert says working together has its chal- Yukon-N.W.T. border. lenges, but in the end it’s the best way to The proposed project will go through an satisfy everyone’s needs and concerns. environmental and socio-economic review, “Only when the parties are working as the government needs to understand the together can we move away from a zero-sum implications of the project before moving game to a positive-sum game,” he explains. forward. The Yukon Resource Gateway Project has “The parties must take the time to fully an eight-year timeline, from start to finish. understand each other's interests and per- The territory says federal funding is allocated spectives on approach, and that's not an to the project for its entire duration, and easy task,” Albert explains. “It’s all levels it’s projected to be completed on schedule of government moving forward together to in 2025. A find solutions.” Project agreements with affected First Nations that aim to provide economic Photo: Joel Krahn/Yukon News

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Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 49 Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd. Copper North Mining Corp. Metallic Minerals Corp. Suite 1510, 250 Howe St. Suite 1120, 1095 West Pender St PO Box 31215 Vancouver, BC V6C 3R8 Vancouver, BC V6E 2M6 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5P7 (p) 604-688-9806 (p) 604-340-1800 (p) 1-888-570-4420 (f) 604-688-0235 [email protected] [email protected] Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. www.equityexploration.com Coureur Des Bois Ltd. Suite 3001, 130 Adelaide Street West 3 Ryder Pl. Toronto, ON M5H 3P5 Reflex Instruments Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5T5 (p) 604-569-3690 70-C Mount Joy St North (p) 867-668-2593 (f) 604-428-7528 Timmins, ON P4N 4V7 (f) 867-668-2592 [email protected] (p) 705-235-2169 [email protected] www.nickelcreekplatinum.com (f) 705-235-2165 www.reflexinstruments.com Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. Overland Resources Yukon Ltd. Suite 200, 44 - 12th Avenue South Suite 504, 602 West Hastings St. Cranbrook, BC V1C 2R7 Vancouver, BC V6B 1P2 MINERAL COMPANIES (p) 250-426-0749 (p) 604-632-9915 (f) 250-426-6899 (f) 604-632-9925 EXPLORATION [email protected] [email protected] www.eagleplains.com www.overlandresources.com Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Limited Eureka Resources Inc. Pika Exploration Inc. Suite 1016, 510 W. Hastings St. Suite 1100, 1111 Melville St. PO Box 218 Vancouver, BC V6B 1L8 Vancouver, BC V6E 3V6 Carcross, YT Y0B 1B0 (p) 604-688-2568 (P) 604-449-2273 (p) 867-821-6075 (f) 604-688-2578 (F) 604-484-7143 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.pikaexploration.com www.eurekaresourcesinc.com ATAC Resources Ltd. Predator Mining Group Inc. Suite 1016, 510 West Hastings Street GroundTruth Exploration Inc. 11521 N. Warren St. Vancouver, BC V6B 1L8 PO Box 70 Hayden, Idaho 83825 (p) 604-687-2522 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 (p) 208-635-5415 (f) 604-687-2582 (p) 867-993-5612 [email protected] [email protected] (f) 867-993-5201 www.atacresources.com [email protected] Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. www.groundtruthexploration.com Suite 2701, 1055 West Georgia St Aurora Geosciences Ltd. Vancouver, BC V6E 0B8 34A Laberge Road Goldcorp Inc. (p) 604-620-6188x814 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y9 Suite 3400, 666 Burrard Street (f) 604-681-8344 (p) 867-668-7672 Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8 [email protected] (f) 867-393-3577 (p) 604-696-3000 www.selwynchihong.com [email protected] www.goldcorp.com www.aurorageosciences.com White Gold Corp. Klondike Gold Corp. The Exchange Tower BMC Minerals (No. 1) Ltd. Suite 3123, 595 Burrard St. Suite 2210, 130 King St. W Suite 750, 789 West Pender St. Vancouver, BC V7X 1J1 Toronto, ON M5X 1E4 Vancouver, BC V6C 1H2 (p) 604-559-4440 (p) 1-800-564-6253 (p) 778-373-1549 [email protected] www.whitegoldcorp.ca [email protected] www.klondikegoldcorp.com www.bmcminerals.com Kreft Exploration CMC Metals Ltd. 1 Locust Place Suite 605, 369 Terminal Avenue Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5G9 Vancouver, BC V6A 4C4 (p) 867-668-7965 (p) 604-605-0166 [email protected] (f) 604-692-0117 www.cmcmetals.ca

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HARDROCK MINING Victoria Gold Corporation DRILLING COMPANIES c/o StrataGold Corp. Agnico Eagle Mines Limited #584 - 1055 Dunsmuir St. Cyr Drilling International Ltd. Suite 400, 543 Granville Street Vancouver, BC V7X 1K8 Group 582, PO Box 27 RRS Vancouver, BC V6C 1X8 (p) 877-682-5122 Winnipeg, MB R2C 2Z2 (p) 604-608-2557 (f) 604-682-5232 (p) 240-336-0643 (f) 604-608-2559 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.cyrdrilling.com www.agnicoeagle.com www.vitgoldcorp.com DJ Drilling & Jedway Enterprises Alexco Resource Corp. Unit 104, 19286 21st Ave Suite 3, 151 Industrial Rd MINING SERVICES Surrey, BC V3S 3M3 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3 & CONTRACTORS (p) 604-541-1362 ext. 101 (p) 867-633-4881 (f) 604-541-1363 (f) 867-633-4882 COMMUNICATIONS [email protected] [email protected] www.djdrilling.com www.alexcoresource.com Mosaic Communications 8 Tagish Rd. Kluane Drilling Limited All-In Exploration Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3P5 14 MacDonald Road 113A Platinum Rd (p) 867-334-4770 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4L2 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5M3 [email protected] (p) 867-633-4800 (p) 867-332-4437 www.mosaicnorth.ca (f) 867-633-3641 [email protected] [email protected] Northwestel Inc. Casino Mining Corporation Business Customer Care Kryotek Arctic Innovation Inc. 15th Floor, 1040 W. Georgia St (p) 1-800-661-0790 Suite 173, 108 Elliott Street Vancouver, BC V6E 4H1 [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6C4 (p) 1-888-966-9995 www.NWTEL.ca (p) 867-336-1597 (f) 604-669-2926 [email protected] [email protected] Total North Communications www.kryotek.ca www.casinomining.com 127 Copper Rd Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7 Midnight Sun Drilling Inc. Minto Explorations Ltd. (p) 867-668-5175 Suite 413, 108 Elliot St. Suite 13, 151 Industrial Road (f) 867-668-4710 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6C4 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3 [email protected] (p) 867-633-2626 (p) 604-424-8084 www.totalnorth.ca (f) 867-633-2628 (f) 604-759-0561 [email protected] [email protected] www.midnightsundrilling.com www.capstonemining.com

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Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 51 Peak Drilling Ltd. EQUIPMENT, SERVICE, SUPPLIERS General Refining Corporation PO Box 3057 Suite 6, 979 2nd Avenue Courtenay, BC V9N 5N3 Arctic Geophysics Inc. PO Box 627 (p) 250-897-0930 PO Box 31441 RPO Main St. Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 (f) 250-897-0960 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6K8 (p) 867-993-5093 [email protected] (p) 867-456-4343 (f) 867-993-5094 www.peakdrilling.com [email protected] [email protected] www.arctic-geophysics.com www.generalrefining.com DRILLING SUPPLIERS Castle Rock Enterprises Icefield Tools Corp. Career Industries Ltd. 20 Laberge Rd. Suite 300, 116 Galena Road 1148 Front St Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y8 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2W6 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1A6 (p) 867-668-6188 (p) 867-633-4264 (p) 867-668-4421 (f) 867-633-2621 (f) 867-633-4217 (f) 867-667-4337 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.castlerockent.com www.icefieldtools.com www.ccva.ca Challenger Construction MacPherson Rentals/Bobcat/Doosan Extreme Products & Drilling 4 Chadburn Crescent 117 Copper Road Mercer Contracting-Distributor Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Z2 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7 12 Boulder Road, Whitehorse YT (p) 867-393-4734 (p) 867-633-4426 (p) 867-393-3648 [email protected] (f) 867-456-2708 (f) 844-393-3648 [email protected] [email protected] Cobalt Construction www.macphersonrentals.com www.mercercontracting.com Mile 92340 Alaska Hwy Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0J9 Mercer Contracting Fordia Group (p) 867-668-3004 12 Boulder Rd. Whitehorse, YT Suite 103, 19050 25th Avenue [email protected] (p) 867-393-3648 Surrey, BC V3Z 3V2 www.cobaltconstruction.ca Toll Free 844-393-3648 (p) 604-538-5050 [email protected] (f) 604-538-5056 Extreme Products & Drilling www.mercercontracting.com [email protected] 17910 55 Avenue www.fordia.com Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 Mineral Services Inc. (p) 604-575-6660 PO Box 519 Reflex Instruments (tf) 844-393-3648 Skagway, AK 99840 70-C Mount Joy St North [email protected] (p) 907-983-3545 Timmins, ON P4N 4V7 www.extremeproductsinc.com (f) 907-983-3546 (p) 705-235-2169 [email protected] (f) 705-235-2165 Finning Canada Ltd. www.reflexinstruments.com 134C Industrial Rd. Northern Superior Mechanical Ltd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V2 KM 712 N. Klondike Hwy Talik Industrial Services Inc. (p) 867-668-4800 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 Suite 102, 17910 55th Avenue (f) 867-668-3871 (p) 867-993-5714 Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 [email protected] (f) 867-993-5089 (p) 1-888-535-4033 www.finning.ca [email protected] (tf) 844-393-3648 www.napacanada.com [email protected] GEM Steel Edmonton Ltd. www.talikindustrial.co 9060 24 Street NU-Line Powerline Contractors Ltd. Edmonton, AB T6P 1X8 12A Burns Rd (p) 780-449-0000 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Y9 (f) 780-449-0001 (p) 867-393-2066 [email protected] (f) 867-393-2068 www.gemsteel.com [email protected] www.nulinepower.com

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Pelly Construction Ltd. Summit Camps Mayo Lake Minerals Inc. 111 Industrial Road 4092 Railway Avenue PO Box 158 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2T7 PO Box 3201 Carp, ON K0A 1L0 (p) 867-667-6161 Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 (p) 613-839-3258 (f) 867-667-4194 (p) 250-847-2700 www.ayolakeminerals.com [email protected] [email protected] www.pelly.net www.summitcamps.ca Mercer Contracting 12 Boulder Rd. Whitehorse, YT Rugged Edge Holdings Talik Industrial Services Inc. (p) 867-393-3648 Suite 3405, 19th Avenue Suite 102, 17910 55th Avenue Toll Free 844-393-3648 PO Box 3621 Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 [email protected] Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 (p) 1-888-535-4033 www.mercercontracting.com (p) 250-877-7776 (tf) 844-393-3648 (f) 250-847-8970 [email protected] Puff-Wik Inc [email protected] www.talikindustrial.com Po Box Site 21 RR# 2 Cochrane, AB T4C 1A2 Sandvik Mining Technic Canada (p) 403-932-9213 300 Range Rd. Suite 1, 3551 Viking Way (f) 403-932-9229 PO Box 88 Richmond, BC V6V 1W1 [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 08A (p) 604-270-8778 www.puff-wik.com (p) 867-668-5151 (f) 604-270-6529 (f) 867-668-5157 [email protected] Small's Expediting [email protected] Suite 2, 25 Pilgrim Pl. www.sandvik.com TSL Contractors Ltd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 17 Denver Road (p) 867-668-4291 Spill-Chek Environmental Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S7 (f) 867-668-4475 Products & Services Corp. (p) 867-667-6156 [email protected] PO Box 2854 (f) 867-668-5809 Dawson Creek, BC V1G 5A1 [email protected] FIRST AID/SAFETY (p) 250-759-4419 [email protected] EXPEDITING 62 Degrees North Inc. www.spill-chek.com PO Box 2896 Hurlburt Enterprises Inc. 134 Wilkinson Cres Stewart Basin Exploration Box 33058 Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R2 12 Mossberry Lane Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y5 (p) 867-446-7883 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5W4 (p) 867-633-5192 (f) 867-446-6676 (p) 867-633-3829 (f) 867-633-6222 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.62dgreesnorth.ca www.north-land.com www.hurlburt.ca

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Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 53 Northern Safety Network ALS Group Eldorado Hotel 478 Range Rd 2103 Dollarton Hwy Box 338 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3A2 North Vancouver, BC V7H 0A7 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 (p) 867-633-6673 (p) 604-984-0221 (p) 867-993-5451 (f) 867-633-6391 [email protected] (f) 867-993-5256 [email protected] www.alsglobal.com [email protected] www.yukonsafety.com www.eldoradohotel.ca Bureau Veritas Minerals EDUCATION/MINE TRAINING 9050 Shaughnessy Street Gold Rush Inn Ltd. Vancouver, BC V6P 6E5 411 Main Street Nordique Fire Protection Inc. (p) 604-253-3158 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2B6 1412 Centennial St [email protected] (p) 867-668-4500 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3Z3 (f) 867-668-7432 (f) 867-667-7355 Maxxam Analytics [email protected] [email protected] 4606 Canada Way Burnaby, BC V5L 1K5 High Country Inn Yukon College (CNIM) (p) 604-639-2607 4051 4th Avenue 500 College Drive, PO Box 2799 [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1H1 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5K4 [email protected] (p) 867-667-4471 (p) 867-668-8760 www.maxxam.ca (f) 867-667-6457 [email protected] [email protected] www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/cnim Process Mineralogical www.coasthotels.com Consulting Ltd. Yukon Learn Society 10630 240th St Westmark Hotels of Canada Ltd. Suite B, 2158 2nd Ave Maple Ridge, BC V2W 2B2 201 Wood Street Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5N9 (p) 604-477-2700 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2E4 (p) 867-668-6280 (f) 604-220-5052 (p) 867-393-9700 (f) 867-633-4576 [email protected] (f) 867-668-2789 [email protected] www.processmineralogy.com hmcintyre@ www.yukonlearn.com hollandamerica-princess.com SGS Minerals Services www.westmarkhotels.com Yukon Mine Training Association 3260 Production Way 2099 2nd Ave Burnaby, BC V5A 4W4 Yukon Inn Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1B5 (p) 604-638-2349 4220 4th Ave (p) 867-633-6463 (f) 604-444-5486 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1K1 (f) 867-633-2605 [email protected] (p) 867-667-2527 [email protected] www.sgs.com (f) 867-668-7643 [email protected] LABORATORIES www.yukoninn.com SERVICE GROUPS Acme Labs Ltd. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 9050 Shaughnessy St ACCOMMODATIONS Vancouver, BC V6P 6E5 U.A. Plumbing & Pipefitting (p) 604-253-3158 Downtown Hotel Local 170 [email protected] PO Box 780 201-1658 Foster's Way [email protected] Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 Delta, BC V3M 6S6 (p) 1-867-993-5346 (p) 604-526-0441 x.234 AGAT Laboratories (f) 1-867-993-5076 [email protected] 2905 12th Street [email protected] Calgary, AB T2E 7J2 EVENT VENUES (p) 403-736-2000 Edgewater Hotel Ltd. (f) 403-736-2001 101 Main Street MacBride Museum [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2A7 1127 Front St. www.agatlabs.com (p) 867-667-2572 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0G5 (f) 867-668-3014 (p) 867-667-6355 [email protected] [email protected] www.macbridemuseum.com

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EQUIPMENT, SERVICE, SUPPLIERS Guillevin International Co. Northern Industrial Sales 113 Platinum Rd 11440 163rd St NW ALX Exploration Services Inc. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5M3 Edmonton, AB T5M 3T3 48 Levich Drive (p) 867-667-6468 (p) 780-454-2682 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0A8 (f) 867-667-7964 (f) 780-643-5920 (p) 867-668-6096 www.guillevin.com jfernandez@ (f) 867-668-6098 northernindustrialsales.ca [email protected] Hurlburt Enterprises Inc. www.northernindustrialsales.ca www.alx.ca 11 Burns Rd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Z3 Northern Vision Development LP Builders Supplyland (p) 867-633-5192 Suite 209, 212 Main St. 414 Baxter Street (f) 867-633-6222 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2B1 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2T5 [email protected] (p) 867-668-7886 ex.25 (p) 867-668-6068 www.hurlburt.ca [email protected] (f) 867-668-6052 www.nvdlp.com Inkspirationz Graphix Coldwell Banker Redwood Realty 120 Platinum Rd. Nuway Crushing Ltd. 4150 4th Avenue Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6A9 6 MacDonald Rd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1J2 (p) 867-668-2114 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Y5 (p) 867-668-3500 (f) 867-668-6540 (p) 867-668-3662 (f) 867-667-2299 [email protected] (f) 867-633-5354 [email protected] www.digitalink.ca [email protected]

Dall Contracting Ltd. Integraphics Ltd. Office Supply Centre 110 Galena Road 411D Strickland St. 103 Elliot St Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2W6 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2K3 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1Z9 (p) 867-667-2468 (p) 867-667-4639 (p) 867-633-7563 (f) 867-667-6704 (f) 867-668-2734 (f) 867-633-7577 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.yos-wbm.com Duncan's Limited Kilrich Industries L.P. 106 Copper Rd. 30 Denver Rd. Skookum Asphalt Ltd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z6 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S7 1 Ear Lake Rd (p) 867-667-6613 (p) 867-668-5958 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6L4 (f) 867-668-4502 (f) 867-668-3682 (p) 867-668-6326 [email protected] [email protected] (f) 867-668-6045 www.kilrich.ca [email protected] Environmental www.terusconstruction.ca Refuelling Systems Inc. Klondike Business Solutions 100B Platinum Rd. 212 Black Street Talik Industrial Services Inc. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6A9 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 Suite 102, 17910 55th Ave (p) 867-668-4441 (p) 867-456-3380 Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 (f) 867-668-4481 (f) 867-668-2650 (p) 1-888-535-4033 [email protected] [email protected] (f) 844-393-3648 www.envirofuel.ca [email protected] Klondike Crane inspection Ltd www.talikindustrial.com 10616-169 Street Extreme Products & Drilling Edmonton, AB T5P 3X6 Yukon Energy Corporation 17910 55 Avenue Tel: 780-454-1811 PO Box 5920 Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 Fax: 780-447-1690 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6S7 (p) 604-575-6660 www.klondikecrane.com (p) 867-393-5300 [email protected] [email protected] www.extremeproductsinc.com Mercer Contracting www.yukonenergy.ca 12 Boulder Rd. Whitehorse, YT (p) 867-393-3648 Toll Free 844-393-3648 [email protected] www.mercercontracting.com

Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 55 FINANCIAL/LEGAL MacDonald & Company G-P Distributing Inc. Suite 200, 204 Lambert St. Wholesale Food Distribution AON Reed Stenhouse Inc. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3T2 29 MacDonald Rd. Suite 201, 9016 Quartz Rd. (p) 867-667-7885 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4L1 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z5 (f) 867-667-7600 (p) 867-667-4500 (p) 867-668-4343 [email protected] (f) 867-667-4501 (f) 867-668-4340 [email protected] www.aon.ca FOOD SERVICES www.g-pdistributing.com

Austring, Fendrick, & Fairman Aramark Remote Northland Beverages Ltd. 3081 3rd Ave 9647 45th Avenue NW 115 Copper Rd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Z7 Edmonton, AB T6E 5Z8 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7 (p) 867-668-4405 (p) 780-437-5665 (p) 867-667-2602 (f) 867-668-3710 (f)780-437-3630 (f) 867-667-2458 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.lawyukon.com www.aramark.ca www.northlandbeverages.ca

Lawson Lundell LLP ESS Support Services Worldwide Summit Camps Suite 1600 Cathedral Place Suite 300, 2710 17th Ave SE 4092 Railway Avenue 925 West Georgia Street Calgary, AB T2P 0P6 PO Box 3201 Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2 (p) 587-216-9058 Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 (p) 604-685-3456 www.compass-canada.com (p) 250-847-2700 (f) 604-669-1620 (f) 250-847-2702 www.lawsonlundell.com [email protected] www.summitcamps.ca

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Tintina Air Inc. TRANSPORTATION 100 Condor Rd. North 60 Petro Ltd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 146 Industrial Rd. AIR (p) 867-332-8468 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V1 [email protected] (p) 867-633-8822 Air North Ltd. www.tintinaair.com (f) 867-633-8841 150 Condor Rd. [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 Trans North Helicopters (p) 867-668-2228 PO Box 8 Superior Propane (f) 867-668-6224 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5X9 106 Galena Rd [email protected] (p) 867-668-2177 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2W6 www.flyairnorth.com (f) 867-668-3420 (p) 867-668-7444 [email protected] (f) 867-668-4946 Alkan Air Ltd. www.tntaheli.com [email protected] 105 Lodestar Lane www.superiorpropane.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6E6 TRK Helicopters (p) 867-668-2107 217 Alsek Rd. RENTALS (f) 867-667-6117 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4R3 [email protected] (p) 867-456-7671 Driving Force www.alkanair.com [email protected] 213 Range Rd www.trkheli.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3E5 Canadian Helicopters Ltd. (p) 867-668-2137 PO Box 20452 Uniglobe Specialty Travel (f) 867-633-3110 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 7A2 212 Lambert Street [email protected] (p) 867-633-4354 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1Z4 www.drivingforce.ca (f) 867-633-4345 (p) 867-668-3300 [email protected] (f) 867-668-3305 K & K Truck Rentals getaway@ 4211 Fourth Ave Capital Helicopters (1995) Inc. uniglobespecialtytravel.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1K2 Suite 3, 25 Pilgrim Place www.uniglobespecialtytravel.com (p) 1-888-871-0082 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 (f) 1-866-695-2322 (p) 867-668-6200 [email protected] (f) 867-668-6201 FREIGHT www.kandk.ca A [email protected] Alaska Marine Lines/Canadian Lynden PO Box 33066 Fireweed Helicopters Ltd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y5 PO Box 26 (p) 867-633-5400 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5X9 (f) 867-668-3196 (p) 867-668-5888 [email protected] (f) 867-668-7875 [email protected] Mercer Contracting www.fireweedhelicopters.ca 12 Boulder Rd Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S8 Horizon Helicopters Ltd. (p) 867-393-3648 20 Electra Crescent (toll free) 844-393-3648 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 [email protected] (p) 867-633-6044 www.mercercontracting.com (f) 867-633-6045 [email protected] www.horizonhelicopters.ca FUEL

Kluane Helicopters AFD Petroleum Ltd. Box 2128 44 MacDonald Road Haines Junction, YT Y0B 1L0 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4L2 (p) 867-634-2224 (p) 867-667-6211 (f) 867-634-2226 (f) 867-668-3621 [email protected] [email protected] www.afdpetroleum.com

Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2018–19 57 DIRECTORY INDEX

COMPANY PAGE COMPANY PAGE COMPANY PAGE COMPANY PAGE Derome & Associates 62 Degrees North Inc. 53 49 Lamerton Land Surveys 49 SGS Minerals Services 54 Development + Management Inc. Acme Labs Ltd. 54 DJ Drilling & Jedway Enterprises 51 Lawson Lundell LLP 56 Skookum Asphalt Ltd. 19, 55 Lynden Innovation AFD Petroleum Ltd. 57 Downtown Hotel 54 41 SLR Consulting Ltd. 49 Transportation Solutions AGAT Laboratories 54 Driving Force 39, 57 MacBride Museum 54 Small's Expediting 53 Spill-Chek Environmental Agnico Eagles Mines Ltd. 23, 51 Duncan's Ltd. 26, 55 MacDonald & Company 56 53 Products & Services Corp. Air North Ltd. 57 Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. 50 MacPherson Rentals/Bobcat/Doosan 46, 52 SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. 49

Alaska Marine Lines/Canadian Lynden 57 Ecofar Consulting Ltd. 49 Map It Out 49 Standard Bus Contracting 11

Alaska Miners Association 48 Edgewater Hotel Ltd. 54 Maxxam Analytics 54 Stantec Consulting Ltd. 49

Alexco Environmental Group Inc. 49 EDI Environmental Dynamics 49 Mayo Lake Minerals Inc. 53 Stewart Basin Exploration 53

Alexco Resouce Corp. 51 Eldorado Hotel 54 MBS Yukon 49 Summit Camps 53, 56

Alkan Air Ltd. 57, 60 Energy North Construction 27 McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. 49 Superior Propane 57

33, 52, 53, 33, 52, All-In Exploration 51 Environmental Refueling Systems Inc. 55 Mercer Contracting Talik Industrial Services Inc. 55, 57 53, 55 ALS Group 54 Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd. 50 Metallic Minerals Corp. 50 Technic Canada 53

ALX Exploration Services 55 ESS Suppprt Services Worldwide 56 Metalworks Yukon 20 Tetra Tech Canada Inc. 41, 49

AME BC 48 Eureka Resources 50 Mic Mac Toyota 46 Tintina Air Inc. 23, 57

Amec Foster Wheeler 48,49 Extreme Products & Drilling 52, 55 Midnight Sun Drilling Inc. 2, 51 Tintina Consultants 49

AON Reed Stenhouse Inc. 56 Finning Canada Ltd. 51, 52 Mineral Services Inc. 52 Total North Communications 22, 51

Aramark Remote 56 Fireweed Helicopters Ltd. 32, 57 Minto Explorations Ltd. 51 Totaltrack Yukon Inc. 37

Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Ltd. 50 Fordia Group 52 Monarch Insurance Brokers 20 Trans North Helicopters 45, 57

Arctic Geophysics Inc. 52 Fountain Tire 36 Mosaic Communications 51 Triton Environmental Consultants 49 Associated Enginering & 48 G-P Distributing Inc. 43, 56 NAPA Auto Parts 11 TRK Helicopters 57 Summit Environmental ATAC Resources Ltd. 50 GEM Steel Edmonton Ltd. 52 Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. 50 TSL Contractors Ltd. 53

Aurora Geosciences Ltd. 49, 50 General Refining Corp. 52 Nordique Fire Protection Inc. 54 Tu Lidlini Petroleum Corp. 27

Austring Fendrick & Fairman 43, 56 Gold Rush Inn Ltd. 54 North 60 Petro Ltd. 44, 57 U.A. Plumbing & Pipefitting 54

BC Regional Carpenters 48 Goldcorp Inc. 50 Northern Abrasives 41 Underhill Geomatics Ltd. 11, 49

Bluewave Energy 20 GroundTruth Exploration Inc. 50 Northern Enviro Services 49 Uniglobe Speciality Travel 19, 57

BMC Minerals (No 1) Ltd. 50 Guillevin Internatioanl Co. 55 Northern Industrial Sales 55 Victoria Gold Corp. c/o Strata Gold Corp. 51

Bonanza Market 43 Hemmera 49 Northern Safety Network 54 Westmark Hotels of Canada Ltd. 54

Builders Supplyland 55 High Country Inn 54 Northern Superior Mechanical Ltd. 52 White Gold Corp. 50

Bureau Veritas 20, 54 Horizon Helicopters Ltd. 27, 57 Northern Vision Development LP 55 Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce 48

Canadian Helicopters Ltd. 57 Hurlburt Enterprises Inc. 32, 53, 55 Northland Beverages Ltd. 56 Yukon Chamber of Commerce 48 Canadian Northern Economic 48 IBEW 48 Northwestel Inc. 51 Yukon Chamber of Mines 3 Development Agency CAP Engineering 48 Icefield Tools Corp. 52 NU-Line Powerline Contractors Ltd. 43, 52 Yukon College (CNIM) 54

Capital Helicopters (1995) Inc. 7, 57 Industrial Electric Services 4 Nuway Crushing Ltd. 39, 55 Yukon Contractors Association 48

Career Industries Ltd. 52 Inksperations Graphix 55 Office Supply Centre 55 Yukon Energy Corp. 55

Casino Mining Corp. 51 Integraphics Ltd. 55 Overland Resources Yukon Ltd. 50 Yukon Engineering Services 49

Castlerock Enterprises 6, 52 Jacobs Industries Ltd. 5 Peak Drilling 52 Yukon Federation of Labour 48 Yukon First Nations Cathway Water Resources 9 K & K Truck Rentals 57 Pelly Constuction Ltd. 53 48 Chamber of Commerce 6, 10, Challenger Construction 52 KBL Environmental Ltd. 19, 49 Pika Exploration Inc. 50 Yukon Government 48, 56 Challenger Geomatics Ltd. 49 Kilrich Industries L.P. 55 Predator Mining Group Inc. 50 Yukon Inn 54

CMC Metals Ltd. 50 Klondike Business Solutions 55 Process Mineralogical Consulting Ltd. 54 Yukon Learn Society 54

Cobalt Construction 52 Klondike Crane Inspection Ltd. 55 Puff-Wik Inc. 53 Yukon Mining Alliance 48

Coldwell Banker Redwood Reality 55 Klondike Gold Corp. 50 Put Put Contracting Inc. 19 Yukon Mining Training Association 54

Copper North Mining Company Ltd. 50 Kluane Drilling Ltd. 51 Reflex Instruments 50, 52 Yukon Pump Ltd. 41

Coureur Des Bois Ltd. 50 Kluane Freight Lines Ltd. 45 Rugged Edge Holdings 53 Yukon Surface Rights Board 44

Cyr Drilling International Ltd. 51 Kluane Helicopters 57 Sandvik Mining 53 Yukon Women in Mining 48

Dall Contracting Ltd. 55 Kreft Exploration 50 Selkirk Development Corp. 48 Yukon Workers Compensation H&SB 48, 59

Denison Environmental 5 Kryotek Arctic Innovation Inc. 51 Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. 50 Yukon Yamaha 37

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