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Report on Mineral Activities in Québec 2011 Report on Mineral Activities in Québec 2011 DV 2012-02 Report on Mineral Activities in Québec 2011 Disclaimer The data compliled in this report comes from several sources, including questionnaires addressed to prospectors, to directors of regional First Nations and Inuit exploration funds, and to representatives of mining and exploration companies, as well as from their press releases. The accuracy and reliability of this information depend solely on these sources. The authors disclaim all responsibility for reproducing any error originating from these sources. PUBLISHED BY THE “DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DE GÉOLOGIE QUÉBEC” Director General Robert Giguère, by interim Bureau de l’exploration géologique du Québec Patrice Roy, geo., by interim Direction de l’information géologique du Québec Luc Charbonneau, by interim IN COLLABORATION WITH THE “SECTEUR DES OPÉRATIONS RÉGIONALES” AND THE “SECTEUR DES MINES” Associate deputy minister for regional operations Jean-Sylvain Lebel Associate deputy minister for Mines Robert Marquis, geo. Coordination Abdelali Moukhsil, geo., James Moorhead, geo., Joanne Nadeau and Charlotte Grenier Translation Venetia Bodycomb Linguistic revision Marie Racine Graphic design Michel Bouchard 3 1 4 5 6 7 2 Photos 1 - Nunavik Nickel Project. Photo courtesy of Canadien Royalties. 2 - Niobium oxide sample. Photo: MRNF (Francis Fontaine). 3 - 2011 summer field work, Northern Québec. Photo: MRNF. 4 - Nickel sulphide sample. Photo: MRNF (Francis Fontaine). 5 - Nunavik Nickel Project. Photo courtesy of Canadien Royalties. 6 - Nunavik Nickel Project. Photo courtesy of Canadien Royalties. 7 - 2011 summer field work, Northern Québec. Photo: MRNF. Dépôt légal – Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec ISBN : 978-2-550-64007-3 © Gouvernement du Québec, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 2011 A Landmark Year 2 Mineral Strategy: The Future is Taking Shape Plan Nord - Accelerating the Mineral Development of Northern Québec 3 Mining Regime - More Competitive and Better Returns 5 Metal Market - Steady Growth 6 Exploration - Diversification and Expansion 7 Mineral Production - Creating New Wealth 9 Rehabilitation - For Better Environmental Protection 11 CHAPTER 2 Mining Regime and Land Access (Dorra Djemal, Roch Gaudreau and Jocelyne Lamothe) 2.1 Basic principles 12 2.2 Mining titles 12 Exploration rights 12 Extraction rights 12 2.3 Active mining titles 13 2.4 The “GESTIM Plus” mining title management system 13 2.5 Relations with Aboriginal communities 13 2.6 Land protection 14 2.7 Restrictions on mineral exploration 14 2.8 Delegation of sand and gravel management to MRCs 14 2.9 Bill 14: An Act respecting the development of mineral resources in keeping with the principles of sustainable development 15 0 2.1 Mining taxation 17 2.11 Mining Tax Act 17 CHAPTER 3 Geoscience Work in Québec in 2011-2012 (Sylvain Lacroix, Patrice Roy, Abdelali Moukhsil, Charles Maurice and Jean-Yves Labbé) 3.1 Geological surveys 24 3.2 Quaternary surveys 24 3.3 Geochemical surveys 25 3.4 Geophysical surveys 25 3.5 Publications 25 3.6 Exploration targets 25 CHAPTER 4 Mineral Exploration 4.1 Introduction 30 (Martin Labrecque) Targeted commodities Exploration and deposit appraisal expenditures by region Jobs in the mineral exploration sector 4.2 Mineral Exploration Highlights 30 (James Moorhead, Patrick Houle, Pierre Doucet and Suzie Nantel) 4.3 Nord-du-Québec (region 10) 35 (Patrick Houle) 4.4 Abitibi-Témiscamingue (region 08) 36 (Pierre Doucet, James Moorhead, Denis Lesage and Suzanne Côté) 4.5 Regions of Québec outside Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec 37 (Suzie Nantel, Steve Ouellet, Louis Madore, Pierre Doucet and Denis Lesage) CHAPTER 5 Deposit Appraisal and Mine Development (Martin Bernatchez, Denis Blackburn, Germain Girard, Jacinthe Paquet and Denis Raymond) 5.1 Deposit appraisal 82 5.2 Mining development 84 CHAPTER 6 Mineral Production 6.1 Economic data and statistics on mineral production 94 (Martin Labrecque) 6.2 Mineral production 95 (Martin Bernatchez, Denis Blackburn, Germain Girard, Jacinthe Paquet, Denis Raymond and N’golo Togola) Metal commodities 95 Non-metallic commodities 97 Industrial stone 98 Architectural stone 98 Peat 98 CHAPTER 7 Mine Rehabilitation (Philippe-André Lafrance, Johanne Cyr, Valérie Carange, Alexandre Couturier-Dubé, Jean Dionne, Robert Lacroix, Sophie Proulx and Malek Zetchi) 7.1 Introduction 114 7.2 Active mines 114 7.3 Mine sites under the responsibility of the State (surrendered, released, or abandoned) 114 7.4 Inspection and securement 118 7.5 Conclusion 119 List of Figures Figure 1.1 - Expenditures for exploration and deposit appraisal work in Québec from 2000 to 2010 7 Figure 1.2 - Value of Québec’s mineral products shipments from 2000 to 2010 9 Figure 1.3 - Number of direct jobs in the mining sector in Québec from 2000 to 2010 10 Figure 2.1 - Mining titles in Québec 18 Figure 2.2 - Restriction on mineral exploration in Québec 19 Figure 2.3 - Delegation of sand and gravel mining management 20 Figure 3.1 - Geoscientific projects in 2011-2012 26 Figure 3.2 - New geoscientific publications in 2011 27 Figure 4.1 - Exploration projects in the Nord-du-Québec, Nunavik territory, in 2011 40 Figure 4.2 - Exploration projects in the Nord-du-Québec, Baie-James territory, in 2011 41 Figure 4.3 - Exploration projects in the Nord-du-Québec, Matagami-Chibougamau sector, in 2011 42 Figure 4.4 - Exploration projects in Abitibi-Témiscamingue in 2011 43 Figure 4.5 - Exploration projects in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda–Cadillac sector, in 2011 44 Figure 4.6 - Exploration projects in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Malartic–Val-d’Or sector, in 2011 45 Figure 4.7 - Exploration projects in Québec’s administartive regions except Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec, in 2011 46 Figure 5.1 - Location of projects at the deposit appraisal or mine development phase in Québec in 2011 86 Figure 6.1 - Active mines in Québec in 2011 100 Figure 6.2 - Industrial stone quarries and peatlands exploited in Québec in 2011 101 Figure 6.3 - Architectural stone quarries exploited in Québec in 2011 102 Figure 7.1 - Location of rehabilitation and securement work performed at orphaned mine sites in 2011 120 List of Tables Table 1.1 - Average prices of certain metals 6 Table 2.1 - Distribution of mining exploration titles per administrative region in Québec 21 Table 2.2 - Distribution of mining extraction titles per administrative region in Québec 22 Table 2.3 - Mining titles in the Plan Nord 23 Table 2.4 - Distribution of active mining titles for the management of sand and gravel mining in 2010-2011 23 Table 3.1 - Distribution by administrative region of the expenditures for geoscience knowledge acquisition work carried out by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune 28 Table 4.1 - Exploration and development expenditures in $M for Québec 48 Table 4.2 - Distribution of exploration and mining development expenditures by administrative region 48 Table 4.3 - Exploration projects in the Baie-James and Nunavik regions in 2011 49 Table 4.4 - Exploration projects in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue administrative region in 2011 63 Table 4.5 - Exploration projects in Québec (Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec regions excluded) in 2011 76 Table 5.1 - Mining projects in the deposit apraisal phase in Québec as of December 31, 2011 88 Table 5.2 - Mining projects in the development phase in Québec as of December 31, 2011 92 Table 6.1 - Value of mining product shipments per administrative region in Québec in 2009 and 2010 94 Table 6.2 - Mining product shipments from Québec by substance 2009 and 2010 95 Table 6.3 - Companies operating metallic ore mines in Québec 96 Table 6.4 - Distribution of direct jobs in the mining sector per administrative region in 2010 97 Table 6.5 - Mining investments per administrative region in Québec (exploration and deposit appraisal, and mine development, in $M) 98 Table 6.6 - Refineries, smelters, and clay, lime and cement plants in Québec - 2010 99 Table 6.7 - Production of metal commodities in Québec as of December 31, 2011 104 Table 6.8 - Production of non-metal commodities in Québec as of December 31, 2011 106 Table 6.9 - Industrial stone quarries in production in Québec in 2011 108 Table 6.10 - Architectural stone quarries exploited in Québec in 2011 109 Table 6.11 - Peatland harvested in Québec in 2010-2011 112 Table 6.12 - Distribution of rights and revenues for peat management per administrative region for 2010-2011 113 Appendix I 122 Appendix II 124 Appendix III 126 CHAPTER 1 2011 A landmark year The mining sector in Québec once again experienced sustained growth throughout the year. Exploration, deposit ap- praisal and mine development activities continued to expand, the value of mineral shipments reached historic highs, and the Québec government collected fair compensation for the mining of mineral resources as a result of the revised mining duties regime. In particular, here are the highlights1 of 2011 in the mining sector in Québec. MINERAL STRATEGY The future is taking shape In June 2009, the Minister for Natural Resources and Wildlife launched Québec’s Mineral Strategy2 so as to prepare the future of Québec’s mineral sector. As at December 31st of last year, the bulk of the strategy had already been implemented or was underway. Indeed, much progress was made in 2011: • On May 12th, 2011, the Minister for Natural Resources and Wildlife introduced in the National Assembly of Québec, Bill 14 entitled “An Act respecting the development of mineral resources in keeping with the principles of sustainable development”. This bill puts the Mineral Strategy into action, by reframing several provisions of the current Mining Act to take into account the principles of sustainable development. It is namely designed to: • Stimulate exploration work on claims; • Ensure mineral development remains environment-friendly; • Reconcile different land uses. • The mining duties regime was re-examined and underwent a major revision, to ensure Québec receives its fair share of returns on the mining of its mineral resources, while taking into account the competitiveness of companies and maximization of benefits.
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