OVERVIEW 2018 Mineral Exploration, Mining and Geoscience QIKIQTANI REGION AR CT IC LEGEND O Commodity (Number of Properties) OC CE ÉAN AN AR Base Metals, Active (2) Mine, Active (1) Diamonds, Active (2) CT Mine, Inactive (2) IQ NP Gold, Active (1) U aq E irpa ttin Qu Areas with Surface and/or Subsurface Restrictions S CPMA Caribou Protection Measures Apply t D i MBS Migratory Bird Sanctuary N H a r NP National Park T t A NWA National Wildlife Area E S L S B s TP Territorial Park I e D A r WP Wildlife Preserve

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QIKIQTANI REGION GEOLOGY at Deposit No. 1. The Mary River deposits are unusually high grade compared to other iron deposits in the territory and The Qikiqtani region includes and the other the world, with Deposit No. 1 averaging 64% iron. At these islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the northern part concentrations the iron ore does not need to be processed of the , and the Belcher Islands. Some of and concentrated – only crushed at the mine site, trucked to the oldest rocks in Canada are found in this region. They are the Milne Inlet port, and shipped to market. part of the Canadian Shield and are exposed on Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula. They also form the bedrock of In 2018, the company shipped a record 5.1 million tonnes eastern Devon Island and parts of Ellesmere Island. These of iron ore from the Milne Inlet port to markets in Europe, granitic, volcanic, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks the United Kingdom, Taiwan, and Japan. Ore was formed during the Precambrian period, the time from when transported throughout the year by truck along the tote the Earth was formed (about 4.5 billion years ago) until road that connects the mine site to the Milne Inlet port the beginning of the Cambrian period (540 million years ago). where it was stockpiled. Shipping took place between The metamorphic rocks in the region are highly folded, late July and mid-October, during the open water season, faulted, and deeply eroded. Spectacular folds, large enough and totaled 71 shipments averaging 71,750 tonnes of iron to be seen from space, outline the present-day shape of the ore each. Belcher Islands. Baffinland is seeking an amendment to its project certificate, In the west and the far north, the Qikiqtani region is made called the Phase 2 Development proposal. If approved, this up of thick Paleozoic (540-252 million year old) sedimentary amendment would allow up to 12 million tonnes of iron ore rock, originally deposited on an ancient seabed and continental to be shipped annually from the Milne Inlet port. To support margin. The rock layers occasionally contain coal seams the increased amount of ore, the Phase 2 proposal calls for and preserve many types of fossils, from marine shells and a larger ore-loading dock to be built at Milne Inlet, as well as fish to terrestrial animals and plants. These gently folded a rail line connecting the mine site to the port. The technical and tilted rocks are exposed on many of the Arctic islands review of the Phase 2 amendment started in late 2018. The and rise up to form the rugged mountains of Ellesmere company held information sessions about the Phase 2 project and Axel Heiberg Islands. The widening of the ocean basin proposal in Hall Beach, , , , and between Greenland and Nunavut is, in part, responsible for Clyde River in early January, 2019. this mountain building and is one of the most recent tectonic Exploration on the Mary River property in 2018 had a events in Nunavut’s geologic history. budget of $9.3 million and consisted of prospecting, Tens of thousands of years ago, thick ice sheets covered surface geochemical sampling, and airborne geophysical the entire territory and created the steep-walled fiords surveys, as well as a diamond drill program. Twelve diamond located on eastern Baffin Island and Ellesmere Island, where drill holes were completed at Deposits No. 1 and No. 2 glaciers and ice caps remain to this day. Minerals left behind to better understand the nature of the ore. by the glaciers’ erosion of the landscape help prospectors Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. completed a diamond drilling and geologists locate possible metal or diamond deposits. program on the project, located on Somerset The Qikiqtani region hosts many kinds of mineral deposits Aston Bay Island, in 2018. The program included seven drill holes on the and occurrences, including iron, gold, nickel, copper, lead, Storm Copper prospect, and two on the Seal Zinc prospect, zinc, platinum, and diamonds. Clues about the location of for a total of 3,135 metres of drilling. A new zinc mineralized these deposits can be found by using ground or airborne zone was discovered from the drilling at Seal. More drilling geophysical surveys, by prospecting for minerals that are had been planned for 2018, but poor weather interfered. associated with certain types of deposits, or by looking Supplies were transported by sealift to Resolute Bay to for rusty weathered sulphide-rich rocks. prepare for a drill program in 2019. The Mary River iron mine, owned by Baffinland Iron No field work was carried out in 2018 at the Mines Corporation and located south of the community Chidliak diamond project, located northeast of on southern of Pond Inlet, has been in production since late 2014. Baffin Island. However, in July 2018, Peregrine Diamonds Nine iron deposits and several iron prospects are known Ltd. published an updated inferred mineral resource for on the property, although all mining to date has taken place QIKIQTANI REGION the CH-6 kimberlite, and an updated preliminary economic discovered by North Arrow in 2017. More than 200 kilograms assessment for the Chidliak project. In September, 2018, De of kimberlite from ML-8 were collected to be analyzed Beers Canada Ltd. purchased Peregrine Diamonds, including for microdiamonds. that company’s portfolio of projects in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and elsewhere. De Beers announced that it does The Baffin Gold project is located on central Baffin Island, not plan to use conventional open pit mining at Chidliak, but south of Clyde River, and covers 160 kilometres of the is instead looking at using cutting-edge mining technologies Foxe Fold greenstone belt. In March, 2018, Kivalliq Energy that will result in a smaller mining and environmental footprint. Corporation issued shares to Commander Resources Ltd. to gain 100 per cent ownership of the project. In June, 2018, North Arrow Minerals Inc. completed ground, geophysical Kivalliq Energy changed its name to ValOre Metals surveys, till sampling, and diamond drilling in 2018 at its Mel Corporation and consolidated its shares. Shareholders diamond project, located south of Hall Beach on the Melville received one share in ValOre for every ten shares they Peninsula. A new diamond-bearing kimberlite, ML-345, owned in Kivalliq Energy. Work on the property in 2018 was discovered by drilling. Several drill holes were also included 7,000 line-kilometres of airborne geophysical completed into the diamond-bearing kimberlite, ML-8, surveys, and collection of till and rock geochemical samples.

Number Project Operator Status Base Metals 101, 102 Aston Bay (Storm-101, Seal-102) Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. Active Diamonds 201 Chidliak De Beers Canada Inc. Active 203 Mel North Arrow Minerals Inc. Active Gold 305 Baffin Gold ValOre Metals Corp. Active Iron 401 Mary River Mine Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation Active Please refer to the map on the cover for the location of active projects in the Qikiqtani region. Bold text signifies a major project.

OTHER GEOLOGICAL PROGRAMS AND STUDIES The goal of the project is to complete modern geoscience coverage, including geophysical surveys and geological Fury-Hecla project mapping, of the island. In 2018, airborne geophysical surveys, bedrock geological mapping, surficial mapping, This multi-year project started in 2017 and covers the and other studies were carried out. This project is expected northwestern portion of Baffin Island. The work is being to continue until 2020. led by the Canada-Nunavut Geocience Office (CNGO), but also involves researchers from Laurentian University, McGill University, and Université du Québec à Montréal. QIKIQTANI REGION

Mapping of the Seabed of Frobisher Bay GLOSSARY OF TERMINOLOGY Since 2014, CNGO and the Government of Nunavut – a natural accumulation of a metal, gemstone Departments of Environment (GN-DoE) and of Economic- Deposit or other valuable mineral substance, which may be Development and Transportation (GN-EDT) have supported economically viable but whose characteristics require research by ArcticNet using the RV Nuliajuk research vessel more detailed study to be classified as a resource. to map the seabed of Frobisher Bay. This work is intended to support infrastructure development, such as the deep- Drilling – the extraction of rock or surface material using sea port being constructed in Iqaluit, and to identify natural a rotary drill. Drills can extract cylinder-shaped cores of rock seabed hazards. using a synthetic diamond drill bit, or chips of rock using a jackhammer-type drill bit. Geologists study these cores Strategic Environmental Assessment and chips to better understand the underground geological for Baffin Bay and structure of an area and determine the presence or The Nunavut Impact Review Board is coordinating a strategic absence of ore minerals. environmental assessment of Baffin Bay and Davis Strait to understand the types, and risks and benefits, of offshore oil Exploration – the process of searching for mineral deposits. and gas activities that could occur in those areas. As part Geochemical survey – the chemical analysis, in a laboratory, of the assessment, geologists from the GN-EDT studied oil of soil, rock, or water from a defined area to identify unusually seeps in the Scott Inlet Basin in 2018, from the RV Nuliajuk. high concentrations of chemical elements that indicate the This basin, located offshore of Baffin Island and north of presence of economic metals or gemstones. Also known as Clyde River, has the potential to be an economic source geochemical exploration. of oil and gas. Research is being done to determine the source of the oil seeps. Geophysical survey – the collection of information associated with bedrock using sensors that record electric, magnetic, Nunavut Prospectors Program or other kinds of data. The survey can be conducted from and Prospector Development the air or the ground and is used by mineral exploration Since 2001, the Economic Development and Transportation companies to detect physical properties of rocks such as (EDT) department of the Government of Nunavut has magnetism, gravity or conductivity. offered a week-long Introduction to Prospecting course Kimberlite – a type of igneous rock that sometimes contains to residents of Nunavut’s 25 communities. More than diamonds. Kimberlites can be composed of intrusive and/ twelve hundred Nunavummiut are graduates of 114 course or extrusive rock. Kimberlite indicator minerals (KIMs) are deliveries. This long-running course introduces participants minerals found in glacial or other sediments that suggest to basic prospecting skills, rocks, minerals, and the mining the nearby presence of a kimberlite. industry. Course graduates may qualify for financial and technical assistance through the Nunavut Prospectors Mineral – a naturally-occurring solid substance with a Program. This program has provided grant-contributed defined chemical formula, crystal structure, and distinct assistance to 174 resident prospectors in 24 communities physical properties, that forms as a result of geologic in all three regions since its inception in 2000. processes.

In 2018, the course was offered to seven communities in Mineralization – the geological process by which a mineral Nunavut, including Igloolik, , and in is introduced into a rock and forms a mineral deposit. the Qikiqtani region, with 43 persons receiving certificates. The 2018 Nunavut Prospecting Program assisted four Ore – a rock or mineral that contains an economically prospectors with their exploration for minerals in the vicinity important metal, that can be mined and processed to of three communities. The delivery of the IPC and support produce that metal. of local prospectors is expected to continue in 2019. QIKIQTANI REGION

Prospecting – the search for outcrops or surface exposures of the material in the future. Classifying a resource within of mineral deposits with economic potential. a deposit indicates there is moderate confidence in the quantity and quality of ore in that deposit. Specific legal Resource – a published estimate of the amount of naturally criteria exist to classify a deposit as a resource. occurring metal, gemstone, or other mineral substance in a mineral deposit that could allow for economic extraction

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