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2019 SOCIO-ECONOMIC MONITORING REPORT FOR THE MARY RIVER PROJECT PREPARED FOR Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation 2275 Upper Middle Road East, Suite 300 Oakville, Ontario L6H 0C3 Stratos Inc. 1404-1 Nicholas Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B7 Tel: 613 241 1001 www.stratos-sts.com ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒃᐳᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓘᔮᖕᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᓗ. ᐊᑎᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᒥᒃ 2019ᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖅᓯᐅᑎᑎᒍᑦ ᑎᒥᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᓂᒃ, ᓂᕿᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒧᑦ ᓱᕈᖅᓴᕋᐃᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ. ᒪᓕᒋᐊᓕᖏᑦ. ᓄᑖᖅ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎ ᖃᖓᑕᓱᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓯᔭᐅᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑯᐊᐸᑎᒃᑯᓐᓅᕗᖅ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃ ᐱᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓂᒃ 2019 ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓘᔮᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓂ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑎᑭᑕᕗᑦ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᒋᓪᓗᓂ ᑯᐊᐸᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓰᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓘᔮᖕᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓘᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᖃᑲᐅᑎᒋᑎᖦᖢᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᔪᒪᔭᖃᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᑯᐊᐸᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᕋᒥᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᓱᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗ, ᐱᕚᓪᓗᕐᑎᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᐱᕈᕐᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒡᒋᖅᑐᓂᒃ. 2019ᒥᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓯᑲᖅᑕᖅᑎᒋᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑯᐊᐸᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒪᐃᓯᒪᕗᖅ; ᐊᑑᑎᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᕕᒃ ᓴᓴᐃᐊᑎᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᖕᒥ, ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑮᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᖕᒥ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᓗ • ᐱᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ $65 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓄᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᖦᖢᒍ ᖃᔪᖅᑐᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. ᑐᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓃᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓲᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓄᑦ; ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᑐᕌᑲᐅᑎᒋᕗᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓘᔮᖕᓂ • ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ 1.2 ᐱᓕᐊᓐ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖁᔭᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖏᓐᓄᑦ; • ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ $800,000 ᑲᓴᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᓇᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᑕᖅᑮᑦ 2019ᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᖃᑦᑕᕈᑎᑦᑎᓐᓄᓪᓗ 2016ᒥᑦ; ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖏᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕐᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑎᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂᒃ • ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ 435 ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᓂᕐᓄᑦ; ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ. ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᕐᓃᑦ ᐱᓇᓲᑎᑖᕋᓱᖕᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ • 100,000 ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓪᓗᑕ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑲᐅᑎᒋ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᕐᓄᓪᓗ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ. ᐊᑑᑎᖃᖅᑑᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ 600ᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᕐᒥᒃ 2018 ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓃᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᑕ ᓄᓘᔮᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᖏᓐᓂ 2019ᒥ. ᐃᓅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓃᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒥᒃ, ᐱᔭᕇᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᕐᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᓇᓲᑎᑖᕋᓱᖕᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓯᒪᒋᕗᖅ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᑎᒋᐊᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓇᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓄᑦ, ᑐᓂᓰᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᓄᑦ. ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓂᐊᕋᒥᒃ ᑖᓐᓇ ᓇᓗᓇᙱᑲᐅᑎᒋᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖓᓂᒃ, ᕿᒪᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᓛᕋᓂ 2020 ᐃᓅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ. ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑐᕌᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓯᒪᓕᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᒃᓴᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ ᒫᔾᔨ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕘᒃᑯᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ 31, 2021ᒥ. ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᑎᓯᐅᖅᖢᑕ ᑕᒪᒃᑮᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᑎᒍᑦ, ᐊᑎᓕᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᐃᕐᕆᓕᒥ. ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓘᔮᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᓪᓗ ᐱᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ 2020ᒥ. 2019ᒥ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓃᖦᖢᓂ. ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕐᓂᕐᓄᓪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒧᑦ ᓱᓕᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ ᑐᒡᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᒥᔅ ᐅᓪᓗᕆᐊᖅ (ᐅᓪᓗ) ᕼᐋᓐᓴᓐ. ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᐊᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᓄᓘᔮᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥᐅᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᕘᓕᒫᒥᓗ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᕙᐅᒃ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᓵᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕘᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ _________________________ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᓗ ᑲᒧᕌᓐᔅ ᐱᕈᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ. ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᑕᒫᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᓄᑖᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᓄᑦ, ᒪᐃ 15, 2020 ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᕐᓄᑦ A Message from our Director of Sustainable Development Baffinland is pleased to submit the Mary River Socio- with Inuit firms for the provision of airline services, Economic Monitoring Report for the 2019 calendar year to perishable goods, and ground transportation services in the NIRB, in conformance with our Project Certificate our point of hire communities. The new contract for the requirements. provision of air transportation services is with Arctic Co- operatives Limited. This contract is delivering an essential 2019 marks 5 full years of operations at the Mary River service to Baffinland and the Project but is also delivering Project. This milestone has seen Baffinland continue its benefits to Co-op members across the North Baffin region phased development of the Mary River Project with by way of direct Economic Benefits to Community Co-ops proposed future positive socio-economic growth on the for use according to their local priorities. Additionally, as horizon. As of 2019, the Project has; Baffinland’s Air Transportation contractor, Arctic Co-ops • Provided over $65 million in wages to Inuit was able to offer meaningful support to the Ilisaqsivik Project Employees; Society in Clyde River, the Food Banks in both Clyde River • Reached over $1.2 billion in contracts signed and and Arctic Bay plus the Qajuqturvik Food Centre in Iqaluit. awarded to Inuit Firms; The ability to deliver these benefits in the North Baffin Communities are a direct result of working with Baffinland • Provided almost $800,000 through our at the Mary River Project. Sponsorship and Donation Program since 2016; • Seen 435 graduates of pre-employment training Due to unforeseen circumstances, the last quarter of 2019 programs; and witnessed a scale back in the contractor workforce at the • Closed in on 100,000 hours of training provided Project. Delays in permitting processes and access to directly to Inuit Project employees. financing forced Baffinland to put on hold all non-essential Projects which resulted in the demobilizing of The Company continues to implement the amended 2018 approximately 600 team members from the Project. To Mary River Project Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement, date, there is no plan in place to restart works that were complete work at Site to improve working and living suspended in the fourth quarter of 2019. The socio- conditions for employees, introduce new programs and economic impact of permitting delays has also impacted activities to support and encourage the promotion of Inuit the Company’s ability to allocate sustained funding to culture, heritage, and language. Baffinland has also placed training programs. This is not readily evident in the socio- an increased focus on partnership with the Government of economic monitoring presented in this report but will be Nunavut to find constructive solutions to mutual areas of evident in the 2020 Socio-Economic Monitoring Report to interest through our Memorandum of Understanding, be submitted to the board March 31, 2021. which was signed at the Nunavut Mining Symposium in April. The Company remains committed to the phased development of the Mary River Project and looks forward In 2019 the Company created a new department based in to its positive growth and development in 2020. Iqaluit. The Community and Strategic Development Department is headed up by its first Vice-President Ms. Udloriak (Udlu) Hanson. Her department will focus on enhancing the benefits of the Mary River Project for Inuit in the Qikiqtaaluk region, and across Nunavut. This department is part of Baffinland’s approach to responsible mining in Nunavut and reflects the Company’s desire to be ________________________________ a true community partner in community wellness and development. Lou Kamermans Director of Sustainable Development This year also marked the development of new partnerships, which enhance the Project’s socio-economic May 15, 2020 impact in Nunavut and Canada. We signed new agreements Contents Executive ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ..................................................................................................................... i Executive Summary........................................................................................................................ xi Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 Mary River Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 Socio-Economic Monitoring Requirements and Guidance................................................................................................... 1 Report Objectives and Organization .................................................................................................................................... 3 Methods ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Socio-Economic Monitoring Indicators ................................................................................................................................ 5 1 · Population Demographics .......................................................................................................... 9 1.1 Employee and contractor origin ............................................................................................................................. 9 1.2 Employee migration and housing status .............................................................................................................. 11 1.3 Regional and community migration and population ............................................................................................ 14 1.4 VSEC Effects assessment ....................................................................................................................................... 16 2 · Education and Training ............................................................................................................. 18 2.1 Investments in school-based initiatives ................................................................................................................ 18 2.2 Secondary school success ....................................................................................................................................
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