News Release For Immediate Release

15 January 2019

BHP awards $75,000 in scholarships to local students in

BHP is pleased to announce the award of its annual Scholarship Program for 2018 for the Jansen Potash Project in collaboration with Carlton Trail College of Humboldt. A total of $75,000 in scholarships has been awarded to recent high school graduates and returning post-secondary students from communities and around the Jansen Project.

Sixteen scholarships, each with a value of $2,500, were presented to high school graduates and returning post-secondary students from 10 schools in the Horizon School Division surrounding BHP’s Jansen Project. As well, 13 youth from six First Nations communities received scholarship awards totalling $35,000. The recipients are as follows:

Recipient School or First Nation Community Dhean Arguelles Englefeld School Jillian Bader Watson School Tyra Bellegarde Kelsey Berscheid Muenster School Royce Bigsky Shanai Bitternose George Gordon First Nation Dawson Block LeRoy School Taylor Block LeRoy School Tyler Buffalo Day Star First Nation Tamara Buffalo-Longman Day Star First Nation Stacey Cheekinew -Carlton Trail College ABE Rachel Christensen Wynyard Composite High School Chelsea Craven Lanigan Central High School Tatiana Crowe-Buffalo Day Star First Nation Jared Daschner Beardy’s and Okemasis Nation Kelsey Desjarlais Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation Chenessa Gardipy Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation Trenton Genereaux Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation Jenna Giddings Humboldt Collegiate Institute Emma Hinz Muenster School Kimberly Kayseas Fishing Lake First Nation Emily Lucyk Humboldt Collegiate Institute Keely-Shay Maki Lanigan Central High School Kennedy Morrow Lanigan Central High School Madison Mueller Humboldt Collegiate Institute Sydney Odelein School Brianna Sayer Muskowekwan First Nation Kaylee Sunshine Vogelaar Fishing Lake First Nation Lily Yungmann Annaheim School

A 2018 scholarship recipient stated that the “education of young people is so important for our society and this scholarship has helped make this possible for many people from communities in the area. I would like to thank you personally for giving me and my classmates the chance to apply for this scholarship and making a difference in the lives of so many.”

Carlton Trail College administers the scholarship program on BHP’s behalf and provides a committee that adjudicates the applications and selects the recipients based upon an evaluation process.

Since the program’s inception in 2013, BHP has made available over $387,000 worth of scholarships which has supported over 135 students.

For more information:

Ken Smith BHP Canada Tel: (306) 385-8586 Email: [email protected]

Deanna Gaetz Carlton Trail College Tel: (306) 682-6874 Email: [email protected]