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South Henik Lake Povungnituk Bay Thle 60°N wiaza McConnell River MBS Kiyuk River 522 7 60°N N BAY HUDSO Commodity Groupings Areas with Surface and/or Boundaries SON Subsurface Restrictions NLCA1 NunUavuDt Settlement Area Base Metals Nickel-Copper PGE E D' H Diamond Rare Earth Elements CPMA -Caribou Protection BAI Nunavut Regions Measures Apply NILCA 2 Nunavik Settlement Area Gold Uranium MBS -Migratory Bird Sanctuary Iron NP -National Park Provincial / Territorial NWA -National Wildlife Area Active Mine Inactive Mine TP -Territorial Park Transportation Routes WP -Wildlife Preserve Symbol with no fill means INACTIVE. Meadowbank Road WS -Wildlife Sanctuary Meliadine Road Bold project number and name signifies Milne Inlet Tote Road Geological Mapping Programs major or advancing project. Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Yellowknife-Contwoyto Winter Road nlet aig I Office Proposed Bathurst Inlet Port and Road H Inuit Owned Lands (Fee simple title) 877 Surface Only Proposed Izok Corridor Road Proposed Steensby Inlet Rail Line er Surface and Subsurface LEGEND Belch 1NLCA The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement nds 2 NILCA The Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement Isla

100°W 90°W http://cngo.ca/exploration-overview/2014/ Kivalliq Region

Kivalliq Region Geology years ago) until the beginning of the Paleozoic era (540 million The Kivalliq region of Nunavut is underlain by the Canadian years ago). In the Kivalliq, the granite-intruded sedimentary Shield, where some of the oldest rocks in Canada are found. rocks and volcanic greenstone belts have experienced several These rocks consist of metamorphosed granitic, sedimentary episodes of folding and faulting. This tectonic activity has and volcanic rocks that formed during the Precambrian enriched some of these rocks with metals such as gold, silver, period, the time from when the Earth formed (about 4.5 billion nickel, or copper. A large continental basin formed later and

Number Project Operator Status

BASE METALS

400 ATLAS Anconia Resources Corp. Active DIAMONDS

460 Kahuna Dunnedin Ventures Inc. Active 461, 462 Luxx, Qilalugaq North Arrow Minerals Inc. Active 463 Nanuq Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Active GOLD 520 Amaruq Agnico Eagle Mines Limited Active 521 Greyhound Aura Silver Resources Inc. Active 522 Kiyuk Prosperity Goldfields Corp. Active 523 Meadowbank Mine Agnico Eagle Mines Limited Active 524 Meliadine Agnico Eagle Mines Limited Active 525 Pistol Bay Northquest Ltd. Active 544 – 546 Angikuni Lake (AN – 544, F13 – 545, Adamera Minerals Corp. Inactive Robin – 546) 547 Mallery Lake Adamera Minerals Corp. Inactive 548 Nowyak Adamera Minerals Corp. Inactive 549 RB Anconia Resources Corp. Inactive IRON 579 Maguse River Ridgemont Iron Ore Corp. Inactive NICKEL-COPPER-PGE 639 Ferguson Lake Canadian North Resources Inactive and Development Co. RARE EARTH ELEMENTS 669 Nutaaq Forum Uranium Corp. Inactive URANIUM 670, 671 Aberdeen, Turqavik Cameco Corporation Active 672 Angilak Kivalliq Energy Corporation Active 673 Baker Basin Kivalliq Energy Corporation Active 674 Kiggavik AREVA Reources Canada Inc. Active 675 – 678 North Thelon (Agnico Eagle Option – 675, Forum Uranium Corp. Active Inuit Owned Lands – 676, Kiggavik North – 677, Kiggavik – 678) 698 Amer Lake Adamera Minerals Corp. Inactive 699 Thelon Basin NexGen Energy Ltd. Inactive Please refer to the map on the cover for the location of active and inactive projects in the . Bold text signifies a major project. Kivalliq Region accumulated thick layers of sandstone on top of the ancient advanced uranium project in Nunavut with an estimated Shield rocks in the western part of the region. Mineralization resource of over 133 million pounds of uranium concentrate. occurred later within these sandstones to form large uranium Exploration on the project in 2014 consisted of more than deposits, similar to the ones in Saskatchewan. 11,000 metres of exploratory drilling to expand known areas of mineralization at several prospects on the property. The Much of the bedrock in the region is hidden beneath a thick mine plan consists of four deposits to be exploited using cover of clay-rich and sandy sediments left behind as glaciers open pit mining and a fifth deposit as an underground disappeared. Traces of harder minerals, including minerals operation. The $2.1 billion project proposal outlines a three associated with diamonds, can be found in the sediments to four year period to construct the mine, a 14-year operating and traced back to their source in the bedrock. Ground mine life, and a ten year closure, decommissioning, and investigations and airborne geophysical surveys can be used monitoring period. The mine construction phase would to discover the locations of various metal or diamond deposits. require about 750 workers and once in operation, would Prospecting for gold is possible by looking for rocks rich with provide up to 600 jobs. The final hearing for the project quartz veins or rusty coloured weathering. proposal is scheduled for March 2015. In preparation for the final public hearings, AREVA convened workshops in Selected Mining and Exploration Highlights and Chesterfield Inlet in 2014 to understand Agnico Eagle Mines Limited operates the Meadowbank differences between Inuit traditional knowledge and scientific gold mine, located 80 km north of Baker Lake. The company sources of knowledge. employs about 700 people at the mine, of which about 35 per cent are Nunavummiut from communities across Programs and Studies the Kivalliq. More than 11,000 tonnes of ore per day is Carving Stone Deposit Evaluation processed at the mine site which is currently scheduled to The Nunavut Carving Stone Deposit Evaluation Program produce gold until 2018. Agnico Eagle is also developing the is a territory-wide collaborative project, led by the Government Meliadine gold project, located 20 km north of of Nunavut’s Department of Economic Development & on Crown and Inuit Owned Land. In 2014, the company Transportation, to locate and evaluate carving stone deposits, invested $42 million in exploration and development work to assess their suitability for artisans, and to assess the on the property, including improvements to the all-weather potential to supply nearby communities. The program road from Rankin Inlet and extending an underground ramp. completed its final year of field investigations in 2014 with a Over 35,000 m of exploratory drilling was carried out on the second visit to Repulse Bay, where the large Kovic serpentinite property to expand reserves at the known deposits and to deposit is located. So far, twenty carving stone deposits have find new targets. Agnico Eagle recently received approval for been identified in the Kivalliq region. a project certificate which permits mining on the property if certain terms and conditions are followed. Mine production Nunavut Prospectors’ Program & Prospector Training could begin as early as 2019. Each year, the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Economic Development and Transportation offers a six-day About 35 km northwest of Whale Cove, Northquest Ltd. is Introduction to Prospecting Course in several communities exploring for gold at its Pistol Bay project where a number across Nunavut. Graduates of the course can apply for of mineralized zones have been discovered. In 2014, the financial and technical assistance through the Nunavut company invested $7.8 million for an airborne geophysical Prospectors’ Program to pursue their own projects or may survey and over 4,500 metres of diamond drilling. Visible find work as field assistants on mineral exploration projects. gold grains have been identified in many of the drill core In 2015, the program will be offered in Baker Lake and samples, indicating high grade gold in the area. Rankin Inlet.

Important kimberlites have been identified near Chesterfield Geoscience Studies Inlet, Wager Bay and Repulse Bay over the past several years. West of , the Canada-Nunavut Geoscience The Qilalugaq project is located about nine kilometres from Office and the Government of Nunavut is evaluating the Repulse Bay. In 2014, North Arrow Minerals Inc. collected industrial limestone potential on Southampton Island. Results a 1,500 tonne bulk sample that was shipped south for of the investigation will provide information on the quality and processing and analysis in order to determine a preliminary types of industrial limestone available. diamond valuation at Qilalugaq. Results of the findings, expected in 2015, may indicate if further development Arviat Training Programs of the project is economically feasible. Since beginning in 2011 with a single diamond drilling training program, a number of other training programs have The Kiggavik uranium project, located west of Baker Lake, developed in partnerships between the Hamlet of Arviat, the is operated by AREVA Resources Canada Inc. It is the most mining industry, the Government of Nunavut, and others. In Kivalliq Region

2014, training programs in Arviat included two welding Environmental Impact Statement – a document outlining trade readiness courses, two class 3 airbrake courses, given the effects of a development project on the environment in January and November, two work readiness programs prepared by the proponent of a project and presented and the Surface Diamond Driller Assistant course. A total to regulators, decision makers, and the public. of 65 students completed these programs in 2014, bringing the total to an impressive 118 graduates over the past four Exploration – the range of activities used to search years. This year, all students were Arviammiut, however for deposits of useful, economically valuable minerals. interested Nunavummiut from any community in the Kivalliq may apply. Skills development programs provide local Mineralization – the process by which a mineral is employment opportunities and reduce the costs for introduced into a rock, resulting in a mineral deposit, employers associated with attracting and transporting through hydrothermal, igneous, metamorphic, or other skilled workers from other parts of Canada to work in the geological processes. region. For more information, contact (867) 857-2920 or [email protected]. Prospecting – the search for outcrops or surface exposures of mineral occurrences with economic potential. Prospecting Glossary of Terminology takes place by walking on the land and observing it for Deposit – a natural concentration of a metal, gemstone evidence of mineral occurrences. Once an occurrence is or other mineral substance, which may be economically found, further work is necessary to determine if a deposit extracted but whose traits need a more detailed study to is present at the location. be classified as a resource. Resource – a published estimate of the amount of naturally Drilling – the operation of making holes with a drill to occurring metal, gemstone, or other mineral substance in sample bedrock or other surface material such as glacial a mineral deposit, which is present in an amount that could till or clay. Diamond drilling produces a cylindrical core allow for economic extraction of the material in the future. of rock, while reverse circulation drilling produces rock chips. Classifying a deposit as a resource indicates that a company Geologists study the drill core or rock chip material after it is has moderate confidence in the quantity and quality of ore in extracted, in order to map rock types below the surface and that deposit, but that more exploration is needed to consider to understand geological structures with the goal of finding it a reserve. Mineral deposits must meet specific legal criteria mineral deposits. to be classified as resources.

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