THE PLAN

2020

- ACTION PLAN PLAN ACTION NORD 2015

toward 2035

IFAT, Germany May 31st , 2016

Le territoire du Plan Nord

85° 80° 75° Détroit d'Hudson70° 65° 60° 55°

Nunavut

60° 60°

Baie d'Ungava

Tracé Baie d'Hudson

de

1927 Mer du Labrador du Nunavik du

Conseil

privé

55° (non 55°

définitif)

NORD-DU-QUÉBEC Baie James

Area covered by Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (non définitif) Tracé de 1927 du Conseil privé the Plan Nord CÔTE-NORD 50° 50°

SAGUENAY– LAC- Terre-Neuve- SAINT-JEAN Laurent et-Labrador Saint- Golfe du Saint-Laurent Fleuve

Île-du-Prince- Nouveau- Édouard Brunswick

45° Ontario Océan Atlantique 45° États-Unis Nouvelle- Écosse

80° 75° 70° 65° 60°

Organisation territoriale Sources Limite de région administrative Donnée Organisme Année Limite séparatrice des territoires Divisions territoriales Eeyou Istchee Baie-James et Nunavik MERN 2015 Territoire du Plan Nord Réalisation Le Nunavik est situé dans le Nord-du-Québec Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles et désigne une région socioculturelle.2 Direction générale de l'information géographique Frontières Note : Le présent document n'a aucune portée légale. Frontière internationale Frontière interprovinciale © Gouvernement du Québec, 2015 Frontière Québec – Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador 0 190 km (cette frontière n'est pas définitive) Active mines and mining projects in the area covered by the Plan Nord

85° 80° 75° 70° 65° 60° 55° 50° Hudson Strait Active mines Nunavut Iron, iron et titanium Salluit Fire Lake (ArcelorMittal Exploitation minière Canada s.e.n.c.) Lac Bloom (Cliffs Natural Resources) Raglan Kangiqsujuaq Lac Tio (Rio Tinto Fer et Titane inc.) Nunavik Nickel Mont-Wright (ArcelorMittal Exploitation minière Canada s.e.n.c.) Nickel, copper, PGE, cobalt 60° 60° Nunavik Nickel (Canadian Royalties inc.) Raglan (Glencore Canada Corporation) Gold Casa Berardi (Hecla Québec inc.) Éléonore (Les Mines Opinaca) Ungava Bay Lac Bachelor (Ressources Métanor inc.) Zinc, copper, gold or silver Hopes Advance Bay Aupaluk Langlois (Nyrstar Canada Resources ltd) Bracemac-McLeod (Glencore Canada Corporation) Mining Projects Apatite Arnaud (Mine Arnaud inc.) Lac à Paul (Arianne Phosphate inc.) Kuujjuaq Tracé Diamond Hudson Bay Renard (Société de diamant Stornoway) de Iron, iron and titanium, vanadium 1927 Labrador Sea Eldor (Ashram) Blackrock (Métaux Blackrock inc.) du DSO (Tata Steel Minerals Canada)

Conseil Fire Lake North (Champion Iron Mines ltd) Labrador Strange Lake / Hopes Advance Bay (Oceanic Iron Ore Corp.) Trough B-Zone KéMag (Taconite) (New Millennium Iron Corp.) privé Lac Otelnuk (Exploitation minière Lac Otelnuk ltée) Lac Otelnuk 55° (non Lamêlée (Lamêlée Minerais de fer) 55°

définitif) Graphite Active mines Lac Guéret (Mason Graphite Corp.) KéMag (Taconite) Lac Knife (Focus Graphite Inc.) DSO Lithium Schefferville Rose Tantale-Lithium (Critical Elements Corporation) Whabouchi (Nemaska Lithium inc.) James Bay Radisson Gold Douay Ouest (Aurvista Gold Corporation) and mining Rare earths Eldor (Ashram) (Commerce Resources Corp.) Strange Lake / B-Zone Éléonore Renard Lac Bloom (Quest Rare Minerals Corporation) Mont-Wright Fermont

Lac Knife (non définitif) Lamêlée Fire Lake North Tracé de 1927 du Conseil privé projects in the Rose Tantale-Lithium Fire Lake Whabouchi

Lac Guéret 50° 50° Lac Tio Casa Berardi Matagami Arnaud area covered by Chibougamau Sept-Îles Havre-Saint-Pierre Bracemac-McLeod Lac à Paul Blackrock Douay Ouest Lac Bachelor Langlois Lebel-sur-Quevillon Newfoundland Laurent and Labrador Saint- Golfe du Saint-Laurent the Plan Nord Fleuve

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Prince Edward (France) New Island Brunswick

Ontario 45° 45° United States Nova Atlantic Ocean Scotia

75° 70° 65° 60°

Area covered by the Plan Nord Sources Data Organization Year Transportation infrastructures Spatial organization MERN 2015 Paved road Transportation infrastructures MERN 2014 Gravel road Mineral resources MERN 2015 Borders 3 Production International border Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources naturelles Interprovincial border Direction générale de l'information géographique Québec – Newfoundland and Labrador border Note: This document has no legal value. (non-definitive) © Gouvernement du Québec, 2015 0 190 km Energy

. Québec is the world’s fourth largest producer of hydroelectricity.

. 75 % of Québec’s installed hydroelectric Daniel-Johnson Dam and Manicouagan Réservoir. Photo : Hydro-Québec capacity is in the Plan Nord’s territory.

. Establishment of a network to deliver liquefied natural gas in the territory that the Plan Nord

LNG transport truck. Photo : Gaz Métro covers.

. Development of innovative energy solutions for off-grid communities and mine sites, such as

Tugliq Énergie wind turbine at Mine Raglan in Nunavik. Photo : Raglan wind power and biomass.

4 Forests

. Over 200,000 km2 of commercial forests.

. The annual allowable cut in the area covered by the Plan Nord is 11.8 million cubic meters of timber, representing 39% of the allowable annual cut in all Québec’s public forests.

Boreal forest. Photo : ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs

5 Updated policy directions

Develop the diversified economic potential of northern Québec Economic in a responsible way and for the benefit of the population living there and Québec as a whole.

Support the development of all communities in the area covered Social by the Plan Nord, by helping them realize their full potential and enhancing their living conditions.

Protect the environment and preserve the distinctive biodiversity of northern Québec by dedicating 50% of the area covered by the Environmental Plan Nord, by 2035, to non-industrial purposes, protection of the environment and the safeguarding of biodiversity

6 Conditions for success

Facilitate access to the land

Foster access to energy

Enhance telecommunications infrastructures

Increase scientific research

Promote the Plan Nord in Canada and abroad

7 Knowledge and Research

. Challenges : – Partial knowledge of the territory, for example, mine and protected areas – Draw inspiration from experience and best practices in other countries – Promote the complementarity of initiatives and activities – Seek scientific and technological partnership between governments, the scientific community, research centres and promoters. – Creation of Institut Nordique du Québec.

8 International Promotion

. Objectives : – Promotion of Quebec’s economic development through : • Investment, diversification and technological development. – Innovation, Research and Development : • Sharing of expertise and best practices, acquisition of knowledge and scientific cooperation. – Positioning Quebec as a leader in sustainable and northern development. – Promotion of Quebec’s diversified natural resources. – Marketing office: will publicize needs for supply and equipment.

9 Conclusion

. The Plan Nord is a planned, coordinated project based on partnership, private-sector investment and support for communities, in particular through the creation of the Société du Plan Nord.

. The Plan Nord promotes the sharing of expertise and best practices, knowledge development and scientific research partnership and cooperation.

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