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6 President's Message

7 Executive Director's Message

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC SERVICES LTD. 8 Yukon Chamber of Mines Board of Directors MECHANICAL "if we can't fix it - it ain't broke" CONTRACTING & 12 Reclaiming Keno Hill Alexco Resources partners with the Government of Canada CUSTOM METAL and Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation to clean up mine site

14 Victoria Gold a Yukon-first approach to mining PROUDLY SERVING Yukon's Only Manufacturer of Diesel Powered Generators, Victoria Gold relies on community to service Eagle Gold mine THE YUKON Complete Sales, Rentals, Leasing, Repairs and Service. 18 Big River Mineral Exploration SINCE 1968 Yukon-made solution to an age-old problem

21 Third time’s a charm Mechanical Complete Inventory of Single and Three Phase Motors, Motor Starters and Controls. Carmacks bypass moves forward Contracting 24 2018 Yukon Geoscience Tradeshow & Forum Custom Metal Powder coating 28 2018 Yukon Geoscience Forum Awards Authorized Repairs For Flygt Pumps. Complete Service, Rentals and Repairs. Welding 30 Yukon Exploration Projects 2018 Refrigeration 34 Acknowledging a past wrong Yukon First Nations, Youth of Today Society, and Yukon’s mining Design Build industry come together to nominate Kate Carmack into 25 Years Experience In Camp Set-Up and Electrification. Canada’s Mining Hall of Fame We Service and Repair All Types Of Industrial Electrical Equipment. 38 Returning to the land A mining company’s First Nations residency program unites elders and youth

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REPRESENTING THE TERRITORY Update from the Yukon Chamber of Mines

breakthroughs in collaboration and innova- Yukon. Together, we will continue working tion, so does our directory, with additional on issues of mutual interest, including companies listed and content enrichened. improvements to Yukon’s assessment THE YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES proudly presents another version In 2018, Yukon’s mineral exploration and permitting regimes. We are the of our annual mining directory, a tool seen by many as required reading and deposit expenditures totalled $172.3 industry on the front lines of reconciliation for working in the Yukon mining industry. We hope you, as many other million, a slight increase over 2017’s $165.1 as miners are on the doorstep of every have, find this directory useful as we enter the 2019 field season. million, and this coming season promises Yukon First Nation’s traditional territory. In 2018, many bridges were built in search of solutions to our indus- to be an exciting one as we see Victoria It is incumbent upon us to work col- try’s greatest challenges. Forging new relationships and strengthening Gold Corporation (TSX-V: VIT) complete laboratively and respectfully to make old ones has been the key to carving a path to a brighter future. With its Eagle Gold Mine in the Mayo region Yukon the most successful and progres- outstanding support of our greatest initiatives, YCM has seen engage- and Alexco Resource Corporation (TSE: sive mining jurisdiction in the world. ment across the board from our supporters and partners. Beginning AXR) looks to bring it’s Bermingham All of us at the Yukon Chamber of Mines with a successful Yukon Mining and Geology Week, we have seen an property online. Yukon’s last operating would like to thank our members, increase in community attendance and, more specifically, a thirst for hardrock mine—Minto, found just north volunteers, and sister organizations, as knowledge about the innovations in our industry. No stronger was that of Carmacks and owned by Capstone well as many others, for their support engagement than during our 2018 Geoscience Tradeshow and Forum, Mining Corp.’s (TSE: CS)—continues as we continue building on Yukon’s in which a resounding number of Yukoners of all ages attend our annual to be in care and maintenance as the competitive advantages and reputation “Family Day” and were witness to innovative technology presented owners negotiate an agreement of sale as a progressive jurisdiction endowed by our many exhibitors, some seen within this very publication. to Pembridge Resources (LSE: PERE). with significant world-class deposits. YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES If 2018 was the year of building bridges, then 2019 and 2020 will THROUGHOUT THE PAGES of the Yukon Last year was also significant for the be the years of crossing them. With the increasing support from Mining and Exploration Directory, with Yukon Chamber of Mines. We launched President’s Message community and industry, we will begin creating an environment of a distribution across Canada exceeding the “Yukon First Nations Engagement and Sincerely, collaboration and mutually beneficial coexistence in the coming years. 12,000 copies, you will find stories and Consultation Guide” (yukonmineralengage- We look forward to continue building these new relationships and photos that articulate the technology, ment.ca) which exemplifies best practices Samson Hartland create economic growth not only within our industry, but the Yukon. innovation, and progressive partnerships when engaging early with Yukon First Executive Director As a non-profit organization, a large portion of the YCM’s of our industry. The directory is a testa- Nations on their traditional territories. Over Yukon Chamber of Mines funding comes from the support of our members. On behalf ment to the growth of the Yukon mining the course of the year, we experienced of the board of directors and staff at the Yukon Chamber of Mines, I industry and the Chamber organization meaningful collaboration with Yukon would like to thank each company, organization, and individual whose that represents it. As our industry sees First Nations and the Government of membership dollars enable us to continue lobby efforts on your behalf while at the table with policy and decision makers at the community, territorial, and federal levels. The Yukon Chamber of Mines will continue to strengthen its voice as a representative of Yukon’s modern, responsible mining industry.

Sincerely,

Mike Burke President Yukon Chamber of Mines

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commercial development for Air North, COLIN ASSELSTINE – DIRECTOR ting as well as First Nations, govern- Yukon’s Airline, before moving in to the world With more than twenty years’ experi- ment, and community relations. of digits, packets, and tech gadgets. Clark ence in the Yukon mining sector, Colin The Silvertip mine is located in B.C., is currently the vice-president of marketing Asselstine has worked as an operational but the majority of access and financial and sales at Total North Communications. and project manager, business owner, impacts are in the Yukon. Johnstone has Mining and exploration play a significant and leader in the private sector and with more than 20 years of experience work- role in the Yukon’s economy, and Clark is Yukon First Nations governments. ing with fish and wildlife, environment, passionate about building a sustainable As general manager of the Kluane Commu- mining lands, and the Yukon Environmental sector through responsible and meaningful nity Development Limited Partnership, Assel- and Socio-economic Assessment Board engagement with the land and all who use it. stine partners with government and industry (YESAB) and has served as a member of to enhance local economic opportunities and the YESAB and Yukon Water boards. ANDREW CARNE – DIRECTOR attract investment to Kluane First Nation. His Johnstone brings a well-rounded view Andrew Carne is a project engineer with work has attracted investment in community and permitting expertise to the board and Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Ltd. builds, infrastructure, and projects which is proud to support the Yukon Chamber He has a bachelor’s of applied science in encourage community growth in Burwash of Mines to advance the mining industry materials engineering and a master’s of Landing and throughout Kluane First Nation in the most responsible way possible. civil engineering, specializing in project Traditional Territory. Asselstine helped estab- management, both from UBC. Carne has lish the partnership between Kluane First R. ALLEN DOHERTY – DIRECTOR been working with Archer, Cathro, primarily Nation and Nickel Creek Platinum, which has Al Doherty has been active in mineral explo- on Yukon projects, since 2006 in a variety given local citizens and contractors oppor- ration in the Yukon since 1981. An active of roles, both in the field and the office. tunities to participate at all levels of the member of the Yukon Chamber of Mines His main focus is on later-stage projects, project, while maintaining a cost-effective since 1987, Doherty served as president including permitting, metallurgical-test and solution-based approach, which targets from 1988–89 and in 1993 and has been a programs, and economic analyses. the realization of the company’s objectives. director numerous times. He was a Prospec- A well-respected authority on renewable tors and Developers Association of Canada ED PEART – DIRECTOR energy, Asselstine is also a long-time resident board member from 1996–2000 and a Yukon Ed Peart was born and raised in the mining of the Kluane region and an active member Minerals Advisory Board member from town of Yellowknife, N.W.T., and moved to of the community. He sits on the Dän Keyi 1989–1993. Doherty is a founder and current the Yukon in November 2002. He’s cur- Renewable Resource Council and is a fre- chair of the Yukon Mine Training Association. rently the director of ground operations quent volunteer, including more than 15 years with Alkan Air and has diverse experience with Yukon Emergency Medical Services. MICHAEL MCDOUGALL – EX OFFICIO in aviation related to the mining industry. Michael McDougall has over 35 years of Prior to Alkan Air, Peart was the corporate JOHN SMALL – DIRECTOR experience in the Yukon placer fields, sales representative for Air North, Yukon's John Small joined the board as a small- ranging from exploration, permitting, Airline, where he led the company’s efforts business representative. His company, Small's and management of large placer opera- to promote the use of the airline for mining- Expediting Services, provides logistical tions to construction and operation of his crew rotations, travel, and cargo needs. He and transportation support to the Yukon’s own family operation on the Sixtymile. was then promoted into the operations team exploration, mining, oil, and gas industries. McDougall is currently the president of the as the manager, Yukon ramp and cargo. Small believes the Yukon Chamber Klondike Placer Miners Association (KPMA). Peart was part of the Yukon Chamber of of Mines has a major role to play in He has also been a member of the Yukon YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES Board of Directors Mines' Geoscience organizing committee protecting, developing, and advancing Mineral Advisory Board and is on the board from 2014–2016 and is currently the chair the Yukon’s industries. As a director and of the Yukon Mine Training Association. MIKE BURKE – PRESIDENT College Board of Governors, since 2011, Ontario, and mine general manager at the of the Yukon Chamber of Commerce's representative of small businesses, Small He and his wife, Kim, were honoured to Mike Burke is a Yukon-based consulting the Advisory Committee for the Centre for Porcupine Operations in Timmins, Ontario. Transportation Infrastructure Committee. works to advance the objectives for all receive the Mr. and Mrs. Miner Award of geologist and was the chief geologist for Northern Innovation in Mining at Yukon Since joining Goldcorp, in 1997, Cormier He has been the president of the Yukon Yukon Chamber of Mines members. Recognition from the KPMA, in 1999. Golden Predator Mining Corp. from 2011 College, and the Technical Advisory Com- has held various roles within operations Convention Bureau and is the vice-president McDougall has served as a KPMA to 2017. Prior to joining Golden Predator, mittee for the Yukon Geological Survey. and projects with increasing responsibility. of the Dawson City Chamber of Commerce. LORALEE JOHNSTONE – DIRECTOR director since 1990 and his knowledge and Burke spent more than 20 years working at Throughout these roles he has always taken Peart has been a Canadian Armed Forces Loralee Johnstone is director of per- experience in the Yukon placer industry the Government of Yukon, where his duties SUE CRAIG – PAST PRESIDENT an active role in the communities, ensuring reserve officer in the Cadets Instructors mitting and sustainability for Coeur is a tremendous resource to the board. included liaising with prospectors and mining Sue Craig has over 25 years of industry both the operation and community benefit Cadre for 14 1/2 years and is still serving. Silvertip and responsible for all permit- and exploration companies; visiting active experience in the Yukon, ranging from from building a mine with a long lifespan. exploration sites; writing the annual “Yukon mineral exploration and permitting to Cormier has a bachelor’s of science Mining, Development, and Exploration Over- construction and operation of mines. Craig in mining engineering from Michigan view”; and presenting information on the is currently an appointed member of the Technological University and a mining Minimize aircaft disturbance Yukon to investment bankers, financial institu- Yukon Mineral Advisory and Yukon Energy technology diploma from Northern Col- tions, and mining analysts around the world. Corporation boards. She is a Yukon Women lege Haileybury School of Mines and is a of wildlife In 1983, Burke began his career in the in Mining Champion, on the board of the registered professional engineer in B.C. mineral exploration and mining industry Association of Mineral Exploration B.C., in B.C. and the Yukon. He was part of the and honoured to have received the Yukon JOSH CLARK – DIRECTOR Do your part. It’s the law. exploration team who discovered the Sa Chamber of Mines Member’s award, in 2012. Josh Clark brings over a decade of business- Dena Hes lead-zinc mine and the Ketza River Craig served as a Yukon Chamber of development, marketing, and sales experi- • Whenever possible, fly well above or below wildlife. Gold Mine, in the Yukon. Burke worked at Mines director for many years, and her ence to the board, as well as experience • Plan your route to avoid sensitive areas. the Ketza River Gold Mine, from exploration knowledge and experience in the Yukon, in human resources, community engage- through mine development, production, especially during the trying times for our ment, and customer care. He believes in • Allow wildlife to move safely away. and closure, as the mine geologist before industry, is a tremendous asset to the board. achieving goals through strategic planning • Combine jobs to minimize flying time. joining the Yukon Geological Survey, in 1990. and has a strong work ethic that ensures Burke holds a bachelor’s of science in CHRIS CORMIER – VICE-PRESIDENT plans are implemented successfully. geology from the University of British Chris Cormier is the general manager at Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, Columbia. He is a professional geologist with Goldcorp’s Coffee Mine Project. He has Clark gravitated to business and received the Association of Professional Engineers over 25 years’ experience in the mining a bachelor’s of business administration For more information on ways to minimize your impact on wildlife, and Geoscientists of British Columbia and a industry, most recently as vice-president from Thompson Rivers University. Follow- please call 867-667-5409. member of the Society of Economic Geolo- reclamation and closure, and mine general ing graduation, he honed his skills in the gists. Burke is also a member of the Yukon manager at Red Lake Mines in Red Lake, banking industry. He was the director of

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» Brad Thrall, president of Alexco Resources, gives a tour of the United Keno Hills silver project. “Our job is to balance all of these interests TYPE II MINE SITES while at the same item removing the IN THE YUKON environmental and physical hazards.” BREWERY CREEK: Still in opera- tion. Owned by Golden Predator. RECLAIMING While the Government of Canada Thrall says another challenge comes contributes funding to the planning from planning a new mine while simul- CLINTON CREEK: Abandoned and implementation process, the taneously working on reclamation plans in 1978. The Government of KENO HILL Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation has a for the legacy mine site. Yukon is responsible for care more active role in developing and “We’re developing new, active mines and maintenance, and remedia- Alexco Resources partners with the Government of Canada reviewing plans and participating in in the district, and at the same time tion planning is underway. and Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation to clean up mine site business opportunities, including joint we’re putting a closure plan together ventures set up to implement the recla- for historic mines. It’s always a back and FARO: Abandoned in 1998. mation plan. forth balance to make sure both plans The Government of Canada is responsible for care and eveloping a reclamation plan for the Government of Canada is responsible for The Keno Hill area has been mined are consistent in terms of water-quality maintenance, and remedia- United Keno Hill mine site has chal- mines operationalized prior to April 1, for over 100 years and is classified as a objectives,” Thrall explains. D tion planning is underway. lenges; there are historical, cultural, and 2003, and the Yukon government is brownfield site. Brad Thrall, president of There’s value in creating public-private environmental elements specific to the responsible for mines operationalized Alexco Resources Corp., says the envi- partnerships between government and KETZA RIVER: Abandoned site that need to be considered. after that date. ronmental assessment process has been industry to reclaim Type II sites. Thrall in 2015. The Government of The site, located in the Mayo region, From contractor to mine operator, difficult. says these projects bring opportunities Yukon is responsible for care was abandoned in 2000 and designated industry proponents participate in reme- “Participants in the environmental to the community, while reducing costs and maintenance. Remedia- a Type II mine site—a place having, or diation of Type II mine sites in varying assessment process are more familiar to taxpayers. tion planning is underway. potentially having, unfound environmen- degrees. Alexco’s work at Keno Hill is with greenfield projects than brown- “The partnership allows one side for the tal liabilities an example of a mine operator leading field,” Thrall explains. “The reclamation company to explore and develop these MINTO: Under temporary care and In 2006, Alexco Resources secured remediation efforts. project is different than the assessment resources, which provides economic maintenance since October 2018. the mineral rights to the mine, which The Keno Hill project is a public-private process they’ve dealt with in the past.” opportunities, once again, to Yukoners Owned by Capstone Mining Corp.

included taking responsibility for any partnership between Alexco Resources, For many years, Keno Hill was an and First Nations, while at the same time MOUNT NANSEN: Abandoned reclamation work. Elsa Reclamation and the Government of Canada, and the important economic driver in the terri- develops a plan to remediate the historic in 1999. The Government of Development Company is the environ- Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation. It’s a col- tory and many Yukoners have a family liabilities,” says Thrall. “Industry brings Yukon is responsible for care and mental arm of Alexco Resources and laborative approach, with each partici- connection to the area. the unique skill sets and perspective to maintenance, and remediation tasked with the reclamation of Keno Hill. pant contributing to the work. Thrall says there’s a strong heritage do both at the same time.” planning is underway. The Gov- The property is one of seven Type Alexco Resources owns the site’s component in the region that needs Alexco’s reclamation plan for Keno Hill ernment of Canada is in the II mine sites in the Yukon which were assets and liabilities and have posted to be considered and weighed along is currently in the environmental assess- process of selling the mine site. identified in the Devolution Transfer $10 million into a trust to remediate the with the environmental factors during ment process. It has been declared Agreement, signed between the Yukon liabilities. The company is responsible for reclamation. adequate, and the company is waiting to UNITED KENO HILL: Abandoned and Canadian governments, in 2003. The developing the reclamation plan, moving “Our job is to balance all of these inter- pass through to the licensing phase. in 2000. Operations restarted agreement transferred responsibility of it through the assessment and permit- ests while at the same item removing the The plan will need final Treasury Board in 2006. Elsa Reclamation managing Yukon resources from the fed- ting process, and implementing the environmental and physical hazards,” approval to receive government fund- and Development Company eral to the territorial government. final plan. It’s also responsible for care says Thrall. “Alexco is very supportive of ing, which Thrall says could take another Ltd. and Alexco Resource Before the agreement, the Govern- and maintenance of the site and water developing a heritage program and plan year before they can begin reclamation Corp. are responsible for care, ment of Canada was responsible for treatment. for Keno Hill that tries to balance all of work. A maintenance, and remediation. mining activity in the territory. Now, the these interests.”

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VICTORIA GOLD A YUKON-FIRST APPROACH TO MINING Victoria Gold relies on community to service Eagle Gold mine

f all goes well, construction at Victoria Gold’s Yukoners,” says Pillai. “[The company is] working IEagle Gold mine will finish in June 2019, ore to repatriate Yukoners who were drawn from our will be delivered to the heap-leach pad a month territory by external economic opportunities.” later, and the first gold poured in September—all One Yukoner who returned home is Dawn ahead of schedule. Moses. Moses was born and raised in Mayo. She John McConnell, Victoria Gold president and and her husband were living in Yellowknife and CEO, says spending money on additional night ready for a change when she called McConnell to shifts helped the project beat its original targets. ask about business opportunities. He also credits his supervisory team; their leader- McConnell worked with her to find a fit, and ship made increasing shifts possible, he says. now Moses and her husband are back in Mayo. McConnell says weather has been an ongoing “They've set up an expediting joint venture challenge for the project. with John Small,” McConnell explains. “They're “In the spring of last year, we had three times helping with expediting, but more importantly the annual rainfall in May,” says McConnell. they bought a bus and they transport our people “Dealing with mud really slows things down.” from the airport to the site.” But the unseasonable weather did have its Local benefits from the Eagle Gold mine extend benefits. McConnell says this winter was mild beyond employment. enough to extend the season, helping the team McConnell says wherever possible Victoria catch up on work and surpass project goals. Gold uses local companies. The team at Victoria The mine currently has 400 employees. Ten Gold has worked closely with the Na-Cho Nyäk percent of Victoria Gold’s crew are Mayo resi- Dun Development Corporation (NNDDC) since dents, 40 percent are First Nation citizens, and the beginning of the project. The two have built 30 percent are women. a strong relationship, and NNDDC has several McConnell took a Yukon-first approach to contracts with Victoria Gold. hiring and says all outside-Yukon hires must be “[NNDDC] have a joint venture with the cater- run by him first. ing, so they're doing all the catering. They have He says the results have exceeded expecta- a joint venture with a surveying company, so tions and created a diverse, local crew. they're doing all the surveying,” he says. Part of the Yukon-first approach included a Greg Finnegan, NNDDC president and CEO, recruitment campaign inviting Yukoners who left says working with Victoria Gold was a game the territory to return home and work in Mayo. changer. Ranj Pillai, Yukon Government minister of "We've been able to turn the [NNDDC] around

Photos: archbould.com energy, mines, and resources, says the recruit- from a very negative scenario to a very positive ment campaign is an example of a company scenario, literally as soon as Victoria Gold broke seeing the value of a local labour force. ground and started spending money on devel- “Victoria Gold Corp. is committed to hiring and opment," says Finnegan. "That allowed us to go training locally to provide good paying jobs for after grant money, put our percentage of the

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money in, acquire the grants, and get research done." He says it's also allowed NNDDC to diversify beyond mining. Some of their investments include upgrades to the Bedrock Hotel, which will house miners and other mine employees » Above: The primary crusher and coarse ore conveying for now, but will be incorporated into a storage on site at Victoria Gold's Eagle Gold mine. sustainable small-scale northern tourism Centre: Ore samples on display at Eagle Gold mine. opportunity in the future. Bottom: Constructing buildings at Eagle Gold mine. Improved infrastructure has been another benefit of the mine. Pillai says Eagle Gold was a significant factor in long-term infrastructure invest- ments made in the region. ”The Government of Yukon played a role in refurbishing the transmission infrastructure to allow the mine to con- nect to the grid and implement the power-purchase agreement with Yukon Energy,” says Pillai. “This investment in infrastructure also provides additional capacity for future growth in the area.” Pillai adds that Eagle Gold is more than a source of jobs for Yukoners. It’s also a case study on how to provide economic benefits to a community.

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Na-Cho Nyäk

Dun Development Sutherland Tyrell Photo: Corporation’s newest » Top Left: Big River Mineral Exploration (BRME) geologists working on the eastern side of the Gustavus Range, looking west at the Paterson company fills exploration Range. Centre: The Stewart River, and namesake "Big River" for the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, located just outside of Mayo. Bottom Left: BRME workforce gap in the geologist looking north at the Keno Ladue River with the Davidson Range in the background. Top Right: BRME geologist testing a soil Mayo region anomaly in a hand-dug trench, south of Mayo Lake.

yrell Sutherland has worked in the Mayo one will develop skills for the jobs we are Even with a limited hiring pool, BRME’s Tarea since 2011. He’s tried hiring local looking for,” says Sutherland, president future looks bright. The company proj- crews for exploration projects, but never and CEO of BRME. ects $750,000 to $1 million in contracts had enough work to support them for a full BRME’s long-term goal is to develop in its first year and plans to hire 18 to 30 season. exploration skills and expertise within employees this summer. “Typically, our projects were one–two the community. Greg Finnegan, CEO at the months in length, and most workers are While many citizens already work in Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Development Corpo- interested in full-time [work] for the whole Photo: JHugo Girard the industry, Sutherland suggests they ration, says BRME plans to recruit young field season,” he explains. “Without the should be leading projects in the area. geologists, as well as students hoping ability to hire people for the whole season, “The NNDDC wants to be in the driv- to work in geology, with a focus on First there is no way we could compete for local er’s seat of exploration, and to do that Nation youth. workers.” they need skills that are not currently “We're hoping to be able to find young He isn’t alone. Most small exploration available in the community,” Sutherland First Nation people who want to get into companies face the same challenge. But he explains. “We would like to develop the geology exploration world, and we hopes to change that with a new company, knowledge so that [Na-Cho Nyäk Dun will train them,” he explains. Big River Mineral Exploration (BRME). First Nation] citizens could eventually be Finnegan says BRME will have strong In October, Sutherland pitched his idea of running exploration on their own lands First Nation leadership, including a First a First-Nation-owned exploration company rather than just working at projects in Nation management team, which the to the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun Development Cor- their traditional territory.” company plans to develop over the next poration (NNDDC). His timing, he says, was While BRME is determined to hire as three to five years. perfect. many local workers as possible, they For now, Sutherland is focused on “NNDDC was undertaking a mineral understand the limits of the regional BRME’s upcoming season. inventory assessment of all the mineral hiring pool. There are currently more “We have a busy summer lined up in discoveries in the traditional territory of people working at Victoria Gold’s Eagle Mayo, and keeping that organized and [Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation], so the two Mine than living in Mayo, and the com- running smoothly is our top priority,” he projects, in essence, collided and BRME petition will only increase if a second says. was born,” he explains. mine opens, like Alexco Resources, in Sutherland believes creating a strong BRME will bridge the workforce gap for Keno City. team this season will give BRME a good exploration companies, providing crews “In this environment, we have to com- foundation to build on in its second to companies wanting to hire locally, while pete for employees with companies that year and help the company support ensuring workers have full-time employ- may be able to offer much more conven- more projects as exploration in the area ment for the season. tional working schedules and fewer, if grows. A “Nobody wants to only work somewhere any, educational requirements for posi- for two weeks, and if that is all you have, no tions,” says Sutherland. Photo: Josh Judson

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The Little Salmon/ he Little Salmon/Carmacks First “We don't want the big trucks roll- TNation and the Village of Carmacks ing through town when there's kids Carmacks First Nation are one step closer to getting their and dogs and adults walking along bypass. the streets,” says Bodie. “So we took and Yukon Government The Carmacks bypass will begin south a proactive course and said that we of the village and connect to the Free- would like this bypass put in for safety sign agreement on gold Road, allowing mine-haul trucks to reasons.” file is Monarch Insurance Brokers Limited, Andy Brickner, and our bypass the community. This time, the bypass is part of the insurance partners provide industry leading coverages at Carmacks bypass In a press release, Russell Blackjack, larger Yukon Resource Gateway Project, wrong size. affordable rates. We find the best rates for your business chief of the Little Salmon/Carmacks a joint initiative between the federal and 1-800-561-1713 through our independent insurance suppliers. [email protected] First Nation, says his First Nation and territorial governments and industry. is listed as 1/2 www.monarchins.com the Village of Carmacks have been The proposed undertaking will CONTRACTORS INSURANCE PACKAGES requesting the road for some time. improve existing infrastructure, includ- Mining & Exploration • General Contractors & Carpenters “The bypass project will help ensure ing replacement of several bridges, cul- Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning Contractors • Electricians • Drywallers • Welders the safety of Carmacks residents by verts, and stream crossings, upgrades Roofing, Siding & Sheet Metal • Steel Erection • Excavation Contractors redirecting industrial traffic away from to 650 kilometres of road in the mineral- the community,” says Blackjack in the rich central Yukon, and construction of release. a new road between the Casino and Lee Bodie, mayor of the Village of Coffee terminus points. Carmacks, says this is the community’s In 2017, the federal government com- third attempt at building the bypass. mitted up to $247,381,000 from the "It started twice and let go,” he says. Building Canada Fund for the venture. “We're hoping this time to go through.” Industry and the Yukon government will Bodie says the request for the new pitch in $108,662,000 and $112,802,000 road is based on public concern. respectively to complete the project,

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which is estimated to cost just under building houses, for building businesses, $500 million. for whatever we deem necessary to be In April, the Government of Yukon and there, which would add to our tax base, Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation which would mean we could then add announced they had reached an agree- more infrastructure and attract more ment for the proposed Carmacks bypass people,” says Bodie. project. In the Yukon’s 2019–2020 budget, “[The bypass] opens up Ranj Pillai, minister of energy, mines, $8.6 million has been allocated to the a whole new area for and resources, says the agreement is the Resource Gateway Project, with $3.5 first of a series of project agreements million dedicated to the Carmacks us for building houses, the Yukon government is hoping to final- bypass. The $3.5 million covers geotech- for building businesses, ize with affected First Nations. nical work and pit development, main- “The agreement enables the Little tenance and clearing of Freegold Road, for whatever we deem Salmon/Carmacks First Nation to access permitting and heritage assessments, necessary to be there, the potential contracting, education, and design work. which would add to our and training benefits associated with Pillai says the government has recently the project,” says Pillai. “The Yukon completed geotechnical investigations Welding & supplies | Machining | Hydraulics tax base, which would government has also agreed to provide on the Carmacks bypass and engineer- Oxygen | Acetylene | Other gases mean we could then add funding so the First Nation can partici- ing is underway with a goal to start con- pate effectively in the planning, design, struction as soon as possible—hopefully For medical and commercial gases and equipment more infrastructure and assessment, and regulatory processes.” this summer. He says it’s an important attract more people.” Bodie says beyond safety, the Car- project for the territory. COUNT ON US FOR ALL YOUR WELDING, MACHINING, macks bypass will open up land for both “The new road along with the other HYDRAULIC NEEDS, TRAILER PARTS & REPAIRS the village and the First Nation. new and improved roads related to “We have no places to add property the Yukon Resources Gateway Project Serving Yukon & beyond since 1944 and there's this whole big section of it will help enhance the development of within the village limits that is inacces- Yukon’s mineral resource sector,” Pillai 4269-4th Ave., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 1K5 Ph: 867-667-7606 Fax: 867-667-7604 sible to us,” says Bodie. “[The bypass] says. A opens up a whole new area for us for [email protected] jacobsindustries.ca

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2018 YUKON GEOSCIENCE TRADESHOW AND FORUM

he crowd was packed tight on the ing ones, reconnect with colleagues, and Ttradeshow floor for opening day of celebrate relationships, while keeping up the Yukon Geoscience Tradeshow and with industry trends and best practices. Forum. People shuffled from booth This year’s theme focused on First to booth, while the line at Goldcorp’s Nations partnerships, innovation, and exhibit spilled over to its neighbours as environmental reclamation. The tone attendees waited to test the company’s was set early on the first day by Dr. Ken virtual-reality mine tour. Coates, who opened the conference Optimism in the territory’s industry is with a keynote address on industry’s role growing, and the numbers at the 46th in First Nations reconciliation. annual Yukon Geoscience Tradeshow Coates’s talk was followed by a panel and Forum reflected that fact. discussion on Golden Predator’s Elders- Photo: Cosenti Graf-Smith Cosenti Photo: Over 700 delegates from across in-residence program, the first of its kind Canada and around the world attended in Canada. the four-day conference in Whitehorse, Kaska Elders Mary Caesar and Dorothy and tradeshow booths sold out for the Smith shared their experience at the resi- 11th consecutive year. Seventy-five dency, hosted at the 3 Aces mine, while exhibitors participated, including min- Susan Magun, administrative coordina- eral and exploration companies, industry tor at Golden Predator Mining Corp., suppliers and contractors, government and Janet Lee-Sheriff, Golden Predator departments, and non-profit orga- Mining Corp. CEO, spoke about the nizations. More than 20 participants benefits and lessons learned from the displayed samples in the core shack, program. and 21 authors presented in the poster Later in the afternoon, a keynote program. address from Rex Murphy attracted The Geoscience Forum and Trade- the largest audience of the conference, show brings together governments of with the crowd spilling into the hallway. all levels—territorial, federal, and First The media personality talked about the Nations—with industry and industry challenge of living in the “outer regions” partners. It’s an opportunity to build of Canada—areas often defined by the

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It’s an opportunity to build new partnerships and strengthen existing ones, reconnect with col- leagues, and celebrate relationships, while keep- ing up with trends and industry best practices. YUKON’S ARTS and ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE plus YUKON SOURDOUGH RENDEZVOUS FESTIVAL SPECIAL aRTS update —Spring 2019 1 comparisons between depressed fish- The Investment Forum included a key- ing villages on the east coast and mining note address from Glenn Mullan, presi- ghost towns scattered throughout dent of the Prospectors and Developers Canada. Association of Canada, on Canada’s The annual conference offered its overall competitiveness in the mineral traditional program of technical and industry, a panel on engaging inves- non-technical talks, which ranged from tors in the age of cannabis and crypto, innovations in technology and infrastruc- highlights from roundtables with junior ture to project and regional overviews, explorers, and corporate updates. community partnerships, and environ- Planning for next year’s conference mental-impact assessments. The talks has already started, and the committee ran concurrently with the tradeshow, hopes to build on the momentum from and organizers say they’ve always been the past few years. A a draw for delegates. Bell 206B's & 206L4's, Astar 350B-2's & B-3's While the technical talks focus on the Below: Rex Murphy joined representatives technical aspects of the industry, the » from Yukon's exploration and mining non-technical talks emphasize best prac- industry for lunch. tices and research. New this year, regulators and asses- sors were invited to present in the non- technical talks, offering industry a better understanding of the governing bodies that oversee regulation and permitting in the territory. The day included presen- tations from the Yukon Land Use Plan- ning Council, the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board, Yukon Water Board, and the Department RTS of Energy, Mines, and Resources. a The Yukon Chamber of Mines partnered update again this year with the Yukon Mining Alliance on the Investment Forum. The full-day program focused on investing in the industry with a spotlight on Yukon

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26 Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2019–20 Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2019–20 27 Yukon Chamber of Mines Photo: archbould.com Photos: Tamera Johnson Tamera Photos: » Left to Right: Lillian and Simon Hambrook received the Leckie Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship in Placer Mining. » Above: Bob Stirling received the 2018 Yukon Prospectors of the Year Award from Selwyn Chihong Mining’s Sukie Sidhu accepted the Leckie Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship in Quartz Mining. Dominion Carl Schulze on behalf of the Yukon Prospectors Association. Right: Heather Burrell Gold Resources’ Dean Russell accepted the Leckie Award for Responsible and Innovative Exploration and Mining Practices. Bob Holmes received was presented with the Yukon Chamber of Mines’ Member Award. an award recognizing his long career as Director of Minerals with Energy, Mines, and Resources of Yukon Government. Here he is with his wife Val at the 2018 Geoscience Awards Banquet.

2018 YUKON YUKON CHAMBER OF MINES GEOSCIENCE FORUM AWARDS

ast November, Yukon’s exploration Robert Leckie was a Mayo-based mining workshops. The company converted oil been successfully recontoured and reveg- revegetation, adding stability to the creek and approaching all mineral industry work Land mineral industry celebrated the inspector and instrumental in setting furnaces and hot-water tanks to propane etated, and waste has been removed from channel on the bends, and bulldozing in a responsible and sustainable manner. territory’s industry leaders at the annual standards for placer-mine waste. He also and modernized equipment, including the site, including historic barrels of waste overburden to the Black Hills Creek diver- Burrell has served as an appointed Geoscience Trade Show and Forum. advocated for strengthening the work- investing in environmentally friendly con- buried by a previous company. sion to encourage rapid regrowth, which member of the Yukon Minerals Advisory Each year the awards showcase industry’s ing relationship between industry and veying systems designed to move dirt The company also developed and was successful at previous reclamation Board, a member of the deputy minis- best sustainable, environmental, and government. more efficiently and cost effectively. implemented an Elder in Camp program efforts downstream. ter’s technical advisory committee, and community-development initiatives and The Robert E. Leckie Awards were cre- Dominion Gold Resources Ltd. also to assist and advise the company in The Yukon Chamber of Mines presented the vice-president of the Yukon Chamber honour those creating a more responsible ated by the Government of Yukon, in 1999, developed an ore-crushing prototype to achieving a full culturally integrated work- two awards during the Yukon Geoscience of Mines, chairing the Land Access and and accountable exploration and mineral as a tribute to Leckie’s career. increase productivity and is building an place and a student-worker shadow pro- Tradeshow and Forum: the Community Regulatory Affairs committee. industry. Dominion Gold Resources Ltd. on-site potable-water-treatment plant. gram to allow students to get a firsthand Award and the Member Award. The Yukon Prospectors Association Presented by the Government of Yukon, received the Leckie Award for Respon- Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. earned experience for the various positions. Archer, Cathro & Associates earned named Bob Stirling the 2018 Yukon Yukon Chamber of Mines, and Yukon sible and Innovative Exploration and the Leckie Award for Excellence in Simon and Lill Hambrook were given the Community Award for its dedica- Prospectors of the Year for his long and Prospectors Association, the awards are Mining Practices for rehabilitating its Environmental Stewardship in Quartz the Leckie Award for Excellence in tion to responsible exploration and com- tenacious career in the Yukon. Stirling has given to individuals and mineral-explora- property on Dominion Creek. Mining for its Selwyn Project, one of the Environmental Stewardship in Placer mitment to following established best been prospecting in the territory since tion companies that have contributed to Dominion Gold Resources Ltd. pur- largest undeveloped lead-zinc deposits in Mining for their reclamation work at Black practices, regulations, and input from the 1980s. His 30-year career included improving industry standards. chased its property, 55 km from Dawson the world. The transboundary project, 350 Hills Creek, which is a tributary of the stakeholders to ensure potential negative work with Fred Chudy and George Marr The Department of Energy, Mines, and City, in 2013. It’s one of the largest placer- km northeast of Whitehorse, spans the Stewart River. The Hambrooks have been environmental impacts are minimized. It at Miller Creek, United Keno Explora- Resources honours three notable quartz- mining properties in the Yukon, but in Yukon-N.W.T. border. mining the property since 2009 and began has designed and implemented programs tion, and Ampex Mining. In 2010, Stirling or placer-mining operations each year for 2013 the mine had been abandoned for The project focused on remediating drill reclamation work early in the project. on behalf of companies that have received staked and optioned quartz claims to BC their environmental stewardship or inno- eight years, neglected, and rundown. pads and trails and the removal of waste Most land-based reclamation was com- four Leckie Awards for excellent environ- Gold Corp. vative leadership in responsible explora- Work began on the property in 2014. that had accumulated since the 1980s. pleted in the fall of 2017 and summer of mental stewardship. tion and mining practices with the Robert Over four years, Dominion Gold Resources Since remediation work began, in 2016, 2018 and included contouring mined Heather Burrell was presented with The 47th annual Yukon Geoscience E. Leckie Awards. Ltd. repaired and rebuilt camp structures, roughly 438,800 square metres of ground areas and covering them with overburden, the Yukon Chamber of Mines’ Member Tradeshow and Forum will be held including houses, support buildings, and have been seeded, disturbed areas have leaving trees to act as seed sources for Award for commitment to the industry in Whitehorse on Nov. 16–19, 2019. A

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“It’s just wonderful that women are finally being recognized because [they] do play ACKNOWLEDGING a big role in mining.” A PAST WRONG Yukon First Nations, Youth of Today Society, and Yukon’s mining industry come together to nominate Kate Carmack into Canada’s Mining Hall of Fame joining the original Klondike gold inductees.

By Victoria Ryan he discovery of gold in Rabbit Creek, August for the nomination and is pleased Kate Car- T17, 1896, sparked the Klondike Gold Rush. mack is now recognized. “Kate could have been Four men received recognition for the find: the one who found the gold,” she says. “Many George Carmack, Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson people knew that, so it’s very important that she Charlie, and Robert Henderson. In 1999, they gets added to that group of people.” were inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall The application for Kate Carmack’s induction of Fame for their contribution to the mining was a collaboration between the Chamber of industry. Mines, the Youth of Society Today, Kwanlin Dün What many people don’t know, but has been First Nation (KDFN), and the KDFN Youth Advi- passed down through generations of First sory Committee to Council. Nations people, is that George Carmack’s wife, In 1999, Eileen Duchesne (now the assistant Kate, was with the men when the gold was dis- to KDFN Chief Doris Bill) wrote an article about covered. The story goes that Kate Carmack, Kate Carmack based on the accounts of Jessie a Tagish First Nation woman who helped her Scarf and Olive Patrick, two KDFN elders and husband survive in the bush with her traditional women’s rights advocates. It included the story knowledge, was the one who actually found the about how Kate was the one who discovered the first gold nugget, rumoured to be the size of a gold in 1896. “[The story] was carried over from silver dollar. one generation to the next,” Duchesne says. Kate Carmack was born Shaaw Tláa. She was In 2016, serendipity intervened when Lance Skookum Jim’s sister and, after being widowed, Burton, executive director of the Youth Society married American prospector George Carmack. of Today, was working on a project to paint Following the gold discovery, George took his murals around Whitehorse. Burton approached wife to the U.S. but later abandoned her and the Chamber of Mines about painting a mural married another woman. Kate unsuccessfully on their building and Executive Director Samson sued George for her share of their wealth and Hartland jumped at the opportunity. The youth eventually returned to the Yukon. She lived in involved in the project picked the stories to Carcross on government support and died in an paint, and they choose Kate’s story for the wall influenza epidemic, in 1920. of the Chamber of Mines building. The painting Among those close to Kate’s story, there has is based on the photo used in Duchesne’s article. been the nagging feeling it was an oversight “It was reflective of the story,” Burton says. to not include her in the induction to the Cana- Hartland and Duchesne had previously dis- dian Mining Hall of Fame. However, on January cussed the possibility of nominating Kate for 10, 2019, twenty years after her husband and induction in the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame,

Photo: Yukon Archives his companions were inducted, Kate joined the and the mural project gave new life to the idea. group of Klondike discoverers. Duchesne’s article, the Chamber of Mines’ work Anne Turner, founder and president of Yukon with the Youth Society and KDFN on the mural Women in Mining, provided a letter of support project, and the youth group’s decision to paint

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Carmack is the first Indigenous Kate Carmack all got the ball rolling. woman and just the third woman “Everything that happened along the inducted into the Canadian Mining way fed into the nomination occurring,” Hall of Fame. Hartland says. McLean says it’s also significant With a sponsorship from the Mining that Carmack is the first ever “sup- port” member to be included in the Association of Canada and letters of hall of fame. support from Yukon dignitaries and Photos: Keith Houghton “She had no claim, had no geology organizations in the mining sector, degree, but was the wheels on the Hartland and the Chamber of Mines parade float of gold seekers to the submitted an application. Early in 2018, goldfields of the Yukon,” says McLean. the news came that Kate would join the The Yukon Chamber of Mines Klondike discoverers. » Above: Louise Grondin (left), Agnico Eagle nominated Carmack for the tribute, The recognition of Kate as a strong Mines senior vice-president of environment, collecting support letters from Yukon First Nations woman who helped her sustainable development, and people and First Nation governments and partner husband with her traditional skills and CMHF director, presenting to Zena McLean. organizations as an act of reconcili- knowledge but was let down and poorly rtale er re ation. treated has significance that reverber- This versatile dual 120/240 volt unit is ideal The Viking VI is for those that need a side by rs erat Mike Burke, president of the Yukon for emergency backup power or use it as a side with toughness, practicality and the ates through society. 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» Left: (left to right) Kaska Elders Pam Bob, Aggie Magun, and Phoebe Lewis at the 3 Aces mine site. Top Centre: Group picture of Kaska Elders and Youth and 3 Aces staff at the Elders and Youth Retreat held in October 2018. Bottom Centre Left: Camp at 3 Aces mine site. Bottom Centre Right: Elders boarding a plane to fly into the remote mine site. Right: Jeff Cary and Melvin Tisga review core with Kaska Elders on site at 3 Aces.

“We're finding our voices through being involved RETURNING TO THE LAND with this Elders-in-residence program.” A MINING COMPANY’S FIRST NATIONS RESIDENCY PROGRAM UNITES ELDERS AND YOUTH

he concept behind Golden Predator’s Elders-in-residence pro- Susan Magun, administrative coordinator at Golden Predator, was At the end of the season, Golden Predator hosted a retreat at the based projects, and the program at the 3 Aces project is part of the Tgram was simple. Elders would be invited to live for one week at responsible for coordinating the program. camp and invited youth to attend and learn about geology. Six school- solution. the company’s 3 Aces mine, located in southeastern Yukon and the She advertised the opportunity and hung a calendar on her office aged youth and two high-school graduates joined the Elders. “We're just learning as we go along,” says Caesar. “We're still going traditional territory of the Kaska Nation. While there, they would wall to manage space in the program. She found it wasn’t hard to Magun says the youth really enjoyed their time at the camp and to have more discussions, more planning, as to what kind of ideas and spend time on the land. recruit. working alongside geologists. The experience also introduced youth programs we want to implement.” Kaska Elder Mary Caesar approached Janet Lee-Sheriff, CEO of “People just started coming in, and before you know it my calendar to a different skill set and encouraged them to upgrade or pursue Ultimately, the program is about preserving traditions and culture as Golden Predator, with the idea after a poorly attended community was full,” says Magun. further education in science. One of the attendees is now enrolled in much as it’s about bridging cultures, she adds. meeting in Watson Lake. The offer came when Lee-Sheriff was looking When the calendar was full, she made a list of Elders who were the Yukon College’s geology program. “We want to see more understanding among cultures—the non- for a more proactive approach to community engagement. interested in the program but weren’t able to join because of limited Magun says the 2019 program will create more space for youth to native culture and Kaska culture,” Caesar explains. Lee-Sheriff loved Caesar’s idea as soon as she heard it. space. But only one spot opened up over the season. participate. Caesar is hopeful other companies will adopt a residency program. “I said, ‘Mary, it's a fantastic idea. We'll do it,’” she says. Magun says the Elders really enjoyed the residency, which gave “We have youth that are interested in going,” she explains. “It would She was invited to BMC Mineral’s mine at Finlayson Lake, where they Planning moved quickly into action, with meetings held to discuss some challenged by age a chance to return to land-based traditions. be good to pair youth [with the Elders].” are planning their own Elders-in-residence program this summer. the potential program. “They're at that age where going camping would be a struggle,” Caesar agrees Elders and youth would benefit from working As for the program at the 3 Aces project, Magun says Elders have The first meeting was held in Watson Lake at Golden Predator’s Magun explains. “This way they're in a camp. They're still on the land, together. She emphasizes it’s important for Elders to be more proac- been stopping by her office since December and adding their names office. Twenty Elders attended, the first time in Lee-Sheriff’s 30-year they're being catered to, they're being cooked for, and they have a tive for the younger generation. to this year’s list. career she saw that many Elders at a meeting. nice, warm place to stay. They were driven around, they can pick medi- “We have to try to help our people,” she says. “We can't sit back “I've got, like, six Elders already on the [waiting] list,” Magun says. “And on top of that, 17 were women,” says Lee-Sheriff. “I figured, cine and see the wildlife, which they probably wouldn't be able to do anymore. We can't sit back and let the world go by.” “They want to make sure that they go and they don't get left out okay, we're onto something.” if they were here in town.” Mineral and resource development is spread across Kaska Nation because they didn't have a chance to go last year.” A The number grew to 30 Elders at the second meeting in Ross River. “They were really just happy,” Caesar adds. “I feel the Elders have Traditional Territory, which is home to five Kaska nations: Daylu Dena In June 2018, the program was opened to Kaska citizens aged 55 or some sort of renewed hope.” Council, Dease River First Nation, Kwadacha First Nation, Ross River older. Close to 80 Elders participated. She believes the renewed hope is as much for the youth as it is for Dena Council, and Liard First Nation. Caesar says First Nations com- Caesar says she was encouraged by the experience. the Elders. munities need a say in how companies develop mineral and resource- “We're finding our voices through being involved,” says Caesar.

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The Borealis Group Yukon Government CAP Engineering Yukon Engineering Services Map it Out ASSOCIATIONS/ 140 Northstar Dr. Economic Development Suite 105, 2131 2nd Ave. Suite 1, 151 Industrial Rd. PO Box 1137 GOVERNMENTS/ Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6V5 PO Box 2703 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1C3 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 ORGANIZATIONS (p) 867-668-2259 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6 (p) 867-668-6599 (p) 867-668-2000 (p) 867-993-6603

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BC Regional Council of Carpenters (p) 867-393-2493 [email protected] McElhanney Sidney, BC V8L 5X4 Suite 104,106 Strickland St. (f) 867-393-2492 www.yukonchamber.com Yukon Workers’ Consulting Services Ltd. (p) 250-656-7966 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2J5 www.amec.com Compensation H&SB Suite 200, 858 Beatty St. (f) 250-656-4789 (p) 867-667-2708 Yukon Contractors Association 401 Strickland St. Vancouver, BC V6B 1C1 [email protected] (f) 867-668-3426 Ecofor Consulting Ltd. Suite 220, 2237 2nd Ave. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5N8 (p) 1-604-683-8521 www.stantec.com [email protected] Suite 6B, 151 Industrial Rd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0K7 (p) 867-667-5450 (f) 1-604-683-4350 www.bcrcc.ca Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3 (p) 867-335-0374 (f) 867-393-6279 [email protected] (p) 867-668-6600 Tetra Tech Canada Inc. (f) 867-668-3874 [email protected] www.mcelhanney.com 14940-123 Ave. NW Canadian Northern Economic (f) 867-668-6601 [email protected] www.wcb.yk.ca Edmonton, AB T5V 1B4 Development Agency [email protected] www.yukoncontractors.ca SLR Consulting Ltd. (p) 780-451-2121 Suite 40-300 Main St. www.ecofor.ca CONSULTANTS 6131 6th Ave. www.tetratech.com/en/canada Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2B5 Yukon Federation of Labour Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1N2 (p) 867-667-3263 EDI Environmental Dynamics Suite 209, 4109 4th Ave. (p) 867-668-2847 Tintina Consultants (f) 867-667-3945 ENGINEERING & SURVEYING 2195 2nd Ave. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1H6 [email protected] PO Box 31242 www.cannor.gc.ca Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3T8 (p) 867-456-8250 Amec Foster Wheeler www.slrconsulting.com (p) 867-393-4882 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5P7 (f) 867-667-7918 (p) 778-229-4733 Chief Isaac Inc. 202 Hawkins St. (f) 867-393-4883 [email protected] SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. 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BMC Minerals (No. 1) Ltd. Key-May Industries Ltd. Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. All-In Exploration GEOSCIENCE MINING SERVICES Suite 750, 789 West Pender St. PO Box 3329 Suite 2701, 1055 West Georgia St. 113A Platinum Rd. & CONTRACTORS Aurora Geosciences Ltd. Vancouver, BC V6C 1H2 Sherwood Park AB Vancouver, BC V6E 0B8 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5M3 (p) 778-373-1549 T8H 2T3 (p) 604-620-6188 ext. 814 (p) 867-332-4437 34A Laberge Rd. COMMUNICATIONS Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y9 [email protected] (p) 780-417-1955 (f) 604-681-8344 [email protected] (p) 867-668-7672 www.bmcminerals.com (f) 780-417-1104 [email protected] Mosaic Communications (f) 867-393-3577 [email protected] www.selwynchihong.com Casino Mining Corporation 8 Tagish Rd. [email protected] CMC Metals Ltd. www.keymay.com 15th Floor, 1040 W. Georgia St. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3P5 www.aurorageosciences.com Suite 605, 369 Terminal Ave. Triumph Gold Corp. Vancouver, BC V6E 4H1 Vancouver, BC V6A 4C4 Klondike Gold Corp. Suite 1100, 1111 Melville St. (p) 1-888-966-9995 (p) 867-334-4770 [email protected] Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd. (p) 604-605-0166 Suite 3123, 595 Burrard St. Vancouver, BC V6E 3V6 (f) 604-669-2926 www.mosaicnorth.ca Suite 1510, 250 Howe St. (f) 604-692-0117 Vancouver, BC V7X 1J1 (p) 604-893-8757 [email protected] Vancouver, BC V6C 3R8 www.cmcmetals.ca (p) 604-559-4440 [email protected] www.casinomining.com Northwestel Inc. (p) 604-688-9806 [email protected] www.triumphgoldcorp.com Business Customer Care (f) 604-688-0235 Copper North Mining Corp. www.klondikegoldcorp.com Minto Explorations Ltd. (p) 1-800-661-0790 [email protected] Suite 1120, 1095 West Pender St. White Gold Corp. Suite 13, 151 Industrial Rd. [email protected] www.equityexploration.com Vancouver, BC V6E 2M6 Kreft Exploration The Exchange Tower Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3 (p) 604-340-1800 1 Locust Pl. Suite 2210, 130 King St. W (p) 604-424-8084 www.NWTEL.ca Reflex Instruments [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5G9 Toronto, ON M5X 1E4 (f) 604-759-0561 Total North Communications 70-C Mount Joy St. N (p) 867-668-7965 (p) 1-800-564-6253 [email protected] 127 Copper Rd. Timmins, ON P4N 4V7 Coureur Des Bois Ltd. [email protected] www.whitegoldcorp.ca www.capstonemining.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7 (p) 705-235-2169 3 Ryder Pl. (p) 867-668-5175 (f) 705-235-2165 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5T5 Metallic Minerals Corp. Victoria Gold Corporation HARDROCK MINING (f) 867-668-4710 www.reflexinstruments.com (p) 867-668-2593 PO Box 31215 c/o StrataGold Corp. [email protected] (f) 867-668-2592 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5P7 Agnico Eagle Mines Limited #584 - 1055 Dunsmuir St. www.totalnorth.ca [email protected] (p) 1-888-570-4420 Suite 400, 543 Granville St. Vancouver, BC V7X 1K8 MINERAL COMPANIES Vancouver, BC V6C 1X8 (p) 877-682-5122 Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. (p) 604-608-2557 (f) 604-682-5232 DRILLING COMPANIES EXPLORATION Suite 200, 44 - 12th Ave. S Suite 3001, 130 Adelaide St. W (f) 604-608-2559 [email protected] Cranbrook, BC V1C 2R7 Toronto, ON M5H 3P5 [email protected] [email protected] ALX Exploration Services Inc. 33 Levich Dr. Archer, Cathro & (p) 250-426-0749 (p) 604-569-3690 www.agnicoeagle.com www.vitgoldcorp.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0A8 Associates (1981) Ltd. (f) 250-426-6899 (f) 604-428-7528 (p) 867-668-6096 Suite 1016, 510 W. Hastings St. [email protected] [email protected] Alexco Resource Corp. [email protected] Vancouver, BC V6B 1L8 www.eagleplains.com www.nickelcreekplatinum.com Suite 3, 151 Industrial Rd. www.alx.ca (p) 604-688-2568 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V3 (f) 604-688-2578 Eureka Resources Inc. Overland Resources Yukon Ltd. (p) 867-633-4881 >>> [email protected] Suite 1100, 1111 Melville St. Suite 504, 602 West Hastings St. [email protected] Vancouver, BC V6E 3V6 Vancouver, BC V6B 1P2 www.alexcoresource.com ATAC Resources Ltd. (p) 604-449-2273 (p) 604-632-9915 Suite 1016, 510 West Hastings St. (f) 604-484-7143 (f) 604-632-9925 Vancouver, BC V6B 1L8 [email protected] [email protected] (p) 604-687-2522 www.eurekaresourcesinc.com www.overlandresources.com (f) 604-687-2582 [email protected] GroundTruth Exploration Inc. Pika Exploration Inc. www.atacresources.com PO Box 70 PO Box 218 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 Carcross, YT Y0B 1B0 Aurora Geosciences Ltd. (p) 867-993-5612 (p) 867-821-6075 34A Laberge Rd. (f) 867-993-5201 [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y9 [email protected] www.pikaexploration.com (p) 867-668-7672 www.groundtruthexploration.com (f) 867-393-3577 Predator Mining Group Inc. [email protected] Goldcorp Inc. 11521 N. Warren St. www.aurorageosciences.com Suite 3400, 666 Burrard St. Hayden, Idaho 83825 Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8 (p) 208-635-5415 (p) 604-696-3000 [email protected] www.goldcorp.com

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PO Box 3201 (p) 604-541-1362 ext. 101 Extreme Products & Drilling Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Z2 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2T7 Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 (f) 604-541-1363 Mercer Contracting-Distributor (p) 867-334-1666 (p) 867-633-4426 (p) 867-667-6161 (p) 250-847-2700 [email protected] 12 Boulder Rd. (f) 867-333-0474 (f) 867-456-2708 (f) 867-667-4194 [email protected] www.djdrilling.com Whitehorse, YT [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.summitcamps.ca (p) 867-393-3648 www.macphersonrentals.com www.pelly.net Fordia Group (toll-free) 844-393-3648 Cobalt Construction Talik Industrial Services Inc. 103-19050 25th Ave. [email protected] Mile 92340 Alaska Hwy. Mercer Contracting Rugged Edge Holdings Suite 102, 17910 55th Ave. Surrey, BC V3Z 3V2 www.mercercontracting.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0J9 12 Boulder Rd. Suite 3405, 19th Ave. Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 (p) 604-538-5050 (p) 867-668-3004 Whitehorse, YT PO Box 3621 (p) 1-888-535-4033 (f) 604-538-5056 Fordia Group [email protected] (p) 867-393-3648 Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 (toll-free) 844-393-3648 [email protected] Suite 103, 19050 25th Ave. www.cobaltconstruction.ca (toll-free) 844-393-3648 (p) 250-877-7776 [email protected] www.fordia.com Surrey, BC V3Z 3V2 [email protected] [email protected] www.talikindustrial.com (p) 604-538-5050 Extreme Products & Drilling www.mercercontracting.com Kluane Drilling Ltd. (f) 604-538-5056 17910 55 Ave. Sandvik Mining Technic Canada 14 MacDonald Rd. [email protected] Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 Mineral Services Inc. 300 Range Rd. Suite 1, 3551 Viking Way Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4L2 www.fordia.com (p) 604-575-6660 PO Box 519 PO Box 88 Richmond, BC V6V 1W1 (p) 867-633-4800 (toll-free) 844-393-3648 Skagway, AK 99840 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 08A (p) 604-270-8778 (f) 867-633-3641 Reflex Instruments [email protected] (p) 907-983-3545 (p) 867-668-5151 (f) 604-270-6529 [email protected] 70-C Mount Joy St. N www.extremeproductsinc.com (f) 907-983-3546 (f) 867-668-5157 [email protected] Timmins, ON P4N 4V7 [email protected] [email protected] Kryotek Arctic Innovation Inc. (p) 705-235-2169 Finning Canada Ltd. www.sandvik.com TSL Contractors Ltd. Suite 173, 108 Elliott St. (f) 705-235-2165 134C Industrial Rd. Northern Superior Mechanical Ltd. 17 Denver Rd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6C4 www.reflexinstruments.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V2 KM 712 N. Klondike Hwy. Spill-Chek Environmental Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S7 (p) 867-336-1597 (p) 867-668-4800 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 Products & Services Corp. (p) 867-667-6156 [email protected] Talik Industrial Services Inc. (f) 867-668-3871 (p) 867-993-5714 PO Box 2854 (f) 867-668-5809 www.kryotek.ca Suite 102, 17910 55th Ave. [email protected] (f) 867-993-5089 Dawson Creek, BC V1G 5A1 [email protected] Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 www.finning.ca [email protected] (p) 250-759-4419 Midnight Sun Drilling Inc. (p) 1-888-535-4033 www.napacanada.com [email protected] >>> Suite 413, 108 Elliot St. (toll-free) 844-393-3648 GEM Steel Edmonton Ltd. www.spill-chek.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6C4 [email protected] 9060 24 St. (p) 867-633-2626 www.talikindustrial.co Edmonton, AB T6P 1X8 (f) 867-633-2628 (p) 780-449-0000 YUKON PROUD [email protected] EQUIPMENT, SERVICE, SUPPLIERS (f) 780-449-0001 Yukon Owned and Community Focused www.midnightsundrilling.com [email protected] Castle Rock Enterprises has the knowledge, experience and commitment to the Avalanche Safety Services www.gemsteel.com community that only comes from living and working here in the Yukon. Based in Peak Drilling Ltd. 4 Adit Lane Whitehorse, our experienced team is committed to excellence in everything we do, for every customer, big or small. PO Box 3057 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0B7 General Refining Corporation Courtenay, BC V9N 5N3 (p) 867-3347669 Suite 6, 979 2nd Ave. (p) 250-897-0930 [email protected] PO Box 627 (f) 250-897-0960 Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 [email protected] Boreal Geosciences. (p) 867-993-5093 www.peakdrilling.com PO Box 31402 Stn. Main (f) 867-993-5094 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6K8 [email protected] 867.668.6188 | castlerockent.com (p) 867-456-4343 www.generalrefining.com Complete Site Preparation • Clearing, Wood Processing/Grinding, Grubbing & Stripping • Detailed Foundation [email protected] Excavation, Backfill • Earth Moving • Underground Utilities Installations • Complete Design Build Subdivision www.borealgeosciences.ca Development • Full Supplier of Sand, Gravel, Rock & Topsoil • Trucking, Gravel & Heavy Equipment Hauling Mining Construction • Land Remediation • Permitted Land Treatment Facility • Demolition • Snow Removal

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EXPEDITING EDUCATION/MINE TRAINING SGS Minerals Services EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Environmental Klondike Crane inspection Ltd. 3260 Production Way Refuelling Systems Inc. 10616-169 St. Hurlburt Enterprises Inc. Nordique Fire Protection Inc. Burnaby, BC V5A 4W4 U.A. Plumbing & Pipefitting 100B Platinum Rd. Edmonton, AB T5P 3X6 PO Box 33058 1412 Centennial St. (p) 604-638-2349 Local 170 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6A9 (p) 780-454-1811 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y5 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3Z3 (f) 604-444-5486 201-1658 Foster's Way (p) 867-668-4441 (f) 780-447-1690 (p) 867-633-5192 (f) 867-667-7355 [email protected] Delta, BC V3M 6S6 (f) 867-668-4481 www.klondikecrane.com (f) 867-633-6222 [email protected] www.sgs.com (p) 604-526-0441 x.234 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.envirofuel.ca Mercer Contracting www.hurlburt.ca Yukon College (CNIM) 12 Boulder Rd. 500 College Dr. SERVICE GROUPS EVENT VENUES Extreme Products & Drilling Whitehorse, YT Mayo Lake Minerals Inc. PO Box 2799 17910 55 Ave. (p) 867-393-3648 PO Box 158 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5K4 ACCOMMODATIONS MacBride Museum Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 (toll-free) 844-393-3648 Carp, ON K0A 1L0 (p) 867-668-8760 1127 Front St. (p) 604-575-6660 [email protected] (p) 613-839-3258 [email protected] Coast High Country Inn Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0G5 (toll-free) 844-393-3648 www.mercercontracting.com [email protected] www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/cnim 4051 4th Ave. (p) 867-667-6355 [email protected] www.ayolakeminerals.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1H1 [email protected] www.extremeproductsinc.com Northern Industrial Sales Yukon Learn Society (p) 867-667-4471 www.macbridemuseum.com 11440 163rd St. NW Mercer Contracting Suite B, 2158 2nd Ave. (f) 867-667-6457 Guillevin International Co. Edmonton, AB T5M 3T3 12 Boulder Rd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5N9 [email protected] EQUIPMENT, SERVICE, SUPPLIERS 113 Platinum Rd. (p) 780-454-2682 Whitehorse, YT (p) 867-668-6280 www.coasthotels.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5M3 [email protected] (p) 867-667-6468 www.northernindustrialsales.ca (p) 867-393-3648 (f) 867-633-4576 ALX Exploration Services Inc. (f) 867-667-7964 (toll-free) 844-393-3648 [email protected] Downtown Hotel 33 Levich Dr. www.guillevin.com Northern Vision Development LP [email protected] www.yukonlearn.com PO Box 780 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0A8 Suite 209, 212 Main St. www.mercercontracting.com Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 (p) 867-668-6096 Hurlburt Enterprises Inc. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2B1 Yukon Mine Training Association (p) 1-867-993-5346 [email protected] 11 Burns Rd. (p) 867-668-7886 ex.25 Puff-Wik Inc 2099 2nd Ave. (f) 1-867-993-5076 www.alx.ca PO Box Site 21 RR# 2 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1B5 [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Z3 [email protected] (p) 867-633-5192 www.nvdlp.com Cochrane, AB T4C 1A2 (p) 867-633-6463 Builders Supplyland (f) 867-633-6222 (p) 403-932-9213 (f) 867-633-2605 Edgewater Hotel Ltd. 414 Baxter St. [email protected] Nuway Crushing Ltd. (f) 403-932-9229 [email protected] 101 Main St. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2T5 www.hurlburt.ca 6 MacDonald Rd. [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2A7 (p) 867-668-6068 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Y5 www.puff-wik.com LABORATORIES (p) 867-667-2572 (f) 867-668-6052 (f) 867-668-3014 Inkspirationz Graphix (p) 867-668-3662 120 Platinum Rd. (f) 867-633-5354 Small's Expediting ALS Group [email protected] Coldwell Banker Redwood Realty Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6A9 [email protected] Suite 2, 25 Pilgrim Pl. 2103 Dollarton Hwy 4150 4th Ave. (p) 867-668-2114 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 North Vancouver, BC V7H 0A7 Eldorado Hotel Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1J2 (f) 867-668-6540 Office Supply Centre (p) 867-668-4291 (p) 604-984-0221 PO Box 338 (p) 867-668-3500 [email protected] 103 Elliot St. (f) 867-668-4475 [email protected] Dawson City, YT Y0B 1G0 (f) 867-667-2299 www.digitalink.ca Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1Z9 [email protected] www.alsglobal.com (p) 867-993-5451 [email protected] (f) 867-993-5256 (p) 867-633-7563 Kilrich Industries LP (f) 867-633-7577 FIRST AID/SAFETY Bureau Veritas Minerals [email protected] Dall Contracting Ltd. 30 Denver Rd. [email protected] 9050 Shaughnessy St. www.eldoradohotel.ca 110 Galena Rd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S7 www.yos-wbm.com 62 Degrees North Inc. Vancouver, BC V6P 6E5 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2W6 (p) 867-668-5958 PO Box 2896 (p) 604-253-3158 Westmark Hotels of Canada Ltd. (p) 867-667-2468 (f) 867-668-3682 Talik Industrial Services Inc. 134 Wilkinson Cres. [email protected] 201 Wood St. (f) 867-667-6704 [email protected] Suite 102, 17910 55th Ave. Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R2 (f) 604-253-1716 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2E4 [email protected] www.kilrich.ca Surrey, BC V3S 6C8 (p) 867-446-7883 [email protected] (p) 867-393-9700 (p) 1-888-535-4033 [email protected] [email protected] hmcintyre@ Duncan's Ltd. Klondike Business Solutions (toll-free) 844-393-3648 www.62dgreesnorth.ca [email protected] hollandamerica-princess.com 106 Copper Rd. 212 Black St. [email protected] www.bureuveritas.com/um www.westmarkhotels.com Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z6 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2M9 www.talikindustrial.com Northern Safety Network (p) 867-667-6613 (p) 867-456-3380 478 Range Rd. Maxxam Analytics Yukon Inn (f) 867-668-4502 (f) 867-668-2650 Yukon Energy Corporation Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3A2 4606 Canada Way 4220 4th Ave. [email protected] [email protected] PO Box 5920 (p) 867-633-6673 Burnaby, BC V5L 1K5 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1K1 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6S7 (f) 867-633-6391 (p) 604-639-2607 (p) 867-667-2527 (p) 867-393-5300 [email protected] [email protected] (f) 867-668-7643 [email protected] www.yukonsafety.com [email protected] [email protected] www.maxxam.ca www.yukoninn.com www.yukonenergy.ca

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Tintina Air Inc. North 60 Petro Ltd. FINANCIAL/LEGAL MacDonald & Company G-P Distributing Inc. TRANSPORTATION 100 Condor Rd. 146 Industrial Rd. Suite 200, 204 Lambert St. Wholesale Food Distribution Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2V1 AON Reed Stenhouse Inc. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3T2 29 MacDonald Rd. AIR (p) 867-332-8468 (p) 867-633-8822 Suite 201, 9016 Quartz Rd. (p) 867-667-7885 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4L1 [email protected] (f) 867-633-8841 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z5 (f) 867-667-7600 (p) 867-667-4500 Air North Ltd. www.tintinaair.com [email protected] (p) 867-668-4343 [email protected] (f) 867-667-4501 150 Condor Rd. (f) 867-668-4340 [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 Trans North Helicopters Superior Propane www.aon.ca FOOD SERVICES www.g-pdistributing.com (p) 867-668-2228 PO Box 8 106 Galena Rd. (f) 867-668-6224 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5X9 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2W6 Austring, Fendrick, & Fairman Aramark Remote Northland Beverages Ltd. [email protected] (p) 867-668-2177 (p) 867-668-7444 3081 3rd Ave. 9647 45th Ave. NW 115 Copper Rd. www.flyairnorth.com (f) 867-668-3420 (f) 867-668-4946 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Z7 Edmonton, AB T6E 5Z8 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2Z7 [email protected] [email protected] (p) 867-668-4405 (p) 780-437-5665 (p) 867-667-2602 Alkan Air Ltd. www.tntaheli.com www.superiorpropane.com (f) 867-668-3710 (f)780-437-3630 (f) 867-667-2458 105 Lodestar Lane [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6E6 TRK Helicopters RENTALS www.lawyukon.com www.aramark.ca www.northlandbeverages.ca (p) 867-668-2107 217 Alsek Rd. (f) 867-667-6117 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4R3 Driving Force Lawson Lundell LLP ESS Support Services Worldwide Summit Camps [email protected] (p) 867-456-7671 213 Range Rd. Suite 1600 Cathedral Pl. Suite 300, 2710 17th Ave. SE 4092 Railway Ave. www.alkanair.com [email protected] Whitehorse, YT Y1A 3E5 925 West Georgia St. Calgary, AB T2P 0P6 PO Box 3201 www.trkheli.com (p) 867-668-2137 Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2 (p) 587-216-9058 Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 Canadian Helicopters Ltd. (f) 867-633-3110 (p) 604-685-3456 www.compass-canada.com (p) 250-847-2700 PO Box 20452 Uniglobe Specialty Travel [email protected] (f) 604-669-1620 (f) 250-847-2702 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 7A2 212 Lambert St. www.drivingforce.ca www.lawsonlundell.com [email protected] (p) 867-633-4354 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1Z4 www.summitcamps.ca (f) 867-633-4345 (p) 867-668-3300 K & K Truck Rentals [email protected] (f) 867-668-3305 4211 4th Ave. getaway@ Whitehorse, YT Y1A 1K2 Capital Helicopters (1995) Inc. uniglobespecialtytravel.com (p) 1-888-871-0082 Suite 3, 25 Pilgrim Pl. www.uniglobespecialtytravel.com (f) 1-866-695-2322 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 [email protected] (p) 867-668-6200 FREIGHT www.kandk.ca A (f) 867-668-6201 [email protected] Alaska Marine Lines/Canadian Lynden PO Box 33066 Fireweed Helicopters Ltd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5Y5 PO Box 26 (p) 867-633-5400 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5X9 (f) 867-668-3196 (p) 867-668-5888 [email protected] (f) 867-668-7875

GOLDEN AGE UP THE CREEK? [email protected] Mercer Contracting Cooking with Yukon honey CARCROSS STEWARDS Happy paddling with kids Creating a bright future www.fireweedhelicopters.ca 12 Boulder Rd. Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5S8 ® Horizon Helicopters Ltd. (p) 867-393-3648 YUKONNORTH of ORDINARY Spills happen 20 Electra Cres. (toll-free) 844-393-3648 But quick response, proactive maintenance Whitehorse, YT Y1A 0M7 [email protected] THIs is and carrying a spill kit can save you greatly. (p) 867-633-6044 www.mercercontracting.com Country FindingBear ways to coexist It’s your responsibility to immediately report all spills to the (f) 867-633-6045 [email protected] Growing older with FUEL plusa sense of adventure www.horizonhelicopters.ca Yukon Spills Line Vol. 13 Issue 2 Summer 2019 www.NorthofOrdinary.com CAN. $6.95 l U.S. $4.95 The Offi cial Infl ight Magazine of

SUMMER 2019 1 PM YUKON North of Ordinary l AFD Petroleum Ltd. Diy unti u 1 201 9 867-667-744 Kluane Helicopters 44 MacDonald Rd. 24 hours PO Box 2128 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4L2 1•877•649•0954 Haines Junction, YT Y0B 1L0 (p) 867-667-6211 213 Range Road Whitehorse, YT (p) 867-634-2224 (f) 867-668-3621 Yukon.ca/report-spill Whitehorse Erik Nielson Int’l Airport (f) 867-634-2226 [email protected] drivingforce.ca Subscribe online [email protected] www.afdpetroleum.com northofordinary.com/subscribe

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COMPANY PAGE COMPANY PAGE COMPANY PAGE COMPANY PAGE

62 Degrees North Inc. 54 Driving Force 57 MBS Yukon 49 Total North Communications 51

AFD Petroleum Ltd. 57 Duncan's Ltd. 55 McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. 49 Trans North Helicopters 57

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 51 Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. 50 Mercer Contracting 53, 54, 55, 57 Yukon Energy Corporation 55

Air North Ltd. 57 Ecofor Consulting Ltd. 49 Metallic Minerals Corp. 50 Yukon Engineering Services 49

Alaska Marine Lines/Canadian Lynden 57 Edgewater Hotel Ltd. 54 Midnight Sun Drilling Inc. 52 Yukon Federation of Labour 48

53 Yukon First Nations Alaska Miners Association 48 EDI Environmental Dynamics Inc. 49 Mineral Services Inc. Chamber of Commerce 48

51 Yukon Government – Alexco Environmental Group Inc. 49 Eldorado Hotel 54 Minto Explorations Ltd. Economic Development 48

51 Yukon Government Alexco Resource Corp. 51 Environmental Refueling Systems Inc. 55 Mosaic Communications Energy, Mines, & Resources 48

Alkan Air Ltd. 57 Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd. 50 Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. 50 Yukon Inn 54

All-In Exploration 51 ESS Support Services Worldwide 56 Nordique Fire Protection Inc. 54 Yukon Learn Society 54

ALS Group 54 Eureka Resources Inc. 50 North 60 Petro Ltd. 57 Yukon Mine Training Association 54

ALX Exploration Services Inc. 51, 55 Extreme Products & Drilling 52, 55 Northern Enviro Services 49 Yukon Mining Alliance 48 Extreme Products & Drilling AME BC 48 52 Northern Industrial Sales 55 Yukon Women in Mining 48 Mercer Contracting-Distributor Amec Foster Wheeler 48, 49 Finning Canada Ltd. 52 Northern Safety Network 54 Yukon Workers’ Compensation H&SB 48

AON Reed Stenhouse Inc. 56 Fireweed Helicopters Ltd. 57 Northern Superior Mechanical Ltd. 53

Aramark Remote 56 Fordia Group 52 Northern Vision Development LP 55

Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Ltd. 50 G-P Distributing Inc. 56 Northland Beverages Ltd. 56 Photo: archbould.comPhoto: Associated Engineering & 48 GEM Steel Edmonton Ltd. 52 Northwestel Inc 51 Summit Environmental ATAC Resources Ltd. 50 General Refining Corporation 52 NU-Line Powerline Contractors Ltd. 53

Aurora Geosciences Ltd. 50 Goldcorp Inc. 50 Nuway Crushing Ltd. 55

Austring, Fendrick, & Fairman 56 GroundTruth Exploration Inc. 50 Office Supply Centre 55

Avalanche Safety Services 52 Guillevin International Co. 55 Overland Resources Yukon Ltd. 50

BC Regional Council of Carpenters 48 Hemmera 49 Peak Drilling Ltd. 52

BluMetric Environmental Inc. 48 High Country Inn 54 Pelly Construction Ltd. 53

BMC Minerals (No. 1) Ltd. 50 Horizon Helicopters Ltd. 57 Pika Exploration Inc. 50

Boreal Geosciences 52 Hurlburt Enterprises Inc. 54, 55 Predator Mining Group Inc. 50

Builders Supplyland 55 IBEW Local 993 48 Puff-Wik Inc. 54

Bureau Veritas Minerals 54 Icefield Tools Corp. 53 Reflex Instruments 50, 52

Canadian Helicopters Ltd. 57 Inkspirationz Graphix 55 Rugged Edge Holdings 53 Canadian Northern Economic 48 K&K Truck Rentals 57 Sandvik Mining 53 Development Agency CAP Engineering 49 KBL Environmental Ltd. 49 Selkirk Development Corporation 48

Capital Helicopters (1995) Inc. 57 Key-May Industries Ltd. 50 Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. 51

Career Industries Ltd. 52 Kilrich Industries LP 55 SGS Minerals Services 54

Casino Mining Corporation 51 Klondike Crane inspection Ltd. 55 SLR Consulting Ltd. 49

Castle Rock Enterprises 52 Klondike Gold Corp. 50 Small's Expediting 54 Spill-Chek Environmental Challenger Construction 52 Kluane Drilling Ltd. 52 53 Products & Services Corp. Challenger Geomatics Ltd. 49 Kluane Helicopters 57 SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. 49

Chief Isaac Inc. 48 Kreft Exploration 50 Stantec Consulting Ltd. 49

CMC Metals Ltd. 50 Kryotek Arctic Innovation Inc. 52 Stewart Basin Exploration 53

Cobalt Construction 52 Lamerton Land Surveys 49 Summit Camps 53, 56

Coldwell Banker Redwood Realty 55 Lawson Lundell LLP 56 Superior Propane 57 MacBride Museum c/o Copperbelt Copper North Mining Corp. 50 55 Talik Industrial Services Inc. 52, 53. 55 Railway & Mining Museum Coureur Des Bois Ltd. 50 MacDonald & Company 56 Technic Canada 53

Cyr Drilling International Ltd. 52 MacPherson Rentals/Bobcat/Doosan 53 Tetra Tech Canada Inc. 49

Dall Contracting Ltd. 55 Map it Out 49 The Borealis Group 48

DJ Drilling & Jedway Enterprises 52 Maxxam Analytics 54 Tintina Air Inc. 57

Downtown Hotel 54 Mayo Lake Minerals Inc. 54 Tintina Consultants 49

58 Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2019–20 Yukon MINING & EXPLORATION Directory 2019–20 59 Visit AlkanAir.com Call 867 668 2107 E-mail [email protected] AlkanAirLtd/