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LEGEND ARCTIC OCEAN Commodity (Number of Properties) Projects By Commodity Group

Base Metals, Active (2) Base Metals, Inactive (4) 80°N OCÉAN ARCTIQUE Mineral Exploration, Mining and Geoscience Diamonds, Active (7) Diamonds, Inactive (2)

Gold, Active (39) Gold, Inactive (3)

Projects 2017 Uranium, Active (2) Uranium, Inactive (2)

Quttinirpaaq NP 0 62.5 125 250 375 500 Mine, Active (3) Mine, Inactive (4)

Kilometres Ni Cu PGE, Inactive (1) Projection: Canada Lambert Conformal Conic, NAD 83 ISLANDS Areas with Surface and/or Subsurface Restrictions PRODUCED BY: - ÉLISABETH Nansen CPMA Caribou Protection Measures Apply MBS Migratory Bird Sanctuary Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office NP National Park Sound ELLESMERE [email protected] ELIZABETHREINE NWA National Wildlife Area ISLAND TP Territorial Park www.cngo.ca Agassiz Kane LA Basin WP Wildlife Preserve Ice Cap WS Wildlife Sanctuary Government of Nunavut QUEEN Department of Economic Development and Transportation ÎLES DE Kalaallit Nunaat Inuit Owned Lands (Fee simple title) www.gov.nu.ca/edt Müller Surface Only Ice Cap GREENLAND/GROENLAND AXEL Surface and Subsurface HEIBERG ÎLE (DENMARK/DANEMARK) Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated ISLAND Geological Mapping Programs www.tunngavik.com D'ELLESMERE Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Massey Sound Boundaries Nunavut Regional Office Prince Ellef Ringnes Hassel Sound Prince of Wales Icefield NLCA1 Nunavut Settlement Area www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/nunavut Gustaf Adolf Island Amund This map was created for illustrative purposes only and is not intended for any other purpose. Sea Ringnes Eureka Sound Nunavut Regions Island NILCA 2 Nunavik Settlement Area Provincial / Territorial

Transportation Routes ISLANDSHazen Strait Meadowbank / Amaruq Road

Byam Martin Channel Meliadine Road PARRY ! Milne Inlet Tote Road / Proposed Rail Line Grise Fiord Nirjutiqavvik Yellowknife-Contwoyto Winter Road NWA Qausuittuq Proposed Bathurst Inlet Port and Road NP Proposed Road MELVILLE ISLAND BATHURST Proposed Nunavut to Manitoba Road Polar Bear Pass Devon NWA Proposed Steensby Inlet Rail Line Ice Cap ISLAND 1 NLCA The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement 70°N 2 Cornwallis NILCA The Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement Island Polaris Mine BAIE DE BAFFIN !Resolute

Melville Sound P A R R Y Viscount C H A N N E L Prince Leopold Bylot Island Seal Island MBS Storm Bylot Island Stefansson 102 101 Sirmilik NP MBS Peel Sound Nanisivik MineAdmiralty Inlet Island ! ! Pond Inlet SOMERSET Arctic Bay Borden M'Clintock ISLAND Storkerson Sirmilik Milne Inlet NP Peninsula PRINCE OF WALES Brodeur Peninsula Prince Regent Inlet Clyde River Amundsen ISLAND ! Channel Peninsula 401 70°N Gulf 2 Mary River Mine BAFFIN 8 Niginganiq NWA Détroit de Davis

Gulf of Boothia ÎLE Barnes Ice Cap 3 Steensby Inlet Tuktut Qikiqtani Nogait Boothia DE Qaqulluit NWA Qikiqtarjuaq Akpait NWA NP Larsen Sound ! Collinson Peninsula ISLAND Baffin Gold Peninsula Kitikmeot 306 ! BAFFIN Auyuittuq NP CUMBERLAND Penny PENINSULA ! Ice Cap Taloyoak ! Hall Beach ! King Kugluktuk William Rasmussen Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office Prince Pangnirtung Island ! ! 104 Gjoa Haven Charles 103 Grays Bay Doris Mine ! Basin !Kugaaruk MELVILLE Island 502 Queen Maud GulfStoris Passage Committee Mountain Lake Arctic Copper Arcadia Bay 303 Umingmaktok 324 316 Mel Nettilling Elu Belt Wales I. Lake 320 ! 326 Madrid 206 Grumpy 105 Bay PENINSULA High Lake 325 Boston Hood River FOXE 343 Happy Thought ARCTIC CIRCLE Hood River (Di) Inuk DeweyMBS Soper 203 342 321 309 BASIN CERCLE ARCTIQUE Fire Shear ! MBS Bowman Chidliak Bathurst Inlet Bay WS HALL PENINSULA201 Jericho Mine 1 207 Muskox Anuri-Raven 204 Three Bluffs ! Amadjuak 208 202 310 Lake River 106 Contwoyto Naujaat Izok Lake Four Hills-Cop 308 307 Itchen Lake 344 338 345 341 IQALUIT Ujaraq 304 George Lake West Plains 311 ! River Hiqiniq 339 Qannituq Ukkusiksalik NP Foxe Channel 9 5 Lupin Mine 305 Goose Lake Back 4 Esker Lake 340 7 Coppermine 336 Uist Amaruq Beverly CPMA 301 Nanuq ! 337 335 Bling 210 META Ekati Mine 302 Katannilik TP INCOGNITA Meadow River Meadowbank Mine ! PENINSULA Diavik Mine Cape Dorset Markham Bay Kimmirut Goldbugs White Hills 329 Aberdeen Greyhound SOUTHAMPTON Coral Harbour Big Thelon WS Lake 318 ISLAND ! St. Tropez 504 319 Kivalliq MBS Island ResolutionIsland Snap Lake Mine 503 Baker Lake TERRITOIRES DU NORD-OUEST ! Harry Détroit d' Hudson Kiggavik Baker Lake Roes Welcome Sound Gahcho Kué Mine River Cone Hill Gibbons Charles 312 MBS Island River Gibson MacQuoid 317 209 Luxx Parker Lake 314 YELLOWKNIFE !Chesterfield Inlet Raglan Mine Fox Lake Kuulu Dubawnt 313 60°N 205 Kahuna Coats Peter Lake 315 328 Nunavik Nickel Mine Lake 6 330 Mansel Ferguson Lake Meliadine Island 601 Qamanirjuaq ! Island Angilak Rankin Inlet 501 CPMA Grand lac des Esclaves Yathkyed Partners in Mineral Resource Development: 332 334 Baie d'Ungava Kazan Lake Quartzite Dubawnt !Whale Cove Office Locations IQALUIT YandleNorth Henik Lake333 Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Noomut 331 Nunavut Regional Office South Henik Lake Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office 60°N Hard Cash Nigel !Arviat Government of Nunavut, Department of Economic Development 323 322 Thlewiaza River & Transportation, Minerals & Petroleum Resources Division McConnell River MBS Kiyuk ARVIAT 327 Government of Nunavut, Arviat Office CAMBRIDGE BAY ALBERTA Lake Athabasca Government of Nunavut, Cambridge Bay Office Lac Athabasca Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Lands Office SASKATCHEWAN BAIE D' HUDSON Churchill MANITOBA ! Overview 2017: Nunavut - Mineral Exploration, Mining and Geoscience 140°W 100°W 60°W

GREENLAND !Sanikiluaq 10 ICELAND Belcher Arctic Circle QUÉBEC 60°N Islands

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NUNAVUT The online version of the publication can be acessed at: http://cngo.ca/exploration-overview/2017/ WP James Bay C A Twin Islands WS N A D A Visit www.nunavutgeoscience.ca SOURCES Akimiski Akimiski I. Exploration and Geoscience Data: Exploration Overview magazine Island MBS Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Nunavut Regional Office Exploration Overview maps Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office Baie James Assessment Reports Base Map Data: MBS 40°N Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Nunavut Regional Office Nunavut Minerals database (NUMIN) Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated National Atlas of Canada Framework Series ONTARIO Geoscience Publications UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Natural Resources Canada National Road Network Hannah Bay MBS MIRAGE geoscience maps

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