Lively (Ontario) FÉNELON GOLD MINING PROJECT PROJECT NOTICE REGULATION RESPECTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW PROCEDURE ENV0975-1501-00_EN GCM Reference No.: 18-1235-0975 Prepared by: Valérie Fortin, Eng. OIQ No.: 5016764 GCM Consultants Émilie Bélanger, Project manager Verified by: GCM Consultants Revision Issue Date 00 FINAL 2019.06.21 FÉNELON GOLD MINING PROJECT PROJECT NOTICE WALLBRIDGE PROJECT TEAM – GCM CONSULTANTS Émilie Bélanger Project manager, revision Valérie Fortin, eng. Coordination, analysis and drafting Karine Gauthier-Hétu, M.Env. & M.I.E. Drafting and revision Réal Baribeau, eng. Drafting Philippe Charest-Gélinas, biologist Drafting Vanessa Millette, biologist Drafting Amélie Mondor Secretariat Moana Ladouceur Translation PROJECT TEAM – WALLBRIDGE MINING COMPANY LIMITED François Demers Vice President – Mining and Projects Lyne Thompson Environmental Coordinator Document: ENV0975-1501-00_EN | Project: 18-1235-0975 | GCM Consultants | 2 of 40 FÉNELON GOLD MINING PROJECT PROJECT NOTICE WALLBRIDGE TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 4 2.0 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ............................................................................................................................ 5 3.0 GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT .................................................................................................... 7 4.0 INFORMATION ACTIVITIES AND CONSULTATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ... 26 5.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT’S KEY ISSUES AND ANTICIPATED IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT ........... 28 6.0 IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE....................................................................................................................... 36 7.0 SUBSEQUENT PHASES AND ASSOCIATED PROJECTS ..................................................................................... 36 8.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................. 36 MAPS Map 1. Location of the Fénelon Mining Site .................................................................................................................. 9 Map 2. Location of the Mining Titles on the Fénelon Mining Property....................................................................... 10 TABLES Table 1. History of Property Titles and Development Work at the Fénelon Mining Site ............................................ 12 Table 2. History of Authorization Requests to the MERN and MELCC for the Fénelon Mining Site ............................ 14 Table 3. Mineral Resources Estimated at a Cut-off Grade of 5 g/t Au for the Fénelon Project .................................. 16 Table 4. Estimated Mineral Reserve in Au for the Fénelon Project ............................................................................. 16 Table 5. Available Resources Following the 35,000-mt Bulk Sampling ....................................................................... 16 Table 6. Estimated Quantities of Materials to Manage ............................................................................................... 20 Table 7. Atmospheric Emission Sources and Mitigation Measures ............................................................................. 25 APPENDIX 1. Administrative documents 2. Mine site location map 3. Plans, sections and 3D diagram of mineralized zones 4. Preliminary geochemical characterization report (Ecometrix 2019) 5. Surface plan 6. 2018 annual report 7. Table of GHG sources by project phase Document: ENV0975-1501-00_EN | Project: 18-1235-0975 | GCM Consultants | 3 of 40 FÉNELON GOLD MINING PROJECT PROJECT NOTICE WALLBRIDGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Contextual Setting Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (hereafter Wallbridge) is a junior mining company with projects in Ontario and Québec. In September 2016, Wallbridge acquired the Fénelon mining property, located approximately 80 km north-west of Joutel, in the Nord-du-Québec region, in an area governed by the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement (JBNQA). In April 2019, Wallbridge conducted a 35,000-metric-ton (mt) bulk sampling campaign at the Fénelon deposit, and will continue its exploration activities in the short term by conducting an additional 25,000-mt bulk sampling with the appropriate approvals. In parallel to this second bulk sampling, Wallbridge wishes to take all the required steps in the context of an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) in order not to delay the approval process. Currently, the Fénelon mining project represents the underground extraction of approximately 100,000 ounces of gold from 285,000 tons of gold-bearing ore. This is the backdrop to the filing of this project notice, in compliance with regulation Q-2, r.25, a Regulation respecting the environmental and social impact assessment and review procedure applicable to the territory of James Bay and Northern Québec, and in accordance with appendix 1 of Chapter 22 of the JBNQA, these being triggers for the environmental assessment process, which leads to the acquisition of directives from the Evaluating Committee (EVCOM) of the Ministère de l’Environnement et de la lutte contre les changements climatiques (MELCC). 1.2 Objectives The project objective is to perform the underground mining of a high-grade gold deposit by sinking deep access ramps to mineralized zones from the existing portal and ramps. The project intends to transport the extracted ore to a local ore treatment plant and have it custom milled for gold production. 1.3 Project Justification The results of the prefeasibility study (InnovExplo, 2017) as well as those of recent exploration drillings and the previous bulk sampling conducted by Wallbridge demonstrate that, with the right extraction and processing methods, existing mineral resources have a good potential for profitable mining operations. Mining infrastructures that were implemented during previous advanced exploration activities are adequate and few additions will be necessary. This brings a technical and economic advantage to the viability of mining activities. Moreover, experienced Wallbridge personnel are already in place, and various industrial partners have already been confirmed and are currently working directly on site. These factors are greatly important to project continuity—first regarding the retention of qualified personnel, and second because the machinery is readily available on site to complete the work. This project’s economic viability is also bolstered by the use of an existing ore treatment facility. The Fénelon property has demonstrated potential for harbouring a high-grade mesothermal gold deposit (WSP, 2016). The southern part of the property overlaps with the Sunday Lake deformation zone, which hosts Detour Gold Corporation’s multi-million-ounce gold deposit. Proximity to such regional gold-bearing deformation zones is key to discovering gold mines all Document: ENV0975-1501-00_EN | Project: 18-1235-0975 | GCM Consultants | 4 of 40 FÉNELON GOLD MINING PROJECT PROJECT NOTICE WALLBRIDGE over Abitibi. A number of occurrences are known from drillings on the property, and the discovery potential remains high (WSP, 2016). Wallbridge intends to pursue a second bulk sampling in the summer of 2019, not only to acquire new information on measured and indicated resources from the new mineralized zones, but also to optimize a mining method that is specific to the local geology and continue ore treatment trials to confirm some of the technical aspects related to gold recovery. Nevertheless, at this stage, Wallbridge wants to proceed with the project’s environmental impact assessment in order not to delay the approval process. In this context, the present project notice is filed to start the environmental assessment process, for the purpose of obtaining guidelines from the MELCC- EVCOM. 2.0 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS 2.1 Promoter Identification Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd Mail: Head office 129 Fielding Road Lively (Ontario) V6C 3L6 Contact person: Mr. François Demers, eng., Vice-President – Mining and Projects Phone: 705-682-9297 ext. 262 Email: [email protected] 2.2 Identification of the Mandated Consultant GCM Consultants inc. Mail: Regional office (Amos) 12, 1st Avenue West, Office 17, P.O. Box 1 Amos (Québec) J9T 1T8 Phone: 514-351-8350 Contact person 1: Ms. Émilie Bélanger, Project Lead – Environment Phone: 819-442-3694 Email: [email protected] Contact person 2: Ms. Valérie Fortin, Project Manager – Environment Phone: 418-834-8364 ext. 6025 Email: [email protected] 2.3 Québec Enterprise Number The Québec Enterprise Number for Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd as listed in the Québec Enterprise Register is 1172006968. Document: ENV0975-1501-00_EN | Project: 18-1235-0975 | GCM Consultants | 5 of 40 FÉNELON GOLD MINING PROJECT PROJECT NOTICE WALLBRIDGE 2.4 Administrative Documents Please find in appendix 1 a certified true extract of a resolution by Wallbridge’s board of directors authorizing Mr. François Demers as representative in order to present and file this project notice, as well as an applicant’s statement and a check for $1,417. 2.5 Legal Aspect and Regulatory Framework Within the framework of the Regulation respecting the environmental impact assessment and review of certain projects (R.R.Q. c. Q-2, R.23.1) by the MELCC, the Fénelon gold mining