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Whitehorse – FaroMay, 2018
BMC Minerals (No.1) LTD (incorporated in Canada BC1014247)
Overview
Summary of Kudz Ze Kayah Work Programs in 2017 and Planned Programs for 2018
Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Update
Proposed Kudz Ze Kayah Mine Plan (Refresher)
Follow-up on Frequently Asked Questions from Previous Community Meetings
Permitting Process: Next Steps
Project Location
• Located in the traditional territory of the Kaska First Nations
• 160 km2 of Mineral Claims• 24 km Tote Road access from the
Robert Campbell Highway
Programs Completed in 2017
Drilled approximately 4800 m of diamond drilling and approximately 100 m of rotary drilling.
Ground geophysics, soil sampling, geological mapping and metallurgical studies continued.
$10.7 M invested (project wide) with approximately $4.23 M to Yukon businesses and local wages.
Completed 11 km of 2D seismic data acquisition.
Ongoing environmental programs and reclamation research.
NI 43-101 Compliant Prefeasibility Study for KZK.
Scholarship Program.
Programs Planned for 2018 Electromagnetic surveys, surface mapping,
soil sampling, seismic surveys.
Further exploration drilling (approximately 5000 m).
Additional geotechnical investigations.
Reclamation of exploration disturbance.
Continue environmental surveys.
Finalize Feasibility Study.
Prepare Quartz Mining Licence Application.
Prepare Water Licence Application.
Earth works for camp expansion and new septic system.
Ongoing Scholarship Program.
Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Process
KZK Project Proposal was
Submitted to Yukon
Environmental and Socio-
economic Assessment Board
in March 2017.
Hard copies are at the band
offices and 2 YESAB offices for
review.
YESAB declared the Project
Proposal Adequate in January
2018.
Seeking Views and Information
Stage of the Assessment
began in January 2018.
The first public comment
period ended March 16 2018.
YESAB issued Information
Request #3 on April 9 2018
Kudz Ze Kayah Project Proposal Layout
Kudz Ze Kayah Proposed Project Scope
Copper, lead, gold, silver, zinc project.
Existing Tote Road will be upgraded along existing alignment.
Concentrate will be hauled to Stewart via Watson Lake.
Max traffic 26 trucks per day.
Crews transported via Finlayson Lake Airstrip.
Power will be LNG.
80% open pit and 20% underground.
Dry stack tailings and three classes of waste rock.
5500 tonne per day process plant.
250 person camp.
Water treatment plant.
Progressive reclamation.
Construction Features
ABM Open Pit & Underground
Overburden stockpile
Conventional flotation mill
Camp
Class C material – used for Class A buttress, ore pad, haul roads, and
general construction
Year 10 of Operations
ABM Open Pit & Underground
Camp
Overburden stockpile
Conventional flotation mill
Class C material – used for Class A buttress, ore pad, haul roads, and general construction
Active Closure
Pit begins infilling
Reclamation includes surface compaction and revegetation
Water treatment plant remains until no longer necessary Fault Creek reintroduced
to original channel
Roads reclaimed, buildings removed
Post Closure
Geona Creek returned to pre-mining conditions
Fully reclaimed rock storage facilities
Constructed wetlands
Estimated Mine Expenditures and EmploymentConstruction Phase (2 years):
Estimated between $370-$400 million to build the Project
over a two year construction period;
Approximately 250 full-time-equivalent jobs each year.
Operations Phase (10 years):
Estimated annual site expenditures + concentrate haul
approximately $175-$185 million/year;
Approximately 300 jobs per year.
Frequently Asked Questions and Comments from Communities
Socio-economic
Surface Water Quality
Tailings and Waste Rock ManagementWildlife
Aquatic Ecosystems and Resources
Culture, Traditional Knowledge and
Land Use
Consultation and Engagement
Consultation and EngagementWould like to be meaningfully consulted.
Would like to be involved.
Would like a third party review of
environmental studies.
Culture, Traditional Knowledge and Land UseWould like a ceremony before mining starts.
Access is open to guide outfitters but not Kaska.
Would like Kaska Environmental Monitors and Guardianship.
Would like a committee with the Kaska Elders.
A traditional knowledge study should be conducted.
RRDC Chief and Council and the Elders have completed a land
use plan that has mitigation measures that you should
implement.
Socio-economicsWhat if you sell the project? How will your commitments to
us hold up?
Do you have financing?
Will your project withstand a downturn?
How many jobs will there be?
Will you hire locally?
Socio-economicsWill there be training and job retention programs?
There is a concern that BMC’s drug and alcohol policies
hinder job opportunities.
After completion of mining, there is concern that the
government will have to clean it up.
Socio-economic Participation Agreement (SEPA) is dated.
Will it be reviewed and amended?
Tailings and Waste Rock ManagementAre other projects using dry stack tailings?
Will the tailings be covered and sealed?
How will dust be mitigated from the tailings facility?
Why not use the Wolverine mill and tailings facility?
Will it be like Faro?
Surface Water Quality and Quantity Is selenium an issue?
Will the mine impact the creeks?
Will the ABM Lake at closure need treatment?
What is the current water quality at the site?
Aquatic Ecosystems and ResourcesWhat is a fish offsetting plan?
Wildlife and VegetationHow will moose and caribou
habitat be protected given the
lack of management by YG?
How will the site be reclaimed
(local seeds and seedlings?)
Are there invasive species along
the road?
Permitting Process: Next Steps
Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act
• Seeking Views and Information • Draft Screening Report • Second Public Comment Period • Final Screening Report and Recommendations • Decision Process (including a third public comment period)
Yukon Quartz Mining Act• Quartz Mining Licence: Part 1 Mine
Development• Quartz Mining Licence Operations: Part 2
Mine Construction, Operation
Ongoing Consultation and Social-licence to Operate
Ancillary PermitsYukon Waters Act
• Amended Type B Water Licence• Type A Water Licence
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