Canada Nickel Company Inc · TSXV:CNC
Canada Nickel — Technical Presentation (May 2022)
47 slides from Canada Nickel's technical presentation, May 2022
Slide 1: Canada Nickel – Crawford Project Initial Project Description Public Meeting
Canada Nickel – Crawford Project Initial Project Description Public Meeting Welcome Raise your hand Please close your Questions can when you wish to mic when you are also be shared in speak (during the not speaking the Q&A box Q&A period)
Slide 2: Canada Nickel – Crawford Nickel Project Initial Project Description Presentation
Canada Nickel – Crawford Nickel Project Delivering the Next Generation of Nickel Sulphide Projects Initial Project Description (IPD) Presentation May 2022
Slide 3: Cautionary Statements & Disclaimer
Cautionary Statements & Disclaimer This Presentation contains certain information that may constitute "forward-looking information" under applicable Canadian securities legislation about Canada Nickel Company Inc. (“CNC”). Forward-looking information includes statements about strategic plans, includ
Slide 4: Agenda
Agenda • Welcome and Engagement Team Presentations • The (new) Impact Assessment Process – What has changed? – Where is Canada Nickel in the process? • Initial Project Description – Project Information – Stakeholder, Community, and Indigenous Engagement – Existing Infrastructure and Activities – Pro
Slide 5: TES – Public Engagement Consultant
TES – Public Engagement Consultant Transfer Environment and Society (TES) has been retained to build and manage Canada Nickel’s Engagement Processes ✓ Who is TES? – 30-year experience, 200+ mandates in building bridges between organizations and communities – Act as custodians of the engagement proce
Slide 6: The Impact Assessment Process
The Impact Assessment Process OVERVIEW Planning and decision-making tool used by regulators, communities, stakeholders, Indigenous groups, and proponents to emphasize the positive and resolve or mitigate the negative impacts of a proposed major project Focused heavily on Indigenous participation, ea
Slide 7: Stages of the Process
Stages of the Process Phase 2: Phase 3: Phase 4: Phase 1: Phase 5: Post Impact Impact Decision Planning Decision Statement Assessment Making Up to 180 days Up to 3 years Up to 300 days 30 to 90 days Ongoing This is a phased process involving multiple document submissions, federal review periods, and
Slide 8: The Planning Stage
The Planning Stage A proponent develops an Initial Project Description and Detailed Project Description, with input from Indigenous and stakeholder communities, which are then submitted to the Agency. The planning process can take up to 180 days, commencing once the Agency accepts and posts the IPD.
Slide 9: Canada Nickel's Initial Project Description
Canada Nickel’s Initial Project Description
Slide 10: Project Information
Project Information Advancing the Crawford Nickel Project as a potentially carbon neutral source of some of Canada’s critical minerals: nickel, iron, and cobalt ✓ According to the World Bank Group, demand for these minerals could increase by as much as 500% by 2050 ✓ Canada Nickel plans to feed into
Slide 11: Community Engagement
Community Engagement PHASE 1 – PRELIMINARY ENGAGEMENT - COMPLETED Indigenous Introductions and beginning of discussions with Taykwa Tagamou Nation, Matachewan First Nation, Mattagami First Nation, and the Metis Nation of Ontario Stakeholders Preliminary stakeholder meetings – General Project Informa
Slide 12: Community Engagement
Community Engagement KEY TAKEAWAYS 1. YOU WILL BE HEARD All feedback is recorded and logged alongside undertaken action or responses from CNC, as appropriate 2. THIS PROCESS IS ONGOING AND FLEXIBLE Project design is an interactive process still in the early phases- engagement activities, collection
Slide 13: Existing Infrastructure and Activities
Existing Infrastructure and Activities ✓ Greenfield site with no history of mining or advanced exploration, though subject to past logging ✓ Surface drilling for ~3 years ✓ Infrastructure: exploration road, trails, and intersection with Highway 655 and two transmission lines ONGOING ACTIVITIES ▪ Con
Slide 14: Design Considerations
Design Considerations Design and engineering team made best effort to following established guidelines and goals that helped shape the IPD Site Layout, including: • Minimize site footprint • Avoid encroachment into West Buskegau river • Minimize overprinting of waterbodies • Avoid relocation of 115
Slide 15: Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure
Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure LEGEND 5km WRS: Waste Rock Stockpile OVB: Overburden Stockpile LG: Low Grade Ore Stockpile BL: Pond : Current Highway 655 NOTE: All information to follow may be subject to revision during ongoing engineering
Slide 16: Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure
Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure OPEN PIT 3 adjacent pits proposed Total Material to be mined: Total: 5,186 million tonnes Ore: 1,671 million tonnes Processing Capacity: Early Years: 42,500 tpd LOM: 120,000 tpd tpd = tonnes per day Dimensions (km) Area (km2 ) Depth (m) Main Zone 2.9 x 2 4.2 k
Slide 17: Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure
Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure STOCKPILES Ore, mine/waste rock, and overburden will be stored in surface stockpiles Storage Capacity (Mm3 ) Total Area (km2 ) Ore Stockpiles 295 Mm3 Combined, 8 km2 Mine/Waste Rock Stockpiles 963 Mm3 and 461 Mm3 Combined, 24 km2 Overburden/Topsoil Stockpiles
Slide 18: Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure
Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure TAILINGS MANAGEMENT Main Zone tailings stored in on-surface tailings management facility East Zone tailings impounded in Main Zone TOTAL APPROXIMATE AREA: 29 km2
Slide 19: Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure
Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure PERMANENT FACILITIES Workshop, warehouse, core shack, laboratory and offices Supporting buildings and laydown areas Explosives storage facilities Process plant and primary and secondary crushing systems Domestic sewage will be treated by an appropriately-sized
Slide 20: Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure
Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure WATER MANAGEMENT AND DRAINAGE Receiving Pros Cons Source • Open pit will collect groundwater, runoff, and direct precipitation Mattagami - Capacity to accept - Distance from site • Collected during dewatering, pump River added quantity - Currently, limited foo
Slide 21: Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure
Proposed Mine Facilities/Infrastructure POWER SUPPLY Supplied through development of 230 kV line extending to Porcupine sub station in Timmins Emergency diesel fuel generators on site, however diesel not anticipated to be standard practice *Approximately 12 km of 500 kV line west of site will be rel
Slide 22: Preliminary Decommissioning Approach
Preliminary Decommissioning Approach Governed by Ontario Mining Act and associated Regulations and Codes. Closure Plan to be filed and financial assurance provided before construction commences Open Pit Stockpiles and Tailings Water Management Facilities Management Facility Portion of tailings store
Slide 23: Preliminary Schedule
Preliminary Schedule 2021 Engineering Studies (currently underway) Impact Assessment and Environmental Approvals 2025 Construction 2027 **Note that the operational period may be re-evaluated subject to future exploration 2027 – 2067 Operation** 2067 – 2070 Decommissioning and Closure 2070+ Post-clos
Slide 24: Preliminary List of Activities
Preliminary List of Activities Construction Operation Closure 3 years > 40 years 3 years • Complete engineering studies • Corporate decision to proceed • Develop/Implement/Continue environmental protection, monitoring, and reporting plans • Ongoing engagement and consultation • Environment-related p
Slide 25: Preliminary List of Activities
Preliminary List of Activities Construction Operation Closure 3 years > 40 years 3 years • Develop/Implement/Continue environmental protection, monitoring, and reporting plans • Ongoing engagement and consultation • Overburden/mine rock • Stockpiled, or • Used in progressive reclamation • Ore extrac
Slide 26: Preliminary List of Activities
Preliminary List of Activities Construction Operation Closure 3 years > 40 years 3 years • Develop/Implement environmental protection and monitoring plans • Ongoing engagement and consultation • Remove from site, once no longer needed, • Mine equipment • Reagents and chemicals for proper disposal •
Slide 27: Baseline Studies
Baseline Studies Air Quality Results to Date: Monitoring ongoing Notes: Baseline results expected to be impacted by operations at Kidd Mine, traffic along Highway 655, and natural sources (volatile organic emissions from vegetation, pollen, or natural fires) Noise, Light, Vibration Testing Ongoing o
Slide 28: Baseline Studies
Baseline Studies Archeology Further Survey Locations
Slide 29: Baseline Studies
Baseline Studies Geochemistry Results to Date: Indicate that waste rock is non-acid generating Testing Ongoing or Planned: • Additional testing of waste rock, testing of tailings, ore, and overburden Hydrogeology Results to Date: • Average overburden thickness around 40 – 50 metres • Early predictio
Slide 30: Baseline Studies
Baseline Studies Hydrology Results to Date: • Sampling in North Driftwood, West Buskegau, and Mattagami • Low total suspended and total dissolved solids. Concentrations of total and dissolved metals very low Testing Ongoing or Planned: • Update program per changes in site layout and feedback, where
Slide 31: Baseline Studies
Baseline Studies Social, Economic, and Health Results to Date: • Preliminary desktop analysis of community social, economic, and health contexts for regional municipalities has been completed Testing Ongoing or Planned: • A full assessment of baseline conditions to allow for a comprehensive impact a
Slide 32: Baseline Studies
Baseline Studies Flora and Vegetation Bird Survey Locations Results to Date: • Extensive vegetation surveys completed • Black Ash, common but in decline, noted in two locations Wildlife Results to Date: • Observed moose, marten, wolf, hare, otter, lynx • No Woodland Caribou observed • Bat detection
Slide 33: Baseline Studies
Baseline Studies Aquatic Results to Date: • Completed in West Buskegau, North Driftwood, Mattagami Rivers, and associated tributaries • 17 fish species documented – mostly small-bodied forage fish as well as Northern Pike, White Sucker, Burbot • Wetland vegetation and amphibian surveys also complete
Slide 34: Potential Approvals - Federal
Potential Approvals - Federal Preliminary list of Potential Federal Approvals Department Regulated Project Activities Possible Requirements Environment and - Alternative assessment for - Effluent Regulations: Storage of potentially deleterious Climate Change mineral waste disposal mineral waste cove
Slide 35: Potential Approvals - Provincial
Potential Approvals - Provincial Preliminary list of Potential Provincial Approvals Ministry Regulated Project Activities Possible Requirements Progressive reclamation and final closure Closure Plan Environmental Assessment based on the preliminary Environmental Assessment Act - Resource Stewardship
Slide 36: Potential Project Impacts
We) CANADA NICKEL COMPANY Potential Project Impacts www.canadanickel.com
Slide 37: Potential Impacts of the Project
Potential Impacts of the Project Note that this is not a full impact assessment, merely a preliminary evaluation. This Initial Project Description is the initiating phase for the full Impact Assessment. Your feedback throughout the Impact Assessment Process will be incorporated when determining pote
Slide 38: Potential Impact of the Project
Potential Impact of the Project Note that this is not a full impact assessment, merely a preliminary evaluation. This Initial Project Description is the initiating phase for the full Impact Assessment. Your feedback throughout the Impact Assessment Process will be incorporated when determining poten
Slide 39: Potential Impacts of the Project
Potential Impacts of the Project Note that this is not a full impact assessment, merely a preliminary evaluation. This Initial Project Description is the initiating phase for the full Impact Assessment. Your feedback throughout the Impact Assessment Process will be incorporated when determining pote
Slide 40: Potential Impacts of the Project
Potential Impacts of the Project Note that this is not a full impact assessment, merely a preliminary evaluation. This Initial Project Description is the initiating phase for the full Impact Assessment. Your feedback throughout the Impact Assessment Process will be incorporated when determining pote
Slide 41: Potential Impacts of the Project
Potential Impacts of the Project Note that this is not a full impact assessment, merely a preliminary evaluation. This Initial Project Description is the initiating phase for the full Impact Assessment. Your feedback throughout the Impact Assessment Process will be incorporated when determining pote
Slide 42: Potential Impacts of the Project
Potential Impacts of the Project Note that this is not a full impact assessment, merely a preliminary evaluation. This Initial Project Description is the initiating phase for the full Impact Assessment. Your feedback throughout the Impact Assessment Process will be incorporated when determining pote
Slide 43: Potential Impacts of the Project
Potential Impacts of the Project Note that this is not a full impact assessment, merely a preliminary evaluation. This Initial Project Description is the initiating phase for the full Impact Assessment. Your feedback throughout the Impact Assessment Process will be incorporated when determining pote
Slide 44: Questions or Comments?
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Slide 45: Meeting Terms
MEETING TERMS Reminder when asking questions Promote good faith and respectful dialogue Be open to new or “out of the box” ideas Be mindful of everyone’s time 51
Slide 46: Next Steps
Next Steps • Canada Nickel to integrate Indigenous, community, stakeholder, and Agency feedback into the draft Initial Project Description • Canada Nickel to officially submit Initial Project Description for posting on Agency website • Agency to conduct own consultation process on the IPD • Agency t
Slide 47: Thank You for Your Participation
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION FOR COMMUNICATIONS AFTER THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT ALEXANDRA ARMSTRONG, COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR alexandraarmstrong@canadanickel.com community@canadanickel.com 705-363-7322
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