Notice of Transition to the Amended Impact Assessment Act

Ottawa — October 17, 2024 — On June 20, 2024, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 received Royal Assent and brought into force amendments to the Impact Assessment Act (the IAA). Transitional provision 305 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 states that, in order to bring a designated project under the IAA, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) must take a step with regards to the project under any of sections 10 to 59 of the IAA.

In accordance with transitional provision 305(2), IAAC is taking the following step under the IAA for the Upper Beaver Gold Project (the project):

• Subsection 18(2) Posting of Notice of Commencement on Internet site

In posting this notice, any step completed before the amended IAA came into force regarding the project is deemed to have been taken under the amended IAA.

The Notice of Commencement step marks the start of the impact statement phase of the impact assessment process.

Time limits

Transitional provision 305(4) of the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 grants IAAC the power to replace any time limit or period established by or under the IAA with another time limit or period.

IAAC is replacing the time limit for the impact statement phase for the project to account for time elapsed during the interim period between the Supreme Court of Canada decision on the constitutionality of the IAA and the coming into force of the amended IAA. The new deadline for the proponent to provide the required information or studies described in the Notice of Commencement of the impact assessment is December 27, 2025.

For more information on this impact assessment, please contact:

Upper Beaver Gold Project
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
600-55 York Street
Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7
Telephone: 416-952-1576
Email: UpperBeaver@iaac-aeic.gc.ca