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Attachment Great Bear Gold Project – Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek Comments on Great Bear Gold Project Impact Statement (Reference Number 85832)

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek
  • Reference Number: 99
  • Submitted: 2026-05-29 - 4:16 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • Please see attached the preliminary submissions filed on behalf of Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) on the Great Bear Gold Project Impact Statement and five expert reports:  - Appendix 'A' - Dr. Kevin Morin, “Great Bear Gold Project – Review of the Impact Statement (IS)”, dated May 27, 2026.  - Appendix 'B' -  Dr. Branfireun – Great Bear Project – Impact Statement dated May ...
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  • Canadian Environmental Law Association T 416 960-2284 • 1-844-755-1420 • F 416 960-9392 • 55 University Avenue, Suite 1500 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7 • cela.ca May 29, 2026 VIA EMAIL AND REGISTRY Great Bear Gold Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 55 York Street, 6th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 Email: GreatBear@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Re: Great Bear Gold Project – Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek Comments on Great Bear Gold Project Impact Statement (Reference Number 85832) Please be advised that we are co-counsel for Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (“ANA” or “Grassy Narrows First Nation”) in relation to the Great Bear Gold Project (Reference Number 85832). Our client’s preliminary comments and concerns about the Great Bear Gold Project Impact Statement are set out below. ANA will submit supplementary submissions at a later date and reserves the right to provide further comments as more information becomes ...
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  • TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM ____________________________________________________________________________ Date: May 28, 2026 To: Joseph B. Fobister, Lead Negotiator (Grassy Narrows Land Protection Team), David Sone (ANA Advisor), Jackie Esmonde (Legal Counsel) and Sydney Lang (Legal Counsel) of the ANA Advisory Team From: Fraser Riddolls (B.Sc., B.I.T.) and Emily MacMillan (MLWS, B.I.T, AAg) Subject: Additional Technical Review Comments on Fisheries, Aquatics, Migratory Birds, and HHERA - Great Bear Project Impact Statement Introduction Source Environmental Associates Inc. (Source) was retained by Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (ANA) to review the Great Bear Project Impact Statement submitted in support of the proposed Great Bear Gold Project. This memorandum provides additional technical review comments from Source on fisheries and aquatic resources, fish habitat offsetting and compensation, migratory bird-related issues associated with proposed ...
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  • 1 May 28, 2026 Brief opinion on the Great Bear Gold Project Impact Statement risk assessment (Appendix N) by WSP From April, 2026. I am a Principal at the firm I founded, NEK Associates LTD, and a Senior Research Scientist at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. I bring nearly 40 years experience to the design and implementation of human health and ecological risk assessments, focused on integrated, risk-based modeling approaches to support sustainable environmental decision making. I recently completed a series of reports and associated publications on behalf of the World Bank on exposure to methylmercury from artisanal scale gold mining. I have published peer reviewed papers on fish consumption and probabilistic risk modeling. I served on the Board of Scientific Counselors at the U.S. EPA for six years and was Chair for the last three. I am a member of the Scientific Advisors on Risk Assessment for the European Commission and serve as frequent peer ...
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  • May 29, 2026 To: J. Esmonde, Cavalluzzo LLP From: Dr. Brian Branfireun, London, Canada (bbranfir@uwo.ca) RE: Great Bear Project – Impact Statement (https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/document/166124) 1) Introduction I was asked to review the above Impact Statement documents for the Kinross/Great Bear Gold Pro ject and provide an expert opinion. I have also reviewed the report of Dr. K. Morin (May 2026) re lated to this same Impact Statement, as his expertise in geochemistry- and mine-related processes is relevant and complementary to mine. I have provided expert opinion on many submissions and memos related to dimensions of this project leading up to this Impact Statement, and this document largely relies on those prior submissions which will be referred to here where appropriate, in the in terest of brevity. Given the extensive technical scope of the IS documents I am unable to comment on many aspects as they are outside of my area of expertise. As such I am ...
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  • TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM ____________________________________________________________________________ Date: May 28, 2026 To: Joseph B. Fobister, Lead Negotiator (Grassy Narrows Land Protection Team), David Sone (ANA Advisor), Jackie Esmonde (Legal Counsel) and Sydney Lang (Legal Counsel) of the ANA Advisory Team From: Martin Eunseo Shin (M.A.Sc., E.I.T.), Rina Freed (Ph.D., P.Eng.), Fraser Riddolls (B.Sc., B.I.T.), Sally Turnbull (B.Sc.) Subject: Review of the Great Bear Project Impact Statement – Preliminary Technical Review Comments Introduction Source Environmental Associates Inc. (Source) was retained by Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (ANA) to review the Great Bear Project Impact Statement submitted in support of the proposed Great Bear Gold Project. The Great Bear Project herein represents a transition from the previously reviewed Advanced Exploration (AEX) Program to a proposed full-scale mining operation. The project includes both ...
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  • Great Bear Gold Project - Review of the Impact Statement (IS) prepared for: Grassy Narrows Lands Protection Team c/o Cavalluzzo Attn: Ms. Jackie Esmonde prepared by: Kevin A. Morin, Ph.D., P.Geo., L.Hydrogeo. Minesite Drainage Assessment Group www.MDAG.com contact@MDAG.com May 27, 2026 Great Bear Gold Project - Review of the Impact Statement (IS) 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Report Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2. Major ...
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Attachment Grassy Narrows Preliminary Comments on Great Bear Gold Project Impact Statement

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Grassy Narrows First Nation
  • Reference Number: 98
  • Submitted: 2026-05-29 - 3:50 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • As a First Nation living immediately downstream from this project, we will live with the consequences for many generations to come. It is our children who will drink the water, eat the fish, pick the wild rice, swim, and learn what it means to be Anishinaabe on this river whose waters will carry the effluent from this gold mine if it is built. It is our people who will search in vain for moose and caribou to hunt on the landscape that has had its forests fragmented and degraded by access roads, clearcuts, seismic lines, pits, trenches, clearings, and mines. It is our people who will be impacted if the tailings dam fails. It is our people who will be poisoned when toxics leach into the water. It is our people whose fear and anxiety, already far too high and fatal due to the mercury crisis, will be heightened by the threat this mining project poses to our wellbeing. Grassy Narrows does not consent to the Great Bear Gold Project. And Grassy Narrows does not consent to the IS ...
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  • May 29, 2026 Attention: Anjala Puvanathan (Director, Ontario Region) (greatbear@iaac-aeic.gc.ca) Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Ontario Region 600-55 York Street Toronto, ON M5J 1R7 RE: Grassy Narrows Preliminary Comments on Great Bear Gold Project Impact Statement On behalf of Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (“ANA” or Grassy Narrows First Nation”), we write to share with you Grassy Narrows’ preliminary submission with respect to the Impact Statement (“IS”) prepared by Great Bear/Kinross for the Great Bear Gold Project. This submission is in addition to the expert reports identifying major deficiencies with the IS and risks of the Project, the comments on the IS from our legal counsel, and our previous submissions on the Project that we have shared with you. Grassy Narrows continues to be extremely concerned that Kinross wants permission to put more dangerous pollution into our life-giving river. The purpose of the Impact Assessment (“IA”) is ...
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Attachment ORA comments on the Great Bear Gold Project, Summary of the Impact Statement

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Ontario Rivers Alliance
  • Reference Number: 97
  • Submitted: 2026-05-29 - 7:45 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • The Ontario Rivers Alliance (ORA) is a not-for-profit grassroots organization with a mission to protect, conserve and restore Ontario riverine ecosystems. ORA advocates for effective policy and legislation to ensure that development affecting Ontario rivers is environmentally and socially sustainable. See ORA's full comments in the attached file.
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  • 379 Ronka Road Worthington, ON P0M3H0 LindaH@OntarioRiversAlliance.ca OntarioRiversAlliance.ca “A World of Healthy River Ecosystems” 29 May 2026 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Place Bell Canada, 160 Elgin Street, 22nd Floor Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 By email: GreatBear@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Re: Great Bear Gold Project, Summary of the Impact Statement IAAC Reference Number: 85832 Dear Agency Team: The Ontario Rivers Alliance (ORA) is a not-for-profit grassroots organization with a mission to protect, conserve and restore Ontario riverine ecosystems. ORA advocates for effective policy and legislation to ensure that development affecting Ontario rivers is environmentally and socially sustainable. ORA has closely monitored the Great Bear Gold Project throughout each phase of the Impact Assessment process. These comments, submitted at the Impact Statement (IS) Summary stage as the third of four public comment opportunities, ...
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Attachment Great Bear Impact Statement Response

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Evolution Mining
  • Reference Number: 96
  • Submitted: 2026-05-28 - 2:59 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • Please see attached PDF on behalf of Evolution Mining, Red Lake Operations 
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  • Evolution Mining Limited Evolution Mining Gold Operations Ltd. CN: 1175320-7 (A subsidiary of Evolution Mining Limited ABN 74 084 669 036) Red Lake Operations P +807 735 2077 15 Eric Radford Way, Bag 2000 Balmertown, ON P0V 1C0 Canada Registered Office 66 Wellington Street West TD Bank Tower Suite 5300 Toronto, ON M5K 1E6 Canada www.evolutionmining.com.au 1 May 28, 2026 Kinross Great Bear Impact Statement Re: Impact Statement Response: Socio-Economic, Infrastructure and Regional Capacity Considerations - Great Bear Gold Project The Great Bear Gold Project Impact Statement presents a comprehensive overview of the proposed project, including anticipated economic benefits, environmental mitigation measures, Indigenous engagement activities, and community investment initiatives. The document clearly demonstrates significant effort toward consultation, environmental baseline work, and incorporation of Indigenous knowledge into ...
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Attachment Northwest Training and Adjustment Board Letter of Support and Workforce Planning Considerations

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Northwest Training and Adjustment Board
  • Reference Number: 95
  • Submitted: 2026-05-19 - 3:38 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • Please find attached the Northwest Training and Adjustment Board’s letter of support for the Great Bear Gold Project. NTAB recognizes the project’s potential economic and workforce impacts for Northwestern Ontario and looks forward to continued engagement with Kinross Gold as planning and development move forward.
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  • www.ntab.on.ca Northwest Training and Adjustment Board 113-100 Casimir Avenue Dryden • Ontario • P8N 3L4 Tel: 807.223.3813 May 19, 2026 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 55 York Street, 6th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 Telephone: 416-952-1576 Email: GreatBear@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dear Sir or Madam, SUBJECT: GREAT BEAR GOLD PROJECT On behalf of the Northwest Training and Adjustment Board (NTAB), I am pleased to express our support for the advancement of the Great Bear Gold Project, owned by Kinross Gold Corporation. NTAB recognizes the significant economic and workforce opportunities this project may create for Northwestern Ontario through employment, skills development, and regional business growth. We also appreciate the project’s ongoing engagement with Indigenous communities, municipalities, training partners, and regional stakeholders. As the Project advances, continued coordination around workforce availability, training alignment, and ...
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Attachment Local Trapline Concerns

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Ken Anderson
  • Reference Number: 94
  • Submitted: 2026-05-16 - 12:06 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • My concerns are for what are we leaving for Grandchildren's way of life on our family trapline. Will the water quality be the same so they can fish as we do? Will the forest be able to support animals for them to trap? Will there be moose for them to hunt in our traditional area? Will the noise pollution from the Mine site chase away all the animals? Will the air quality remain the same for these animals to exist? And finally, do the financial gains outweigh the lose of all this natural habitat? Is it worth the risk of loosing the clean air, water, and land that my grandchildren may not get to enjoy as I have. What is more valuable to them?

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Attachment Pakwash Lake Owners Association, Formal Stakeholder Impact Submission addition

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Pakwash Lake Camp
  • Reference Number: 93
  • Submitted: 2026-05-11 - 11:53 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • The concerns from mining operations of the water/ecosystem. There is one other major concern that I would  like to add to our previous submittion; that is controle and monitor ammonium nitrate entering the discharge water from spilled/wasted/undetonated explosives used in mining (ammonium nitrate is a major component of most blasting agents).  I am aware from my time in the mining industry that this is a potential significant issue if not adequately addressed. Ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) dissolves rapidly in water, releasing ammonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO3-) ions. While nitrate is relatively safe, elevated ammonium levels, especially at high pH and temperature, are highly toxic to fish, causing gill damage, respiratory distress, and death. High levels can lead to rapid mortality, often causing "brown blood disease" or severe gill damage. Effects on Fish and ...

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Attachment Pakwash Lake Owners Association, Formal Stakeholder Impact Submission

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Pakwash Lake Camp
  • Reference Number: 92
  • Submitted: 2026-05-11 - 11:30 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  •   FORMAL STAKEHOLDER IMPACT SUBMISSION DATE: May 11, 2026 TO: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (GreatBear@iaac-aeic.gc.ca (mailto:GreatBear@iaac-aeic.gc.ca)) RE: Project 85832 – Great Bear Project – Formal Stakeholder Impact Statement FROM: Kim Budweg, Owner, Pakwash Lake Camp; Representative, Pakwash Lake Owners Association SUBJECT: Stakeholder Submission – Environmental Protection, Monitoring, and Enforceable Thresholds INTRODUCTION As a primary downstream stakeholder, I am submitting this response regarding the proposed Great Bear Project and its potential effects on the Pakwash Lake–Chukuni River watershed and the regional tourism economy. Having reviewed the Impact Statement, I acknowledge that it generally addresses several core ...

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Attachment GBG Comment Brief

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: ParadigmForge AI Inc.
  • Reference Number: 91
  • Submitted: 2026-04-28 - 6:19 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • Cover Letter — Comments on the Summary of the Impact Statement, Great Bear Gold Project To: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Re: Great Bear Gold Project — IAAC Registry Project #85832 Consultation closing: 2026-05-29, 23:59 ET Submitter: ParadigmForge AI Inc. Submission date: 4/28/2026 To the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, ParadigmForge AI Inc. respectfully submits the attached comment brief on the summary of the proponent’s Impact Statement for the Great Bear Gold Project, published April 14, 2026 on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry. The brief is filed under ParadigmForge’s own name, from ParadigmForge’s own chair, as a non-Indigenous Canadian regulatory-intelligence company participating in the public record of this proceeding in its institutional capacity. Nothing in this submission ...
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  • Comments on the Summary of the Impact Statement — Great Bear Gold Project Filed with: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Project: Great Bear Gold Project (Kinross Gold Corporation) IAAC Registry: Project #85832 Proponent: Kinross Gold Corporation Location: 23 km southeast of Red Lake, Ontario (Treaty 3 territory) Comment period closes: 2026-05-29, 23:59 ET Submitted by: ParadigmForge AI Inc. Submission date: [to be inserted] Institutional posture declaration This submission is filed under the ParadigmForge Submission Protocol, the operational expression of the Living Processes Doctrine adopted by ParadigmForge AI Inc. in April 2026. Every regulatory, quantitative, or structural claim in this submission carries a section-level citation to the primary source with effective date; every claim resolves, through ParadigmForge’s provenance architecture, to the specific retrieved evidence chunk that supports it; every submission is stress-tested through a ...
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Attachment Concerns with the Great Bear Resources Gold Project

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Ayicia Nabigon
  • Reference Number: 90
  • Submitted: 2026-04-16 - 11:02 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • As a resident of northern Ontario, I have too often experienced and seen the harmful effects of gold mining in our home. I have several concerns with the impact statement that I would like to highlight.  In section 3.4 of the document, the company states that they gave presentations to Lac Seul First Nation, Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishnabek, Waubaskang First Nation, and the Northwestern Ontario Metis Community about "potential health effects to Indigenous people" and hosted workshops related to "fish habitat offsetting, Species at Risk, mine closure scenarios, and effects assessment". In presentations to Government Agencies, the company shared presentations on "migratory birds, water management, aquatic effects and fish and fish habitat offset measures, and also included methylmercury bioaccumulation modelling in fish and consumption of fish by Indigenous people. I have concerns about whether the information shared with ...

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Attachment Opposition to proposal

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Concerned Citizen
  • Reference Number: 89
  • Submitted: 2026-04-16 - 11:07 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • This project should not proceed without the explicit and informed consent of all Indigenous peoples who this development would directly impact. I am deeply concerned for the ongoing disregard of the peoples who live in this region. I strongly oppose this development. 

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Attachment Not in support of Great Bear Mine

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Lydia Johnson
  • Reference Number: 88
  • Submitted: 2026-04-16 - 10:28 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Comments invited on the summary of the Impact Statement
  • I am strongly opposed to the Great Bear Mine. I encourage IAAC to look to the ALIA for guidance, and disagree with the impact assessment summaries conclusions that there is "not significant" and "reversible" impacts to the Treaty Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The land is our relative and a massive clearing and destroying of an area will have impact forever. The land will never be the same. I would never harvest, hunt or fish on an area I knew was once a mine.   Proposed mitigations need to be checked upon and have ensured success, for example the loss of manoomin and planned replanting. Mitigation must go beyond "replanting" and Kinross should be responsible for checking on that process to ensure success.   Indigenous communities in this area, most notably Grassy Narrows, have historical and on-going trauma due to industry. I am extremely concerned for downstream communities and the fact that 50% of the population ...

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Attachment Comments on the Great Bear Gold Project from Sante Enviro Health – February 20, 2026

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Sante Enviro Health Inc.
  • Reference Number: 83
  • Submitted: 2026-02-20 - 11:08 AM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see attachments for Comments on Great Bear Gold Project from Sante Enviro Health Inc.
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  • Sante Enviro Health Inc. Pa ge 1 Comments on the Great Bear Gold Project from Sante Enviro Health – February 20, 2026 In the last few years in Canada, the increase of wildfires, specifically in these remote areas, in scope and length of the wildfire season and intensity of fires, time of the season, makes it a very high priority for emergency preparedness. Access for firefighters, or any kind of emergency response team, requires adept planning, and should be an integral part of any mining operation. Outreach to those most directly impacted and involved with emergency preparedness systems must be done in advance, akin to fire drills, to better prepare all involved, not just the first responders. This planning takes place at all three levels of government, federal, provincial and municipal. Coordination is imperative to have a smooth and effective response for any given emergency. For Kinross as well, any unimagined consequences of a flood or wildfire on ...
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  • As of 2023, Kinross was still doing surface exploration drilling at the Great Bear Gold site. From 2017 to the end of 2022, the site had 1167 borehole drilled totaling more than 560 km in length. Table 1 below summarises the drilling activities at the site since 2017. . Table 1 Ref: Kinross Gold Corporation Great Bear Gold Project Ontario, Canada NI 43-101 Technical Report Effective Date: December 31, 2022 Issue Date: February 13, 2023 Google Earth satellite imagery (Figure1) taken from a scene over the Great Bear site in September 2023 shows a mosaic of drill pads. Diamond-bit core drilling at these pads have generated drilling muds that contain lubricants, water and rock cuttings from deep geological horizons. An example of drilling mud deposit on at least one drill pad at the Great Bear site is shown figure 2. This picture was taken in July 2021, consulting company for Kinross, AGP Mining Consultants. Fig. 2 ...
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Attachment Letters to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada from the Kinross Gold Corporation, Wabauskang First Nation and Lac Seul First Nation regarding referral of the impact assessment process for the Great Bear Gold Project to a review panel

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Kinross Gold Corporation, Wabauskang First Nation and Lac Seul First Nation
  • Reference Number: 78
  • Submitted: 2024-09-03 - 6:43 PM
  • Project Phase: Impact Statement
  • Participation Notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on the Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce ci-jointe   
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  • Chief Bill Petiquan Wabauskang First Nation Chief Clifford Bull Lac Seul First Nation <Original signed by> <Original signed by>
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  • Great Bear Resources Ltd. A Kinross Company 104 Howey Street Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0 www.kinross.com 3 Sept 2024 The Hon. Steven Guilbeault Minister of Environment and Climate Change 200 Sacré-Coeur Boulevard Gatineau QC K1A 0H Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Ontario Region 600-55 York Street Toronto, Ontario MSJ 1R7 Attention: Anjala Puvanathan (Director, Ontario Region) Re: Great Bear Resources Ltd. ("Great Bear") – Great Bear Gold Project ("Project") – Response to Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek ("ANA") Request for Review Panel – Supplemental Comment For the reasons set out in Great Bear letter dated 9 July 2024, Great Bear maintains that a Review Panel is not required for this Project. We understand that Lac Seul First Nation (“LSFN”) and Wabauskang First Nation (“WFN”) have filed or will file a submission in which ...
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Attachment From Grassy Narrows First Nation to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada - Reply to Great Bear Resources Ltd. on request for referral of impact assessment to review panel

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Grassy Narrows First Nation
  • Reference Number: 77
  • Submitted: 2024-07-18 - 2:02 PM
  • Updated: 2024-08-09 - 9:00 AM
  • Rationale: Comment updated for administrative purposes
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce ci-jointe   
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  • Canadian Environmental Law Association T 416 960-2284 • 1-844-755-1420 • F 416 960-9392 • 55 University Avenue, Suite 1500 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7 • cela.ca July 18, 2024 BY EMAIL The Hon. Steven Guilbeault Minister of Environment and Climate Change 200 Sacré-Coeur Boulevard Gatineau QC K1A 0H3 Dear Minister Guilbeault: RE: GREAT BEAR GOLD PROJECT (“PROJECT”) – REPLY TO KINROSS/GREAT BEAR RESOURCES LTD. (“KINROSS”) ON GRASSY NARROWS FIRST NATION (“GRASSY NARROWS”) REQUEST TO REFER IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT TO A REVIEW PANEL [REFERENCE NUMBER 85832] These are the reply submissions of Grassy Narrows to the July 9, 2024 Kinross letter on the above matter. Grassy Narrows renews its request from our letter of June 17, 2024 that the impact assessment of the Project be referred to a review panel because the five reasons given by Kinross for not doing so are without merit for the following reasons: 1. The Kinross ...

Attachment From Great Bear Resources Ltd. to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada - response to Grassy Narrows request for referral of impact assessment to review panel

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Luke Crosby
  • Reference Number: 73
  • Submitted: 2024-07-09 - 6:08 PM
  • Updated: 2024-08-07 - 3:24 PM
  • Rationale: Comment updated for administrative purposes
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce ci-jointe   
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  • WSLEGAL\085786\\38243053v1 Great Bear Resources Ltd. A Kinross Company 104 Howey Street Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0 Page 1 of 5 www.kinross.com July 9, 2024 The Hon. Steven Guilbeault Minister of Environment and Climate Change 200 Sacré-Coeur Boulevard Gatineau QC K1A 0H Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Ontario Region 600-55 York Street Toronto, Ontario MSJ 1R7 Attention: Anjala Puvanathan (Director, Ontario Region) Re: Great Bear Resources Ltd. ("Great Bear") – Great Bear Gold Project ("Project") – Response to Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek ("ANA") Request for Review Panel We are writing in response to the letter dated 17 June 2024 ("Request Letter") from ANA to the Impact Assessment Agency ("IAAC") requesting a review panel pursuant to section 36 of the Impact Assessment Act ("Act") to review the Project. For the ...
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Attachment From Grassy Narrows First Nation to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada - request for referral of impact assessment to review panel

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Grassy Narrows First Nation
  • Reference Number: 74
  • Submitted: 2024-06-17 - 3:20 PM
  • Updated: 2024-08-07 - 3:23 PM
  • Rationale: Comment updated for administrative purposes
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce ci-jointe   
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  • Canadian Environmental Law Association T 416 960-2284 • 1-844-755-1420 • F 416 960-9392 • 55 University Avenue, Suite 1500 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7 • cela.ca June 17, 2024 BY EMAIL The Hon. Steven Guilbeault Minister of Environment and Climate Change 200 Sacré-Coeur Boulevard Gatineau QC K1A 0H3 Dear Minister Guilbeault: RE: IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF GREAT BEAR GOLD PROJECT – REFERRAL TO REVIEW PANEL [REFERENCE NUMBER 85832] Please be advised that we are co-counsel for Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (“ANA” or “Grassy Narrows First Nation”) in relation to the above-noted designated project. On behalf of ANA, we hereby request that you refer the impact assessment of the Great Bear Gold Project to a review panel pursuant to section 36 of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). This review panel should be an independent panel composed of experts and respected people mutually agreeable to ANA and Canada. For the reasons ...
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Attachment Comments on the draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and draft Public Participation Plan

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Grand Council Treaty 3
  • Reference Number: 59
  • Submitted: 2024-06-14 - 11:05 AM
  • Updated: 2024-06-24 - 1:18 PM
  • Rationale: Comment updated for administrative purposes
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce ci-jointe   
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  • June 14, 2024 Great Bear Gold Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 55 York Street, 6th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 RE: GCT3 Comments on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Draft Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Plan The Territorial Planning Unit (TPU) of Grand Council Treaty #3 (GCT3) has reviewed the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and the Draft Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Plan, respectfully. In response to this notification, the TPU provides the following comments. Background: The comments below are representative of the Territorial Planning Unit (TPU) of Grand Council Treaty #3. Grand Council Treaty #3 is the Traditional Government of the Anishinaabe Nation of Treaty #3 (comprised of 28 First Nations). Grand Council's mandate is to protect the future of the Anishinaabe people by ensuring the protection, preservation, and enhancement of inherent and treaty rights. The TPU is a department within ...
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Attachment From the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks - Species at Risk Branch to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada: Comments on the draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and draft Cooperation Plan

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks
  • Reference Number: 66
  • Submitted: 2024-06-13 - 12:03 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Public Participation Plan
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce jointe
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  • CIAR #: 85832 Great Bear Gold Project Page 1 of 4 Comment Form - Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Draft Cooperation Plan – Provincial Review Team Great Bear Gold Project Deadline: June 5, 2024 All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/85832?culture=en-CA). Documents can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Registry directly at registry-registre@iaac-aeic.gc.ca. Please note that all comments submitted using this form will be posted on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry website for the Project. Please note that this is your opportunity to provide input to the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines. Ministry: Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks IA Contact: Michelle Schott Telephone: (807)456-2727 Email: ...
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Attachment Comments on the draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and draft Cooperation Plan

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks
  • Reference Number: 64
  • Submitted: 2024-06-10 - 4:12 PM
  • Project Phase: N/A
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • See the attached submission / Veuillez consulter la pièce ci-jointe   
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  • Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Drinking Water and Environmental Compliance Division, Northern Region 933 Ramsey Lake Road 4th Floor Sudbury ON P3E 6B5 Tel.: 705-280-8630 Toll Free: 1-800-890-8516 Fax: 705 564-4180 Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Protection de la nature et des Parcs Division de la conformité en matière d’eau potable et d’environnement, Direction régionale du Nord 933, rue Ramsey Lake 4e étage Sudbury ON P3E 6B5 Tél. : 705-280-8630 Numéro sans frais: 1-800-890-8516 Téléc. : 705 564-4180 June 3, 2024 M E M O R A N D U M TO: FROM: RE: Catherine Sutherland, Special Project Officer, Environmental Assessment and Permissions Division Sabrina Penfold, Hydrogeologist, Technical Support, Northern Region Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines, Kinross Gold Corporation, Great Bear Gold Project, Tuzyk’s Road, Unorganized District of Kenora I have reviewed the groundwater-related components of the ...
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Attachment MNRF Draft Tailored Impact Assessment Statement Guidelines and Draft Cooperation Plan Comments

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry
  • Reference Number: 57
  • Submitted: 2024-06-10 - 3:08 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: N/A
  • Please see comment form attached.
  • Attachment Included
  • CIAR #: 85832 Great Bear Gold Project Page 1 of 4 Comment Form - Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Draft Cooperation Plan – Provincial Review Team Great Bear Gold Project Deadline: June 5, 2024 All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/85832?culture=en-CA). Documents can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Registry directly at registry-registre@iaac-aeic.gc.ca. Please note that all comments submitted using this form will be posted on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry website for the Project. Please note that this is your opportunity to provide input to the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines. Ministry: Natural Resources & Forestry IA Contact: Jennifer Smikalow Telephone: 807-727-1327 Email: ...
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Attachment Great Bear Gold Project - Comments - Draft Tailored Impact Guidelines & Draft Public Participation Plan

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Catherine Doucet
  • Reference Number: 56
  • Submitted: 2024-06-07 - 11:36 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Public Participation Plan
  • Please see the attached files which provide the comments. Great Bear Gold Project - Comments - Draft Tailored Impact Guidelines - Catherine Doucet Great Bear Gold Project - Comments - Draft Public Participation Plan  - Catherine Doucet Borehole, drilling muds, and surface water contamination risks at the Great Bear Gold Project Thank you. Catherine Doucet
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  • 1 Comments on the Draft Public Participation Plan for the Great Bear Gold Project Submitted by Catherine Doucet June 7, 2024 Overall, the Draft Public Participation Plan is very precise on presenting timelines and explaining what the process involves. Also, all the ways that interested parties may become involved. This allows for anyone impacted by the project to engage at all of the stages of the Impact Assessment process. It allows for being informed and clearly delineating how to participate. This should always be done as early on as is possible to provide an opportunity for the public to be engaged. They will then be included in considering the many and varied impacts that are associated with the project. Public participation tools - Page 5 The tools provided for the public appear quite comprehensive. There are multiple entry points for potential commenters to be engaged in the process, encapturing all ways that the public nowadays accesses ...
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  • As of 2023, Kinross was still was still doing surface exploration drilling at the Great Bear Gold site. From 2017 to the end of 2022, the site had 1167 borehole drilled totaling more than 560 km in length. Table 1 below summarises the drilling activities at the site since 2017. . Table 1 Ref: Kinross Gold Corporation Great Bear Gold Project Ontario, Canada NI 43-101 Technical Report Effective Date: December 31, 2022 Issue Date: February 13, 2023 Google Earth satellite imagery (Figure1) taken from a scene over the Great Bear site in September 2023 shows a mosaic of drill pads. Diamond-bit core drilling at these pads have generated drilling muds that contain lubricants, water and rock cuttings from deep geological horizons. An example of drilling mud deposit on at least one drill pad at the Great Bear site is shown figure 2. This picture was taken in July 2021, consulting company for Kinross, AGP Mining Consultants. Fig. 2 ...
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  • 1 Comments on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines Submitted by Catherine Doucet June 7, 2024 The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC), in its Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines has provided a thorough list of most of the aspects needed to ensure that Kinross’s Great Bear Gold Project will be ‘climate change ready’. Section 13 – Effects of Potential Accidents or Malfunctions In Section 13.1, Risk Assessment, the proponent must ‘provide an explanation of how these events were identified (e.g. information sources, recognized risk assessment methodology, professional expertise, similar project, participants’ input)’. Overall, the points that are elucidated by IAAC in Section 13.1 – Risk assessment, are very comprehensive, requiring the identification of risks from any accidents, specifically, should they occur in close proximity to the mine site. Similarly for Section 14, Effects of the Environment on the Project, the same process ...
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Attachment Grassy Narrows First Nation comments on draft IEPP for the Great Bear Gold Project IA

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Grassy Narrows First Nation
  • Reference Number: 55
  • Submitted: 2024-06-07 - 5:04 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Public Participation Plan
  • Please see comments attached.
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  • June 7, 2024 Attention: Anjala Puvanathan (Director, Ontario Region) (greatbear@iaac-aeic.gc.ca) Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Ontario Region 600-55 York Street Toronto, ON M5J 1R7 RE: Great Bear Gold Project – Comments on IAAC draft Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Plan On behalf of Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (“ANA” or Grassy Narrows First Nation”), we write to share with you Grassy Narrows’ preliminary comments on the draft Indigenous Engagement and Partnership Plan (“IEPP”) for the Great Bear Gold Project Impact Assessment. We have not had enough time or capacity support funding to complete a more fulsome review of the IEPP. As you know, Grassy Narrows is simultaneous being asked to respond to multiple permit applications from various provincial ministries regarding this Project. At the same time, Grassy Narrows was only given 30 days to review and provide comments on the IEPP and other documents like the draft Tailored Impact ...
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Attachment Great Bear Gold Project - Provincial Authority Advice on Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Draft Cooperation Plan

  • Great Bear Gold Project
  • Author: Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism
  • Reference Number: 54
  • Submitted: 2024-06-07 - 4:47 PM
  • Project Phase: Planning
  • Participation Notice: Public notice - Public Comments Invited on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Public Participation Plan
  • Amy Sen,  Please find attached the Minsitry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism's comments on the Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Draft Cooperation Plan. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. Regards, Joseph Harvey Heritage Planner | Heritage Branch | Citizenship Inclusion and Heritage Division Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism | Ontario Public Service 613.242.3743  | Joseph.Harvey@ontario.ca (mailto:Joseph.Harvey@ontario.ca)  
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  • CIAR #: 85832 Great Bear Gold Project Page 1 of 9 Comment Form - Draft Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Draft Cooperation Plan – Provincial Review Team Great Bear Gold Project Deadline: June 7, 2024 All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/85832?culture=en-CA). Documents can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Registry directly at registry-registre@iaac-aeic.gc.ca. Please note that all comments submitted using this form will be posted on the Canadian Impact Assessment Registry website for the Project. Please note that this is your opportunity to provide input to the Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines. Ministry: Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism (MCM) IA Contact: Joseph Harvey, Heritage Planner, Heritage ...
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