The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency), the Nunavut Impact
Review Board and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada have awarded $68,120 to
the Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association (Kugluktuk Hunters and Trappers Organization)
in support of its participation in the environmental assessment of the proposed
High Lake Mine project in Nunavut.
A Participant Funding Review Committee, independent of the environmental assessment
process, reviewed the application and provided recommendations on funding made
available through the Participant Funding Program administered by the Agency.
The project, as proposed by the proponent Zinifex Canada Inc. (formerly Wolfden
Resources Inc.), consists of the construction, operation, modification, abandonment
and decommissioning of a copper, zinc, gold and silver mine and associated infrastructure
in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. The mine site and processing facility will
be serviced by a temporary 49 km winter road and a 53 km all-season road, which
will connect to a dock facility on Grays Bay in the Coronation Gulf capable
of supporting vessels up to 50,000 DWT. The dock will be used to load ore concentrate
and receive equipment, fuel, and supplies. The current 1,450 m airstrip at Sand
Lake will be upgraded to 2,000 m length to provide air support for worker rotation.
The Committee's report
along with further information on the project is available on the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Registry, under registry number 07-03-30107.
For more information on the Participant Funding Program, contact:
Suzanne Osborne
Participant Funding Program
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
Tel.: 613-957-0254 (collect calls are accepted)
Fax: 613-948-9172
suzanne.osborne@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
