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MANITOBA Mining Review Message from MPDA President Tom Lewis.........................................................................................4 MPDA’s 2019-20 Board of Directors......................................................................................................4 Message from Outgoing President Ken Klyne.....................................................................................5 A Message from Premier Brian Pallister...............................................................................................6 A Message from Blaine Pedersen, Minister of Agriculture and Resource Development........................................................................... 7 Manitoba’s Mining and Exploration Industry Moves Forward..........................................................8 MPDA member properties 2019............................................................................................................11 MPDA Member Property Profiles Eden Gold Project..................................................................................................................................... 12 Ashern East Project................................................................................................................................. 12 Pemmican Island Project....................................................................................................................... 13 Palomar Lake Gold Project.....................................................................................................................14 Klimack Lake and North West Laurier Project................................................................................... 15 Adventure Partnership............................................................................................................................16 Bryce Bay – Thompson East Project....................................................................................................17 Get Back to the Rocks at the CCMEC.................................................................................................. 19 New Age Metals explores Manitoba’s lithium potential...................................................................20 Gold potential in the Bigstone Lake greenstone belt .......................................................................22 Lynx Diamond Project moves ahead...................................................................................................23 Cross Lake students find success with the Northern Manitoba Mining Academy....................24 A base metal case study of soil geochemistry across a sphagnum peat bog in Southeastern Manitoba.............................................................................28 A case study of soil geochemistry for screening sub-paleozoic targets in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake Belt....................................................................30 Go anywhere with ARGO........................................................................................................................32 Rockcliff Metals looks ahead with a new vision................................................................................34 New first impressions are on the horizon for Thompson Airport..................................................39 Northern Resource Trucking shows partnership at work................................................................40

Index to Advertisers Alair / MHA Enterprises Ltd...........................................21 Association for Mineral Exploration..........................IBC Best Western Thompson Hotel & Suites...................41 Bissett Community Council..........................................26 Bluewater Aviation Services Ltd....................................8 Central Canada Mineral Exploration Convention....27 Dimatec Inc.......................................................................21 Discovery International Geomatics.........................OBC Graymont...........................................................................15 Keystone Western Inc.....................................................33 MAARC.................................................................................8 Major Drilling.....................................................................28 Northern Resource Trucking........................................41

Northstar Air Ltd.................................................................7 Orix Geoscience Inc.........................................................30 PDAC...................................................................................42 Resource Equipment Sales.........................................IFC Rockcliff Metals Corp...............................................36, 37 Saturn Industries Ltd........................................................5 Terraquest Ltd..................................................................20 Thompson Airport Authority...........................................9 Trans West Company Inc................................................6 Transwest Air....................................................................39 TSL Laboratories Inc.......................................................10 University College of the North....................................25

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President’s message Tom Lewis, President, Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association On behalf of the newly elected officers and directors, I would like

mineral building blocks for this desired change. Windmills

to thank our past president, Ken Klyne, and his team, for their

and solar panels will require metals to construct, store, and

many contributions last year. Their hard work has ensured we

distribute the energy. Nuclear energy has low carbon emissions

have the basis for another successful Central Canada Minerals

and is part of the green solution. Electric vehicles will require

Exploration Conference (CCMEC) on18th and 19th of November.

metals for batteries, steel for frames and bodies, and up to 80

The Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association (MPDA), has had an unofficial motto of “If you can’t grow it, you have to mine it”. This has never been truer than today, as prospectors and developers face the many challenges of exploration in Manitoba.

Our access to land for exploration is shrinking, and obstacles to obtain permits is ever more difficult. However, revival of our

kilograms of copper for each vehicle for motors, alternators, and wiring. Transportation networks will need industrial minerals for roads (cement and steel rebar) or steel for rails. It is time the environmental community, Indigenous communities, educational institutions, and the mining industry, came together to meet the challenges of climate change.

business may come from unexpected sources.

Recently, I met with students enrolled in earth sciences. They are

Climate change seems to be on the lips of every politician, news

future. Education is essential in developing solutions, but students

media outlet, and the youth of the world. I understand their

also need support from job experience to pay bills and gain

concerns and the fear for the future. People point to the problems

valuable field experience from qualified mentors. In the past, the

of rising ocean levels, increased and more violent storms, and

Manitoba Geological Survey helped fill this void. However, recent

melting ice caps. However, one seldom hears that exploration and

budget cuts have reduced their valuable contribution.

mining will be a major player in developing of climate solutions.

keen to learn and develop their skills to help find minerals for the

The MPDA is looking forward to the coming year, to working with

Green energy will require refitting transportation networks and

aboriginal peoples, environmentalists, the academic community

vehicles, buildings as well as food growing and distribution

and government, and becoming a reliable resource for issues

processes. New technologies will be needed, and so too the

concerning mineral exploration and mining in Manitoba. 6

the benefits of joining the Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association The MPDA lobbies government on behalf of the exploration sector to ensure we maintain a viable industry in Manitoba. We also inform the public about our industry so they can make appropriate choices.

Collectively, our members: • Actively explore Manitoba to meet society's needs for metals like gold, silver, lithium, cobalt, graphite, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, diamonds, and uranium.

• Generate drill targets that may lead to new mineral deposits.

• Promote high standards for environmental stewardship and safe working conditions.

• Help educate prospectors and the community with respect to Indigenous sensitivities and treaty obligations.

• Encourage and education new professionals and prospectors interested in mineral exploration.

• Connect with government in the interest of increasing economic growth in resource development.

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In short, our members are the kind of people your company should get to know. Become a corporate member today.

Membership rates: • Student: $5 • Individual: $20

• Corporate: $50

Check us out further and become a member by visiting our website, http://mpda.ca/become-a-member/, or attending one of our monthly meetings at the Canad Inn Polo Park at 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month.

About the MPDA: The Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association was formed in the 1930s. In 1994, the organization was incorporated under the name Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association Inc. (MPDA). Its purpose is “To act as an advocacy group for the concerns and interests of our members and to inform the public of the value of mining in Manitoba”.

If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.

Message from Outgoing President Ken Klyne I want to thank the incoming board for stepping up to lead the

The prospectors, juniors, and majors have to be firing on all

MPDA. One thing that always impressed me is the depth of

cylinders. If the province wants to match our sister province,

experience in the MPDA; from retired to active professionals, the

Saskatchewan, with $4 billion in resource revenue, the politicians

solutions came easy.

have to step up to the plate.

For this industry to survive and attract many more billions of U.S.

It was a learning curve and privilege to serve as president.

dollars to the province, a Director of Mines needs to be hired and given absolute authority to issue work permits. The producers

Sincerely,

alone can not sustain the wider exploration service industry.

Ken Klyne 6

MPDA Board of Directors 2019-20 LEFT TO RIGHT: Jason Combe (Director), Lori Stewart (Secretary), Chris Beaumont-Smith (Vice-president), Tom Lewis (President), Julia Singh (Treasurer), James Campbell (Director).

Not pictured: Hamid Mumin (Director)

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Premier’s message the honourable Brian Pallister, Premier of Manitoba On behalf of all Manitobans, I am pleased to

development strategy and a new First Nations

send greetings and best wishes to the readers

mineral development protocol, resource

of the Manitoba Mining Review, and to those

companies can be confident that Manitoba

attending the Central Canada Mineral Exploration Convention. Manitoba mining truly has a

offers the stable, business-friendly environment the mining company needs in order to succeed.

remarkable story to tell.

Manitoba is once again open for business and

I join my fellow Manitobans in expressing our

our government is excited by the tremendous

appreciation to the members of our mining

potential for Manitoba's mining industry. The

industry for all that they contribute to our

mineral resource sector contributes more than

economy and communities. The success of our

$1 billion to the provincial economy each year,

mining sector ensures a brighter future for all

and employs more than 3,000 Manitobans. Those are impressive statistics and our government is

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committed to seeing them grow on a sustainable basis.

With expanded trade opportunities, reduced regulatory red tape, our Look North economic

The Honourable Brian Pallister

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Minister's message Blaine Pedersen, Minister of agriculture and resource development As Minister of Agriculture and Resource

I am happy to report that we have already taken

Development, I am pleased to extend greetings

steps toward realizing the full potential of our

to members of the Manitoba Prospectors

mining industry. In June, our government

and Developers Association, as well as the management and staff of the Manitoba Mining Review, for your work in promoting our province’s burgeoning mining industry.

Our government is proud to support the mining industry, recognizing its tremendous importance

established an advisory committee to provide a perspective on the mining and mineral exploration industries’ needs and challenges to help us address them effectively and sustainably. The success of this initiative will have positive ripple effects for provincial economic development for years to come.

to our strong, diversified provincial economy. This

My department staff and I look forward to working

growing sector offers countless investment and

with you to bring out the best in this highly valued

business development opportunities, while also

industrial sector. 6

representing significant potential employment for residents in resource-rich areas of our province, especially in the north.

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Untapped Potential:

Manitoba Mining and Exploration Industry Moving Forward Provided by Agriculture and Resource Development In December 2018, Manitoba launched

mining and exploration industries are

to create and share in the benefits of

a new Economic Growth Action Plan

key contributors to Manitoba’s economic

growth in Manitoba’s mining sector.

to deliver a renewed and reinvigorated

capacity, the Manitoba government is

approach to economic development

working closely with both industry and

in Manitoba. Built on extensive public

Indigenous and northern communities

and business consultation, the plan

to reset the climate for investment in

harnesses the collective ideas, strengths

Manitoba with the introduction of the

and talents of Manitobans to strengthen

Mineral Development Protocol, and a new

Manitoba’s economy for the future. The

industry advisory table for policy renewal.

benefits of growth in this sector,” said

Mineral Development Protocol

Growth, Enterprise and Trade (GET).

plan envisions greater coordination between government and the private

“There is tremendous potential for wealth and job creation in mineral development in Manitoba, and we are working together with First Nation communities to ensure they can help create and share in the Blaine Pedersen, Minister of Manitoba “While the template will be consistent for

sector to support a more nimble

Following engagement with First Nations

approach to economic development

leadership and industry representatives,

decision-making. The goals of the

the Manitoba government released

plan will of course extend toward the

the Manitoba – First Nations Mineral

mining and exploration industry in our

Development Action Plan in May of

province, a vital sector that provides jobs,

2019 as a detailed response to the 2018

investment, and growth to our economy

Co-Chairs’ Report on the Manitoba

and a quality of life to many remote

– First Nations Mineral Development

communities.

Protocol. The Action Plan defines how

The Manitoba government’s Manitoba

occur during all phases of mineral

Works plan is tightly tied to the Economic

development, helping to create certainty

Growth Action Plan, with the goal of

in order to advance projects in a timely

creating 40,000 private sector jobs over

manner and ensure First Nations can

The Government of Manitoba will also

the next four years. Manitoba Works

be actively involved in all phases of

continue to work collaboratively with the

aims to build on our strengths to grow

development projects within their

federal government and First Nations

trade, investment and job creation,

traditional territories. The Action Plan

to facilitate trilateral discussions with

and to ensure that policies in areas like

takes a shared management approach

respect to resource revenue sharing,

permitting, infrastructure investment

to identify opportunities to work in

including increasing First Nations’

and regulatory reform align with the

partnership with First Nations, thereby

fiscal powers to support direct financial

Economic Growth Action Plan. As the

ensuring that all stakeholders will be able

benefits to First Nations on mineral

Crown–Indigenous consultations will

First Nations who choose to take part, it can include customized aspects to reflect the unique governance, administrative and communication protocols of each community.”

Minister Pedersen has also confirmed the province’s commitment to $500,000 in funding that has been set aside to support First Nations in the development and implementation of protocol agreements.

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The Manitoba Association for Resource Recovery Corp. (MARRC) manages the Used Oil & Antifreeze Recycling Programs.

We are very much interested in assisting communities in the north with recycling their used oil, filters, containers as well as antifreeze and its containers.

development projects within their

LEGEND

traditional territories.

Mineral Exploration Licence Mining Claim / Mineral Lease

302B 302B 302B 302B

Collectively, these engagement

301B

209B 300B

1092B

54M

64P

Zone A Zone B

First Nations Traditional Land Use Area

247B

Northlands Consultation Area

166B

First Nations Resource Management Area

64J

166B

Churchill

communication and relationships between stakeholders, building

64K

54K

CHURCHILL

64I

64F

64G

understanding of any project proposed.

54F 64H

SOUTHERN INDIAN LAKE

Minister’s Liaison Committee on Mining and Exploration

Community Interest Zone

54L

BROCHET

trust, and ensuring a complete

LIMESTONE

54E

Fox Lake RMA

SPLIT LAKE RMA

54D

64A

CLAIM STAKING ONLY

64B

PUKATAWAGAN

1067A 1118A

Thompson

389B

PIKWITONEI 63N

government on priority policy issues

1045A 1046A

1023A

63O NELSON HOUSE RMA

63N

concerning mining and mineral

1023A

1074A 1051A 1064A

Cross Lake Trapline Zone

Snow Lake

1073A 1059A

1060A

53N

1069A

1080A

GOD'S LAKE

1079A 1077A 1057A 1081A 395A 1065A 1053A 1058A 1075A 1062A

426A

63K

1055A 1056A

1084A

1054A 1086A

1085A 1085A 1085A

1086A

Committee on Mining and Exploration.

1088B 1088B

1088B

1087A

417A

63I 53L

ISLAND LAKE

Moose Lake RMA

1044A 1044A

53E

63H Norway House RMA

ZONE A

Cedar Lake RMA

63F

to make Manitoba one of the most

1050A

1104A

1089B

OCN Traditional Use Aea

The mandate of the committee is

Grand Rapids

Asatawisipe Aki Planning Area

exploration and mining friendly

1094B

63A

1061B

jurisdictions in the world and provide

53D Island Lake RMA

ZONE B

recommendations to the Government

63C

Little Grand Rapids RMA

of Manitoba that supports sustainable

Bloodvein RMA 62N

development and reconciliation with

62P

62O

52M CLAIM STAKING ONLY

Dauphin

the goal of attracting responsible Gimli

mineral exploration and mining

62K

62J

activities. The committee is working

52L

62I

Neepawa

with government’s Resource

Brandon

Virden

Development Division in collaboration

Portage la Prairie

1114A 1114A 1114A 1114A 1114A 1114A 1113A 1112A

¯

Winnipeg

62H

Steinbach

52E

Winkler

1111A 1111A

0

25

1026A 1026A

1117A 1116A 1107A 1106A 1099A 1096A 1103A 1101A 1107A 1106A 1117A 1091A 1117A 1098A 1107A 1103A 1093A 1116A 1095A 1097A 1108A 1109A 1119A 1100A 1110A 1035A 1105A 1035A

1083A

has recently established a Liaison

suggest initiatives that will support the

53O

SHAMATTAWA

OXFORD HOUSE

THICKET PORTAGE

WABOWDEN

380B

53M

63P

1072A

CLAIM STAKING ONLY

Flin Flon

exploration in Manitoba, the province

economic development partners to

54B

Gillam

64C

protocol agreements and advise the

Development Office and regional

York Factory RMA

Fox Lake Seasonal Use Area

Lynn Lake

To support the establishment of

with the province’s Economic

Mineral Exploration Licence Zones (Revised Manitoba Regulation 64/92) Fox Lake First Nation Seasonal Land Use Area

CHIPEWYAN

166B

236B

efforts are geared toward improving

Mining Restricted

ZONE B 64O

299B 301B

50

100 kilometres

150

396A

418A

Mineral Exploration Licences

53K 53F

Zone A MEL No. 1051A 1052A 1058A 1062A 1063A 1064A 1065A 1074A 1077A 1079A 1080A 1081A 1050A 1059A 1060A 1073A 1026A 426A 1023A 1067A 1072A 396A 417A 418A 1035A 1083A 1084A 1085A 1086A 1087A 395A 1054A 1055A 1056A 1057A 1066A 1091A 1045A 1046A 1053A 1075A

Licence Holder Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Adia Resources Inc. Alix Resources Corp.

Alto Ventures Ltd. Alto Ventures Ltd. Alto Ventures Ltd. BWR Exploration Inc. BWR Exploration Inc. Callinex Mines Inc. CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. DG Resource Management Ltd. Gossan Resources Limited Gossan Resources Limited Gossan Resources Limited Hudbay Minerals Inc. Hudbay Minerals Inc. Hudbay Minerals Inc. Hudbay Minerals Inc. Hudbay Minerals Inc. Hudbay Minerals I nc.

James Cruise Campbell Qmc Quantum Minerals Corp.

Qmc Quantum Minerals Corp.

Qmc Quantum Minerals Corp.

Timothy N. Tuba Timothy N. Tuba Timothy N. Tuba White Cap Exploration White Cap Exploration Yamana Gold Ontario Inc. Yamana Gold Ontario Inc.

Zone B MEL No. 380B 389B 166B 236B 247B 299B 302B 209B 300B 301B 1088B 1089B 1061B

Licence Holder Auriga Gold Corp.

Auriga Gold Corp.

CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. East Resource Inc. East Resource Inc. East Resource Inc. Hudbay Minerals Inc. Hudbay Minerals Inc. Kenneth Marlin Klyne

INDEX MAP 2A ACTIVE MINERAL EXPLORATION LICENCES

Compiled By T. Davis Revised September 2019

goals of the Economic Growth Action Plan.

The committee is comprised of representatives from private industry, academia, and the Government of Manitoba. The Committee is tasked with identifying solutions for challenges facing the industry, including Indigenous relations, permitting, government capacity and incentives. The committee meets monthly and has engaged in very productive discussions thus far.

“I am pleased to lead this committee

C ont i nui ng t o grow wi t h our regi onal and gl ob al communi t i es!

Development of the site commenced 2018 and the new Air Terminal Building construction to begin late 2019.

of stakeholders and government,” said Shastri Ramnath, Committee Chair and CEO of Exiro Minerals Corp. and Chair of Orix Geoscience. 6

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Communities Economic Development

Active Mineral Dispositions

Fund (CEDF) has been identified as

Percentage by Area

the regional partner organization who will work collaboratively with partners in the province to deliver programs, services, and economic development programming in northern Manitoba.

Accordingly, CEDF will function as the lead entity for Look North to coordinate the implementation of the northern strategy going forward.

Manitoba Mineral Development Fund During the recent provincial election,

Mining Claims. 37% Mineral Exploration Mineral Leases. 1% Licenses. 62%

importance of growing the mining industry and creating additional

Mining generates significant economic

Committee both complement the Look

opportunities, and large areas of high

North Report and Action Plan, which

mineral potential in the province remain

identifies the northern mining industry

under-explored. The goal of this working

and its mineral potential as the single

group is to position Manitoba to attract

most likely source of sustainable, long-

the investment it needs to discover and

term economic development prosperity

develop new mineral deposits in order

in northern Manitoba. The Look North

to create economic opportunities for all

report notes that the industry has

Manitobans.�

sustained the north for close to 80 years, and with the right support and

Look North

Premier Brian Pallister recognized the

investment could sustain the north

The Manitoba – First Nations Mineral

for a long time to come. Through the

Development Action Plan and the Liaison

Economic Growth Action Plan, the

jobs to support families and local communities. Along with providing resources to formalize new mineral protocol agreements with First Nations and advancing all phases of mineral development in the north, Premier Pallister also spoke towards the establishment of a new $20 million Manitoba Mineral Development Fund as part of the Manitoba Works jobs plan, which aims to add 40,000 private sector jobs over four years.

Through these efforts and the strategic priorities identified as part of the Economic Growth Action Plan, the Manitoba government is committed to ensuring that our province is a place where the mining and exploration industry can thrive and will continue to foster an environment where businesses can invest, build, and grow.

Related links: Economic Growth Action Plan www.manitobagrowth.ca

Providing Quality Analyses, Excellent Turnaround Time and Customer Service for the Exploration and Mining Industry.

Manitoba – First Nations Mineral Development Action Plan www.manitoba.ca/iem/ mines/fnmdp.html Look North www.looknorthmb.ca 6

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MANITOBA MINERAL PROPERTIES OWNED BY MPDA MEMBERS

Through their research and prospecting, MPDA members generate mineral projects which are often optioned to mining companies - thus making an important contribution to the mining industry in Manitoba.

Graphics provided by Orix Geoscience www.orixgeo.com

MPDA Member Property

Eden Gold Project

Leaf Rapids, Northern Manitoba Project Highlights • New gold discovery.

• Gold-bearing structural target delineated by VTEM, total field magnetic geophysics, and geochemistry for 11+ kilometres.

• Unexplored and untested belt potential.

• Drill tested for only 100-metre strike length and to a maximum depth of 75 metres.

• Gold zone widening at depth and open in both directions along strike.

• All drill holes into zone returned anomalous gold, plus other metals.

• Lode gold style mineralization.

• Easy all-weather access.

• Drill confirmation (e.g. 3.79 g/t Au,

RM Exploration

8.4 g/t Ag, 0.19 per cent Cu 0.11g/t Pd).

428 13th Street Brandon, Manitoba R7A 4R1 Phone: 204-724-7674 Email: rmumin22@gmail.com 6

MPDA Member Property

Ashern East Project

A new discovery on manganese in Manitoba Project Highlights • Excellent location and road access.

Projects locates about 150 kilometres north from Winnipeg and 20 kilometres east from town of Ashern. Provincial road goes across the claims.

• Outlined area of manganese anomaly based on extensive soil sampling campaigns.

For more information, please contact Mr. Nikolay Bashaev at bnick15@outlook.com or 1-204-489-1490. 6

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MPDA Member Property

Pemmican Island Project

Polymetallic-Ni/Zn/Co/Pb/Cu/Ag/Au

Project Highlights

from DDH Klyne No. 3, sent for ICP-MS analysis, returned the

• 1.18 per cent nickel.

following:

• 0.76 per cent zinc.

• 1,400 ppm lead.

• 830 ppm cobalt.

• 120 ppb gold.

• A short-angle hole under the outcrop above yielded.

• 20 feet 0.61 per cent zinc, starting at 15 metres down hole.

• Within the 20 feet was six inches 4.59 per cent zinc, 0.41 per cent lead, .014 per cent copper, 10.4 per cent iron, 14.05 per cent sulfur, 62 ppm silver.

Highlights of Conclusions- Geophysical Survey The most positive outcome from the magnetic and large-loop transient EM surveys at the Pemmican Island property is that there appears to be an anomalous magnetic and conductive

1. 95 per cent dolomite and five per cent sulphide − 6.04 per cent Zn and l.04 per cent Pb. 2. 80 per cent dolomite and 20 per cent sulphide − 31.2 per cent Zn, 6882.6 ppm Pb, 62 ppm Ag. 3. 75 per cent dolomite and 25 per cent sulphide − 5.66 per cent Zn and 1.04 per cent Pb. 4. 100 per cent sulphide − 7.84 per cent Zn, 2753.6 ppm Pb, 23 ppm Ag. 5. 95 per cent dolomite and five per cent sulphide-0.98 per cent Zn and 1605.7 ppm Pb.

formation coincident with the inferred sulphide zone trending

From Cominco airborne geophysics completed in the 1990s,

northeast under Lake Winnipegosis from the island.

depth to bottom is 400 metres; there is an intrusive under

ICP Analyses Five small loose chip samples from the mineralized interval

Pemmican Island that is 300 metres to top and another a mile away, which is 200 metres to top. The geophysical classification under Pemmican Island is mafic-ultramafic flow. 6 Manitoba Mining Review 2019-2020

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MPDA Member Property

Palomar Lake Gold Project

Project Highlights • We have lots and lots of gold − and that is just in one vein (180 metres long by 2.5 to 3.5 metres wide)!

• We have parallel veins − even more gold.

• We are not in a park so we’re restriction free.

• Our vein is 176 metres off a Provincial Road, giving you year-round access.

• Low infrastructure cost − you are only 20 kilometres from Bissett and 225 kilometres from Winnipeg.

• Our claims cover 1,000 Ha on both sides of PR304, so you are your own neighbour.

• Water is just 400 metres away from the vein at Palomar Lake − that is close.

• Credentials and credibility − we have had three geologists survey the site, giving us personal, on-site guidance and providing direct involvement with channel and grab sampling.

• Did we mention the gold and the price of gold? Our lab results as high as 40+ grams per tonne and channel samples are in the 30-gram-per-tonne range, with many averaging at seven grams

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• The channel sampling is as of 2019, so this is a new opportunity.

per tonne − that is what you need to

Make us an offer by contacting us at

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• Chris Lytwyn: 204-226-5919 • George Nykulaik: 204-589-4987 • William Dusessoy: 204-794-6412 6

MPDA Member Property

Klimack Lake and North West Laurier Project Zn-Cu –Ni

Project Highlights • We have significant levels of zinc and copper/nickel adjacent to Riding Mountain Park.

• Why are these locations significant?

• We are not in any parks and are

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MPDA Member Property

Adventure Partnership The Archean Rice Lake greenstone belt is the most prolific gold-

gold deposits. The property is dominated by the Manigotogan

producing region in Manitoba. The Adventure Partnership was

River anticline, which represents a macroscopic, southeast-

formed with the intention of identifying opportunities in the Rice

plunging fold representing a parasitic fold on the flanks of the

Lake greenstone belt. The partnership is led by Chris Beaumont-

Beresford Lake Anticline, the dominant structure in the region.

Smith, former Director of the Manitoba Geological Survey, and George Nykulaik and Chris Lytwyn, prospectors active in the Rice Lake belt. The Rice Lake belt was selected due to its long history of gold discoveries, ease of access, and available mineral rights.

to northwest-trending shear zone system consisting of the Stormy Lake shear zone (SLSZ) and the Moore Lake shear zone (MLSZ). The SLSZ represents the locus of historic gold showings

The first opportunity identified by the partnership is the large

hosted in sheared Gem and Bibou assemblage rocks. These two

claim block staked in the Beresford Lake-Lily Lake region in the

shear zones represent the primary targets of exploration of the

southeastern Rice Lake greenstone belt (RLGB). This portion of

Adventure property. Initial prospecting south of Stormy Lake

the RLGB represents the eastern extension of the greenstone

has delineated a large zone of intense quartz-iron carbonate

belt in the shadow of the Ross River pluton, a roughly circular

alteration hosted by highly shear rocks along the contact

felsic intrusive complex the occupies the central portion of the

between Bidou assemblage intermediate volcaniclastic rocks

RLGB. The Ross River pluton appears to represent a structural

and gabbro. The alteration zone is discontinuously exposed

buttress around which the RLGB deformed during sinistral

along a 150-metre ridge and averages five metres in width.

transpression. Accordingly, the northwest and southeast quadrants represent low pressure shadows around the pluton favourable for the development of gold deposits. This theory is borne out by the large number of gold deposits and gold showings identified in the northwest quadrant where in excess of 2 million ounces of gold have been mined or comprise mineral

A second area of concentration during the early stages of the exploration is a laterally continuous iron formation located in the Edmunds assemblage along the western margin of the property. The Adventure Partnership believes that the gold potential of the Edmunds assemblage has been overlooked by explorers. Edmunds assemblage iron formation hosts the

resources. The corresponding southeast quadrant has produced

historic Beaver Showing located on the southern shore of Lily

significantly less gold over its history, largely due to less

Lake. The delineation of a 20-kilometre iron formation during

intensive exploration.

MGS geological mapping is significant from an exploration

Recent Manitoba Geological Survey research has provided a comprehensive geological setting of the eastern RLGB and constraints on gold mineralization in the region. The geology

perspective as the iron formation hosts gold showings at either end of the trend and hosts a number of quartz-iron carbonate alteration zones along its strike length.

of the eastern RLGB consists of thick sequences of volcanic,

The partnership intends to conduct detailed prospecting

volcaniclastic rocks comprising the Garner, Bidou, and

and geochemistry surveys of target areas over the next field

Gem assemblages, which are in turn overlain by sediments

season. Advancing the property beyond this stage will require

comprising the Edmunds assemblage. These sequences record

the addition of a partner company. To date, the historic shear

the evolution of a volcanic arc, its uplift, and accretion as the

zone-hosted gold mineralization on the property has not been

western Superior craton is assembled.

drill tested, without the delineation of any additional targets.

The deformational history is similar with that of the northwestern RLGB, further supporting the perspectivity for gold in the eastern region. The Adventure property consist of 27 mineral claims comprising 5,700 ha located in the eastern RLGB. Manitoba

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Overprinting the Manigotogan River anticline is a major north

The Adventure property represent one of the largest mineral properties available for option in the Rice Lake greenstone belt and demonstrates good potential to host additional gold mineralization.

Geological Survey geological mapping has delineated several

For more information, contact Chris Beaumont-Smith at

structural features that are prospective for the development of

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MPDA Member Property

Bryce Bay – Thompson East:

Ni-Cu –Co- Pge Project Thompson Nickel Belt – Manitoba Project Highlights The project areas are located about 30 kilometres east of Thompson and are held in two blocks referred to as Bryce Bay, located north of Bryce Bay and Thompson-East claims which are directly east of Thompson. Access to the prospect area is by four-wheel drive truck, all-terrain vehicle, boat and motor or snowmobile.

Geology and Exploration: Supracrustal (Proterozoic) Ospwagon Group rocks, including psammites, pelites, calcareous sediments and iron formation are intersected in the project area of the Thompson Nickel Belt (TNB).

The Ospwagon rocks are intruded by mafic and ultramafic dykes and host the massive to disseminated nickel-rich sulphide bodies of the Thompson mines. Boreholes drilled on the Thompson East Claims by Anglo American have intersected what is believed to be

(McClenaghan et al.). In addition, high Ag assay values of 771, 363 and 246 ppb were recorded for till samples recovered from boreholes sampled on this claim. To the north, but on strike with conductors on this claim, anomalously high concentrations of Ag (210 ppb) and Zn (95 ppm) are present in the till overlying conductor zones 10 and 12.

the Pipe Formation – the host formation for most of the nickel-rich deposits.

Anglo American conducted exploration in the early 2000s in the Grass River and Thompson –East area. This included an airborne “spectrum” (magnetic, electromagnetic, radiometric and terrain) survey which delineated 27 EM conductor zones that warranted follow-up ground work. Follow-up exploration included ground geophysical surveys and diamond drilling boreholes within the

MB12045) north of EM conductor zones located from the Spectrum survey have anomalous high As, Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, and Cr concentrations. Initial channel sampling of a massive sulphide vertical dipping vein up-ice of the anomalous till concentrations provided Ag concentrations as high as 3.13 ppm, maximum Cu values of 8,500 ppm and Co values up to 1,610 ppm.

conductor zones.

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Eight of these 27 conductor zones lie within the Thompson-East

Reference: M.B. McClenaghan, S.A. Averill, I.M. Kjarsgaard, D.

claims and because outcrop is limited, and to advance exploration,

Layton- Mathews, and G. Matile. Indicator mineral signatures of

till geochemistry investigations have been undertaken within or

magmatic Ni-Cu deposits, Thompson Nickel Belt, central Canada.

directly down-ice direction on seven of the zones by the property

Geological Survey of Canada, Open file 7261. 6

owner.

To date, over 200 boreholes have been augered, samples recovered, and till assay values recorded for the project area.

The till assay data have been most useful in identifying preferred locations for additional borehole drilling.

Thompson-East: High Ni values, 131.5 and 90.8 ppm have been determined by assays for till samples collected from two of the boreholes augered on claim (MB 11598) which overlies the strong EM anomaly of conductor zone 23. These Ni concentrations are similar to some of the values from till deposits directly overlying or within 750 m of Pipe Lake, Thompson C Pit, and Soab Lake mine

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Get Back to the Rocks at the Central Canada Mineral Exploration Convention

By Lori Stewart, CCMEC Event Coordinator

We are excited to be launching the second annual industry-driven Central Canada Mineral Exploration Convention (CCMEC)! The convention takes place November 18th and 19th, 2019 at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg and has expanded to two days within a larger space. The theme for this year is “Back to the Rocks”, which will focus on bringing central Canada’s mineral exploration industry back to its roots by facilitating direct links between the various stakeholders of the industry. We have invited an expanded, motivating lineup of speakers, including representatives from several of central Canada’s exploration companies, academic institutions, government bodies, financers, Indigenous Peoples, and innovators. Headlining Keynote Speaker Rex Murphy, social commentator for CBC, will engage the audience by speaking on the future of Canadian resources.

In November 2018, the inaugural CCMEC was presented by the Manitoba Prospectors and Developers Association (MPDA) in partnership with Orix Geoscience Inc. as the first-ever industrydriven mineral exploration convention in Manitoba. The fullday event was a resounding success with the attendance of over 350 exploration professionals, academics, government representatives, suppliers, financiers, innovators, Indigenous Peoples, and community representatives.

The opportunity to create this innovative event arose after the forfeiture of the Government of Manitoba’s annual Mining and Minerals Convention. As the primary engagement opportunity for the mineral resources community, the surrender of this event presented an opportunity to the mineral resources industry to reinvigorate the sector in Manitoba with new focus and energy.

The theme for CCMEC 2018 was “Strategic Exploration: Navigating Change Through Collaboration”. The convention was a one-day event with a wide array of globally recognized industry expert sessional speakers, including representatives from some of Manitoba’s mineral producers. Sessions focused on innovation in exploration and Manitoba exploits while including a variety of subjects of interest to the mineral resource community. Industry advancing technology was a highlight, with presentations on pioneering unmanned aerial vehicle technology applications and the use of big data in the frontiers of exploration. In addition, there were crucial discussions of the importance of community engagement and strategic financing methods, which are

necessary to foster growth in the region. The convention also included opportunities for networking, professional development, and industry engagement, as well as a bustling exhibitor showcase area.

For CCMEC 2019, the convention promises to be bigger and better! New for this year is an independent exhibitor showcase area that will host more displays and booths, showcasing the innovations and advancements of the industry from a wide variety of stakeholders. Expanding to a two-day event with much more space has allowed for multiple technical sessions, two panel discussions, dedicated space for meetings, and a streamlined registration process.

The vision for CCMEC is to become an international convention of choice, with a focus to establish Manitoba as a global center for exploration and mining. To accomplish this, we encourage the mineral exploration industry to engage toward positive change by participating in the evolution of exploration of central Canada.

We hope to see you there!

For more information about the Central Canada Mineral Exploration Convention, visit https://ccme-convention.ca/. You can also email coordinator@ccme-convention.ca or call (431) 374-2258. 6

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New Age Metals

explores Manitoba’s lithium potential

By Lyndon McLean With wide range of applications from

New Age Metals Lithium Projects

pharmaceuticals and aerospace

New Age Metals holds 11,620 hectares

technologies to electric-hybrid vehicles

in an area that hosts numerous lithium-

and the batteries in the phones we rely

bearing pegmatites. Their projects

on every day, lithium (Li) has become

surround the Tanco Mine, which was

an important and in-demand element.

recently purchased by Sinomine Resource

In Manitoba, the most prolific lithium-

Group Co. from U.S.-based Cabot

bearing region is the Winnipeg River–Cat Lake pegmatite field, host to the world-

Corporation. Initial communications

class Tanco lithium-cesium-tantalum

and correspondence from Sinomine,

deposit and several other pegmatites.

based out of China, point toward the

And one company, ew Age Metals Inc., is

development of lithium projects and

hard at work in the area, bringing valued

production in this unexplored and highly

resources to Manitoba and the world.

prospective region.

New Age Metals Lithium division project map

The company’s Lithium Division oversees seven pegmatite-hosted lithium projects in the Winnipeg River – Cat Lake Pegmatite Field, located in southeast Manitoba: Lithman West, Lithman East, Lithman North, Lithman East Extension, Cat Lake, Lithium One, and Lithium Two projects.

New Age is the largest mineral claim holder in area, and all claims are held by Lithium Canada Development, a 100 per cent owned Lithium Division of New Age Metals. Three of the projects − Lithium One, Lithium Two, and Lithman West − are considered drill ready, and the company has focused on Lithium One and Lithium Two in 2019.

On Lithium One, samples were taken from the known Silverleaf and Annie pegmatites and not only returned significant Li20

assays of up to 4.1 per cent but also heightened levels of rubidium oxide

(Rb2O). Samples taken from the Eagle and

FD5 pegmatites on Lithium Two returned results of up to 3.8 per cent Li2O.

Lithium One Project Lithium One is located 12 kilometres south of the Tanco Pegmatite, in the southern extension of the Bird River Greenstone Belt. The project consists of 2,294 hectares and contains over 40 pegmatites,

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Digital Radiometrics Digital Matrix VLF-EM

Lithium One map: Pegmatite map of the Lithium One Project.

with the southern portion of the project

locations. Numerous pegmatites and

containing numerous underexplored

pegmatite swarms were not sampled,

pegmatites.

due to access difficulties, and will be

Exploration is focused on the Annie and Silverleaf Pegmatites, both of which are drill-ready with a 1,500-metre planned drill program.

prospected during the next exploration program.

Lithium Two Project Situated 20 kilometres north of the

Annie Pegmatite returned values up

Tanco Pegmatite, the Lithium Two

to 0.6 per cent Li2O and 0.37 per cent

Project consists of 145 hectares. Surface

surface, for an approximate area of 15

per cent Li2O, and the project is drill ready

Ta2O5. The pegmatite is exposed on

sampling has yielded assays up to 3.8

metres by 90 metres. Samples returned

with a 1,500-metre planned drill program.

assays of 0.10 per cent to 0.64 per cent Li2O and 0.21 per cent to 0.81 per

cent Rb2O. Other pegmatites returned elevated levels of lithium. Due to the

zoned nature of some of the pegmatites, additional lithium-rich zones may exist but are not exposed on surface.

Silverleaf Pegmatite has zones of spodumene and lepidolite exposed on surface with samples up to 4.1 per cent

Spodumene blades in the Eagle Pegmatite (Lithium Two) The FD No. 5 Pegmatite appears to have

Lithium Two contains three pegmatites

not been previously drill tested. The FD

known to date, most prominently the

No. 5 Pegmatite is surface exposed over

Eagle Pegmatite and the F.D. No. 5

an area of 27 by 15 metres and is poorly

Pegmatite. There are several other

exposed away from the main showing.

lithium bearing pegmatites near the Lithium Two Project which have not been

Surface sampling over the two

drill tested.

pegmatites during the 2016 field season

The Eagle Pegmatite is exposed on

up to 2.44 per cent Li2O and assays up

yielded assays for the Eagle Pegmatite

surface and was last drilled in 1948. At

to 3.04 per cent Li2O for the FD No. 5

the time, it was indicated that it remains

Pegmatite. The lithium content over

open to depth and along strike. A historic

both sampled pegmatites is extremely

The company’s Phase One Exploration

tonnage of 544,460 tonnes of 1.4 per

positive. 6

Program sampled several of the other

cent Li2O (source: Manitoba Mineral

Li2O.

known lithium-bearing pegmatites,

Index Cards) was reported in 1948. (This

including the Greer Lake Pegmatitic

amount has not been confirmed by a

Granite. The exploration program’s

qualified person at this time.) The Eagle

aim was to obtain modern-day assay

Pegmatite has a general strike of 077°

analyses of the pegmatites and ground-

and a near vertical dip. The unit strikes at

proof some of the historic pegmatite

80° with a near vertical dip to the north.

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Gold potential in the Bigstone Lake greenstone belt Bigstone Lake

by Marc Rinne, Geologist, Precambrian Geoscience, Manitoba Geological Survey

The Bigstone Lake greenstone belt (BLGB) is located 440

Because they are topographic lows, the largest shears in the

kilometres north-northeast of Winnipeg, and about 50

BLGB are typically covered by overburden and are mostly

kilometres west-southwest of the First Nations communities

inaccessible by surface mapping or prospecting. This presents

of Saint Theresa Point, Wasagamack, and Garden Hill. In 2016,

an opportunity for new work in the area in that (1) zones of

the Manitoba Geological Survey (MGS) selected the BLGB

shallowly buried shear-hosted mineralization would have been

for a regional geological mapping program, with the aim to

easily overlooked by previous workers, and (2) the geometry

document its bedrock geology (including areas that were

and density of topographic lineaments can be applied toward

previously unmapped), and to provide a modern assessment of its mineral potential. Recent findings by the MGS—in addition to occurrences previously documented by the Geological Survey of Canada and Noranda Exploration Company Ltd.—indicate widespread and locally high-grade gold mineralization in the area. These findings could inform new economic development partnerships between the mineral exploration sector and nearby First Nations communities.

Known gold occurrences in the BLGB are scattered around the east shores of Bigstone Lake and along an east-southeast trend through the centre of Knight Lake (Figure 1). The gold occurs

a targeted drilling or shallow trenching campaign, particularly in context of other information such as alteration zonation.

New and historical mapping results compiled to date would readily support surface and subsurface exploration for gold mineralization near the known occurrences, including new structural targets and related exploration suggestions outlined in Rinne (2017). Detailed exploration work in the BLGB was last undertaken between 1986 and 1993; there are currently no active mineral dispositions in the area.

Selected References

mostly in quartz-sulphide veins up to a few metres thick hosted

Ermanovics, I.F., Park, G., Hill, J. and Goetz, P.A. 1975: Geology

by late brittle-ductile shears, including the Diamond Queen veins

of Island Lake map area (53E), Manitoba and Ontario; Geological

(discovered in the 1930s; Assessment File 91148) and the “Root

Survey of Canada, Report of Activities, Part A, Paper 75-1A, p.

showing” discovered by Noranda in the 1980s (Assessment File

311–316.

94511; Figure 1). Recent MGS mapping revealed a number of previously unknown gold-bearing veins in the area (e.g., Rinne, 2017) and confirmed that the controlling structures are related to topographic lineaments visible in aerial imagery and topographic data.

McIntosh, R.T. 1941: Bigstone Lake area; Manitoba Mines and Natural Resources, Mines Branch, Publication 38-1, 12 p., map at 1:63 360 scale.

Neale, K.L. 1985: Geological investigations in the Knight Lake– Bigstone Lake area; in Report of Field Activities 1985, Manitoba Energy and Mines; Geological Services/Mines Branch, p. 200– 202.

Rinne, M.L. 2017: Preliminary results of bedrock mapping at Bigstone Lake and Knight Lake, northwestern Superior province, Manitoba (parts of NTS 53E11, 12, 13, 14); in Report of Activities 2017, Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 19–29.

Rinne, M.L. 2019: Results of bedrock mapping at Knight Lake, east-central Manitoba (parts of NTS 53E11, 12, 13, 14); in Report of Activities 2019, Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Manitoba Geological Survey.

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Adia Resources completes its 2019 Winter Program and looks ahead to 2020 In May, Adia Resources Inc. announced the completion of the

and provide additional material for microdiamond analysis.

2019 winter program at its Lynx Diamond Project near Oxford

The originally planned 2019 winter drilling program consisted

House. The winter program consisted of an initial phase of

of eight holes totaling approximately 3,000 metres, but due to a

diamond drilling and a ground gravity survey. Adia also received

late start and unforeseen mechanical issues and breakdowns,

encouraging results from the analysis of two beach sand samples that were collected at the Lynx project in 2018.

Adia CEO Marco LoCascio noted, “The drilling and ground gravity survey completed during the 2019 winter program mark an important first step in evaluating the potential of the Lynx project. The drill intercepts combined with the gravity survey support the interpretation of a diamondiferous ultramafic unit at least three kilometres long and up to 315 metres wide (estimated

not all the planned holes could be completed.

Preliminary logging and photographing of the core, along with specific gravity and magnetic susceptibility measurements, were performed on site. All drill core was then shipped to De Beers Canada Inc. facilities in Sudbury, Ontario for detailed logging, cutting, and sampling for microdiamond analysis, whole rock chemistry, and petrology. Significant thicknesses

true thickness). We look forward to receiving the results of

of the diamondiferous UFA unit were intersected in each of the

microdiamond and other analyses over the course of 2019 and

three holes, and 85 samples weighing 20 kilograms each were

anticipate ending the year with an improved understanding of the

shipped to the De Beers Kimberley Microdiamond Laboratory

diamond endowment of the Lynx project and a clear plan for the

(KMDL) in Johannesburg for microdiamond analysis.

2020 winter season.�

2019 Winter Program

Adia is currently awaiting the microdiamond analysis results for the 2019 drill core samples. They’re planning to extend the

Three NQ-sized drill holes totalling about 1,258 metres were

ground gravity survey that was carried out in 2019 over the

completed at Eastern Bay. The drill program was designed to

Eastern Bay zone, and to complete an additional 3,000 metres

test the dimensions of the diamondiferous volcaniclastic unit

of diamond drilling during the winter of 2020. 6

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Cross Lake students find success with the Northern Manitoba Mining Academy Mining is an industry of exploration. Twelve men from the northern community of Cross Lake took the challenge of exploration and

Cross Lake classroom students.

found exactly what they were looking for at the Northern Manitoba Mining Academy (NMMA).

Located in Flin Flon, the NMMA is a collaborative venture of industry, educational, and governmental partners and a variety of community stakeholders. The mandate is to provide increased access to industrial and mining-related training, specifically for Northern Manitoba residents, like the 12 men from Cross Lake.

The objective is to create a knowledgeable, skilled, and sustainable workforce.

In spring 2019, the NMMA partnered with the Northern Manitoba Sector Council, employer Hudbay Minerals, and other stakeholders to offer mining and industry training for the community of Cross Lake. Applicants were screened, assessed and interviewed resulting in 12 successful candidates being admitted to the program.

The collaborative nature of the program gives it a strong

Training started in Cross Lake with three weeks of Life Skills

foundation for outreach. It is led by a board of directors and

education followed by four weeks of Essential Skills learning

established and authorized by the University College of the

conducted by Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM).

North (UCN). The NMMA develops and implements strategic

“The students were hard-working, diligent and committed to success,” notes WEM instructor Guy Row. “Many of them exceeded the Essential Skills training objectives, demonstrating their abilities

training initiatives for new hires, and skills enhancement for those already employed. The NMMA also develops teaching, research, and educational linkages with other institutions

and commitment to learning.” The program then shifted to the

related to mining and its associated disciplines and northern

NMMA in Flin Flon for two weeks, where students were provided

economic development. Outreach and career-awareness

with an opportunity to learn about exploration, minerals, and

activities are directed at career options within the mining,

mining.

mineral exploration, and skilled trades sectors.

Cross Lake grads.

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Hands-on activities with the Cross Lake group included

stayed overnight in camp accommodations which provided

practice time operating heavy equipment in the underground

an opportunity “to get a flavour of the living and working

mining simulator and the use of geology laboratory equipment,

conditions,” explains Rob Assabgui, Vice-President, Manitoba

including petrocut and slab saws, to cut and examine mineral

Business Operations at Hudbay Minerals. He proudly adds,

samples. The students demonstrated enthusiasm with their

“…all 12 candidates successfully passed the Hudbay hiring

newfound knowledge and skills by bringing their own mineral

assessment.”

samples from Cross Lake (above), following a weekend trip “We all have personal struggles that we had to overcome in order

home, for further analysis and discussion.

Additional training sessions and presentations from Hudbay personnel provided the students an opportunity to learn and ask questions of a prospective employer, while increasing

to complete the training,” says Cross Lake student and class spokesman Dean Garrioch, “but we have helped each other in different aspects of the training.”

An emotional graduation ceremony in front of friends and

confidence in their own abilities.

The program concluded with two days of safety training and site tours at Hudbay operations in Snow Lake. Students

family, demonstrated how proud the students were of their accomplishment. In recognition of their efforts, all 12 students were presented with conditional offers of employment from Hudbay Minerals.

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Building on the success of this program, the Northern Manitoba Mining Academy anticipates collaborating with industry and governmental partners on future similar projects. Additionally, NMMA programming has expanded to include professional development topics such as project management and short duration video conference workshops. Expanding educational, research, and outreach opportunities for the people of northern Manitoba will continue to be the primary objective of the NMMA. For more information, visit miningacademy.ca. 6

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A Base Metal Case Study of Soil Geochemistry Across a Sphagnum Peat Bog in Southeastern Manitoba

By Bill Hood Exploration has transitioned over the past several decades from ground prospecting to the use of sophisticated geophysical and geochemical techniques. However, every mineral property presents its own set of challenges in the use of these new techniques, especially geochemistry.

The author originally staked the Donner Lake copper prospect, 50 kilometres northeast of Lac du Bonnet, in 1983. The Donner showing, with copper-gold-silver mineralization, had been known for many years and was drilled in the 1950s with limited success.

The author’s interest in the long-abandoned prospect was

Collecting decomposed peat moss samples from 1.5 metres depth with an auger across geophysical anomalies in the Donner spruce bog.

caused by a 1970s regional airborne survey, which showed a one-line conductive and magnetic anomaly about one kilometre southwest of the Donner showing but no anomaly over the known mineralized zone. Prospectors being eternal optimists, the hope was that the nearby airborne anomaly was caused by a larger zone of similar mineralization.

A couple days of tramping around the bush revealed that the approximate location of the airborne anomaly was covered by a large spruce bog with outcrops of gabbro-pyroxenite on the south side and basalt on the north side. Sampling of the gabbro-pyroxenite revealed that it was becoming more mafic in composition toward the spruce bog. While the genesis of the nearby Donner copper showing was uncertain, there was now the distinct possibility that the airborne magnetic and electromagnetic anomaly was caused by magmatic nickelcopper sulphide mineralization under the bog. Magmatic sulphide deposits occur in this district, such as the nearby Mayville property to the northwest, and the Dumbarton-Maskwa mine to the south.

The challenge − as it is for every holder of mining claims − is how to get new data to sell the idea. Step one is almost always ground geophysics. A magnetic survey revealed a 5,000 nT above-background magnetic anomaly over the spruce bog, presumably reflecting serpentinized ultramafic rocks and/or sulphide mineralization at the base of the intrusion. A VLF-EM survey returned a strong conductive anomaly for 300 metres down the center of the spruce bog, offset about 25 metres north of the axis of the magnetic anomaly. The data was starting to line up in support of a magmatic sulphide environment, but as

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we tend to say in this business, “a geophysical anomaly plus a

On the face of it, a 629 ppm copper anomaly might seem

dollar might buy you a cup of coffee.”

encouraging, but a troubling pattern is evident in this data. The

Short of writing a large cheque to a drilling company, more data was needed to show that the geophysical anomalies actually reflected mineralization. Soil geochemistry was the next obvious choice, but sphagnum peat moss was not normal black humus, and B-horizon soil was under at least two metres of peat. It was decided to test peat geochemistry, collecting samples from a depth of 1.5 metres using a soil auger. All samples were a mucky

higher values are at the ends of the sampling line immediately adjacent to outcrop, rather than over the geophysical anomalies.

That would suggest that the anomaly adjacent to the gabbropyroxenite is likely caused by input of clastic grains shedding off the outcrop into the peat bog. Oh well, in mineral exploration, sometimes things work out, and sometimes they don’t. If there’s encouragement to be found from this geochemical sampling

brown coloured decomposed peat moss from well below the

line, it is that at 629 ppm copper in peat moss, it is much higher

water table. Results for nickel and copper across line 1100E,

than the best gabbro-pyroxenite rock sample with 117 ppm

the peak of the magnetic and VLF-EM anomalies, are shown in

copper. Perhaps there’s still hope to find mineralization under

histograms.

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Histogram charts of nickel (Ni) (ppm) and copper (Cu) (ppm) from ICP analysis of

Histogram charts of nickel (Ni) (ppm) and copper (Cu) (ppm) from ICP analysis of decomposed peat moss from a depth decomposed eat moss from amagnetic depth oand f 1.5 metres on line 100E in acopper spruce bog of 1.5 metres on line 1100E in apspruce bog across VLF-EM anomalies at 1the Donner prospect.

across magnetic and VLF-­‐EM anomalies at the Donner copper prospect.

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A Case Study of Soil Geochemistry for Screening Sub-Paleozoic Targets in The Flin Flon-Snow Lake Belt

By Bill Hood Exploration for volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits under flat-lying Paleozoic rocks in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake area has increased dramatically in recent years. In 2011, the author acquired claims in the Goose Lake area, south of Flin Flon, covering a narrow drill intersection of zinc mineralization. The 1990 drill intersection was in Proterozoic rocks, which at this location are overlain by about 35 metres of flat-lying Paleozoic sediments.

The main exploration technique used in this area is electromagnetic geophysics, seeking conductive copper-zinclead mineralization. The drill intersection in this area cut four

Typical soil sample profile showing decomposed sphagnum peat moss on right down to 1.5 metres and grey lacustrine clay at 1.5 to 1.8 metres depth on left.

per cent Zn over 0.4 metres at a drill hole depth of 59.0 to 59.4 metres within metasediments and sulphide horizons mineralized with pyrrhotite, pyrite, and sphalerite. The intersection was not of sufficient grade-width to justify follow-up drilling.

Since electrical conductivity is never a certain pathfinder to Cu-

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Zn-Pb mineralization, it was decided to test soil geochemistry as a possible screening technique in this challenging exploration environment. The rationale was fairly simple. If a weak

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geochemical anomaly was obtained over this sub-economic drill intersection, a better anomaly in other areas of the property might represent higher grade-widths of zinc mineralization.

The area of the drill intersection was flat and boggy with several metres of overburden consisting of about 1.5 metres of sphagnum peat moss, underlain by glacial lacustrine clay. A test line was flagged across the trend of the drill target conductor, offset from the drill site to prevent possible contamination from drill fluid or cuttings. Seventeen sample stations were established at 25-metre spacing, roughly centered above the Zn-mineralized horizon. Soil samples were collected using a two-metre soil auger. Samples of decomposed peat moss were collected at a depth of about 1.3

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metres for multi-element ICP analysis, and of the lacustrine clay from approximately 1.7 metres depth but consistently 0.2 metres below the peat-clay interface, for MMI (mobile metal ion) analysis.

Analysis of the peatmoss at 1.3 metres depth returned zinc values

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returned a clear MMI anomaly, with zinc values of 40 to 390 parts

ppm, but with no indication of any anomaly centered over the drill intersection. However, the clay samples from 1.7 metres depth per billion (ppb) and lead analysis of 10 to 700 ppb. Both MMI

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anomalies are almost perfectly centered over the interpreted

Mineral explorers with numerous geophysical targets in

location of the mineralized horizon, with a high ratio between

this sub-Paleozoic environment may want to consider MMI

the peak and edge of the anomaly. These MMI results were

geochemistry, especially in areas with a uniform overburden

surprisingly good, a result which may reflect the uniformity of the overburden in this area.

profile, before choosing drill targets based on electromagnetic conductivity alone.

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Rockcliff Metals:

Building a Copper Mining Company in the Largest VMS District in the World Rockcliff Metals Corporation (Rockcliff) is now a new look and exciting company set to become what most juniors only dream of becoming! With a recently completed major financing and tri-party transaction with cornerstone investor Greenstone Resources, a well-funded tier 1 private equity mining and metals company in Europe, and Norvista Capital, a resource merchant bank in Canada, Rockcliff has now positioned its future toward becoming a cash-flowing mining company. With over $26 million in its treasury, 100,000 metres of drilling underway over the next 15 months, access to a nearby leased +1,000 tpd base metal mill and an exceptional property portfolio consisting of over 4,500

The Tower, Talbot, and Rail deposits are the advanced headline

square kilometres of some of the best volcanogenic massive

deposits competing against each other to be the first one

sulphide (VMS) geology in the world, Rockcliff has transitioned

selected to create Manitoba’s newest copper producer by 2022.

from explorer to developer and soon to producer in the world class Snow Lake mining camp of northern Manitoba.

Rockcliff is the largest junior landholder in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake greenstone belt, home to almost 100 years of continuous mining and 200 million Mt of production. It is the most prolific VMS belt in Canada and the largest VMS district in the world.

After $25 million spent and 14 years of exploring in this prolific belt, Rockcliff’s strategic and selective process in de-risking

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A New Management Team. A New Vision. A New Strategy Rockcliff’ new Management team and Board of Directors is well positioned to transition the Company to mine status with over 150 years of experience from grass roots exploration to full scale mining and in equity and debt financings. They have raised over $1 billion in the resource space, have made significant metal discoveries and have operated over 20 mines.

assets gave it a distinct and creative advantage to control and

Rockcliff’s vision is to become a mid-tier copper producer in

advance only the very best properties. It now controls nine high

the Snow Lake mining camp, initially targeting 15,000 tpa of

grade VMS deposits that collectively contain over 11 Mt grading

copper equivalent (CuEq) production by H2 2022 and ramping

over four per cent copper equivalent (copper, zinc, gold and silver).

up to between 40,000 and 50,000 tpa of CuEq production by

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present Inferred to an Indicated Resource.

The 100 per cent-owned Rail Property has a NI 43-101 Indicated Resource of 0.8Mt grading 3.9 per cent CuEq. Approximately 15,000 metres of drilling in approximately 20 holes is underway.

Drilling will attempt to locate additional resources below and along strike of the deposit where, a large geophysical target associated with the near surface deposit extends to a depth of at least 1,000 metres. Results from the first two drill holes into that target intersected 3.6 metres grading 7.1 per cent CuEq and 2.4 metres grading 10.8 per cent CuEq. The 100 per cent owned Tower Property has a current 43-101 estimate of 1.1 Mt Indicated Resources grading 4.5 per cent CuEq and 1.3 Mt Inferred Resources grading 2.5 per cent CuEq. The deposit is open along strike and at depth and several exciting nearby untested targets will be drill tested to determine their copper bearing potential. Approximately 15,000 metres is planned.

Concurrent multiple studies and permits are being completed

Ken Lapierre, VP of Exploration, with massive sulphide intersection, Rail Deposit.

on all three properties and at the Bucko Mill Complex. Advanced Exploration Permitting (AEP) studies are underway at the Talbot, Rail and Tower properties. At the Bucko Mill Complex, environmental testing has been completed and studies for a

H2 2025. Their business model will focus on leveraging their

design change and cost to convert from a nickel to a copper mill

existing infrastructure and using a “Hub and Spoke Development

is anticipated before Q3 2020. Once all ongoing studies, tests

Strategy” where “ore sorted” copper-rich material from selected

and permits are completed Rockcliff will then have a production

mines will be shipped initially to their central +1,000 tpd Bucko

decision in hand which is anticipated by the end of 2020.

Mill Complex. Priority will be to first develop the lowest risk deposits in the “Rockcliff Deposit Pipeline” with the shortest time

You Need Size to Find Size: 4,500 square kilometres

to production and the lowest capital intensity to maximize cash

of Property with Exploration Upside

flow and profits.

Rockcliff’s major drill program is now underway on its 4,500

Rockcliff’s strategy will center around growing in a modular fashion thereby minimizing the need for external equity. This will result in less dilution to current shareholders and maximum sequential growth of assets.

square kilometres of properties that are associated with some of the best VMS hosted geology in the world. Over the next 18 months approximately 100,000 metres of drilling totaling over 400 drill holes are planned on 14 properties, including eight properties with high-grade VMS deposits. The $20.8 million

Next Phase of Project Development: 2019 and Beyond

exploration program will focus on three main phases of drilling.

Rockcliff’s future is now underway with the first phase of drilling

The first phase is now underway where 50,000 metres will be

at the Rail and Talbot deposits followed by the Tower deposit. A

completed to upgrade the three advanced NI 43-101 resource-

total of 50,000 metres is planned for 2019 on these advanced-

compliant deposits (Talbot, Rail, Tower). Presently, these

stage headline deposits. Drilling success will generate sufficient

deposits host a combined Indicated Resource of 1.9 Mt grading

Indicated Resources, which will become part of pre-feasibility

4.2 per cent CuEq and an Inferred Resource of 5.5 Mt grading 3.4

studies to assist in the economic assessment of each deposit.

per cent CuEq.

The Talbot deposit, under option with Hudbay Minerals, has a NI

The second phase will include 25,000 metres of drilling on

43-101 Inferred Resource of 4.2 Mt grading 3.7 per cent CuEq.

Rockcliff’s six historical deposits. The success of this program

Over 20,000 metres is planned in approximately 35 drill holes to

will assist in establishing near surface mine opportunities in the

increase the confidence of the gold-rich copper deposit from the

seven- to 10-year mine life range that when sequenced into a Manitoba Mining Review 2019-2020

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Copper Producer in the Making Building a Copper Mining Company in the Largest VMS District in the World

High-Grade VMS Deposits | Excellent Jurisdiction |Low Capital Intensity Highly Experienced Team | Established Private Equity Backing | Blue Sky Opportunities

Intention to become Canada’s next copper producer Hub & Spoke Development Strategy • Rockcliff is advancing its Snow Lake Copper Projects – collection of high grade VMS deposits • Lease over existing permitted mill and excellent infrastructure drives low capital intensity • Modular growth maximizing returns on capital/equity

Near-Term Production • Construction decision expected on the first project in H2 2020 • Targeting 15ktpa of CuEq production commencing H2 2022 • Tower, Talbot and Rail all advancing in parallel • Combined Indicated Resource of 1.9Mt at 4.2% CuEq and Inferred Resource of 5.5Mt at 3.4% CuEq

Sustainable Growth to Become a Mid-Tier Producer • Advance exploration assets at Bur, Copperman, Lon, Last Hurrah and Pen providing future scale and longevity • 100,000m + drill programme underway targeting major resource growth • Pursue M&A opportunities of development or producing assets

www.rockcliffmetals.com | CSE: RCLF

Hub & Spoke Development Strategy

BUCKO VMS MILL Capacity: +1,000tpd capacity

Q3 2019: Environmental testing completed

RAIL Current Resource: 0.8Mt @ 3.9% CuEq.

Conceptual Target Resource: 3.0mt

Q1 2020: Complete design change test

June 2019: Commenced EAL Process

Q3 2020: Establish cost of conversion and Production decision

Q4 2019: Advanced drill plan H2 2020: Production decision

TOWER Current IndicatedResource: 1.1Mt @ 4.5% CuEq. Current Inferred Resource: 1.3Mt @ 2.5% CuEq

TALBOT Current Resource: 4.2Mt @ 3.7% CuEq.

Conceptual Target Resource: 5.0mt

Conceptual Target Resource: 4.0Mt

Q4 2019: Complete advanced permits & trade-off study

June 2019: Commenced EAL Process

Q1 2020: Complete infill drilling program

Q4 2019: Fulfill earn-in

Q2 2020: Complete PFS

H2 2020: Production decision

H2 2020: Product decision

Management

Capital Structure

Alistair Ross: President & CEO, Director Kenneth Lapierre: VP Exploration & Director Chris Stackhouse: CFO

Ticker

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52-Week Range Basic Shares Outstanding Options

C$0.07 - C$0.19 307.6M 11.8M

(weighted avg. strike price of ~C$0.15)

Mark Sawyer: Director

Warrants

Donald Christie: Chairman, Director

19.1M

(weighted avg. strike price of ~C$0.15)

Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding

Petra Decher: Independent Director

338.5M

Mike Romanuik: Independent Director

Disclaimer: This In-brief includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, are to be considered forward-looking. Although Rockcliff believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not a guarantee of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

One or both owners of CHF Capital Markets and Red Cloud own shares in this Company.

For more information, please contact: 141 Adelaide Street West Suite 1660 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3L5

Alistair Ross President & CEO Rockcliff Metals Corp.

E: aross@rockcliffmetals.com T: (705) 507-4251

Cathy Hume, CEO CHF Capital Markets T: 416.868.1079 x 231 E: cathy@chfir.com

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The Takeaway Rockcliff Metals is set to transition into a high-grade copper miner by 2022 in one of the most prolific and largest VMS districts in the world. Access to its own leased +1,000 tpd Bucko Mill Complex underscores the importance of a quick growth path from a developer to a miner. As the largest junior landholder in the belt with over 4,500 square kilometres of geologically endowed VMS properties, the company is poised for longterm growth with nine deposits in its portfolio. Several of the advanced stage deposits are presently being drill tested as part of its 15-month, 100,000-metres drill program. The success of

High-grade copper drill core

the drill program will determine future studies where a positive

production profile will create the path for Rockcliff to become a mid-tier copper producer. Additional deposits (Bur, Lon,

copper producer with outstanding blue-sky potential.

Copperman, Morgan, MacBride, Penex) host historical resources

In summary, a new combination of assets, a cornerstone

of four Mt grading 5.4 per cent CuEq.

financial investor, injection of funds and a major drill program

The third phase will include 25,000 metres and will center on

has created a rare opportunity for new investors and existing

known copper zones of interest and in searching for the next big

shareholders to be part of Rockcliff’s vision of near-term

discovery in the belt thought to be buried under a thin veneer of

production, long-term growth and becoming Canada’s next

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With more than 100 flights on a typical day, it’s no wonder the TRAA and its partners are expanding and upgrading.

Nearly a dozen airlines regularly fly people and freight to remote communities in the region, as well as to Nunavut and In 2017, Curtis Ross, CEO and president of the Thompson

the Northwest Territories. Business consultants from large

Regional Airport Authority (TRAA), wrote, “the first impression

urban centres, tourists from as far away as Europe and Asia,

we currently present to people of the world and region when

college students, people on medical appointments and people

they arrive at our airport is that of a poor and aging city.” That

seeking employment are among those that walk through the

impression is about to change, thanks to a $28-million funding

doors of the airport terminal. Food is flown to outfitting camps,

grant from the federal Disaster Mitigation Adaptation Fund

regional communities and the far north. Medical supplies, mine

(DMAF).

equipment and food staples are among the items that regularly

The grant will make possible construction of a new airport

make up the freight flights.

terminal and new parking lots and roads, in addition to

Thompson Airport has the capacity for this type of movement

construction of the new water treatment plant and sewage

because it can handle most commercial aircraft. The primary

treatment facility.

paved runway 06-24 is 5,800 feet long by 150 feet wide. The

For years, Ross and his board have been strategically planning and implementing upgrades to runways, aprons, and other infrastructure in anticipation of and preparation for a new terminal. The past year has been particularly busy with construction of the new water treatment plant that started in

crosswinds gravel runway 15-33 is 5,079 feet long by 100 feet wide. Shell Aviation provides fuelling services, while the dedicated and committed staff maintain the runways and other infrastructure to creates a positive environment for travellers and ensure standards are met or exceeded.

May, as well as clearing, grubbing, and preliminary civil work for

Nearly a dozen airlines currently operate out of Thompson

the new airport.

Airport: Calm Air, Perimeter Airlines, Keewatin Air, North Star

The upgrade and construction momentum aren’t limited to the TRAA. Medivac company Sky North built a new hangar on the north side of the runway, and North Star Air continues to expand

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and develop its freight handling and logistics capabilities. A

Thanks to the efforts of Ross, the TRAA board, and agencies

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such as the DMAF, the airlines will be able to give a new first

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Partnership at Work:

Northern Resource Trucking and Piwapisk Hauling demonstrate the strength of Indigenous Partnerships in business Northern Resource Trucking, a bulk and freight hauling company serving the mining industry in northern Saskatchewan, is a Limited Partnership between Trimac and nine First Nations and Metis partners. When NRT began operations 33 years ago, there was nothing quite like it in northern Saskatchewan. There was nothing quite like it

in Saskatchewan, NRT has been seeking ways to expand and

anywhere in Canada, for that matter. The concept of Limited

diversify as a company. One of the ways that it is looking to

Partnerships to support First Nations economic development

grow its operations is by consulting with other Indigenous

was new and exciting. Believe it or not, it was a ground-

groups in order to expand the NRT/Kitsaki model to other

breaking concept for Indigenous communities to partner with

jurisdictions across the country.

the businesses and industries operating on their home turf.

NRT broke the mold and shattered expectations for what successful Indigenous Partnership could look like.

Today, due to the downturn in the uranium mining industry

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In 2016, NRT was solicited by First Nations Mining Economic Development Inc. to help emulate the Kitsaki model in northern Manitoba. FNMED is a company made up of nine First Nations communities between the north end of Lake Winnipeg and the

Churchill River. They had been researching NRT and Kitsaki’s

Piwapisk shares the Maginot Street terminal with NRT and Big

partnership with Cameco and wanted to recreate that business

Grassy Logistics in Winnipeg, where Operations Manager Dave

model for their own First Nations communities and mining

Gravatt looks after work for them. These new partnerships

developments.

mark the beginning of a new chapter in NRT’s role as a leader

Northern Manitoba was an ideal path to expansion for NRT

in First Nations economic development consulting.

because it’s very similar to northern Saskatchewan. After meeting with FNMED representatives Glenn Sanderson and Edward Buller, NRT President Dave McIlmoyl and Vice President of Operations Glen Ertell began discussions on a limited partnership in which FNMED would have controlling

“There’s lots of opportunity in Manitoba,” McIlmoyl says. “It’s an exciting market to get into. We’re confident that we will find sustaining work there soon and that Piwapisk will be on their way to following in NRT’s footsteps in the years to come.” 6

ownership interest and NRT would have operational control.

On April 3, 2018 Piwapisk Hauling Limited Partnership was born.

Piwapisk is a limited partnership owned 51 per cent by First Nations Mining Economic Development Corporation and 49 per cent by Northern Resource Trucking Limited Partnership.

FNMED is made up of nine First Nations: God's Lake First Nation, Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Marcel Colomb Cree Nation, Norway House Cree Nation, Mosakahiken Cree Nation (Moose Lake), Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (Nelson House),

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FNMED’s vision is “The development of a sustainable and productive mining economy in the First Nation communities of Manitoba.” This goal aligns FNMED and NRT’s sights perfectly, and the partnership between the two companies is promising.

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