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“Our employees, along with a Steering Committee of our management team, developed our Beyond New Afton (BNA) Committee well over a year ago. Mines have long been held to a strict standard pertaining to our environmental closure plans, but we’ve found there are few industry standards when it comes to the social impacts of closure and how we can help reduce those impacts when we wind down our operations. That is what our BNA Committee and our consultants seek to find out with our Beyond New Afton Project.” Scott Davidson
Manager of Environment, Lands & Planning
The Beyond New Afton Project is an opportunity to engage with our community through our Beyond New Afton Survey. The anticipated mine life for New Afton Mine is 2030* with additional exploration that could further extend the Mine’s life. By understanding potential impacts specific to our community, we can start developing strategies now to reduce those impacts, long before the mine winds down operations.
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Early last year, New Gold announced an extension in mine life for the New Afton Mine to 2030, but that is not stopping a group of New Afton employees from leading an innovative project to mitigate the social impacts when operations inevitably do wind down in the future. “Our employees, along with a steering committee of our management team, developed our Beyond New Afton (BNA) committee well over a year ago,” said Scott Davidson, the company’s manager of environment, lands and permitting. “Mines have long been held to a strict standard pertaining to our environmental closure plans, but we’ve found there are few industry standards when it comes to the social impacts of closure and how we can help reduce those impacts when we wind down our operations,” he said. “That is what our BNA committee and our consultants seek to find out with our Beyond New Afton Project.” New Afton, a copper and gold mine about 10 kilometres west of Kamloops, employs 610 people, works with many contractors and suppliers and regularly supports local non-profit organizations. Because minerals are a limited resource, eventually the ore in the ground will be
removed and an operation will close. Although the New Afton Mine is not scheduled to close any time soon, the idea was to start the planning process now to be proactive. One of the BNA committee members is Korah De Walt-Gagnon, First Nations co-ordinator for New Afton. She looks at the project as a way of developing community-focused solutions and ideas by involving the community. “Our team knows that when we bring many diverse voices to the table, we have the opportunity to understand different perspectives and hear creative ideas,” De Walt-Gagnon said. “This provides New Afton and the community the opportunity to build a plan for the future that is collaborative and unique to the local area “Not only does our BNA committee include employees from different parts of our mine operations, but our Beyond New Afton project will be making a survey available to anyone from the community who wishes to participate. For our committee, we need this to be collaborative and innovative because we all believe this is the right thing to do.” Five key communities of interest were identified early in the process by the BNA committee.
These groups had the potential to be most impacted by the mine winding down operations and include New Afton employees and their spouses/partners, New Afton contractors and suppliers, members of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc and the Skeetchestn Indian Band and Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation. “We are doing more oneto-one engagement with these five groups and started engaging our employees and contractors,” De WaltGagnon said. After the input from stakeholders is received, the next step will include validating the information to then develop a Beyond New Afton Plan, a living document updated every few years to ensure strategies to mitigate social impacts are relevant and assist in a smooth transition upon notice of closure. “We are interested in what future looking strategies our First Nations partners, employees, contractors and vendors, plus others within the community will share,” Davidson said. “We believe this is a holistic look at closure which we hope becomes a gold standard for other larger employers and mines to emulate.” Thee survey is online at www.bit.ly/ BeyondNewAfton.
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HISTORY OF THE MINE New Afton began production in June 2012, occupying the site of the historic Afton mine. It includes an open pit, underground workings, historic support facilities, a new concentrator and recently constructed tailings facility. New Gold’s holdings comprise that Afton Group and the Ajax Group. The New Afton deposit lies with the Afton Group. The Afton Group consists of 61 mineral claims included in a mining lease issued by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. The total area of the Afton Mining Lease and all other claims is 12,450.4 hectares. CONNECTION TO ORIGINAL AFTON MINE Since the beginning of commercial production in 1977, New Afton mine has produced more than.800,000 ounces of gold and 850 million pounds of copper
from both open pit and underground operations. ORIGINAL LIFESPAN, CURRENT PROJECTION In February 2020, New Gold announced New Afton mine life extension to 2030, with more drilling toward Cherry Creek. Plans to develop the New Afton C-zone, deeper and to the east of the current caves, are being self-funded by the company. Located on the historic Afton Mine, an open pit mine that operated from 1977 to 1997, New Afton is the underground extension of the original open pit mine. Development of underground workings and construction of a new mill and other infrastructure began in 2009 and went into production in June 2012. WHAT IS MINED AND HOW MUCH In 2019, the mine produced an output of 79,000,000 pounds (36,000,000 kg) of
Highland Valley Copper Formed in 1986 through merging existing mines in the valley, HVC produces copper and molybdenum concentrates through a process involving grinding and flotation. The pursuit of sustainability guides our approach to business. Our eight focus areas are Health and Safety, Community and Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, Our People, Responsible Production, Biodiversity and Reclamation, Water and Tailings Management. We are committed to being proactive in engagement with our communities. In order to ensure that our communities are being heard, we have established a number of channels of communications.
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copper and 69,000 ounces of gold. New Afton annual production of gold in 2020 was 64,000 ounces and 72 million pounds of copper. The New Afton mine deposit is mined using the block-caving method of underground mining. Ore is transported by a load haul dump loader from draw points on the extraction level to an ore pass that directs the ore to the
haulage level. There, the ore is loaded into a haul truck, which transports the ore to an underground gyrator crusher. From there, the crushed ore is conveyed to the surface for mineral processing at a ball mill, were it eventually exits as a sand-water slurry. SURVEY SAYS Stakeholders, employees and the public are
encouraged to fill out the Beyond New Afton Feedback Survey, which will give direction to the future of the mine once it ceases operations. The 13-page survey takes minutes to complete, and asks for feedback on topics such as future negative and positive impacts and community participation in the closure process. It is online at www.bit. ly/BeyondNewAfton.
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Promoting Promoting mining mining as as aa positive positive industry industry The The Canadian Canadian Institute Institute ofof Mining, Mining, Metallurgy Metallurgy and and Petroleum Petroleum (CIM) (CIM) is is proud proud toto acknowledge acknowledge Mining Mining Month Month 2021. 2021. Originally Originally incorporated incorporated inin 1898 1898 byby anan Act Act ofof the the Parliament Parliament ofof Canada, Canada, members members from from industry, industry, academia academia and and government government convene convene toto help help shape, shape, lead lead and and connect connect Canada’s Canada’s mining mining industry, industry, both both within within our our borders borders and and across across the the globe. globe. CIM CIM is is the the leading leading not-for-profit not-for-profit technical technical society society ofof professionals professionals inin the the Canadian Canadian minerals, minerals, metals, metals, materials materials and and energy energy industries. industries. Branches Branches can can bebe found found across across Canada Canada ,with ,with the the CIM CIM South South Central Central BCBC Branch Branch having having a long a long history history here here inin Kamloops. Kamloops. Our Our branch branch consists consists ofof both both mining mining operations operations and and suppliers/vendors suppliers/vendors from from many many areas areas and and communities communities across across B.C. B.C. and and the the Yukon. Yukon. We We strive strive toto promote promote mining mining asas aa positive positive industry industry with with valuable valuable contribucontributions tions toto the the local local economies. economies. We We host host conferences conferences and and other other events events toto bring bring
together together people people that that are are passionate passionate about about the the mining mining industry industry and and bring bring forward forward leading-edge leading-edge technologies technologies that that will will allow allow the the industry industry toto lead lead the the charge charge toto keep keep sustainable sustainable and and moving moving toward toward greener greener technologies. technologies. Mining Mining touches touches many many aspects aspects ofof our our lives lives —— from from the the cars cars wewe drive drive toto the the cellphones cellphones that that keep keep usus connected, connected, asas well well asas moving moving toward toward sustainable sustainable enerenergy.gy.With With two two local local mines mines near near Kamloops Kamloops and and more more than than 410 410 mining mining suppliers suppliers within within our our city, city, Kamloops Kamloops remains remains aa backbone backbone ofof mining mining inin the the province. province. Another Another important important aspect aspect ofof CIM CIM and, and, inin particular, particular, the the CIM CIM South South Central Central Branch Branch BC, BC, is is giving giving back back toto the the local local communities. communities. Our Our branch branch realized realized the the need need last last year year during during anan unprecedented unprecedented time time inin history history that that donations donations were were lean. lean. Thus, Thus, inin 2020, 2020, wewe donated donated $10,500 $10,500 locally. locally. Donations Donations forfor 2021 2021 are are planned planned once once wewe understand understand the the need need forfor this this year. year. Total Total community community donations donations over over the the past past five five years years have have totalled totalled more more than than $152,000. $152,000.
We We are are very very proud proud toto give give back back toto our our communities communities that that support support mining. mining. The The branch branch values values education education and and has has been been a strong a strong supporter supporter ofof miningminingrelated related education education forfor decades. decades. The The branch branch regularly regularly contributes contributes toto the the Mining Mining Association Association ofof BC’s BC’s Mineral Mineral Resource Resource Education Education Fund Fund and and supports supports the the TRU TRU Foundation, Foundation, allowing allowing forfor distridistribution bution ofof bursaries bursaries annually annually toto students students with with a connection a connection toto the the branch. branch. Even Even though though wewe had had toto cancel cancel allall events events last last year year due due toto the the pandemic, pandemic, wewe are are hopeful hopeful wewe can can bring bring together together our our members members this this year, year, even even if if that that means means inin the the virtual virtual world. world. Stay Stay tuned tuned forfor further further details. details. If If you you would would like like more more information information about about the the CIM CIM South South Central Central Branch Branch BCBC and/or and/or getting getting involved, involved, y email y email southsouthcentralbc@cim.org. centralbc@cim.org. Katherine Katherine Ray Ray is is secretary secretary ofof the the South South Central Central BCBC Branch Branch ofof the the Canadian Canadian Institute Institute ofof Mining, Mining, Metallurgy Metallurgy and and Petroleum. Petroleum.
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employer of Indigenous people in the province. For example, at the Brucejack and Red Chris mines in Northern BC, more than 30 per cent of each mine’s work force is Indigenous. Indigenous Peoples share in the benefits of mining through numerous and innovative impact benefit agreements that Indigenous nations enter directly with Mining Association of BC member companies. Many Indigenous nations in B.C. also share directly in mineral tax revenue from mines operating within their traditional territories In 2018, the mining industry invested $6.5 million in more than 340 organizations in 50 municipalities and Indigenous communities throughout the province.
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Minimizing mining’s carbon footprint is the goal The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has released a new Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) climate change protocol designed to minimize the mining sector’s carbon footprint while enhancing climate change disclosure and strengthening the sector’s ability to adapt to climate change. “We are committed to being a constructive partner in the fight against climate change,” said Pierre Gratton, MAC’s president and CEO. “TSM has a proven track record of driving positive change in Canada’s mining industry and this new protocol ensures that we will continue to adopt leading practices related to climate change mitigation and adaptation.” Gratton noted mined materials are required inputs for green technology, like electric vehicle
batteries, wind turbines and solar panels. “It is critical that these minerals and metals be responsibly sourced with the smallest GHG footprint possible,” Gratton said. “As an energy-intensive industry, we know we have an important role to play in lessening our carbon footprint and this new TSM protocol is intended to help our members do just that.” TSM was the first mining sustainability standard in the world to require site-level assessments and is mandatory for all MAC member companies’ Canadian operations. First launched in 2004, TSM is a globally recognized sustainability program that supports mining companies in managing key environmental and social risks. Through TSM, eight critical aspects of social and environmental performance are evalu-
ated, independently validated and publicly reported against 30 distinct performance indicators. Canada’s mining sector operates some of the lowest carbonintensive mines in the world thanks to Canada’s abundance of clean energy, the adoption of world-class sustainability standards like TSM and company adoption of low emission technologies at their sites. “Not only does the industry have an important role to play in reducing its emissions and adapting to the impacts of climate change, but Canada’s mining sector is also uniquely positioned to support the global energy transition that will be required to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement,” Gratton said. The TSM climate change protocol is a major update to the TSM energy use and ghg
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