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Phase 2 Proposal Technical Meetings – Iqaluit March 2020

Phase 2 – Project Description Update

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Phase 2 Mining Process

2. Trucks haul the blastedore to the crusher

3. Blasted ore is crushedfor transport to the Port

6. A ship loader is used toload iron ore on ships

1. Ore is blasted at theopen pit mine

4. Ore is delivered to thePort by Rail

7. Ore is shipped to ourcustomers worldwide

5. Ore is crushed to size and stored

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Changes for Phase 2

1 2 3 4Mine Site Milne Port ShippingTransportation

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Mine Site

Current Infrastructure Phase 2 Infrastructure

Mine Site

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• Changes at the Mine Site consist of:• Changes to crushing and transport of ore• Construction of the Mine Site North Railway

Terminal• Expansion of permanent fuel storage• Expansion of maintenance and support

facilities

• Increased production rate to 30 million tonnes per year (Mtpa)• 18 Mtpa to be shipped on the South Railway to

Steensby port• 12 Mtpa to be shipped on the North Railway to

Milne Port• Increase of 6 Mtpa from current permanent

approved rate

• Review Modification – Wind power removed

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Northern Transportation Corridor - Routes 1, 2, 3

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• Changes to the Tote Road:• 8 (reduced from 10 during detailed design)

realignments to facilitate railway crossings, plus new or modified culverts

• Discontinuation of ore transport by road• Increased public access

• North Railway:• Construction of 110 km rail line with a raised

railway bed and track• Additional water crossings (bridges/culverts) • Development of additional quarries• Other laydowns, shelters and small equipment shops

• Construction and operation of 4 temporary camps• Operation to consists of 2 to 3 trains completing 5

to 8 round trips per day

• Review modification – no temporary ore transfer area at KM 57

Northern Transportation Corridor

Railway Alignment

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Railway Alignment

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• North Railway will generally be within 100m of the Tote Road

• One substantial deviation required due to a hill at km 67

• 12+ routes considered for rail alignment through design process

• Route 1 presented in FEIS Addendum

• 2 additional routes considered as a result of community feedback –Routes 2 and 3

• Review Modification - Route 3 has been selected as preferred route

Land User Access

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• 30 crossings have been identified with community representatives (locations subject to TC and HTO approval)

• Dedicated pick-ups and trailers to move people and snow machines between the port and mine

• Controlled access program for the Tote Road once the North Railway is in operation

• Refuge cabins at three locations at km 24, 55 and 85 (locations subject to HTO approval).

• Additional snow machine trails in five areas totaling 20.25 km.

Caribou Crossing

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• Railway will be built to be crossable:• 1:2 for railway embankment heights below

4 meters (approx. 65% of alignment);

• 1:1.5 for railway embankment heights above 4 meters (approx. 19% of alignment); and

• 1:5 at specific locations designated for crossings (as required).

• Type 8 (<150 mm) fill material.

• Other areas caribou may cross include:• 14 plate arch culverts may act as

‘underpasses’.• 30~ purpose built land user crossings.• 8 level crossings for the Tote Road.

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Crossing Slope Ratios

Photo depicts a 1:1.5 slope

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1: 1.5

1: 2

1: 5

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Changes at Milne Port

Current Infrastructure Phase 2 Infrastructure


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• Changes at Milne Port consist of:

• Expansion of the Milne Port PDA (245 ha to 415 ha).

• Construction and operation of a second ore dock capable of berthing capesize ore carriers.

• Modifications/expansion of ore stockpiling, new ore crushing/screening facility and ore handling systems.

• Construction and operation of railway maintenance facilities.


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• Changes at Milne Port consist of:

• Expansion of the Port Site Complex, potable water treatment plant and associated sewage treatment plant.

• Expansion of the existing power plant.

• Expansion and re-purposing of laydown areas and ancillary facilities.

• Construction and operation of a landfill site.

• Review Modification – Wind power removed

Marine Transportation Corridor

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Changes to Shipping

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• Expanded shipping season based on ice conditions and Inuit use of the floe edge, shipping will not occur any earlier than July 1 or later than November 15;

• Addition of larger capesize ore carriers into fleet of vessels calling on Milne Port; and

• Increased shipping frequency during the shipping season (maximum of 176 ore carrier voyages per year).

• No changes to Northern Shipping Route.

• No shipping through Navy Board Inlet or the Northwest Passage.

Project Timeline

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2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2040+2038

PC/Permitting

Construction

Operations – 12Mt

Construction

Operations – 18Mt

Permitting

Closure and Post Closure

Phase 2

Steensby

Phase 2 – Engagement Update

Summary of Public Consultation

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218 Baffinland Public Consultations and Engagements (2015 - 2020)

36 Public Meetings

115 HTO and Hamlet Meetings

39 Working Group Meetings

10 Inuit Knowledge Workshops

18 Site Visits

Consultation Update –Community Visits Since Nov 2019

Meetings with Communities to continue throughout life of the Project

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Engagement Approach

• Mutual desire to work together• Active and frequent engagement is important • Communicate through various methods (meetings,

open houses, Facebook, local radio, Baffinland Community Liaison Officers, VHF Radio)

• All communities are different. Baffinland has committed to the development of community-specific engagement guidelines

• Regular communication about how information has influenced Baffinland’s processes and decisions

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Consultation Update - Community Visits

• 7 in-community visits

• Igloolik (December 11-13, 2019, February 3-6, 2020)

• Pond Inlet (November 25-29, 2020, January 20-24, 2020)

• Arctic Bay (February 10-13, 2020)

• Clyde River (January 20-22, 2020)

• Hall Beach (February 6-8, 2020 visit, but official engagement postponed)

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• Community workshop facilitated to identify outstanding concerns

• Workshop held at the Mary River Mine Site (January 27-31, 2020)

• Subsequent workshops will be rescheduled as priority was given to the QIA to facilitate their own ‘all-community’ meeting

Consultation Update – All Community Workshops

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Consultation Update – Path Forward

• ‘Path Forward’ meeting with Pond Inlet and QIA (November 26-27, 2019)

• ‘Path Forward’ meetings with QIA (January 21 and 24, 2020)• This meeting resulted in specific commitments outlined in correspondence

between QIA and Baffinland dated January 29, February 7, and February 13, 2020 (correspondence submitted to NIRB on February 21, 2020 by Baffinland)

• Baffinland continues to work with QIA to resolve outstanding issues

• 2019 End of Shipping Season Meeting in Pond Inlet (January 22, 2020)

Information Submissions Update

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Summary of Information Submissions

between Technical Meetings and Final Written Submissions:

71 Information Submissions Including:

• Updated emissions estimates

• Management Plans

• Conceptual Marine Offsetting Plan

• Draft Icebreaking Management Protocol

• Draft IQ Management Framework

Summary of Information Submissions by Topic

34%

14%

2%

4%3%

27%

1% 4%

4%

7%

Adaptive Management, Management Plans, and Monitoring Programs

Atmospheric

Corporate

Freshwater

Human Health and Exposure Potential Assessment

Marine

Multiple

Public Consultation and Inuit Qaujimaningit

Socio-Economics

Terrestrial

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Information Submissions since Public Hearing

3 submission since November 2019 Public Hearing 1. Response to Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Motion to Adjourn (Nov

29, 2019)2. Supplemental Materials (Jan 6, 2020)

a) Update Project Scope with Clarification on Operation Flexibilityb) Commitments and Terms and Conditions Following the Public

Hearingsc) Response from Baffinland to QIA Suggested Terms and Conditions for

PC005d) Responses to Questions Deferred During the Public Hearings e) Community Engagement Planf) Comment period submission summary

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Information Submissions since Public Hearing

3 submission since November 2019 Public Hearing

3. Response to Updated Technical Comments (Feb 22, 2020)

a) Updated technical comment responsesb) Supporting technical memos

a) 2019 marine monitoring updateb) Ballast water modelling

c) Updates to the summary of Baffinland commitmentsd) Engagement memos

a) Update on engagement with communities b) Update on engagement with QIA

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Inuktitut Documents

Baffinland has translated approximately 41 Phase 2 Proposal documents into Inuktitut, including• Hearing Presentations

• Summaries of Technical Supporting Documents

• Responses to Technical Comments and Final Written Submissions• Hamlet of Pond Inlet & MHTO

• Rail Alignment Summary Report

• Phase 2 Proposal Project Description Overview

Comment Resolution Status Update

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Comment Resolution Status – by Intervenor

AgenciesResolution Status

Outstanding Resolved Under Review

CIRNAC 16

DFO 35

ECCC 7

GN 2 7

HC 3

MHTO 17

NRCan 2

PCA 5 2

QIA 24 29

TC 1 9

WWF 8

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Status of Resolution

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IQ, CRLU and Human Health Key Commitments

• IQ Management Framework • Culture, Resource and Land Use Monitoring

Program (CRLU)• CRLU Harvest Surveys• CRLU Thresholds and Adaptive Management-

Community Consultation

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Outstanding and Under Review -IQ, CRLU and Human Health

Comment Topic Related ID's

Community based monitoring QIA-49

CRLU Monitoring QIA-03, QIA-05, QIA-10, QIA-11

Incorporation of IQ QIA-04, MHTO-7a

Mary River Project Inuit Committee QIA-07

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Socio-Economic Environment Key Commitments

• Continue to work with Government of Nunavut through their Memorandum of Understanding to promote Inuit employment at Mary River, example include:

• training opportunities in non-point of hire communities

• posting employment and training opportunities in all Qikiqtani communities

• continuing to provide travel for all Inuit Baffinland employees from across the Qikiqtani Region to a point of hire community

• Baffinland will work with QIA to develop an updated Inuit Training Plan that covers the period between Phase 2 construction and the first three years of operations.

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Outstanding and Under Review –Socio-Economic Environment


Benefits of the Project QIA-38

Employment MHTO-7b

Community Consultation MHTO-2b

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Marine Environment Key Commitments

• Shoulder-season Shipping mitigations • Transit restrictions and set backs for staging• Commitment to report annually on determinants and ice conditions

• End of season clearance survey for narwhal and response plan development

• Comprehensive update to Marine Monitoring Plan to reflect all individual monitoring commitments• Seal monitoring• Acoustic monitoring • Incidental observation program

• Pilot ballast water biological monitoring program

• Updates to AIS Monitoring Program

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Outstanding and Under Review –Marine Environment


Ballast water DFO 3.6.10, DFO 3.6.9, DFO 3.6.8, DFO 3.6.7, DFO 3.6.6, DFO 3.6.5, DFO 3.6.4, DFO 3.6.3, DFO 3.6.2, DFO 3.6.1, TC-02, QIA-45, QIA-44, PCA-03, MHTO-5e

Black Carbon WWF-FWS 08

Marine Environment

PCA-02, QIA-43, MHTO-5d

Project Description WWF-FWS 05

Shipping DFO 3.7, DFO 3.6, DFO 3.5, DFO 3.4.4, DFO 3.4.3, DFO 3.4.2, DFO 3.4.1, DFO 3.4, DFO 3.3.3, DFO 3.3.2, DFO 3.3.1, DFO 3.3, DFO 3.2.2, DFO 3.2.1, DFO 3.2, DFO 3.1.2, DFO 3.1.1, WWF-FWS 04, QIA-53, QIA-52, QIA-51, QIA-50, QIA-48, QIA-47, QIA-46, PCA-04c, PCA-04b, PCA-04a, MHTO-5c, MHTO-5b, MHTO-5a, MHTO-4c, MHTO-4b, MHTO-4a

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Terrestrial Wildlife Key Commitments

• Modification to rail design to increase permeability (fill and slope)

• Adaptive Management approach for additional caribou crossings

• Research on Zone of Influence and Disturbance Coefficients

• Operation restrictions related to caribou such as:

• Temporary speed restrictions with caribou sightings

• Contribute to a caribou protection map and associated management requirements

• Research Agreement with the GN in support of regional monitoring efforts

• Railway Safety Protocol and Communication Plan

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Outstanding and Under Review – Terrestrial Wildlife


Caribou WWF-FWS 07, QIA-01, MHTO-3, GN-03, GN-02

Railway Alignment QIA-02, QIA-06

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Physical Environment includes Terrestrial and Atmospheric Environments

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Physical and Freshwater Environment Key Commitments

• Multiple commitments to provide detailed information in Post-EA Fisheries Authorizations Applications

• Updated hydrological assessments

• Inclusion of crossing decision matrix

• Detailed waster withdrawal plans

• Thaw consolidation and soil deformation monitoring

• Ongoing review of the Waste Rock Management Plan

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Outstanding and Under Review –Physical and Freshwater Environments


Community based monitoring QIA-09

Fish and Fish HabitatDFO 3.10.3, DFO 3.10.2, DFO 3.10.1, DFO 3.10, DFO 3.9.2, DFO 3.9.1, DFO 3.9, DFO 3.8, QIA-42

Northern Transportation Corridor QIA-22, QIA-41

Railway Alignment QIA-20, MHTO-2a

Water Compensation Agreement QIA-21

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Food Security and Accidents Key Commitments

• Food security monitoring plan

• Community risk communication strategy

• Additional spill modelling for arctic diesel

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Outstanding and Under Review –Accidents and Food Security


Food Security update QIA-08

Lighter distallate fuels WWF-FWS 06

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Corporate Environment

• Baffinland will not haul more than 6 Mtpa along the Tote Road during construction

• Unless otherwise approved by the NIRB, in any given day, the total number of ore haul truck transits along the Milne Inlet Tote Road should not exceed 280 for the duration of the Phase 2 construction period.

• The final monitoring plan for the operations phase of the railway will be finalized following completion of the construction monitoring phase, when data collected has been analyzed and final recommendations can be provided.

• Providing a construction plan for the North Railway that indicates specific monitoring locations the conditions that would lead to the establishment of additional monitoring locations including the establishment of thresholds.

• Additional monitoring locations to be added to the to the Surface Water and Aquatic Ecosystems Management Plan.

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Outstanding and Under Review -Corporate Environment


Monitoring Framework WWF-FWS 01, WWF-FWS 02

Railway Commissioning QIA-30

Project Approval MHTO-1

Tote Road MHTO-6

Working Groups WWF-FWS 03, MHTO-7d

Community funding MHTO-7c

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