Battery Mineral Resources Limited - Mineral exploration permit

On July 17, 2020 the ministry issued an exploration permit approximately 19 kilometres South of the town of Gowganda Ontario, in Leith township, District of Timiskaming, North East Region.

This permit will allow the company to do the following:

Mechanized Surface Stripping: uses heavy equipment to remove vegetation and soil (overburden) from bedrock. The potential environmental disturbance includes (but are not limited to): use of heavy equipment such as bulldozers, backhoes, excavators or forest harvest equipment, to remove soil from the bedrock, washing the bedrock by pumping water from nearby lakes, rivers or streams, and creation of access trails.

Drilling: provides rock samples from below the surface. Testing the samples determines the properties of the soil and rocks, including mineral and metal content. Potential environmental disturbances include (but are not limited to): clearing surface terrain for “drill pads” (small areas cleared for drill rigs and/or helicopters), installing casings (hollow steel pipes called the collar), and pumping water from a sump, nearby lakes, rivers or streams.

The exploration permit was issued once all Indigenous communities and the public had the opportunity to provide comment or raise their concerns. The issued exploration permit is valid for a period of three years from the date of issue.

Proponent(s):

Battery Mineral Resources Limited

2900-550 Burrard Street

Vancouver BC V6C 0A3

Site Location Description:

The mining activities are located approximately 19 kilometres South of the town of Gowganda Ontario, in Leith township, District of Timiskaming, North East Region.

Claim numbers instructions: “To view individual claims on a map please use the Mining Lands Administration System. Click on “I want to…” and select “Find a claim” to search by claim numbers or “Find a township” to search by township.”

Claim numbers: 186484, 195878, 252553, 264610, 301211, 301212, 317091, 319048, 332785

To see the site location on a map, refer to the instrument proposal under ERO# 019-1914

Comments received:

• Through the registry: 0
• By email: 0
• By mail: 0

Effects of consultation:

No comment was received through the Environmental Registry of Ontario resulting in no impact on the decision to proceed or not with this proposal.

Third parties are not able to apply for leave to appeal in respect of proposals which are posted while Ontario Regulation 115/20 is in effect.

On April 1, 2020, the Ontario Government made a temporary regulation to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak which exempts all proposals from the requirement to post notices on the ERO. Leave to appeal may only be sought in respect of instruments that are required to be posted to the ERO.

Appeal information:

Appeals not allowed

This instrument type cannot be appealed.