Grid Metals Corporation - Mineral exploration permit

On July 29, 2020 the ministry issued an exploration permit near Sudbury to conduct drilling.

This permit will allow the company to Grid Metals Corporation has submitted an application to the ministry for an exploration permit as required under the Mining Act for prescribed early exploration activities.

The activities that this permit would allow Grid Metals Corporation to carry out are as follows:

• Mechanized Drilling (where the drill weight is greater than 150 kilograms)

The potential disturbance from the activities are described as:

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.

Proponents are required to follow provincial standards for early exploration to minimize the impacts to public health, safety and the environment from early exploration activities described above. You can find the standards in the Activities Information Sheets or on the Ministry website under Mining Act Policies, Standards and Directives (see links in “Related links” section).

This notice is provided to receive comments that can be considered in the decision-making process prior to the issuance of an exploration permit.

An Exploration Permit does not relieve the proponent from compliance with any other requirements that are set out under the Mining Act or any other Act. All activities included in the Exploration Permit proposal must be carried out in compliance with Ontario Regulation 308/12 and the Provincial Standards for Early Exploration. The Exploration Permit duration will be up to 3 years with the possibility of one renewal for up to three years.

Proponent(s):

Grid Metals Corporation

3335 Young St. – Suite 305

Toronto, Ontario M4N 2M1

Location Details:

Latitude = (46.92244), Longitude = (- 80.33691)

Site Location Description:

The mining activities are located approximately 36 kilometres northeast of Elliot Lake, Ontario, in the Townships of Boon and Gerow, Algoma Division, South 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: 213759, 214077, 269485

To see the site location on a map, refer to the instrument proposal under ERO# 019-1919.

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 are not allowed

This instrument type cannot be appealed.