Update Announcement
This proposal notice is being updated to advise the public that the permit application is still under review and the Ministry has placed the application on Temporary Hold to allow for additional time to adequately consider any concerns. The original proposal date and comment period have not been altered. Temporary Hold is on going as of January 20, 2024
This consultation was open from:
May 5, 2021
to June 4, 2021
Proposal summary
The Ministry is proposing to issue a permit to Hemlo Explorers Inc. to undertake early exploration activities. The location of the activities is Marathon, Ontario.
Location details
Site location details
The mining activities are located approximately 3 Kilometres East of Marathon, Ontario, in Pic and Lecours townships, District of Thunder Bay, Northwest Region.
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Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Hemlo Explorers
141 Adelaide St. West, Suite 301
Toronto,
ON
M5H 3L5
Canada
Proposal details
Hemlo Explorers Inc. 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 Hemlo Explorers Inc. to carry out are as follows:
- mechanized drilling (where the drill weight is greater than 150 kilograms)
- mechanized stripping (greater than 100 square metres in a 200 metres radius)
- line cutting (greater than 1.5 metres in width)
The potential disturbance from the activities are described as: (only keep those activities that apply to the application)
Line Cutting (greater than 1.5 metres in width): is done to prepare an area of mineral potential for further geological or geophysical activities. The potential environmental disturbance includes (but are not limited to): cutting trees and vegetation greater than 1.5 metres corridor with an axe, machete or chainsaw, clearing underbrush, and driving wood pickets into the ground.
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.
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.
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435 James Street South
Suite B002
Thunder Bay,
ON
P7E 6E3
Canada
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Colin Hovi
435 James Street South
Suite B002
Thunder Bay,
ON
P7E 6E3
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
The comment period was from May 5, 2021
to June 4, 2021