1. WHALE TAIL PIT Expansion Project
Nunavut Impact Review Board TECHNICAL MEETING – JUNE 11-13, 2019
ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐃᓗᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓ
ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᑦ
ᔫᓂ 11-13, 2019
Waste Management
ᐃᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖅ

2. Presentation summary ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ
Summary of solved technical comments
Summary of solved technical comments with commitments
Summary of unresolved technical comments
Questions and Discussion
ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᓂᒃ
ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ
ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᓂᒃ
ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓪᓗᕆᒃᓴᐅᑎᓃᑦ
Agnico Eagle | WHALE TAIL PIT EXPANSION PROJECT
NIRB TECHNICAL MEETING – JUNE
ᐊᒡᑰᒃᑯᑦ | ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐃᓗᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ
ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᑦ - ᔫᓂ 11-13, 2019

3. Information Request and Technical Comment summary ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐃᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ
Agnico Eagle | WHALE TAIL PIT EXPANSION PROJECT
NIRB TECHNICAL MEETING – JUNE
ᐊᒡᑰᒃᑯᑦ | ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐃᓗᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ
ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᑦ - ᔫᓂ 11-13, 2019

4. Summary of solved Technical Comments Waste management
Item 
Theme
Technical comment #
Technical comment subject
1.        
Waste Management
CIRNAC-TRC#4
Conduct sensitivity analysis to assess the water quality impacts associated with 1% contamination of WRSF cover
Specify the date at which the facility is predicted to reach field capacity.
2.        
ECCC-TC19
Provide details and rationale for selection of climate change modeling scenario.
Provide details regarding how the projections of future climate change were used to inform closure and post-closure phase.
3.        
KivIA-Aquatic-TC#2
Provide baseline data at the alternative discharge locations
Clarify text in the FEIS addendum indicating the bioavailability of phosphorus
Updated the water quality model to address concerns with phosphorus concentrations
Clarification made that description of a clean waste rock storage facility (WRSF) cover does not mean it is free of arsenic, but rather it will leach low levels of arsenic that do not exceed regulatory criteria.
The water quality model assumed the thermal cover is built with south greywacke and diorite material (waste rock).The cut‐off value of 75 mg/kg arsenic was selected as a conservative cut‐off. 
Inputs to the FEIS water quality predictions related to the thermal cover and mine infrastructure adequately assessed water quality impacts and no additional sensitivity analysis are required.
To date there has not been any seepage from Meadowbank WRSFs and therefore Agnico Eagle is not using seepage results as they do not exist.
The lack of seepage at Meadowbank is as expected and this has been supported by on-going work as part of the NWB Water Licence application (Attachment A to Technical Comments responses). 
Climate change was not modelled for the operational phase of the Expansion Project due to the short timeframe (3 years) of the project.
Climate change is considered for closure and post-closure through its influence on performance of the waste rock storage facility cover systems.
 RCP 6.0 for the waste rock storage facility covers was used to conservatively assess risk for the project. When evaluating risk, both consequence and likelihood need to be considered.
The use of RCP 8.5 would not result in a better appreciation of risk than the current evaluation for the project
At this time Agnico Eagle believes it has evaluated the most significant long-term risk for the project
Agnico Eagle | WHALE TAIL PIT EXPANSION PROJECT
NIRB TECHNICAL MEETING – JUNE

5. ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖅ
ᐱᔾᔪᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ
ᓱᓇᐅᓂᖓ
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᖅ #
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᖅ
1.        
ᐃᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖅ
CIRNAC-TRC#4
ᐃᒃᐱᒋᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓗᓂ ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥᒃ 1%-ᒥᒃ ᐱᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ WRSF ᖄᖓᓂᑦ
ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓗᓂ ᓇᓕᐊᒃ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᓂᖃᕐᓂᓗᒃᑖᖓᓄᑦ
2.        
ECCC-TC19
ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᓕᐅᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᙳᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ
ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓗᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᐊᖑᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐅᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᐸᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍᒧᑦ.
3.        
KivIA-Aquatic-TC#2
ᑐᓂᓯᓗᓂ ᑭᒡᓕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ/ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᖔᖅ ᑯᕕᓯᕝᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ
ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ FEIS-ᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᒥᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐆᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ-ᒪᓂᒪᔪᑦ phosphorous-ᒥᑦ
ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒨᓕᖅᑐᕐᓗᒍ ᐃᒪᐅᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓂᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᑦ phosphorous-ᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᑎᓯᒪᔪᖃᐅᖅᑐᑦ
Clarification made that description of a clean waste rock storage facility (WRSF) cover does not mean it is free of arsenic, but rather it will leach low levels of arsenic that do not exceed regulatory criteria.
The water quality model assumed the thermal cover is built with south greywacke and diorite material (waste rock).The cut‐off value of 75 mg/kg arsenic was selected as a conservative cut‐off. 
Inputs to the FEIS water quality predictions related to the thermal cover and mine infrastructure adequately assessed water quality impacts and no additional sensitivity analysis are required.
To date there has not been any seepage from Meadowbank WRSFs and therefore Agnico Eagle is not using seepage results as they do not exist.
The lack of seepage at Meadowbank is as expected and this has been supported by on-going work as part of the NWB Water Licence application (Attachment A to Technical Comments responses). 
Climate change was not modelled for the operational phase of the Expansion Project due to the short timeframe (3 years) of the project.
Climate change is considered for closure and post-closure through its influence on performance of the waste rock storage facility cover systems.
 RCP 6.0 for the waste rock storage facility covers was used to conservatively assess risk for the project. When evaluating risk, both consequence and likelihood need to be considered.
The use of RCP 8.5 would not result in a better appreciation of risk than the current evaluation for the project
At this time Agnico Eagle believes it has evaluated the most significant long-term risk for the project
ᐊᒡᑰᒃᑯᑦ | ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐃᓗᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ
ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᑦ - ᔫᓂ 11-13, 2019

6. Technical comment subject
Summary of Technical Comments solved with commitments – waste management ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ – ᐃᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖅ
Item 
Theme
Technical comment #
Technical comment subject
1.        
Waste Management
KivIA-Aquatic-TC#19
Response procedure for ammonium nitrate spill - The Spill Contingency Plan will be updated to clarify this before production of emulsion at the Expansion site begins.
Timeline: Prior to production of emulsion 
ᐱᔾᔪᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ
ᓱᓇᐅᓂᖓ
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᖅ #
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᖅ
1.        
ᐃᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖅ
KivIA-Aquatic-TC#19
ᐅᐸᓗᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᒨᓂᐊᒻ ᓇᐃᑐᕇᑦ-ᒥᑦ ᑯᕕᔪᖃᖅᐸᑦ
ᓂᕆᐅᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᑯᕕᔪᖃᖅᐸᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᒨᓕᖅᑐᐃᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᐅᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑯᑉᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥᑦ.
ᖃᖓᒃᑯᑦ: ᐱᓕᐅᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᒋᐊᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ ᐊᑯᑉᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ
Agnico Eagle | WHALE TAIL PIT EXPANSION PROJECT
NIRB TECHNICAL MEETING – JUNE
ᐊᒡᑰᒃᑯᑦ | ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐃᓗᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ
ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᑦ - ᔫᓂ 11-13, 2019

7. Summary of unresolved Technical Comments waste management ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖅ
Agnico Eagle considers that there are no unresolved technical comments for the Waste Management component.
ᐊᒡᓃᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᙱᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᑕᑯᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᒥᑦ.
Agnico Eagle | WHALE TAIL PIT EXPANSION PROJECT
NIRB TECHNICAL MEETING – JUNE
ᐊᒡᑰᒃᑯᑦ | ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐃᓗᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ
ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖓᑦ - ᔫᓂ 11-13, 2019

8. Questions and Discussion
ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓪᓗᕆᒃᓴᐅᑎᓃᑦ
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