Greenstone Gold Mines GP Incorporated - Mineral exploration permit

Instrument type: Mineral exploration permit

ERO number
019-1591
Ministry reference number
PR-20-000089
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Transferred to
Ministry of Mines
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Comment period
March 31, 2020 - April 30, 2020 (30 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
March 31, 2020
to April 30, 2020

Decision summary

The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-20-000089 to Greenstone Gold Mines GP Inc. for early exploration activities near Geraldton.

The decision is to :Issue

Location details

Site location details

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The mining claims are located approximately 5 kilometres south west of Geraldton, Ontario, in Errington township District of Thunder Bay, North West Region.

Mining Claims: 197451, 234738, 264016, 264017

Mining Leases: LEA-107068, LEA-108819, LEA-108820, LEA-109341, LEA-109499

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Proponent(s)

Greenstone Gold Mines GP Incorporated
2381 Bristol Circle
Suite B203
Oakville, ON
L6H 5S9
Canada

Decision details

On August 14, 2020 the ministry issued exploration permit near Geraldton to undertake early exploration activities.

The activities that this permit allows Greenstone Gold Mines GP 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)

The potential disturbance from the activities are described as:

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.

Exposed rock as well as excavation or blasting of rock leaving shallow holes or trenches that vary in depth and length from the use of heavy equipment.

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.

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

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Effects of consultation

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

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Mineral Development Office (Thunder Bay)
Address

435 James Street South
Suite B002
Thunder Bay, ON
P7E 6E3
Canada

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Original proposal

ERO number
019-1591
Ministry reference number
PR-20-000089
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Proposal posted

Comment period

March 31, 2020 - April 30, 2020 (30 days)

Proposal details

Greenstone Gold Mines GP Incorporated has submitted an application on the claims listed below for an exploration permit as required under the Mining Act for the following early exploration activities:

  • mechanized Drilling (greater than 150 kilograms)
  • mechanized Stripping (greater than 100 square metres in a 200 metres radius)

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.

Supporting materials

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Mineral Development Office (Thunder Bay)
Address

435 James Street South
Suite B002
Thunder Bay, ON
P7E 6E3
Canada

Office phone number

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from March 31, 2020
to April 30, 2020

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