First Minerals Exploration Limited - Mineral exploration permit

Instrument type: Mineral exploration permit

ERO number
019-1773
Ministry reference number
PR-20-000124
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
Proposal Updated
Proposal posted
Comment period
May 7, 2020 - June 6, 2020 (30 days) Closed
Last updated

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Update Announcement

A decision for this proposal has been published as a Bulletin under ERO 019-2070 on July 10, 2010.

This consultation was open from:

May 7, 2020
to June 6, 2020

Proposal summary

The Ministry is proposing to issue a permit to First Minerals Exploration Limited to undertake this early exploration activity: Line Cutting. The location of the activities is in the Townships of Meath and West.

Location details

Site location details

The mining activities are located approximately 5.7 kilometres north west of Missanabie, Ontario, in the Townships of Meath and West, Sault Ste. Marie Mining 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: 115641, 124962, 154241, 170827, 220213, 220214, 220215, 226962, 274109, 286269, 286270

Site location map

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Proponent(s)

First Minerals Exploration Limited
264B Third Avenue
Timmins, ON
P4N 1E3
Canada

Why consultation isn't required

On April 1, 2020, the Ontario Government made a temporary regulation to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Ontario Regulation 115/20 exempts all proposals for policies, acts, regulations and instruments from posting requirements under the EBR until 30 days after the declared emergency is terminated. Notwithstanding the exemption, ENDM posted a proposal for this instrument for consultation, and has taken any responses received as a result of the posting into account.

Proposal details

First Minerals Exploration Limited 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 First Minerals Exploration Limited to carry out are as follows:

  • line cutting (greater than 1.5 metres in width)

The potential disturbance from the activities are described as:

Line Cutting (greater than 1.5 metre 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 metre corridor with an axe, machete or chainsaw, clearing underbrush, and driving wood pickets into the ground.

Provincial standards for early exploration are required to be followed by proponents 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.

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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Mineral Development Office (Sudbury)
Address

933 Ramsay Lake Road
Floor B6
Sudbury, ON
P3E 6B5
Canada

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Comment

Commenting is now closed.

The comment period was from May 7, 2020
to June 6, 2020

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