Canadian Continental Exploration Corporation, Mineral Exploration Permit

On July 14, 2020 the ministry issued an exploration permit near Sudbury to conduct line cutting, geophysical surveying requiring a generator and drilling.

This permit will allow the company to:

Plan Activities:

• geophysical Survey Requiring Generator Type
• line Cutting (less than 1.5 metre width)

Permit Activities:

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

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.

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.

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.

Proponent(s):

Canadian Continental Exploration Corp.

7204-1 Bloor St. E

Toronto, ON M4W 0A8

Location Details:

Latitude = (46.92244) Longitude (- 80.33691)

Site Location Description:

The mining activities are located approximately 70 kilometres north east of Sudbury, Ontario, in the Townships of Afton, Sudbury 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: 105122, 136006, 177402, 177403, 181976, 181977, 217837, 237926, 244159, 272534, 283817, 283818, 291887, 304578, 343452

To see the site location on a map, refer to the instrument proposal under ERO# 019-1900.

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.