This consultation was open from:
January 8, 2024
to February 7, 2024
Proposal summary
The Ministry is considering issuing a Director’s Order to Algoma Ferrous Industries Inc., under Subsection 147(1) of the Mining Act, to file a closure plan to rehabilitate mine hazards at the MacLeod Mine site. The result would be the receipt of a closure plan for the rehabilitation of mine hazards, including associated financial assurance.
Location details
Site address
Wawa,
ON
Canada
Site location details
MacLeod Mine site is located adjacent to the Magpie River, in the Algoma District, immediately northeast of the town of Wawa, and includes the mining properties commonly referred to as the Victoria Pit and the George W. MacLeod Mine, collectively the MacLeod Mine.
The proposed Director’s Order would cover certain properties within the MacLeod Mine site, as set out in the draft Order.
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)
Algoma Ferrous Industries Inc.
135 Queens Plate Drive
Suite 600
Toronto,
ON
M9W 6V7
Canada
Proposal details
The Ministry of Mines is considering issuing a Director’s Order to Algoma Ferrous Industries Inc. (AFI) under subsection 147(1) of the Mining Act, to submit a closure plan for the rehabilitation of mine hazards at the MacLeod Mine.
The rationale for proposing to issue the Order is set out in the recitals to the draft Director’s Order. In short, and as more particularly described in the recitals to the draft Director’s Order:
- AFI is the owner of the site in fee simple and is therefore a proponent of the site for the purposes of the Mining Act.
- The site contains mine features that have not been rehabilitated to the prescribed standards. These mine features include, but are not limited to, openings to surface, open pits, underground workings, crown pillars, tailings and tailings dams, waste rock piles, fuel buildings and infrastructure, and waste.
- There is an existing mine production closure plan for the site, last updated in 2008, in the name of a prior owner of the site. The prior owner is now insolvent, and the Ministry has been performing rehabilitation measures set out in that closure plan, including the operation of a water treatment plant, since 2018. The financial assurance associated with this closure plan has been exhausted and the closure plan is materially deficient in other ways.
A Director’s Order under subsection 147(1) of the Mining Act is an instrument for the purposes of the Environmental Bill of Rights; this posting relates to the proposal to issue that instrument.
You are invited to comment on the proposal, including the proposed terms in the draft copy of the Director’s Order included in this posting.
Supporting materials
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Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
933 Ramsey Lake Road
Sudbury,
ON
P3E 6B5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
The comment period was from January 8, 2024
to February 7, 2024