Report on Site Tour of August 27, 2021

Yamana held tours of the work site on August 26 and 27, welcoming representatives of First Nations, officials with the City of Rouyn-Noranda, and the Task Force of neighbourhood and vicinity residents established last spring.

The groups arrived aboard buses and spent just over two hours on the Wasamac property; the tours gave stakeholders and interested parties the opportunity to:

1. Acquire information and visual landmarks to help learn more about the project;
2. Grain an appreciation for the distances between the projected primary infrastructures and the neighbourhood;
3. Formulate their questions and concerns with greater specificity after their first-hand experience with the participative process.

There were four planned stops during the tour: at the site of the ore deposit and secondary infrastructure; at the area planned for the primary surface infrastructures, including the plant; near the drill rig; and on the future location of the tailings plant. Each stop was an opportunity for the Yamana team to expand on the Wasamac underground mining project, its history, the details unveiled at the end of July with the updated feasibility study, and the company's vision for the development of the project. The stops were also occasions for visitors to ask questions and talk to the company directors on hand. A spokesperson designated by the neighbourhood also presented a resumé of citizen mobilization and their principal concerns.

For a detailed account of the tour (available in french)