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• Invitation to the Fourth Neighbourhood Meeting

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  Invitation to the Fourth Neighbourhood Meeting

  The 4th neighbourhood meeting regarding Yamana Gold’s Wasamac underground mining project will be held on June 14, 2022, at the Évain community centre at 100 rue Leblanc.

  We will be setting up kiosks so that attendees can make the rounds and meet with different key people on the Yamana Gold team, as well as resource persons who can answer any questions you might have.

  Join us to discuss such topics as:

  • The mining project, for which the environmental impact assessment and exploration program are in progress;
  • The advanced exploration program, for which applications for bulk sampling authorizations will soon be submitted and for which preparatory work will begin in the fall;

  Come chat also with the Task Force members and share your views or suggest ideas for neighbourhood projects Yamana is interested in supporting.

  Three time slots have been scheduled for persons who plan to attend:

  • 4:00 PM
  • 5:30 PM
  • 7:00 PM

  Contact us to reserve and confirm your time slot either by email at wasamac@yamana.com or by telephone at 1 833 510-0330 (toll free).

  Please remember to give your name, phone number and preferred time slot.

  Open public meeting

  All are welcome! See you then!

• Recap of the neighbourhood meeting of June 16, 2021: Attendance by some 30 people at the Zoom meeting

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  The minutes of the last neighbourhood meeting have been posted.

  A summary update on Yamana Gold's Wasamac underground mining project was presented to the area residents who logged into the virtual meeting. In this, our second meeting since Yamana purchased the property, we took the opportunity to introduce new members of the Yamana team and discuss in greater detail the exploration program, drilling operations, and sound mitigation measures, with expert testimony and outreach videos.

  Watch the videos again:

  
  

  The meeting was also a forum for discussion of Yamana's environmental approach in all steps of its process and the life cycle of a mining project. The mine tailings facility and surface infrastructure planned for the project were discussed. A quick update on the upcoming feasibility study was also on the agenda. Participants learned more about the acquisition of new mining properties (Francoeur, Arntfield and Lac Fortune) in the vicinity of the project area and possible synergies with the Wasamac project, although those are still to be confirmed.

  A summary of the environmental impact assessment, now scheduled to be filed in April 2022, was also discussed with the neighbourhood. The firm retained for this exercise is WSP, which will carry out several steps in the coming months, including data collection, land surveys and inventories, as well as a characterization of residential wells, to assess the project’s impacts. Finally, there was discussion of the Task Force, whose mandate is to serve as a space for dialogue and exchange between Yamana, the neighbourhood and the community, and the community contribution policy being developed. Many conversations took place on these topics. Following up on questions posed during the meeting, new questions/answers have been added to the platform, with more to come. The map showing the area identified for the characterization of residential wells was also uploaded to the platform.