Neighbourhood meeting of May 22, 2024

The Wasamac Mining Project team met with the community for a neighborhood gathering on May 22, 2024 at the Club de l'âge d'Or d'Évain hall.

The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views with the Wasamac mining project's neighbors and to introduce Agnico Eagle to the community, as it was the company's first public meeting since the Yamana Gold transaction. It also provided an opportunity to meet and talk with several local and regional team members.

The event featured presentations by :

• Agnico Eagle and its operations in the region;
• the development of the mining project (scenarios under study, timetable);
• advanced exploration (information and consultation);
• the forthcoming Good Neighbour Guide for advanced exploration and
• the Task Force.

Attendees were invited to browse the various booths at their own pace, and to talk with the team about topics of particular interest to them. Posters and equipment (maps, screens, sound-tracking probes, etc.) were available to participants throughout the event.

A consultative component was also part of the process, with the aim of improving the mitigation measures planned for advanced exploration. Citizens were invited to discuss with the team any concerns they had previously raised, or to identify new ones. Among the main concerns mentioned were

• the increase in traffic on route 117;
• the weight carried by the road and impacts on the pavement;
• loss of drinking water wells;
• vibration from drilling and blasting;
• the location of the final effluent in relation to Arnoux Lake.

All these concerns have been collated in a summary table, which also includes records of consultations held in the past by previous owners. This is available in the appendix to the minutes (below).

Two members of the Task Force also presented and collected ideas for the inauguration of Lac-Hélène Park, a community project co-created with the Task Force. They also took the opportunity to recruit potential new members.

For a detailed report on the meeting (in French): https://wasamac-eng.agnicoeagle.com/27423/widgets/111131/documents/135188

To see the TVA Nouvelles report (in French): https://tvaabitibi.ca/2024/05/23/projet-wasamac-des-scenarios-et-des-reponses-pour-les-citoyens/