Revised Final Environmental Study Report (24 MB) - Gold Canyon ...

Gold Canyon Resources Inc.
Springpole Gold Access Corridor Project
Final Environmental Study Report
This corridor is a southerly-trending road corridor on the west side of Springpole Lake that
connects with existing forestry road network to the south (refer to Figure 2-1).
The western corridor meets the objective of reliable year-round access to the area of the
Deposit. Given the approved 2014-2019 FMP road to the east, the increased potential for
cumulative effects to biological values, remoteness values and archaeological values in the
region are emphasized with this option (refer to letter dated December 2012 from Horizon
Archaeology to Appendix 2).
This corridor would increase the likelihood of unwanted access directly to Birch Lake
compared to the eastern corridor.
If the Springpole Gold Project proceeds to production, environmentally progressive planning
would require the mine site to be situated within one (1) watershed rather than straddling
multiple watersheds to the extent practical. In the event that a production phase is proposed,
this corridor does not lend itself well to a compact mine site within a single watershed that
overlies and branches off to access the various mine site features. Furthermore, in order to
minimize the overall development footprint on the landscape it would be desirable to have
the access corridor overlap with the mine site features and this corridor alternative does not
lend itself well to this sort of progressive planning.
An analysis of the effects (positive and negative) associated with this alternative was undertaken in
accordance with Section 3 of MNR (2003) and is presented in Table 2-1. Unless otherwise stated in
Table 2-1, this analysis assumes that conventional, proven mitigation measures are applied to the
alternative in accordance with applicable guidance documents from MNR and DFO that are
referenced herein.
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