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

Gold Canyon Resources Inc.
Springpole Gold Access Corridor Project
Final Environmental Study Report
MNR: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
MOE: Ontario Ministry of the Environment
MOL: Ontario Ministry of Labour
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
MT: Million tonnes
NGO: Non-governmental organization
NHIC: Natural Heritage Information Centre
NRVIS: Natural Resources and Values Information System
PEA: Preliminary economic assessment
Potentially significant negative (residual) effect: This is defined as a negative effect listed in
Table 2-2. Table 2-2 is generally consistent with the guidance provided in Section 3 of MNR
(2003).
Preliminary exploration (techniques): Exploration techniques that do not constitute Advanced
Exploration, as defined in O. Regulation 240/00 (as amended). Generally, these comprise surface
diamond drilling holes of various diameters, geophysical surveys, outcrop washing and mapping,
channel samples, limited removal of overburden (i.e. material that overlies bedrock) and material
(i.e. overburden and/or bedrock) excavation.
Project: The Springpole Gold Access Corridor Project. The Project consists of the components
listed in the bullets below.
Construction
Winter time harvesting of timber within the 10 to 15 metre wide eastern access corridor
(harvesting window of October 15 to May 15, to be confirmed with MNR during approvals
process that follows the EA process).
Establishment of winter operational road within the eastern access corridor. Timber that is
harvested would be used as corduroy for the road, with stumpage paid to the Crown.
Installation of a modern, monitored gate at the end of the FMP Approved Road (as shown
in Figure 2-1) to effectively restrict access beyond the FMP Approved Road.
Water crossings along the eastern corridor would be built to a primary road standard to
facilitate future potential upgrades of the winter operational road to an all-weather access
road (by GCU or by other proponents) at a later date and also to minimize environmental
risk associated with less robust water crossing structures.
Decommissioning of historic mineral exploration trails, as indicated in Figure 2-1.
July 2013
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