Notice of Transition to the Amended Impact Assessment Act

Ottawa — July 31, 2024 — On June 20, 2024, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 received Royal Assent and brought into force amendments to the Impact Assessment Act (the IAA). Transitional provision 305 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 states that, in order to bring a designated project under the IAA, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) must take a step with regards to the project under any of sections 10 to 59 of the IAA.  

In accordance with transitional provision 305(2), IAAC is re-taking the following step under the IAA for the Spanish Mountain Gold Project (the Project):

• Subsection 18(5) Suspending time limit and posting reasons for the suspension

In posting this Notice, any step completed before the amended IAA came into force regarding the Project is deemed to have been taken under the amended IAA.

Time limits

Transitional provision 305(4) of the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 grants IAAC the power to replace any time limit or period established by or under the IAA with another time limit or period.

IAAC is not replacing any time limit or period for the Project. The time limit of the Planning phase, which will remain at 180 days with 138 days elapsed, is currently suspended following a request from the proponent. IAAC will post a Notice of Time Limit Resuming when it has accepted the proponent's response to the Joint Summary of Issues and Engagement and Detailed Project Description and resumed the 180-day time limit.

For further information on this impact assessment, please contact:

Spanish Mountain Gold Project
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
210A - 757 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3M2
Telephone: 604-666-2431
Email: Spanish.Mountain@iaac-aeic.gc.ca