Notice of Transition to the Amended Impact Assessment Act

Ottawa — August 1^st, 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 regard to the project under any of sections 10 to 59 of the IAA.

In accordance with transitional provision 305(2), IAAC is taking the following steps concurrently under the IAA for the Great Bear Gold Project (the Project):

• Subsection 18(1) Provide the proponent with a Notice of Commencement and any documents, including Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Plans
• Subsection 18(2) Posting of Notice of Commencement on Internet site

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.

These Notice of Commencement steps mark the start of the impact statement phase of the impact assessment process.

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 for the impact statement phase will remain at three years.

For further information on this impact assessment, please contact:

Great Bear Gold Project
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
55 York Street, Suite 600
Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7
Telephone: 416-952-1576
Email: GreatBear@iaac-aeic.gc.ca