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BALDY RIDGE EXTENSION PROJECT

SCHEDULE A

CERTIFIED PROJECT DESCRIPTION FOR

AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATE

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1 2. PROJECT LOCATION ............................................................................................ 1 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................... 1

3.1 Project Components ........................................................................................ 2 List of Appendices APPENDIX A CERTIFIED PROJECT DESCRIPTION MAPBOOK ............................... 4

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1. INTRODUCTION

This Certified Project Description provides a description of the Teck Coal Limited, Baldy Ridge Extension Project (BRE Project). 2. PROJECT LOCATION

The BRE Project is located in the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia (BC), within and adjacent to the existing operating areas of Elkview Operations (EVO). The EVO property is located on privately owned land (fee simple) in the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains, adjacent to the community of Sparwood, BC, in the southeast corner of the province (Figure 1). It is bounded by the Elk River to the west, Erickson and Harmer creeks to the east, and Michel Creek to the south. Highway #3 (Crowsnest Pass Highway) follows Michel Creek along the western and southern sides of EVO. 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The BRE Project is an extension to existing open pit coal mining at EVO. The BRE Project will produce up to 10 million metric tonnes of clean coal per year, up to a total of 153 million metric tonnes of clean coal based on the known geological model. All components of the BRE Project are located within the “Baldy Ridge Extension Project Footprint” identified on Figure 2. The BRE Project uses the following existing infrastructure that is part of the Elkview Operations coal mine that is operating and permitted under the Mines Act Permit #C-2 as of the date of this Certificate:

• mine pit excavations;

• waste rock spoils;

• coarse coal rejects (CCR) and tailings storage facilities (CCR Pile, Lagoon C, Lagoon D, West Fork Tailings Facility);

• waste rock and coal haul roads;

• mine access roads;

• blasting materials facility, storage and delivery systems;

• breaker station, raw coal conveyor and utilities corridor that are tunneled through Baldy Ridge;

• coal processing facilities;

• unrefined and processed coal stockpiles and silos;

• Canadian Pacific Railway line and load-out loop;

• main power supply distribution network;

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• surface water management including pit dewatering, conveyance, drainage and impoundment structures;

• domestic water treatment infrastructures;

• maintenance shop, warehouse, dry change and administrative office facilities; and

• solid and liquid municipal waste management facilities.

3.1 Project Components

The BRE Project components as shown on Figure 2 are: 1. Waste rock spoils:

• extension and re-design of existing ex-pit waste rock spoils in Erickson Valley;

• extension of existing ex-pit waste rock spoils in Dry Creek;

• new ex-pit waste rock spoil (Adit South Spoil) south of Adit Ridge; and

• in-pit waste rock spoils. 2. Mine pit excavations:

• extension to existing mining areas: Baldy Ridge; Adit Ridge; and Natal Ridge.

3. Surface water management including conveyance, drainage and impoundment structures:

• pit dewatering; and

• new clean water diversion ditch around the CCR Pile. 4. Transportation and electrical transmission infrastructure for coal and waste hauls,

pit access and transmission line right-of-ways. 5. Coal conveyance corridor, breaker station and coal stockpiles:

• Potential relocation of existing raw coal conveyor tunneled through Baldy Ridge.

6. Soil stockpiles 7. Storage and management of coal rejects:

• expansion of the existing CCR Pile to accommodate coal rejects from the Project.

8. Storage and management of tailings:

• expansion of the existing West Fork Tailings Facility to accommodate tailings from the Project.

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9. Administrative offices, maintenance buildings, warehouse, equipment laydown and associated infrastructure:

• Potential relocation of the administration and maintenance complex located on Baldy Ridge (the Harmer Maintenance Complex), including power, warehouse, and equipment lay-down areas.

10. Sewage treatment

• Potential new sewage treatment associated with the relocation of the Harmer Maintenance Complex.

11. Access road and utilities corridor.

• Potential relocation of utilities corridor tunneled through Baldy Ridge.

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APPENDIX A CERTIFIED PROJECT DESCRIPTION MAPBOOK

Figure 1 General Location of the BRE Project

Figure 2 Elkview Operations BRE Project Footprint (1:70,000 scale)

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