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February 12, 2015 File: W2008L2-0004

Mr. Rick Schryer, Ph.D Fortune Minerals Limited 140 Fullarton Street, Suite 1902 London, Ontario CA N6A 5P2

Dear Mr. Schryer, Re: Constructed Wetlands Treatment System Panel At the Board’s February 9, 2015 meeting, the Board finalized Terms of Reference for the Nico Mine Constructed Wetlands Treatment System (CWTS) Expert Panel. As you know, this Panel was a requirement of the Environmental Assessment (Measure #6) and subsequently a requirement of Fortune’s Water Licence (Part E, Item 2). Also, the Board selected Dr. Andre Sobolewski as the Board’s appointee to the Panel. Additional detail about these two decisions is provided below. Terms of Reference

The Board acknowledged the need for Terms of Reference in its Reasons for Decision (June 17, 2014; page 18):

Most likely, the Board, the Tłįchǫ Government, and Fortune will need to develop a document external to the Licence (e.g., terms of reference or a statement of work) to resolve any remaining issues prior to retaining the Panel members. For example, it may be necessary to delineate the Panel’s duties in more detail and with more specific timeframes, and to describe dispute resolution mechanisms.

Board staff developed draft Terms of Reference and provided them to Fortune and the Tłįchǫ Government on October 31, 2014. Fortune provided written comments to staff on November 3, 2014, and the Tłįchǫ Government provided comments on December 7, 2014. Staff incorporated their comments into the draft and then held a teleconference to discuss the comments and resolve any remaining issues (December 19, 2014).

On January 5, 2015 staff distributed the draft Terms of Reference for public comment; comments were due January 26, 2015 and proponent responses were due February 5, 2015. No parties commented on the terms of reference. The Board is satisfied with the level of consultation and the public review process for the Terms of Reference.

Panel Appointees

The Board requested public nominations for the Board’s appointee at the time the Terms of Reference were distributed for comment (January 5, 2015). The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) nominated Dr. Andre Sobolewski. The Board considered other viable candidates for the Panel, but concluded that Dr. Sobolewski was particularly qualified for the role due to his substantial experience with constructed wetlands at northern mining projects. Dr. Sobolewski’s curriculum vitae (CV) and Summary of Experience is attached. The Water Licence requires that the Board establish the Panel within six months of Licence issuance (i.e., by January 22, 2015). On December 15, 2015, the Board extended this deadline to February 22, 2015. Fortune Minerals has already selected Dr. John Rogers as their appointee. The Board awaits the Tłįchǫ Government’s determination of the third appointee to the Panel, and requests the Tłįchǫ Government select their appointee by February 22, 2015 so Fortune can secure contracts with the Panel members. The Panel’s first duty will be to review the source term assessment results report, due February 22, 20151 (Part F, Item 17). The report will include Fortune’s recommendation for how the results can be incorporated into the next phase of the pilot-scale studies. Fortune must begin the next phase of the study following Board approval of the source term report, and has indicated that they plan to begin in April 2015 (Letter from Fortune to WLWB, December 3, 2014). The Panel will also review the CWTS Investigations Report which Fortune must submit as part of the annual report, due April 30, 2015 (Schedule 1, Item 1(l)). The CWTS Investigation Report will include, amongst other things, a description of study activities planned for the upcoming year. The Panel should therefore begin reviewing background materials as soon as possible in order to be prepared to review Fortune’s upcoming submissions. Please contact Patty Ewaschuk (pewaschuk@wlwb.ca) if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Violet Camsell-Blondin Chair, Wek’èezhìi Land and Water Board

Attachments:

• CV and Work Summary for the Board’s Appointee to the Panel: Dr. Andre Sobolewski

Copied: Fortune Distribution List

1 The deadline for this report was originally January 22, 2015; however, on December 15, 2014, the Board extended the deadline to February 22, 2015.

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Andre Sobolewski, Ph.D. Mine Water Treatment – Summary of Experience

Professional summary Dr Sobolewski has 25 years of professional experience in assessing impacts from industrial activity and designing wastewater treatment systems. He founded Microbial Technologies in 1991 and developed for 15 years innovative, biologically-based treatment systems serving the mining, forest and petrochemical industries. Andre has broad experience with the treatment of mine drainage, from the development of conceptual designs at the Environmental Impact Assessment stage to the implementation of treatment systems in operating and closed mines. Impact Assessment Dr Sobolewski has participated in several EIA’s for proposed mines: Western Gold’s Casino Project, Newgold Blackwater Project, Northcliff’s Sisson Project, Cominco’s Kutz Ze Kayah’s Project, Teck’s Pogo Project, Placer Dome’s Las Cristinas Project, Millenium’s Tulsequah Chief (BC) and Dublin Gulch (Yukon) Projects, Tahera’s Jericho Project (including hearings), BHP Billiton’s Ekati Project, Inmet’s Mina de Cobre Project, Imperial Mineral’s Red Chris Project, Teck Coal’s Line Creek Expansion, Compliance Coal’s Raven Project, Newgold’s Blackwater Project, and Western Copper and Gold’s Casino Project. Typically, he designed treatment systems for the anticipated discharges from these mines. Andre was the Technical Lead in developing a selenium management strategy for Walter Energy’s BC existing and planned coal mines. He reviewed Teck Coal’s Elk River Valley-wide model for selenium and sulphate management, as well as potential environmental impacts at diamond mines in Canada’s Northern Arctic. Dr Sobolewski developed procedures for deriving site-specific clean-up criteria (Environment Canada) and was lead author on the Guidance Manual for the Review of Environmental Assessments for Proposed Mine Projects in the Yukon (YESAB). Water Treatment System Design Dr Sobolewski has designed, evaluated and developed several treatment systems – both active and passive – for a wide variety of contaminants. His primarily focus has been to develop biologically-based treatment systems, such as wetlands and bioreactors. Treatment Wetlands

Andre pioneered the use of wetlands for treatment of contaminated mine drainage. He began his studies in 1989, investigating a treatment wetland at Bell Copper. He investigate, designed or constructed treatment wetlands at the Musselwhite Mine, Campbell Mine, Red Lake Mine, Keno Hill Mines (Bellkeno, Galkeno 900 and Silver King adits), Antamina Mine, Gibraltar Mine, Kemess Mine, Cluff Lake Mine, Rico Mine and Wismut Nordhalde.

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Andre designed a number of limestone-based treatment systems, including the abandoned Mt. Washington Mine, Burlington Mine, Silver Butte Mine, Tom Valley Mine and Gossan Mine.

Bioreactors

Dr Sobolewski investigated and constructed bioreactors for treatment of nitrate and zinc (Pend Oreille Mine), molybdenum (Highland Valley Copper), selenium (Smoky River Coal) and ARD (Tulsequah Chief Mine).

In-Pit/In-Pond

Andre developed the geochemistry for the in-pond treatment system at the closed Island Copper Mine (Vancouver Island, BC), investigated the potential for in-pit treatment at Golden Sunlight (Montana) and Faro (Yukon), as well as in-pond treatment at Kinross’ DeLamar Mine (Idaho) and Newmont’s Yanacocha Mine (Peru).

Heap Detoxification

Andre developed procedures for the biological detoxification of the spent heap at Brewery Creek (Yukon) and troubleshot the treatment of heap draindown water at Beal Mountain (Montana).

Treatment Plants

Dr Sobolewski participated in the evaluation and design of treatment plants for selenium (Key Lake mill), ammonia and thiocyanate (Barrick’s Nickel Plate Mine), calcite (Teck’s Line Creek Mine), ARD (Minera Yanacocha) and acid leach barren solution Zaldivar Mine).

Research Dr Sobolewski investigated the use of a biocide for ARD control (US Bureau of Mines, unpublished observations). He researched the mechanisms of contaminant removal in wetland sediments for ammonia (Placer Dome, unpublished observations), metals (Sobolewski, A. 1996. Metal species indicate the potential of constructed wetlands for long-term treatment of metal mine drainage. Ecological Engineering: 6 (4), 259–271) and thiosalts (Western Mineral’s Hellyer Mine, unpublished observations). Andre developed a microbial indicator for sulphide oxidation (Sobolewski, A. 2012. Thiosulphate-oxidizing bacteria as indicators of sulphide mineral oxidation. 9th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD) 2012, May 20-24, Ottawa, Canada.) and methods for isolating mineral-specific bacteria (Sobolewski, A. 2013. A universal method for isolating mineral-specific bacteria for sulfide minerals. 2013 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, October 27-30). He also developed bacterial cultures that dissolve gold, as alternative lixiviants for cyanide (Placer Dome, unpublished observations). Publications and presentations Dr Sobolewski has authored 12 scientific publications, more than 40 conference presentations, and a website. He co-authored the Technical Guide for the Environmental Management of Cyanide in Mining, Mining Association of BC as well as the well-received technology review Evaluation of Treatment Options to Reduce Water-Borne Selenium at Coal Mines in West-Central Alberta for Alberta Environment. Andre developed and taught four short courses on the treatment of contaminated mine water.

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André Sobolewski, Ph.D.

Professional summary Dr Sobolewski has 25 years of professional experience in assessing impacts from industrial activity and in designing and implementing wastewater treatment systems for mining, forest and petrochemical industries. His core skills include analysis, study, design and performance evaluation of water treatment systems, as well as technical evaluation of proposed industrial developments. André founded Microbial Technologies in 1991. The company was noted for developing innovative, biologically-based treatment systems, primarily for mines in Western North America. Education Ph.D., Biology, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1987 B.Sc. (Honours) Biology, York University, ON, Canada, 1979 Languages English and French Employment history Clear Coast Consulting, Inc. President, 2012 AMEC, Process Specialist, 2009 to 2012 Microbial Technologies, Inc. President, 1991 to 2009 EVS Consultants, Scientist, 1990 to 1991 Sobolewski Environmental Consulting, Principal, 1989 to 1990 Publications and presentations André has authored 12 scientific publications, more than 35 conference presentations, and a website. He co-authored the Technical Guide for the Environmental Management of Cyanide in Mining, Mining Association of BC. He also taught three courses on the treatment of contaminated mine water. Representative projects Source Environmental Associates, 2014: Review of Kiggavik Project EIA Source Environmental Associates, 2014: Review of Morison Project EIA Teck Corp., 2014. Review of Elk Valley Water Quality Plan. Source Environmental Associates, 2014: Review of Sisson Project EIA Casino Mining, 2014: Conceptual design of passive treatment system at Casino Project, Senior

Review for Yukon College wetland research and literature review. Woods Boale, Canada, 2013: Hazard assessment and development of mitigation measures for

woodwaste pile at the closed McBride mill Source Environmental Associates, Canada, 2013: Conceptual design of passive treatment

system for the Casino Project Newgold, Canada, 2013: Conceptual design of treatment wetland for the Blackwater Project

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Teck Corp., 2013: Review of valley-wide selenium model. AMEC Americas, Canada, 2012: Pre-feasibility design and cost estimate of treatment system for

the Raven Project AMEC Americas, USA, 2012: Development and investigation of pilot-scale passive treatment

system for discharge of Rico Argentine Mine, Colorado. City of Calgary, Canada, 2012: Design of treatment wetland for Shepard Landfill contaminated

stormwater runoff Pinnacle Renewable Energy, Canada, 2012: Development of system for treatment and recovery

of wood extractives from wet scrubber blowdown Honeywell, USA, 2012: Review of proposed treatment system for acid mine drainage at the

abandoned Gossan Mine. Teck-Line Creek Operation, Canada, 2011: Assessment of calcite removal treatment system. Florida Canyon Mine, USA, 2011: Evaluation of groundwater contamination and development of

a remedial plan at a gold mine. Hayden Hill Mine, USA, 2011: Development of a passive treatment system for nitrate removal. Minneapolis Secondary Smelter, Gopher Resources, MN, USA, 2011: Development of a

treatment system for toxic metals, sulphate and selenium at a lead smelter serving a battery recycling facility.

Gibraltar, Taseko Mines, BC, Canada, 2011: Pilot wetland trial for treatment of tailings pond supernatant at a copper mine, and assessment of seepage treatment by the East Saddle dam wetland.

Red Chris, Imperial Metals, BC, Canada, 2011: Evaluation of acceptable selenium discharge criteria for a proposed copper-gold mine; review of anticipated flows at mine site.

Western Coal/Walter Energy, BC, Canada, 2011: Development of a selenium management strategy for four coal mines (Brule, Willow, Wolverine, and the EB project).

Fraser Lake sawmills, BC, Canada, 2011: Development of a passive treatment system for wood extractives in sawmill runoff.

Yanacocha, Newmont, Peru, 2010-2011: Study of gold minewater treatment plants upgrades, and development of a treatment plan to comply with new Peruvian environmental regulations.

Eurocan Landfill, BC, Canada, 2010-2011: Engineering and cost estimate of passive treatment system for landfill leachate.

Horizon, CNRL, AB, Canada, 2010: Evaluation of water treatment options for a large oil sands operation.

Kearl, AB, Canada, 2009-2011: Development of suspended solids management practices and design of flocculant dispensing stations for drainage ditch systems at an oil sands project. Development and design of treatment wetlands for oil sands seepage and runoff.

General Recycling, AB, 2010: Evaluation of using a treatment wetland for stormwater control at a recycling facility.

Line Creek, Teck, BC, 2009-2010: Determination of remedial measures for contaminated water produced at a coal mine’s truck wash station. Evaluation of options for selenium removal from seepage of planned dumps.

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Central Kootenay Regional Landfill, RDCK, BC, Canada. 2010: Evaluation of treatment capacity of wetland and polishing pond below a landfill.

Pender Harbour Landfill, Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD), BC, Canada, 2010: Evaluation of performance and maintenance requirements for a wetland treating landfill leachate.

Mina de Cobre, Inmet, Panama, 2009: Calculation of natural cyanide degradation rates in a tailings pond at a proposed copper mine.

Tanco, Cabot Corp, MB, Canada, 2009: Analysis of seasonal pH exceedances in water discharged from tailings and polishing ponds, and assessment of tailings treatment options at a closed mine that produced lithium, cesium, rubidium and tantalum.

Gibraltar, Taseko, BC, Canada, 2009: Evaluation of passive treatment options to address tailings water with elevated copper and cadmium concentration; acidic water in a pit lake containing 40 mg/L copper; and acidic, metal-contaminated waste rock dump drainage at an operating copper mine.

Campbell Red Lake, Goldcorp, ON, Canada, 2009: Study of a passive treatment wetland at a gold mine, with recommendation of modifications to reduce ammonia concentrations.

Seven-Mile Landfill, Sperling-Hansen, BC, Canada, 2009: Designed a wetland to treat landfill leachate.

Campbell Red Lake, Goldcorp, ON, Canada, 2009: Evaluated problems at the Campbell treatment wetland and recommended measures to correct them.

Pacific Inland Resources, West-Fraser Timber, BC, Canada, 2007-2009: Designed and constructed a wetland to treat log-yard and wood waste leachate.

Environment Canada, BC, Canada, 2008: Provided expert testimony in a pollution charge lawsuit against a forestry company.

YESAB, Yukon Government, YT, Canada, 2006-2008: Co-authored and edited a guidance manual to help government staff evaluate environmental assessments of proposed mining projects.

Smoky River, Alberta Environment, AB, Canada, 2005-2008: Reviewed treatment technologies for selenium; designed and investigated a pilot-scale bioreactor at Smoky River.

Kemess, Northgate Minerals, BC, Canada, 2007: Investigated a passive treatment system for selenium removal at a copper-gold mine.

Key Lake, Cameco, SK, Canada, 2006-2007: Investigated a biological treatment system for selenium removal at a uranium mill.

Zaldivar, Placer Dome, Chile, 2005-2006: Investigated a bioreactor with sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) to treat raffinate at a copper heap leach/SX-EW project.

Western Zirconium, URS, UT, USA, 2006: Evaluated treatment option for zirconium discharge. Cluff Lake, Areva, SK, Canada, 2006: Evaluated the stability of metals and radionuclides

retained in wetland sediments at a uranium mine. Tom Valley, Gartner Lee, YT, Canada, 2006: Evaluated passive treatment options for acid

drainage from an abandoned gold mine. Parametrix, OR, USA, 2005: Developed a microbial culture that oxidizes sulphides in slag. Antamina, Klohn-Crippen, Peru, 2005: Investigated and designed a treatment wetland for

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contaminated drainage from a waste rock dump at a copper-zinc mine. Burlington, Walsh Environmental, CO, USA, 2005: Evaluated a passive treatment option for

drainage at an abandoned mine site. MacKenzie, Abitibi Consolidated, BC, Canada, 2005: Evaluated impacts and treatment options

for leachate from hog fuel pile at a pulp mill. Tulsequah Chief, Redfern Resources, BC, Canada, 2003-2005: Investigated, designed and

commissioned a limestone-SRB bioreactor to treat acidic drainage from a polymetallic mine. Yanacocha, Newmont, Peru, USA, 2004: Investigated biological sulphate removal in laboratory

studies for a gold mine. Coquihalla Highway, BC Ministry of Transport, BC, Canada, 2004: Evaluated treatment options

for ARD generated during highway construction. Faro, Deloitte-Touche, YT, Canada, 2003-2004: Investigated algal removal of metals in

lead-zinc mine pits at the laboratory and pilot-scale level. Norske Canada, Paprican and Bacon-Donaldson, BC, Canada, 2003-2004: Investigated

bacteria involved in corrosion of pulp mill UNOX bioreactors. Jericho, Tahera, NU, Canada, 2001-2004: Laboratory and field evaluation, and design of a

minewater treatment system, at a diamond project. Contributed to the EIA and public hearings. Keno Hill, Various Clients, YT, Canada, 1995-2004: Investigated and designed treatment

wetlands for contaminated drainage at four silver mines, and investigated stability of metals retained in wetlands.

Red Lake, Goldcorp, ON, Canada, 2002-2003: Investigated, designed and developed a 35-ha treatment wetland for ammonia in mine water at an operating gold mine.

Forest Renewal BC and Forest Innovation Investment, BC, Canada, 2001-2003: Investigated a sand biofilter system to detoxify dryland sort run-off.

Beal Mountain, Montana DEQ, MT, USA, 2002: Troubleshooting biological treatment plant operation for thiocyanate, ammonia and nitrate at closed gold mine.

Twin Creek, Sechelt Creek Contracting, BC, Canada, 2002: Investigated a treatment system to detoxify dryland sort run-off.

Ekati, EBA/BHP Diamonds, NT, Canada, 2000-2002: Evaluated and designed minewater treatment systems for three open pits at a diamond mine, and ARD potential from drainage.

Campbell, Placer Dome, BC, Canada, 1999-2002: Investigated, designed and constructed a 9.5 ha treatment wetland for ammonia and copper in minewater at a gold mine.

Pend Oreille, Teck Cominco American, WA, USA, 2001: Investigated bench-scale and pilot-scale biological systems to treat nitrate and zinc in underground minewater.

Red Lake, Lorax Environmental, BC, Canada, 2001: Developed tailings management options at a gold mine.

Terminal Forest Products, BC, Canada, 2000-2001: Designed, constructed and commissioned a treatment system to detoxify dryland sort runoff.

Placer Dome, BC, Canada, 2000-2001: Discovered and investigated bacteria that dissolve gold, as alternative to cyanide.

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Golden Sunlight, Placer Dome, MT, USA, 2000: Evaluated feasibility of in-pit ARD treatment system at closure of a gold mine.

Silver Butte, Hart Crowser, OR, USA, 2000: Evaluated treatment options for ARD at closed mine.

Hellyer, Western Minerals, Australia, 2000: Investigated the environmental fate and treatability of thiosalts in minewater.

Brewery Creek, Viceroy Minerals, YT, Canada, 2000: Compared biological and chemical detoxification of cyanide residues in spent heap at a gold project.

Musselwhite, Placer Dome, ON, Canada, 2000: Evaluated treatment performance and improved design of wetland for ammonia removal from minewater at an operating gold mine.

Mount Milligan, Placer Dome, BC, Canada, 1999: Developed and investigated bacterial flotation reagents to separate pyrite from chalcopyrite in copper concentrate.

DeLamar, Kinross Gold, USA, 1999: Investigated an in-pond treatment process for selenium removal.

Syncrude, Syncrude Canada, AB, Canada, 1995-1999: Investigated bacterial detoxification of tailings and process water, and bacterial production of hydrogen sulphide in amended coarse and fine tailings, at an oil sands project.

Chemainus, MacMillan-Bloedel, BC, Canada, 1998: Designed and constructed a treatment wetland to detoxify woodwaste leachate.

Las Cristinas, Placer Dome, Venezuela, Canada, 1998: Evaluated engineered wetlands to treat ammonia in pit water at a copper-gold mine.

Tulsequah Chief and Dublin Gulch, AE Pearse, BC and YT, Canada, 1997: Assessed aquatic impacts of two proposed mines.

Mt. Washington, Environment Canada, BC, Canada, 1997: Evaluated passive treatment options for ARD produced at an abandoned copper mine.

Nickel Plate, Homestake/Canmet, BC, Canada, 1997: Evaluated process control parameters for thiocyanate and ammonia removal in a treatment plant at a gold mine.

Port Arthur, Reliant Energy, TX, USA, 1996-1997: Designed and evaluated a treatment wetland to remove selenium from coal ash landfill leachate.

Kudz Ze Kayah, Cominco, YT, Canada, 1996: Evaluated treatment options and preliminary design of passive system for contaminated discharge from a proposed copper-lead-zinc mine.

Richmond Refinery, Chevron, CA, USA, 1995: Evaluated the fate of hydrocarbons retained in wetland sediments near an oil refinery.

US Environmental Protection Agency, USA, 1995: Literature review of environmental impacts from bioremediation or trichloroethylene.

Environment Canada, Canada, 1995: Literature review of environmental impacts of diamond mining.

MacDonald Environmental Services, BC, Canada, 1994: Technical review of testimony on toxicity of chlorinated hydrocarbons in contaminated sediments.

Highland Valley, CE Jones and Associates, BC, Canada, 1994: Evaluated a bioreactor for molybdenum removal in contaminated seepage.

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Environment Canada, Canada, 1994: Developed and recommended test procedures for commercial genetically-engineered microbes.

Island Copper, Rescan, BC, Canada, 1994-1995: Designed an in-pit ARD treatment system and evaluated microbial treatment processes at a closed copper mine.

Environment Canada, Canada, 1993: Developed procedures for setting site-specific clean-up criteria at contaminated sites.

US Bureau of Mines, PA, USA, 1993: Investigated a biocide for control of ARD from coal mines. Squamish, Interfor/Hemmera Envirochem, BC, Canada, 1993: Developed, constructed and

monitored a treatment facility for PCP-contaminated soil at a pulp mill. Bell Copper, Noranda, BC, Canada, 1989-1992: Designed and investigated a wetland for

treatment of copper in contaminated seepage.

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January 26, 2015 Ryan Fequet Regulatory Specialist Wekeezhii Land and Water Board #1-4905 48th Street Yellowknife, NT X1A 3S3 Dear Mr. Fequet, Re: Fortune Minerals Ltd. Water Licence – W2008L2-0004 WLWB Draft Terms of Reference for NICO Mine

CWTS Expert Panel & Panel Nominations Request for Review and Comments The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR), Government of the Northwest Territories, has reviewed the Board request at reference based on its mandated responsibilities under the Environmental Protection Act, the Forest Management Act, the Waters Act, the Forest Protection Act and the Wildlife Act and provides the following comments and recommendations for the consideration of the Board. Topic 1: Nomination for Panel Comment(s): The WLWB is seeking nominations from the public for the Board’s appointed Expert Panel member. ENR has included a Statement of Qualifications for Dr. Andre Sobolewski for the Board’s consideration. Recommendation(s): 1) ENR recommends that the WLWB consider Dr. Andre Sobolewski for inclusion on

the CWTS Expert Panel. Comments and recommendations were provided by ENR technical experts in the Water Resources Division and the North Slave Region and were coordinated and collated by the Environmental Impact Assessment Section (EIA).

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If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at 920-6118 or patrick_clancy@gov.nt.ca

Sincerely,

Patrick Clancy Environmental Regulatory Analyst Environmental Impact Assessment Section Conservation, Assessment and Monitoring Division Department of Environment and Natural Resources Government of the Northwest Territories

Att: Andre Sobolewski, Ph.D. – Mine Water Treatment – Summary of Experience