Visit us online at www.CanadianMiningMagazine.com 1 Please share within your organization! Fall 2022 Canadian Magazine What Sets Saskatchewan Apart? Page 13 Canada Post Publications Agreement Number: 40609661 Reducing Water Use Page 17 Critical Minerals and Charitable Donations Page 21 Detecting At-Risk Species During Development Page 29Visit us online at www.CanadianMiningMagazine.com 5 Visit us online at www.CanadianMiningMagazine.com 1 Please share within your organization! Fall 2022 Canadian Magazine What Sets Saskatchewan Apart? Page 13 Canada Post Publications Agreement Number: 40609661 Reducing Water Use Page 17 Critical Minerals and Charitable Donations Page 21 Detecting At-Risk Species During Development Page 29 INDUSTRY GREETINGS 9 A Message from the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) FEATURES 13 What Sets Saskatchewan Apart? An Abundance of Mineral Wealth, and Strong Support from the Government and Public! 17 Reducing Water Use in Mines: New Technology Wins Innovation Challenge 21 Critical Minerals: Giving Canada a Chance to Shine 26 Making History: Eskay Creek is First to have Permits Authorized by Indigenous Government 29 Environmental DNA to the Rescue: Detecting At-Risk Species Crucial to Mine Development and Expansion 34 Think Differently: Reactive Initiatives Are Not Enough 36 Inflation and Commodity Price Volatility: What’s the Impact on Your Insurance? WHAT’S UP ONLINE? 38 NSS Canada Partners with College Boreal on Projet MOSS 40 Ontario Mine Rescue Competition Winners Announced ALSO INSIDE 43 Tools of the Trade 44 Calendar of Events 46 Index to Advertisers On the cover: Earlier this year, the Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2021 bumped Saskatchewan into the second-best region globally for mining investment (first place went to Western Australia); Saskatchewan was ranked third the year before. This issue’s cover features a mining machine at the ore face at Nutrien Allan Potash mine. Three producing companies – K + S Potash Canada, the Mosaic Company, and Nutrien Ltd. – operate 10 mines in the province. Learn more starting on page 13. Photo courtesy of Nutrien Ltd. 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For Industry, By Industry CMM’s Contributors Do you want to become a CMM contributor? Get in touch! Email editor@matrixgr oupinc.net with your story idea, name, and title / or ganization. Ryan Montpellier has over 15 years of experience in identifying and addressing human resources and labour market challenges in the Canadian mining industry. Appointed as Executive Director in 2008, he leads all of MiHR’s strategic activities and represents the Council on various industry and government committees and advisory panels. Walter Coles Jr. is the Chief Executive Officer of Skeena resources and has served as CEO and President for several Toronto Venture Stock Exchange listed junior mining exploration and development companies, throughout the past seven years. Mr. Coles entered the mining business as part of an effort to develop a mineral resource discovered on family farmland in Virginia. Katherine Dawal is Vice President of Risk Management at NFP. She has over 13 years of experience in the international mining industry focusing on large and complex insurance placements, multi-million- dollar insurance claims, and enterprise risk management. Katherine was recognized as a leading risk manager in 2018 by Insurance Business Canada and was the recipient of the 2020 Risk and Insurance Management Society’s (RIMS) Rising Star award. Michael Goehring is the President and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia. Michael brings more than 20 years’ experience providing public affairs and strategic communications counsel to many of Canada’s leading natural resource companies. Mike Jones (M.Sc., P. Geo.) is a founding member of Azimuth. His areas of specialty include water supply, ground water and surface water geochemistry, and contaminant hydrogeology. In addition to his corporate administrative role, he primarily acts as a senior scientist for hydrogeological and servicing-related projects and has over 25 years of experience as a consulting hydrogeologist. Peter Nicholson is the President and Founder of Wealth, Creation, Preservation, and Donation (WCPD) Inc. For decades, he has been a recognized leader in Canadian tax assisted investments, with a special focus on charity flow-through shares with an immediate liquidity provider. Through this structure, WCPD has generated more than $1 billion in flow-through financings for junior mining companies. Meanwhile, through his work with donors, foundations, institutions, and boards, he has helped create more than $250 million for charities across Canada. Dr. Scott Tarof (Ph.D. Biology) is a highly- trained Senior Terrestrial Ecologist with expertise in behavioural ecology, conservation and molecular genetics. He joined the Azimuth team in May 2016. At Azimuth, Scott manages a diverse project portfolio including Environmental Impact Studies for private landowners, municipalities, and developers, as well as environmental DNA surveillance across Ontario. Pamela Schwann is the President of the Saskatchewan Mining Association, the industry association representing companies engaged in the safe and responsible exploration, development, and production of minerals within Saskatchewan. Pam is an innovator and has initiated multiple forums to advance and promote Saskatchewan’s sustainable mineral industry. Kaitlynn Zygmont is the Marketing Manager at NSS Canada. Kaitlynn has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and a master’s degree in Humanities from Laurentian University. Meg Parker is the Marketing Communications Specialist for Workplace Safety North, which provides mining health and safety services to the Ontario mining industry; including Ontario Mine Rescue. Meg has a B.A. Honours in Mass Communications from Carleton University, and has written for local and national publications for more than 20 years.Visit us online at www.CanadianMiningMagazine.com 9 e need mining to build a safer, greener, more connected world. The shift to a low carbon economy will not be possible without Canada’s mining sector, and while mining has experienced short-term acute growth since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it faces a tightening labour market. Mineral prices have doubled since March 20201 and sector spending has increased. Mineral exploration expenditures rose 66 per cent from 2020 to 20212 while mining capital expenditures grew 15 per cent.3 Yet mining employers increasingly indicate significant labour shortage obstacles for their businesses – at 27 per cent in Q1 2022 compared to 17 per cent in Q2 2021.4 MiHR’s analysis also shows that mining unemployment is historically low, with vacant positions nearing 10,000. Labour shortages are further challenged by an aging workforce, negative youth perceptions, and shrinking post-secondary mining programs. Total undergraduate mining engineering enrolment in Canada is down 42 per cent from 2014 to 2020, the largest decline of any engineering discipline. Geological engineering enrolment is down 36 per cent over that same period, with other programs experiencing similar declines. While volatility is nothing new to an industry accustomed to boom-and-bust commodity cycles, a longer term rise in minerals and metals demand will compound shortages as the workforce may need to quickly expand. A rise in demand is a strong possibility. Fourfold growth in critical mineral demand is forecasted to transition to a clean economy under a sustainable development scenario that assumes a concerted effort by all signatory countries to reach Paris Agreement goals.5 Renewable power and low-carbon infrastructure all require significantly higher resources than currently consumed. With expected demand increases, the federal government looks to seize Canada’s abundant availability of resources to be the world leader in safe, sustainable mining. Budget 2022 announced a new $3.8 billion federal Critical Minerals Strategy to quickly expand the sector. Mining clearly needs a deeper labour pool to meet employment demand. Attracting, recruiting, and developing the next generation of workers is vital to mining’s sustainability and growth. Youth and jobseekers need to see mining as innovative, challenging, and rewarding. Therefore, MiHR led a pan-Canadian group of industry stakeholders to develop the National Youth Mining Career Awareness Strategy 2021-2026, providing focus for initiatives to increase youth engagement, transform perceptions, reach younger people, build industry/education alliances, and promote diversity. Stemming from the National Strategy, MiHR created the We Need Mining. Mining Needs You. career awareness campaign, anchored by https://MiningNeedsYou.ca, to raise awareness of mining, support industry HR efforts, and make mining a career of choice for students. We launched the I Chose Mining. Mining Chose Me. Scholarship Program last year in connection with the campaign to support post-secondary students in mining- related programs. It is awarding 10 $2,500 scholarships between 2021 and 2025 to raise awareness of mining careers, showcase youth contributions, and support equity, diversity, and inclusion. The 2022 scholarships application deadline is September 30, 2022. MiHR’s Gearing Up program is also aligning post-secondary skills training with industry requirements through employer delivery of work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities. Wage subsidies up to $7,000 are available to mining employers who offer new WIL placements. Over four years, MiHR has provided over $10 million in funding to support over 1,600 student co-op placements. In development with the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) is the national We Need Mining. Mining Needs You. Career Ambassador Program. It aims to raise youth awareness of mining by recruiting career ambassadors to highlight career opportunities and mining’s role in environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and technological innovation to students. Resolving mining labour challenges requires these sorts of initiatives and industry’s involvement in them. Canada depends on mining and the sector depends on its workforce. Youth need to understand why we need mining, why they need to be part of this rewarding industry, and mining’s role in the transition to a clean economy. We are excited to further collaborate with industry stakeholders on these and other initiatives to understand labour market trends, identify opportunities, and develop solutions. Reach out to us to discuss how we can work together to build an inclusive, skilled, and sustainable Canadian mining workforce. M Ryan Montpellier Executive Director MiHR A Message from the Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR) We Need Mining. Mining Needs You. References: 1. World Bank (accessed via Ycharts), Metals & Minerals Price Index. 2. Natural Resources Canada, Exploration Plus Deposit Appraisal Expenditures, by Mineral Commodity Sought, 2017 - 2020 Annual, 2021 Preliminary Estimates and 2022 Spending Intentions. 3. Statistics Canada, Annual Capital Expenditures Survey: Actual, Preliminary Estimate and Intentions (CAPEX) (Table: 34-10-0035-01). 4. Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Business Conditions (Table: 33- 10-0469-01, Table: 33-10-0338-01). 5. International Energy Agency (IEA), The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions, World Energy Outlook Special Report (2022).Next >