Sustainability
With sustainability at the heart of our design, we’re aiming to be a net zero emissions mine.
Radical Transparency
The glass box is intended to provide maximum transparency to stakeholders. We will provide real-time access to “whole of project” information to enable real-time compliance monitoring as well as robust implementation of adaptive management processes to communities and stakeholders.
Environmental monitoring
With feedback from First Nation communities, we diligently engage in environmental monitoring to assess and address the impact of our activities. Our aim is to avoid large bodies of water and enact a species-at-risk impact mitigation plan that has been developed by ecological consultants.
No tailings on surface
The first mine of its kind where 100 per cent of tailings will be stored underground, using these tailings to backfill underground voids created by extraction. Additionally, aggregate rock from the underground stopes can potentially provide material supplies for regional infrastructure.
Minimising surface disruption
This includes no surface quarries, no open pits, no waste rockpiles, and a mine plan that is designed mainly on uplands rather than on peat.
Process water recycling facilities
These will minimise total water usage and limit discharge of mine effluent back into waterways.
Small footprint
A modern mine design with a physical surface footprint of around one square kilometre.
Partnering with local First Nation communities
We are building the Eagle’s Nest Project with First Nation communities through a co-management approach by forming genuine partnerships and mutual collaboration.

We currently have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with two First Nation communities: Marten Falls and Webequie and are working toward Partnership Agreements that will provide long-term economic development opportunities.
By participating in the economic benefits of our operations, we believe development in the region represents a generational opportunity for northern Ontario’s First Nation communities to achieve economic empowerment in this decade.
Our commitments
Providing Indigenous training and employment programs that guarantee employment upon completion of the program.

A minimum of CA$100 million in contract awards to Indigenous-led businesses.

Local participation
We will focus on maximizing local participation at Esker Site.

Social development
We support social development programs that are co-designed with First Nation communities to assist in the key focus areas of education and healthcare.

Community engagement
We implement community engagement practices that focus on informing and showcasing materials, plans and site maps to enable local communities to be involved in educated and informed discussions about decisions that impact them.

We are also investigating the use of other sustainable technologies to complement the existing mine design, including:

Grid power supplied by developing infrastructure.

Electric vehicles and hydrogen-fuelled haulage truck fleets.

Solar and biomass energy as a renewable source.

Ultramafic waste rock to capture and sequester carbon.
Our approach to sustainable development is based on principles of co-management with First Nation communities.
We will accomplish this by incorporating Indigenous values and knowledge in our planning and activities, as well as adopting a “glass box approach” to enable transparent and real-time data sharing. Our aim is to ensure the communities are active in the monitoring and oversight through all phases of the mine-life.
Stay tuned for the latest updates, reports, and policies as we advance Eagle’s Nest. We’ll keep you informed every step of the way.
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