Process Flowsheet - Reagent Systems: Res - TB AI No. A9193f Job No. 670-2 13/10/2004-09:00am

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Source: Hatch Scoping Study
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Process Flowsheet - Reagent Systems
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Lime will be supplied as quicklime in tankers and pneumatically transferred to a 100 tonne silo then slaked to a 20% slurry. The slaked lime slurry will be transferred to an agitated holding tank. Lime slurry will be pumped continuously in a closed loop with the holding tank. Lime additions will be pulsed from the loop based on pH control at the addition points. All reagents and process tankage will be located within containment areas, sized to accommodate 110% of the largest vessel therein, to ensure complete containment in the event of an accidental spill. Adequate ventilation, fire and safety protection and MSDS stations will be provided at the necessary locations.
2.2.4
Plant Site Layout
A preliminary plant site layout was developed by Hatch and presented the Scoping Study. An efficient cold climate plant layout was based on recent designs implemented in the Arctic for the new diamond mines and the Voiseys Bay Nickel Mine in Labrador. The layout includes a large utility corridor with access for workers. The typical layout presented in Figure 2-11 was for the More Creek plant site. However, the layout applies to both the Galore Creek and More Creek valley sites. In the case of the Galore Creek site, more infrastructures would be included such as the large shops for heavy equipment, tire shop, lube shop, fuel storage areas, etc. A layout of the mining infrastructure facilities including shops, fuel and explosives facility has not been completed. This infrastructure layout will be completed during the pre-feasibility study.
2.2.5
Tailings and Waste Rock Storage
As part of the Scoping Study, several locations were identified by BGC Engineering Inc. as potential tailings disposal areas in the vicinity of Galore Creek and along the corridor of the More Creek access road option. Seven criteria were used to access the various options. These criteria include the following:

Geohazards susceptibility; stream connectivity; foundation material; access from plant site; drainage catchment area; ultimate height of dam; and earthworks required to build dam
Using these engineering criteria, eleven (11) potential tailings sites were identified from aerial photo interpretation and topographic maps. These sites are presented in Figure 2-12. Of these 11 sites, two sites; T-10 upper Contact Creek Valley and T-5 upper More Creek Valley, were deemed potential sites worthy of further evaluation. Upon further ground level evaluation of the two selected areas, it became clear that both sites had geotechnical issues. Contact Creek T-10 was eliminated due to extensive karst topography. The More Creek T-5 site also had karst
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topography at the southwest end but the area was small so the dam remained a viable site. Site T-3 in the lower Galore Valley was reintroduced as a potential tailings disposal area. The advantage of the T-3 site is that all waste including tailings and waste rock are kept in the area. The concern with this site is the catchment area of approximately 123 km2 in an area of high precipitation. A schematic layout of the plant site, tailings and waste rock storage in the Galore Valley is presented in Figure 2-13. Figure 2-14 shows the plant site in Sphaler Creek Valley and tailings storage area in the upper More Creek Valley.
2.2.6
Water Supply and Water Balance
Fresh make up water for the process plant and fire protection will either be drawn from groundwater wells located in the Galore Valley or from a small reservoir developed to catch surface runoff. The water would be pumped to a freshwater storage tank located adjacent to the process plant. Freshwater would be used primarily for reagent mixing, grinding mill cooling water, pump glands and compressor seal water. Potable water for use in the accommodation complex and at various locations around the site will likely be chlorinated and stored in a potable water storage tank. The potable water will likely be drawn from groundwater wells located in an area where contamination potential is non-existent. The bulk of the water used in the plant would be from a tailings thickener overflow or directly from a reclaim pumping system located in the tailings impoundment. A detailed water balance will be prepared during the pre-feasibility study. Eleven automated hydrology stations and a fully automated meteorological station were established in the Galore Valley during the summer of 2004. As all the water in the Galore Valley has to funnel through Galore Creek, water management over the tailings and waste rock storage area will be a key management issue. If the tailings are located in the More Valley, the water management issues appear simpler; however, these drainage areas will be impacted including Sphaler, More and Galore Creeks.
2.2.7
Project Infrastructure at Minesite
Infrastructure and support facilities to be constructed as part of the proposed Galore Creek Project are dependent on the access route selected to operate the mine. If the Northern access corridor is selected, there would be two operating sites: The mine/waste rock storage and the process plant/tailings storage. Permanent accommodation and support infrastructure would be required at both sites. The Northern access would also potentially impact three drainages; More Creek with the tailings, Sphaler Creek with the plant site and tunnel and Galore Creek with mining and waste rock storage. If the Southern access route is selected, all facilities would be combined in the Galore Creek Valley.
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Project Information
The infrastructure and support facilities would include:
Permanent accommodation camp facility including sleeping, dining, recreation and support facilities for the workforce possibly at two locations if Northern access route is selected as preferred option; large haul truck maintenance shop combined with warehouse facilities, offices, dry and change rooms for mine and maintenance employees; tire shop; mill maintenance shop including electrical, instrumentation, carpentry, paint and sheet metal; metallurgical, assay and environmental laboratory; crushing and ore processing plant; ore conveyor system; freshwater pump house and freshwater supply pipeline; explosives manufacturing plant and associated explosives storage facilities; main administration facilities; safety, first aid and training facilities; fire prevention system and control facilities; geology and engineering facilities; airstrip and heliport facility; sewage treatment plant; potable water treatment; electrical distribution centre; emergency power plant; fuel storage facility; and secure landfill facility
2.2.8
Environmental Management of Waste
The various waste streams that will be generated by the Galore Creek mine include the following:

Waste rock; low grade ore stockpile; process tailings; hazardous wastes such as waste oil, solvents, batteries, etc.;
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non-hazardous waste such as garbage; and sewage from the accommodation facilities
The waste rock management plan is being developed to store PAG and NAG material over the long-term. The segregation plan was discussed briefly in section 2.2.1.3. Low grade ore will be temporarily stored during the first five years of operation. Pads and drainage configurations will be developed for the low grade ore stockpiles. Details of this plan will be completed during the pre-feasibility study. The mill tailings will be stored underwater either in the Galore Valley or the More Valley depending on the access route selected. Either tailings dam will be equipped with downstream seepage dams to collect and return any seepage water. Either dam would be equipped with emergency spillway structures for long-term closure stability. During operations, the dams will have adequate freeboard to retain water if quality becomes an issue. The tailings impoundments are located in areas where precipitation exceeds evaporation and as such, a controlled discharge to the receiving environment will be required during operation. The Metal Mining Effluent Regulation discharge limits will at minimum be met at the discharge from the tailings impoundment. A downstream aquatic effects monitoring program will be the controlling factor affecting the discharge criteria. Typically, all wastes outside of tailings and waste rock will be separated at the point of generation, placed into appropriate storage containers and then moved off site to a licensed recycling or disposal facility. Some of the waste include the following:
Waste oil from heavy equipment and stationary milling equipment will be transferred to a waste oil storage tank which will likely be located within the truck maintenance shop area. The waste oil will be filtered and could be used as an energy source for a heater in the main shop. Any waste oil not usable as a heat source will be transferred offsite by a licensed waste oil company. There should be a miniscule amount of waste oil not used as a supplemental heat source in the shop or plant; waste antifreeze, solvents and grease will be collected and stored in appropriate drums for regular shipment offsite by a licensed recycling or disposal operation; waste batteries will be collected and shipped offsite to battery recycling facility. Used tires will be used as barriers where appropriate or disposed off in a manner appropriate to the regulatory agencies; and hydrocarbon contaminated soil will accrue during the mines operational life. A landfarm will be constructed utilizing bioremediation to treat petroleum contaminated soil.
Non-hazardous waste such as garbage will be divided into two streams:
Putrescrible kitchen wastes such as organic food wastes from the kitchen facilities will be burned daily in an incinerator; and
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non-putrescrible waste including all non-hazardous, non-organic garbage will be collected and disposed of in an on-site secure landfill. The landfill will be covered with a layer of NAG waste rock on a regular basis.
Sewage from the accommodation facilities will be treated through a typical wastewater treatment plant. A treatment process such as extended aeration activated sludge biological treatment will be installed for each accommodation facility if the Northern access road is selected. The treated discharge from the sewage plant will be combined with the tailing slurry for disposal in the tailings impoundment.
2.2.9
Access Road Options
Access to the Galore Creek property has been an ongoing issue since its initial discovery in the 1960s. In early 2004, NovaGold undertook a screening level study to evaluate access to the Galore Creek area. Seven access options which included three (3) routes east to Highway #37 and to the deepsea port in Stewart, BC and four (4) options southwest to Alaska. The seven (7) route options were short listed to two (2) in May 2004. The key factors considered in short listing the access options were:

Safety and operability LRMP land use and environmental constraints Licensing and permitting timeline Transboundary issues Capital costs
Operating cost Proximity of tailings impoundment location Power transmission corridor Proximity of deepsea port
The details of the screening process were presented in the Galore Creek Road Access Alternatives Screening Report prepared by Rescan in June 2004 and submitted to regulators for review. The two overland routes selected for detailed review were initially evaluated through a field reconnaissance survey completed in May 2004 by Rescan scientists, Tahltan elders and McElhanney engineers. A short term construction access barging route from Wrangell, Alaska along the Stikine River to the Porcupine River was evaluated in October 2004 by Sandwell Engineers and Rescan. The routes selected for detailed evaluation are presented in Figure 2-15. These routes are referred to as the Northern Route Galore Creek Valley through a 14 km tunnel to More Creek Valley and onto Highway #37 and the Southern Route Galore Creek Valley east through a short 2.5 km tunnel south to Scotsimpson Creek, Porcupine River, Stikine and Iskut Rivers to the existing Eskay Creek road and onto Highway #37. The two (2) routes traverse various types of bedrock geology. Figure 2-16 presents the Northern and Southern access routes over the bedrock geology of the area.
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The two routes were evaluated in detail under the direction of Hatch Associates throughout the summer. A geohazards evaluation was completed by BGC Engineers and a preliminary snow avalanche hazard evaluation was completed by Stethem & Associates. McElhanney engineers completed a preliminary engineering evaluation of the two routes and Rescan completed a preliminary environmental evaluation on both routes. This evaluation included reconnaissance level environmental assessment. The work included fisheries and aquatic evaluation of most crossings on each route with identification of key fisheries issues and where fisheries authorizations would be required. The amount of habitat alteration, disruption and destruction (HADD) were calculated for each route. The navigable water issues were evaluated at various crossings along both access routes. The terrestrial habitat along each corridor was evaluated and the number of important/sensitive areas were identified and compared. The terrestrial ecosystem mapping (TEM) at a survey intensity of 4, i.e. 25% ground truthing and at a 1:20,000 scale was initiated along both access routes. The key wildlife species in the area were grizzly bears, goat and moose. Details on the environmental assessment work are presented in section 3.0 of this report. The selection of the preferred route will be presented in a report during the later part of January 2005. The mine access road is classified as a resource development road in the LRMP. engineering assumptions for both road developments included the following:

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All weather road; finished road width of 8 m; average design speed of 60 km/hr for trucks hauling 40 tonnes of concentrate; control sections of road to be 6 m wide with inter-visible turnouts and reduced travel speed of 30 km/hr; maximum sustained grade of 8% with 10% grade for 100 m distance, and 100 m radius curves used in the design.
The following typical road cross sections depict the approximate range of construction procedures and earthwork associated with varying terrain conditions. Typical road section shown in Figure 2-17 is common in Construction Categories shown in Plates 2-1 and 2-2 and is representative of the terrain throughout the existing Eskay Creek road.
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Plate 2-1. Eskay Creek Road demonstrating side cut construction illustrated in Figure 2-17.
Plate 2-2. Bug Lake area where side cut will be required.
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Figure 2-18 shows typical cross-section with road side barriers in areas of steeper side slopes within the Iskut section of the Southern route and the Upper More Creek of the Northern route. Plates 2-3 and 2-4 show typical terrain with steeper side slopes.
Plate 2-3. Scotsimpson Creek Valley requiring steeper side cut illustrated in Figure 2-18.
Plate 2-4. More Creek Canyon requiring steep side cut illustrated in Figure 2-18.

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Job No. 670-2

Source: Hatch Scoping Study

NovaGold Canada Inc.