WLFN Community Survey

Williams Lake First Nation wishes to gain a better understanding of the Williams Lake First Nation community’s interest in topics related to the Cariboo Gold Project (the Project). This will allow us to present the most relevant information when community meetings are held regarding the Cariboo Gold Project. Your participation and feedback are valuable, and we greatly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts.

The Cariboo Gold Project is an underground gold mine proposed by Osisko Development Corp. (through its 100%-owned subsidiary Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.), located in the District of Wells and Cariboo Regional District, that will produce an average of 4,750 tonnes per day of ore. The Project will include underground crushing, a Services Building containing a surface concentrator and paste backfill plant, a waste rock storage facility located at the Bonanza Ledge Mine near Wells, access roads, and associated mine infrastructure in an area referred to as the Mine Site. The Project also includes upgrades to the existing Quesnel River (QR) Mill and construction of a filtered stack tailings storage facility at the QR Mill location. Transportation routes connecting the Mine Site and the QR Mill and a new 69 kilovolt transmission line from a substation near Quesnel to the Mine Site are included as part of the Project as well.

Please answer the following questions. The survey should take no longer than five minutes to complete, wherein responses will be anonymous and will not be shared with anyone else. The data will be used to inform the content of presentations given at upcoming community meeting(s).

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* 1. Does anyone in your family work in the mining industry or natural resources industry?

Yes

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* 2. Are you interested in working in the mining industry or natural resources industry?

Yes

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* 3. Are you aware that there is funding for people to enter the natural resources industry?

Yes

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* 4. Please rank your greatest concerns or interests related to the Cariboo Gold Project with 1 being the most concerning or interesting and 6 being the least concerning or interesting (listed below in alphabetical order):

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* 5. Please select the topics that are of most concern to you:

Water quality (e.g., predicted concentrations of contaminants)

Project water treatment plans

Project tailings management plans

Sediment quality

Plankton (very tiny aquatic plants and animals) and benthic invertebrates (insects)

Fish and fish habitat

Wildlife populations and habitat

Vegetation and ecosystems

Mitigation of legacy (old) contamination from historical mining near Wells

Ecological risk assessment (i.e., predicted risks to aquatic-feeding and terrestrial birds [e.g., ruffed grouse] and mammals [e.g., woodland caribou] after exposure to chemical emissions from the Project)

Human health risk assessment (i.e., predicted risks to human health after exposure to chemical emissions from the Project from living near the Project area and eating traditional foods)

WLFN Community Survey

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* 1. Does anyone in your family work in the mining industry or natural resources industry?

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* 2. Are you interested in working in the mining industry or natural resources industry?

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* 3. Are you aware that there is funding for people to enter the natural resources industry?

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* 4. Please rank your greatest concerns or interests related to the Cariboo Gold Project with 1 being the most concerning or interesting and 6 being the least concerning or interesting (listed below in alphabetical order):

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* 5. Please select the topics that are of most concern to you:

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* 6. Do you have any further questions and/or concerns?