March 4, 1999

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

The Nunavut Water Board (NWB) has received the following application.

Proponent:	Cominco Ltd, Exploration.

Address:	700 - 409 Granville Street

Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1T2

Name & Location

of Project:	Northwest Baffin Island Project, near Borden Basin

( 72O 35' - 72O 50' N),

( 82O 30' - 84O 00 W)

Purpose:	Mineral exploration, including

diamond drilling, minor prospecting,

and silt geochemistry.

This application is being screened by the Nunavut Impact Review Board, and will be processed when NIRB completes its determination. The NWB shall then hold a public hearing before approving the application, but it may waive this requirement if no public concern is expressed before March 19, 1999. Interested parties may obtain, free of charge, a copy of all documents pertaining to this application by contacting Michael H. Gunning, Cominco Ltd. by telephone at (604) 685-3057 or by fax at (604) 685-3069.

For more information, please contact:

NWB Licence Administrator

Box 119, Gjoa Haven, NT, X0E 1J0

Telephone: (867) 360-6338; Facsimile: (867) 360-6369