Memorandum

To:	Philippe di Pizzo

From:	David Porter

Subject:	NWB2FLE

Date:	March 30, 1999

Philippe,

Enclosed you will find a water use application form, from Cominco Ltd to conduct mineral exploration, the work in 1999 will include diamond drilling, three holes for the period June 14 - July 5, 1999. Targets are within N.T. prospecting Permits 2161, NTS 48A /13, located northeast of the head of Adams Sound, 40 km southeast of Nanisivik , and Permit 2208, NTS A48 /11 , located in the headwater region of Fleming River, 65 km southeast of Nanisivik . The program has a contingency for minor prospecting and silt geochemistry elsewhere on northwestern Baffin Island, outside of the permit areas. Work in 199 will be based in Nanisivik townsite . Personnel will include 4 drill crew, a drill foreman, a geologist and a contingency for a geological assistant, and two helicopter pilots.

This application was screened by NIRB , and concerns were expressed from the following.

March 1, 1999 Cecil O. Marshall, S.A.O. Hamlet of Arctic Bay

March 3, 1999 Rebecca Mike, Asst. Director - NWMB

March 5, 1999 Lioionie Iqaqrialu , Secretary - Ikajutit HTO , Arctic Bay

March 17, 1999 Charles Arnold, Director - Culture, Heritage and Languages

This project is now ready for the Board's decision and or approval.

David