With respect to the above noted application, the NWB has completed it's final technical review after receiving comments from interested persons with the deadline ending August 13, 2005. Upon review, it has come to the attention of the NWB that the A&R Plan requested in the current Licence was to be submitted to the NWB office by March, 2004 has not been received.

I has become practice of the NWB to hold licence renewals until conditions of current or previous licenses have been met. The current Licence expires on Sept 30, 2005 and should still allow adequate time to prepare the required A&R Plan as identified in Licence NWB2KUG0305. I have attached an A&R Plan that is on file with the NWB, public records, which gives a good outline and format of a plan that has been acceptable to the NWB. There are of course, areas of site specific need which may be addressed with the plan to be prepared for the Dismal Lake Project. I think the only section that had been requested to be revised in this document was section 1.11, and dealing with contaminated materials/soils discovered during restoration. This section needed to clarify what would be done with the materials, if collected, where it would be transported to for treatment/disposal and approval of the location for etc.

The Licence renewal draft has been prepared, with the submission of an A&R Plan from Coronation Minerals Inc. taken into account, and would simply require the approval of the Board once received, placing the issuance of the renewal prior to the expiry of the current Licence.

If you require further assistance, information or wish to discuss the above, please do not hesitate to contact me, or our Manager of Licensing at your convenience in the coming week.

Dave
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David Hohnstein, C.E.T.
Technical Advisor Mining
Nunavut Water Board
P.O. Box 119
Gjoa Haven, NU X0B 1J0

Tel : 867.360.6338
Fax: 867.360.6369
email: tech2@nwb.nunavut.ca

Office Phone: 780.443.4406
Office Fax: 780.443.4080