News Release
Donkin Export Coking Coal Project – Public Comments Invited

OTTAWA, July 16, 2012 – The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) and Nova Scotia Environment’s (NSE) Environmental Assessment Branch invite the public to comment on the potential environmental effects of the Donkin Export Coking Coal Project located in Nova Scotia. They also invite the public to comment on the proposed measures to prevent or mitigate those effects as identified by the proponent.

The proposed Project is subject to both the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and Nova Scotia’s Environment Act and is undergoing a cooperative environmental assessment process.

Consultation Documents

A summary of the proponent’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in both official languages is available on the Agency’s website (registry reference number 63924). The complete EIS is available (in the language in which it was produced) on the NSE website and on the Agency’s website.

Paper copies of the consultation documents are available for viewing at the following locations:

• Nova Scotia Environment Office
  295 Charlotte Street
  Sydney NS B1P 6H7
• Donkin Branch Library
  Donkin Elementary School
  81 Centre Avenue
  Donkin NS B1A 6N4
• James McConnell Memorial Library
  50 Falmouth Street
  Sydney NS B1P 6X9
• Nova Scotia Environment Office
  5151 Terminal Road
  Halifax NS B3J 2P8
• Glace Bay Branch Library
  121 Union Street
  Glace Bay NS B1A 2P8
• Ecology Action Centre
  2705 Fern Lane
  Halifax NS B3K 4L3

Written comments must be sent by September 14, 2012 to:

• Micheline Savard, Project Manager
  Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
  1801 Hollis Street, Suite 200
  Halifax, NS B3J 3N4
  Tel.: (902) 426-0564 / Fax: (902) 426-6550
  XstrataCoalDonkin@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
• Steve Sanford, Environmental Assessment Officer
  Environmental Assessment Branch
  Nova Scotia Environment
  P.O. Box 442, Halifax, NS, B3J 2P8
  Tel.: (902) 424-3230 / Fax: (902) 424-0503
  EA@gov.ns.ca

All comments received will be considered public.

The Proposed Project

Xstrata Coal Donkin Management Limited is proposing the construction, operation and decommissioning of an underground coal mine facility at the site of the existing Donkin Mine located on the northeastern tip of Cape-Breton in Nova Scotia. The mine would have a lifespan of 30 plus years and extract approximately 3.6 million tonnes of coal per year.

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Media may contact:

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
  Céline Legault
  Communications Advisor
  Tel.: 613-957-0278
• Nova Scotia Department of Environment
  Jodi Sibley
  Communications Advisor
  Tel.: 902-424-6427