Environmental Assessment Bulletin

  • Environment and Climate Change

November 6, 2026

The Honourable Andrea Barbour, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change, has announced the following relative to Environmental Assessment – Part 10 – of the Environmental Protection Act.

Plan Accepted and Condition of Release Met:

Valentine Gold Mine                                         (Reg. 2015)
Proponent: Marathon Gold Corporation

The minister has advised the proponent that the condition of release requiring the submission of an Environmental Protection Plan for Operations has been met. The Environmental Protection Plan for Operations is available on the Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change website at:   https://www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/projects/project-2015/.

Learn more
Environmental Assessment Division
Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change
West Block, Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700, St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6

Environmental assessment information is available at:

www.gov.nl.ca/ecc/env-assessment/

www.gov.nl.ca/eccc/files/EA-Guide-to-the-Process_Mar-2026.pdf

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Project comments may be sent to: EAProjectComments@gov.nl.ca.

Anyone submitting comments on a project under environmental assessment should notify the Department of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change if they DO NOT wish to have their comments shared with the project proponent.

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