Falco Thanks the Community for Its Participation at the BAPE Public Information Session
May 21 2024 - 10:30PM
Falco Resources Ltd. (TSX.V:
FPC) (“
Falco” or
the “
Corporation”) provides a positive
assessment of the public information meeting of the Bureau
d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (“
BAPE”)
held on May 21st at the Petit Théâtre du Vieux-Noranda. More than
200 people came for information and to ask questions about Falco’s
Horne 5 Project (“
Falco’s Horne 5
Project” or the “
Project”) not
counting webcast participants, which demonstrates the population’s
high level of interest in the Project for all the surrounding
communities.
This public information session allowed the
population and various organizations to obtain details on the
Project and answers on subjects of concern to them. Falco’s team
has been engaged and listening to citizens since day one. To that
effect, Falco has heard each of the concerns raised during the
public information session and again invites the population to come
meet the team at Espace Falco, located at 157 Avenue Principale, in
Rouyn-Noranda.
Hélène Cartier, Vice-President, Environment,
Sustainable Development and Community Relations, declared: “I would
like to thank the citizens who took the time to attend the public
information session. This process is essential and allows us to
establish a climate of trust in complete transparency. From the
very beginning, we have worked to establish an open and ongoing
dialogue with the community. I invite the population to continue to
learn and express themselves on Falco’s Horne 5 Project in order to
build a unifying and beneficial project for Rouyn-Noranda and the
entire region.”
Falco’s Horne 5 Project is an underground mining
project of a world-class historic deposit. The Corporation plans to
produce a copper concentrate, a zinc concentrate, gold and silver
over a 15-year life of mine. Falco plans to reuse old
infrastructures and restore environmental liabilities. It therefore
plans to use the old Quemont 2 shaft as access infrastructure to
the Horne 5 mineral zone and dispose of the tailings underground in
the historic and new mining openings. Excess tailings will be
deposited on the site of the former Norbec mine.
Luc Lessard, President and CEO declared: “The
BAPE process is an important and essential step for Falco. It will
demonstrate that Falco’s Horne 5 Project is a high-quality project
integrated into its community and that it will have major benefits
beyond the city of Rouyn-Noranda. Our teams have been working for
years to push technological boundaries in order to sustainably
exploit this historic deposit.”
The BAPE public information period relating to
Falco’s Horne 5 Project has been held since
April 24, 2024 and will end on June 10, 2024. Citizens,
groups, municipalities or organizations who wish the BAPE to carry
out a public examination on the social, ecological and economic
aspects of the Project have until June 10, 2024 to send a request
for public consultation or mediation to the Minister of the
Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks.
At the end of the public information period, a report will be sent
to the Minister and made public on the BAPE digital platforms.
On April 23, 2024, Falco wrote to the Minister
of the Environment, Fight and Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks
and asked that a public review be held, led by the BAPE, regarding
Falco’s Horne 5 Project. Falco joined its voice to that of the
municipality of Rouyn-Noranda and to local organizations,
reiterating to the government that holding public hearings is
essential given the interest of the Project for the community and
for regional development.
About Falco
Falco Resources Ltd. is one of the largest
mineral claim holders in the Province of Québec, with extensive
land holdings in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt. Falco owns
approximately 67,000 hectares of land in the Noranda Mining Camp,
which represents 67% of the entire camp and includes 13 former
gold and base metal mine sites. Falco’s principal asset is Falco’s
Horne 5 Project located under the former Horne mine that was
operated by Noranda from 1927 to 1976 and produced 11.6 million
ounces of gold and 2.5 billion pounds of copper. Osisko Development
Corp. is Falco’s largest shareholder owning a 17.3% interest in the
Corporation.
For further information, please
contact:
Luc LessardPresident and Chief Executive Officer514
261-3336info@falcores.com
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Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information (together,
“forward-looking statements”) within the meaning
of applicable securities laws, in particular Falco’s ability to
complete the BAPE, to obtain receipt of permits and approvals
required to develop Falco’s Horne 5 Project and the ability of
Falco to efficiently develop and operate Falco’s Horne 5 Project
based on the terms of the Operating License and Indemnity Agreement
(“OLIA”)concluded with Glencore Canada Corporation
(“Glencore Canada”). These statements are based on
information currently available to the Corporation and the
Corporation provides no assurance that actual results will meet
management’s expectations. The occurrence of such events or the
realization of such statements is subject to a number of risk
factors, including, without limitation, the ability of Falco to
provide the financial assurance guarantees required by the OLIA and
the exercise by Glencore Canada of rights under the OLIA which
could affect the development and operation of Falco’s Horne 5
Project, together with the other risk factors identified in Falco’s
continuous disclosure documents available at www.sedarplus.com.
Although Falco believes that the assumptions and factors used in
preparing the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue
reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply
as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given
that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all.
Except where required by applicable law, Falco disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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