Work Schedules and Supporting Infrastructure

The Mary River project will be operated with fly-in, fly-out camps. Employees, contractors, and other project personnel will be transported to the project site using regularly scheduled chartered aircraft. The regular work rotation will be based on 12-hour workdays and a 2-week on, 2-weeks off, schedule. Personnel will be transported to Mary River from Baffinland-sponsored hiring centres or pick-up locations of Pond Inlet, Clyde River, Arctic Bay, Hall Beach, Igloolik, Iqaluit or Ottawa.

Accommodation complexes will be established at both the Steensby port site and the Mary River mine site. Personnel based at the port site will be transferred from the Mary River airstrip to Steensby by passenger train. It is currently estimated that there may be in the order of 400-500 people on-site at the Mary River project during normal operations.

In addition to worker accommodation, supporting infrastructure will include such facilities as bulk fuel storage systems (approximately 120 million litres), diesel power warehousing facilities, explosives mixing plants, and administrative and technical offices. Most of the support infrastructure will be established at Mary River and Steensby Inlet.