Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography
The MacLellan Property is located approximately 9 km northeast of the mining town of Lynn Lake and is accessed by an all weather gravel road, the MacLellan Mine road, running to the mine site (Figure 3-1). Lynn Lake is an established mining community connected by an all weather road, Highway 391, to Leaf Rapids (105 km east) and Thompson, Manitoba (315 km southeast). The town has a population of approximately 800 residents. There is an airport which is serviced by: Perimeter Airlines who maintain a regular air schedule; Bearskin Airlines which offer a seasonal air service into Lynn Lake; and Lynn Lake Air Service who provide charter air services. A railway line is located at Lynn Lake, which extends south to Flin Flon, Manitoba, and from there, to the rest of Canada.
Lynn Lake has an annual average temperature of -3°C. The average summer temperature is 22°C with an average winter temperature of -20°C. Annual precipitation averages approximately 530 mm.
The long mining history of northern Manitoba, in general, and of Lake Lynn in particular, is a testament to the abundance of material and human resources that are available in the region to support a mining operation.
The vegetation in the Lynn Lake area is typical of northern Manitoba. Most of the area is covered by northern boreal forest, consisting chiefly of jack pine, black spruce and balsam with a few stands of birch and poplar. The Property has patches of northern boreal forest around the mine infrastructure buildings, mine tailings and waste rock piles but for the most part, has been levelled by waste rock, tailings and gravel sand material. The relief is low lying, consisting of scattered marsh or moss covered swampy areas.
