Nova Scotia is in a Canadian jurisdiction whose mining customs and laws are clearly established and understood with a couple of centuries of legal due process and precedents to draw upon.  Administrative measures follow due process and are amenable to appeals.  Mineral rights are in the jurisdiction of the province by the BNA act and its succeeding Canadian constitution.  Ownership of metals is held by the Crown (dating to Magna Carta) however the provincial legislature is effectively the Crown’s trustee.  By law (the Barring ruling) once a discovery is made on a valid concession the right of the discover or his agents to dig and to take is axiomatic.  Of course it would be subject to compliance with environmental protections and payment of royalties to the province.

The most positive aspect of an “exploration plays” in this province are the following points that are all critical to diminishing exploration, development and mining costs.

1.  Topography: mature, rolling meadow land and reclaimed marshland and there are no impediments to moving about these concessions.

2.  Access: excellent, sites are 45 to 50 min drive from Halifax via major highway, four major artery roads crisscross the concession block giving easy access  to any point desired within the boundaries; therefore no flight costs for transport and if any server roads are required their size would be no more  than driveway size to a main artery.

3. Bio-density: no old growth forests, the minor patches of woods are secondary, mainly farm livestock and deer, the rivers are not a salmon rivers; therefore the area is excluded from forestry, holds no endangered species, and outside the designated municipal watershed.

4.  Climate: humid, temperate, moderate heat in summer, winters are rarely sever, working conditions are possible all year round. Therefore, there would be no seasonal variation on operations also climate is not adverse on health.

5.  Inhabitant density: the project is on the fringe of a rural township which is partly developed for seasonal hay production, this is not high value crop land. The land has a low inhabitant density with a little more than a couple of dozen residences in the area.

6.  Infrastructure to municipal services: Town of Windsor, Falmouth is within 5 kms therefore restaurants, hotels, fuel suppliers, hardware stores, entertainment centers, grocery stores, lumber yards, schools, medical and police services are in close proximity without any significant cost attached to seeking these services.

7.  Mining service providers: there are two operational quarries within 20 kms of this site therefore, machinery shops, machine suppliers and two drilling companies are easily accessible and operating in this district.

8.  Easements: the Department of Transportation maintains a 100 ft. (33 m.) easement on either side of the center line of roadways and permits to drill on their easement are easy to get and have been sought in the past. There are no pipelines or underground cable lines in this district. The law also permits a 33 ft. (10 m.) public right of way on either bank of the Avon River. There are no native land claims in this district.

9.  Power: electrical power lines lead to all farm houses in the block and it is possible to access a major power transmission line approximately 5 kms away.

10.  Water: the town’s watershed that is French Creek Reservoir District is within 5 kms west of the concession. For exploration purposes the waters of the west and south Avon are easily accessible and would be within 500 m of any drill station required. There are also four large lakes that could be accessed within 15 kms of the exploration site. With the Highfield site a lake is within 1 km and the The Kennetcook River is a little over 2 km away.

As noted in the answers to the above factors the projects location is unprecedented as a mining exploration location. Even when comparing with properties in the Timmins camp this project is unprecedented in that it has no liabilities such as; previous mine workings, tailings dumps and other environmental hazards associated with it.

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