Snowline GOLD Receives the Robert E. Leckie Award FOR Excellence IN Environmental Stewardship
SNOWLINE GOLD RECEIVES THE ROBERT E. LECKIE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Vancouver, B.C., November 27, 2023: SNOWLINE GOLD CORP (TSX-V: SGD) (OTC:
SNWGF) (the “Company” or “ Snowline”) is honoured to announce its receipt of the 2023
Robert E. Leckie Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship from the Government
of Yukon.
“I would like to thank the awards committee and to thank and congratulate Snowline’s entire
team—including our industry and First Nations partners—on this recognition of our ongoing
efforts towards environmental stewardship and ultimately of the culture of integrity ,
accountability and respect that our team works so hard to instill,” said Scott Berdahl, CEO &
Director of Snowline. “There is an irony underlying many mineral explorers working in the
Yukon. Although we work in a development-focused industry, we are driven by a passion for
the natural world, a passion that gets us out on the land and away from more conventional
office-based work. As a company, we recognize the intrinsic value of a strong natural
environment and the Yukon’s wild spaces. We also recognize the importance and necessity of
metals to modern society. Thus, we seek to find a balance, striving to lay the foundation for a
strong local economy that can support healthy communities and high quality of life while
ensuring the Yukon’s vast wilderness can be enjoyed and relied upon for generations to come.”
John Streicker, the Yukon’s Minister of Energy, Mines & Resources, stated: “Our government
is committed to supporting sustainable, responsible mining and mineral exploration across the
Yukon. Congratulations to Snowline Gold Corporation for winning this year’s Leckie Award,
an honour that recognizes their values and commitment. The company’s work near Mayo is an
example of how exploration can be done in a way that promotes environmental stewardship
and meaningful collaboration with First Nations partners.”
The awards committee recognised various efforts and initiatives undertaken by the Company,
including progressive reclamation of its surface disturbances, drill pad site optimization to
minimize clearing, clean-up of a long -abandoned third-party exploration camp on its claims,
and several projects launched in collaboration with Yukon Seed and Restoration (YSR), a First
Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun majority -owned environmental business. The projects with YSR
include pre-disturbance botanical inventories for multiple work sites, local collection of native
seed banks for future reclamation of surface disturbances, and the establishment of trial
reclamation plots to assess the on-site effectiveness of various applications of these local seeds
for rapid and effective revegetation.
In addition, Snowline’s main exploration camp is primarily powered by a 27.5 kW solar array,
providing clean, on -site energy production that replaces and offsets carbon emissions that
would otherwise come from hydrocarbons. The solar array and associated equipment are leased
from the First Nations owned Nacho Nyak Dun Development Corporation and are installed
and maintained by the Yukon renewable energy company Solvest. Snowline has also initiated
key environmental baseline studies, including water quality, hydrology, and wildlife surveying
at and near its Rogue Project’s Valley discovery from a very early stage in the exploration
process.
Figure 1 – Reclamation of an abandoned third -party exploration camp on Snowline’s mineral
tenure. Top: Site during cleanup – deconstructing a tent platform. Middle: Site following cleanup,
before burning of combustible materials. Bottom: Metals and other non -combustible debris were
slung by helicopter from site for disposal at proper facilities.
The Leckie Award is presented in up to three categories each year, with recognition for socially
responsible practices, environmental stewardship, and innovation in mining in Canada’s Yukon
Territory. The awards committee comprises representatives from the Council of Yukon First
Nations, the Yukon Chamber of Mines, the Klondike Placer Miner’s Association, and the
Government of Yukon. The award was presented on November 20 at the Yukon Geoscience
convention in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Figure 2 – Solar power facility at Snowline’s “Forks” Camp. The 27.5 kW facility provides most of the electrical power used
by the camp during the exploration season, including power to several core cutting saws. The equipment is under lease from
the Nacho Nyak Dun Development Corporation under a 5-year partnership to provide renewable energy to the Company.
Figure 3 – Representatives from Snowline at the 2023 Yukon Geoscience awards banquet on November 20, 2023, in
Whitehorse, Yukon. From left to right: Sergio Gamonal (Chief Geologist), Dr. Craig Hart (Chair & Independent Director), Dr.
Gregor Hahn (Geologist), Dr. Nicolas Piette-Lauziere (Geologist), Scott Berdahl (CEO & Director), Thomas Branson (VP
Exploration), Zoe Goodyear (Database Manager) & Sarah Weber (Independent Director).
ROBERT E. LECKIE
Robert “Bob” E. Leckie (1957-1999) was a geographer and mining inspector who moved north
from Alberta to serve in the Yukon’s Mayo Mining District from 1987 through 1999 . His
legacy stems from a passion for innovation, collaboration between governments and industry,
and the development of progressive land use practices for mining and reclamation.
ABOUT SNOWLINE GOLD CORP.
Snowline Gold Corp. is a Yukon Territory focused gold exploration company with a n eight-
project portfolio covering > 333,000 ha. The Company is exploring its flagship >94,000 ha
Rogue gold project in the highly prospective yet underexplored Selwyn Basin. Snowline’s
project portfolio sits within the prolific Tintina Gold Province, host to multiple million-ounce-
plus gold mines and deposits including Kinross’s Fort Knox Mine, Newmont’s Coffee deposit,
and Victoria Gold’s Eagle Mine. The Company ’s first-mover land position and extensive
database provide a unique opportunity for investors to be part of multiple discoveries and the
creation of a new gold district.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Scott Berdahl
CEO & Director
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Snowline Gold Corp.
+1 778 650 5485
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the potential to participate in multiple future discoveries, the creation of a new gold district and
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other things: risks related to uncertainties inherent in drill results and the estimation of mineral
resources; and risks associated with executing the Company’s pl ans and intentions. These
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cannot assure readers that actual results will be consistent with these forward -looking
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