The east-west striking zone favourable for gold mineralization is closely related to the Cadillac fault, which dips 55o to the north in this area. According to traditional nomenclature it is underlain from south to north by rocks of the Pontiac, Temiskaming and Cadillac groups. The east-west striking zone favourable for gold mineralization is closely related to the Cadillac Fault, which dips 55 degrees to the north in this area. The main 10 to 20 metres-wide brittle structure, composed essentially of chloritic schist, is included in a much broader ductile deformation zone that goes from about 100 metres north of the fault to more than 500 metres south of it. In general, the principal foliation is conformable to the fault zone and bedding. A tight asymmetric folding pattern with fold hinges gently plunging toward the west is developed in conglomerate units south of the fault.Deformation within the sediments can be difficult to evaluate as a result of re-crystallization of some minerals at superior greenschist to amphibolite facies metamorphism. Some sediment intervals show mineral segregation in a tectonic fabric and sulfides remobilization along foliation planes indicating a strong ductile deformation level. Vein folding and orientation within the different types of zone suggest a gradual decrease in deformation intensity from the Cadillac Fault to the south. Gold mineralization of the Hosco-Heva area is distributed in multiple lenses on both sides of the Cadillac Fault, ma ........

Mining of the Joanna Hosco deposit will follow the standard practice of an open-pit operation with conventional drill and blast, load and haul cycle using a drill/truck/shovel mining fleet. The overburden and waste rock material will be hauled to the designated overburden and waste disposal areas. The run-of- mine ore will be drilled, blasted and loaded by hydraulic shovels and delivered by trucks to the primary crusher or stockpile near the crusher. Mining operations will support the nominal milling throughput rate of 8,500 tpd.

The slope configuration in overburden is based on LEQ’s recommendations. The pit slopes and benching arrangement in fresh rock are based on Golder’s recommendations (Golder, 2009). For the rock slopes, Golder recommends the following:

- Bench face angle (BFA) of 65° and inter-ramp angle (IRA) of 49° for Northeast to Northwest walls (including the South wall) and BFA of 70° and IRA of 53° for the North wall.

- At the current study level, it would not be appropriate to apply the recommended slope angles over extended wall heights due to the uncertainty regarding fabric continuity inherent in slope designs, based upon drillhole information. It is therefore recommended that flexibility be added to the designs by the sub-division of the final and phase walls into a series of bench stacks, no greater than 120 m high, separated by either haul road traverses or the inclusion of “geotechnical” berms at 100 m – 120 m vertical i ........

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