YEAR-END REPORT 2021/2022

“We are a proud member of MineConnect as a Northern Ontario rooted company, expanding our business operations across Canada.

With MineConnect headquartered in Sudbury, we’ve been able to connect and network with likeminded individuals in the mining sector and bring more focus to Northern Ontario.

MineConnect has many beneficial member insights that help us to grow and stay up-to-date as our company enters new industry sectors.

We are grateful for the invaluable friendships our team has made with mining leaders through MineConnect.”

Brad Gregorini N1 Solutions Inc.

Message from the President

Directors has completed a new Strategic Plan. With a mission to help strengthen our members ’ positions through domestic and international initiatives, we will see events and activities across Northern Ontario, attendance at major mining conferences, new partnerships, and your member resources enhanced. We will also see a second cohort of companies join MineConnect USA in the Nevada cluster.

2022 was full of activity , and we can celebrate MineConnect’s accomplishments. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to thank our Executive Director Marla Tremblay, and the entire team for their hard work . I would also like to thank our members and partners for their continued support.

Speaking of successes, our membership has grown. Particularly noteworthy is that this growth is across all regions, highlighting that we are truly a pan - northern organization. Special thanks to Paul Finley our Director of Member Re lations for his dedication and efforts on the member recruitment and retention front.

Marla and her team have put forward a tremendous effort with national, regional, and local events, launching new initiatives and partnerships, and maintaining our website, news feed, and social media. This effort is growing our brand as a worldrenowned m ining service and supply cluster! Looking forward to 2023 , the Board of

MineConnect is a member-based organization, and we depend upon your participation. I hope that each member will find a way to be more engaged this year. I encourage you to utilize our online resources, share your news and success stories, participate in events and missions, or join our Board of Directors. We are stronger together, and together we can ensure that everyone, including business, government, media, and the general public, understands the importa nce and value of Northern Ontario’s mining service and supply sector.

On a more personal note, one year ago, I was honoured to be asked to step into the role of MineConnect President. As I’m based in Thunder Bay , and relatively new to the organization, there was some trepidation. With the support of my fellow d irectors, Marla, Past - President Ricky Lemieux, and the various members and partners with whom I have met and spoken with over the past year, I need not have had any concerns whatsoever. This spe aks volumes about the strength behind MineConnect : the people.

Thank you to everyone for your continued support

Todd Domney MineConnect President

Mining in Northern Ontario

 40 mine sites operating in Ontario

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10 producing mines

 15 advanced projects

Ontario is the largest producer in Canada of gold, platinum group metals and nickel, and the second largest producer of copper. The province is also a major producer of salt and structural materials.

Mining benefits all areas of the province, providing a broad scope of employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. The mining industry creates 26,000 direct jobs and approximately another 46,000 indirect jobs in mineral processing and mining supply and services in Ontario.

Ontario’s leading mine supply and service sector employs more than 40,000 people and Ontario produces more than $10 billion worth of mining supplies and services every year.

Northern Ontario is home to 40 operating mines

• 15 producing mines: 8 Nickel-Copper-PGE mines in Sudbury, Kidd Creek Zinc Copper mine and the palladium mine at Lac Des Iles).

• 15 advanced project: Lithium(3), PGEs(3), Nickel-Copper(3), Graphite (2), Cobalt, Chromite, Zinc-Copper, Niobium

• 132 early stage exploration projects

In Northern Ontario alone, the mining supply and service sectors generate an estimated $5.6 billion annually and support an additional 23,000 high-quality jobs throughout the region.

MineConnect is Growing

MineConnect has grown from a Sudbury-based organization to a pan-northern organization with members throughout all Northern Ontario.

MineConnect in the News

MineConnect was featured by multiple media outlets including:

• Canadian Mining Journal

• CBC News

• CIM Magazine

• CTV Northern Ontario

• Elko Daily (Nevada)

• Northern Ontario Business

• Northern Nevada Business Weekly

• NVMA Hard Hat Chat

• Radio-Canada

• Resource in Focus

• Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal

• The Sudbury Star

• Timmins Daily Press

• TPS Podcast

• University of Waterloo School of Environment, Enterprise and Development

Domestic and International Outreach

Trade Show s , Conferences, Missions

PDAC Convention, Toronto

Elko Mining Expo, Nevada, USA

CIM Convention & Expo, Vancouver

CEN-CAN Resources Expo, Thunder Bay

Beyond Digital Transformation Conference, Sudbury

BEV Conference, Sudbury

Canadian Mining Expo/The Big Event, Timmins

Other Event s

CIM North Bay Luncheons

CIM Sudbury Member Events

TImmins Chamber of Commerce President's L uncheons

Sudbury Chamber of Commerc e President's L uncheons

RUSH 2022, Sault Ste Marie

CIM MEMO

NORCAT Mining Transformed

Ask the Expert Webinars

MineConnect hosts monthly webinars free of charge to its members. Missed one? You can always find the recording in the members-only Resources section of our website.

• Dealing with High-Risk Mining Markets

• Discover the Mining Potential in Sweden

• Advanced Mineral Projects in Northeastern Ontario

• The Saskatchewan Potash Industry

• Clean and Green – the Finnish Way

• Working with Austmine – Access the Australian Mining Sector

• Making the Most of the New MineConnect Website

FY 21/22

• Fall BC Mining Opportunities

• Advanced Mining Projects in Nevada

• Recruiting International Candidates

Northern Ontario RoadShows

Northern Ontario RoadShows are a series of after-business networking events that get MineConnect out to major centres of Northern Ontario to meet and talk with our members, and prospective members, as well as partners in these communities.

February 2022: Sudbury (with AGM)

Thunder Bay

March 2022: Sudbury

May 2022: Timmins

Temiskaming Shores

September 2022: Thunder Bay

November 2022: Sault Ste Marie

Special Projects & Partnerships

Networking Event at CIM 2022 with co-host 48e Nord International

This co-hosted event provided a fantastic networking opportunity for all involved, and excellent exposure for the members of both associations Over 100 mining-industry representatives were in attendance.

Watch for a repeat of this hospitality event hosted by two of Canada’s mining powerhouses – Northern Ontario and Northern Québec – at CIM 2023

Science North Skill Up!

MineConnect partnered with Science North, and other industry leaders in the North, to offer a wide variety of courses that will help build crucial workplace and digital skills for students, Indigenous youth, and underemployed adults.

My Mining Tee

Mine Connect, in partnership with Sudbury Mining Camp and My Mining Tee, are helping to build awareness of careers in mining through a new member initiative. Every two weeks we draw ONE member in good standing to receive a My Mining Tee shirt. We also stop by to deliver the prize!

MineConnect.com

Our members are spread out over roughly 130,000 sq kms of Northern Ontario, so our website is home base.

The members-only web portal was launched in the spring of 2022. It contains information to help members reach their business objectives including insightful videos, reports, webinars, funding information and more!

MOST-VIEWED WEB PAGES (Nov 1, 2021 to Oct. 31, 2022)

127,333 page views

30,766 users

296,137 events (actions)

Last year, LinkedIn became a staple in MineConnect’s digital presence. The page continues to experience exponential growth! Members are encouraged to tag @MineConnect in posts, so we can reshare the content and help increase their social reach.

Following MineConnect on LinkedIn:

Our e-newsletter provides members with details on all our events, top industrynews stories, and member-news items.

Upon joining MineConnect, all members receive a new-member announcement in our e-newsletter which is also shared to LinkedIn

From the member portal, members have the ability to submit news. Simply upload a media release, and we’ll spread the word via our newsletter/website and social media channels. Launching a new product? Hired a new VP? Submit it! You can share photos, documents, a link to a news article about your company, and even link to a YouTube video!

You can find all articles within the newsletter at MineConnect.com/news

MineConnect USA: Elko, Nevada - Grand Opening June 8th, 2022

Location

905 West Main Street, Elko, Nevada 89801

Contact

Sheena Hansen, Strategic Development Director

MineConnectUSA.com

About Participants

A not-for-profit association which represents a consortium of mining supply and service companies hailing from Northern Ontario, Canada. Our objective is to seek out opportunities and develop partnerships to help fill gaps in the mining industry’s supply chain throughout Nevada, thereby benefiting both our suppliers and the state.

Elko, NV

10 companies were selected to initially take part in this international initiative. The ten companies participating are: NORCAT, Rock- Tech, Walden Group, Maestro Digital Mine, Hard-Line, Inovinta, Symboticware, Hurley Group, Jannatec and Nordic Minesteel Technologies

A new roster of companies has been added to the mix: NSS Canada, UAS Inc. and B2B.

Our Team – FY 2021/2022

Board of Directo rs

Staff

Todd P. Domney President

Jean-Guy Coulombe Director

Andre Dumais Director

John Febbraro Director

Kevin Kozar Director

Bruno Lalonde Director

Tracie Marsh Director

Ryan Matusch Director

Marla Tremblay Executive Director

Paul Finley Director, Member Relations

Curtis Byron Coordinator, Marketing & Communications

Shruti Agarwal Special Projects

Sheena Hansen Director, Strategic Development