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NexGen takes a proactive approach to reclamation, which is continually informed by engagement with local Indigenous Nations, communities, employees, and other stakeholders.

Our planning accounts for reclamation to occur throughout all phases of exploration and the Project. We actively reclaim areas of disturbance where activity is no longer expected, which include drill pad locations, access trails, and borrow pits.

Our focus is for the landscape to be reclaimed to a state that allows for unrestricted land use for local stakeholders post decommissioning.

Our reclamation research and initiatives include a seed collection program and a tree planting program, developed in collaboration with local Indigenous Indigenous. In 2023, local community Indigenous participants harvested thousands of seeds from native species growing in the Patterson Lake/Rook I Project area, which were then transported to nurseries for cleaning and preparation, with seedlings ready to be planted by 2025. In 2023, 9,000 seedlings were planted at Rook I over a four-day period. 21 local students participated in the program, receiving training in tree identification, handling, and planting techniques.

The Rook I Project will implement industry-leading environmental design features including key facilities such as the underground tailings management facility (UGTMF)and waste rock storage areas. We will safely and permanently store tailings(i.e., waste materials generated from processing ore) underground, either as cemented paste backfill in mined areas, or as cemented paste tailings in chambers of the UGTMF.

Learn more about the UGTMF: https://nxe.webflow.io/our-impact/initiatives/ugtmf