TABLE OF CONTENTS


1. Introduction

1.1 The Project and its History

1.2 The Proponent

1.2.1 Voisey's Bay Nickel Company Ltd.
1.2.2 INCO
1.2.3 Emissions Reduction and Environmental Compliance
1.2.4 Safety, Accidents, Spills and Emergencies
1.2.5 Rehabilitation/Mine Closure
1.2.6 Relations with Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and Peoples in Less Developed Countries
1.2.7 Experience In Arctic And Subarctic Regions
1.2.8 Incorporation of Environmental and Socioeconomic Considerations

1.3 Environmental Policy

1.4 Aboriginal Peoples of Northern Labrador

1.4.1 Land Claims
1.4.2 Impact and Benefits Agreements
1.4.3 Aboriginal Knowledge

1.5 Sustainable Development, Biodiversity and the Precautionary Principle

1.6 Scope of the Environmental Assessment

1.6.1 Scope of the Project

1.7 Study Strategy and Report Organization

1.7.1 Report Organization

1.8 Study Team

1.9 References

Appendix 1A Licenses and the Associated Claims Issued to VBNC Under the Mineral Act
Appendix 1B Corporate Profiles
Appendix 1C Study Team Members


LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.1 Site Location and Proposed General Layout
Figure 1.2 Voisey's Bay Mine/Mill EIS Organization
Figure 1A.1 VBNC Claim Block Location Coordinates 1A-1