Further information regarding the business of the Corporation, its operations and its mineral properties can be found in the Corporation’s AIF (as defined under “Documents Incorporated by Reference”) and the materials incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. See “Documents Incorporated by Reference”.
Recent Developments
Except as set out below, there have been no material developments in the business of the Corporation since December 31, 2021, being the end of the financial year in respect of which the Corporation filed the AIF, which have not been disclosed in this Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference herein.
Uplisting to the New York Stock Exchange
On March 4, 2022, the Common Shares were uplisted from the NYSE American LLC and commenced trading on the NYSE under the symbol “NXE”.
Impact Benefit Agreement with Clearwater River Dene Nation
On April 25, 2022, the Corporation announced the signing of an impact benefit agreement with the Clearwater River Dene Nation (the “CRDN”) which related to the environmental, cultural, economic, employment and other benefits to be provided to the CRDN by the Corporation in respect of the Rook I Project, and confirmed the consent and support of the CRDN for the Rook I Project.
Submission of the Rook I Project Environmental Impact Study
On June 21, 2022, the Corporation announced that it completed the submission of its draft environmental impact statement (the “EIS”) to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (the “CNSC”). The EIS submission included letters of support for the Rook I Project from each of the CRDN, Birch Narrows Dene Nation, and Buffalo River Dene Nation, which all have also endorsed the Rook I Project through the execution of benefit agreements with NexGen.
The submission of the EIS follows the Provincial and Federal Environmental Assessment processes that commenced in April 2019 following regulatory acceptance of NexGen’s Rook I Project description.
On July 12, 2022, the CNSC announced their acceptance of the EIS, which followed a 30-day period during which the CNSC conducted a conformance review of the EIS submission and confirmed no comments or conditions. Further, the acceptance marks the formal commencement of the 90-day period during which the CNSC coordinated both the Federal technical and public review of the EIS.
On December 1, 2022, the Corporation announced that it had received technical review comments from the Province of Saskatchewan and technical and public review comments from the Federal Government of Canada on the EIS and has commenced a review of comments and response activities.
Exploration
On July 28, 2022, the Company announced the results of its 2021 regional exploration drilling program at the Rook I Project, including intersections of mineralization in AR-21-268 (“Below Arrow”) and RK-21-140 (“Camp East’).
NexGen also announced the commencement of a 2022 exploration drill program focused on regional exploration targets at the Rook I Project and an extensive geophysical program over high priority areas (SW1, SW2, and SW3 properties) of NexGen’s mineral tenure in the southwest Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan.
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