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Heavy civil, mining and construction service provider supporting Saskatchewan's mining sector

October 22, 2014 Walter Smith, Manager Labour Services

 Novemb

ember, er, 2007: Initial discussions began

 July

ly, , 2008: Formed a business relationship and signed a project specific JV agreement

 Februa

uary, ry, 2011: Amended JV to include broader geographic area. Goal was to work towards a stand-alone corporation

 March,

h, 2011: Established/formalized PBN-Nuna Contracting Ltd. as a Corporation

 April,

l, 2011: Certificate of Registration under Corporation Act of Saskatchewan

 May,

, 2012: Award of West Wall Stabilization Project, Cameco Key Lake Operations– April 2012

 Novem

ember ber, , 201 013: Completed the West Wall Stabilization

 May,

, 201 014: Awarded Lorado Mill Remediation Project

 Jun

une, e, 201 014: Discussion on a Shared Management process for larger projects

 To submit joint bids or proposals in the geographic area

• f the Northern Aministration District (NAD) for

contracts/project relating to:

• Mining;
• Mining exploration and early works;
• Heavy civil earthworks;
• Construction site services;
• Life of mine service and maintenance contracts.

 This agreement does not inhibit PBN from bidding

specific scopes of work solely within PBN’s capacity

 PBN-Nuna tendered and was the successful bidder on

Cameco’s “West Wall Stabilization” contract at the Key Lake operation; a project that is part of a larger “Key Lake Revitalization” program.

 Major scope of work includes:

• Clearing and grubbing
• Excavate, load, haul, place and level 2.4 million m3 of

sand

• Scalp/screen and load/haul/place 316,000 m3 of

rock-fill

• Haul road construction and upgrading
• Haul road ditching and check dam construction

 Operating safely. Achieved 60,000 person hours, and

the excavation of 2.2M cu. m of sand, with 0 LTI and 2 FA

 Exceeding demographic expectations:

• Achieved an RSN engagement of 48%
• Of this, achieved Pinehouse resident engagement of

31% of total RSN

 Currently exceeding Client project milestones

 PBN-Nuna tendered and was the successful bidder on

Cameco’s “Lorado Project” contract near the Uranium City; a project that is part of a larger “Project Cleans” program lead by SRC.

 Major scope of work includes:

• Clearing and grubbing
• Excavate, load, haul, place and sand
• Scalp/screen and load/haul/place rock-fill

 Initiated a heavy equipment training program for the

youth of Pinehouse with great success

• Beginning in September, 2012, every 2 weeks, 2 trainees

would attend site and participate in a training program developed with the assistance of Nuna Training Technologies and Cameco

• Up-scaling of employee skill sets

 Access to equipment leasing options…

• Take advantage of rental purchase buy-out options for

future PBN Nuna opportunities

• PBN access to PBN Nuna opportunities

 Revenue earned from PBN Nuna projects will enable

PBN to achieve strategic corporate objectives

 Continue building capacity  Well positioned to take on the next successful

project in the region for various clients

 Provide well trained certified workforce