Notice: NI - 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects

ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION NOTICE
PROPOSED REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF
NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 43-101

STANDARDS OF DISCLOSURE FOR MINERAL PROJECTS

FORM 43-101F1, AND
COMPANION POLICY 43-101CP

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

The Commission and certain other members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") are publishing for a 90-day comment period the following documents in today's Bulletin that amend National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, Form 43-101F1 -- Technical Report, and Companion Policy 43-101CP:

• Proposed National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101");

• Proposed Form 43-101F1 - Technical Report

• Proposed Companion Policy 43-101CP (the "Companion Policy")

collectively, "Proposed NI 43-101".

Proposed NI 43-101 is intended to replace the current versions of National Instrument 43-101, Form 43-101F1, and Companion Policy 43-101CP, that came into effect in all CSA jurisdictions on February 1, 2001. We are publishing Proposed NI 43-101 in both clean and blackline format.

We request comments by December 10, 2004.

The documents are published in Chapter 6 of the Bulletin.