NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CST Coal provides platinum level sponsorship to the Grande Cache Medical Clinic Corporation

The Grande Cache Medical Clinic Corporation (GCMCC) is a non-profit organization created on March 22, 2022 to support the continuation of Health Services to the residents of Grande Cache and surrounding Indigenous communities. The vision of the GCMCC is to provide a sustainable clinic that provides a positive environment to retain physicians and ensures that everyone will always have access to care.

CST Coal takes safety seriously, and is dedicated to provide a safe working environment for all its employees. Supporting the GCMCC will ensure that not only will its employees have access to professional health care services to support their wellbeing off the jobsite, our employees families will too.

CST Canada Coal would like to take this opportunity to thank the GCMCC for taking on the initiative of providing our hamlet with a modern and unique clinic facility.

If you are interested in becoming a donor and supporting the clinic or for more information and updates, please visit their website at https://www.gcmedicalcliniccorporation.com/about.

CST Coal supports the next generation with donation to the ELITE program

The Grande Cache Community High School Elite Program is an in-depth vocational education program that has been running in the community of Grande Cache for over 30 years. The program offers local students in grades 10, 11, and 12, an opportunity to learn about the various trades including Automotive, Small Engines, Welding, Sheet Metal, Machining, Millwrighting and Electrical.

CST Coal has donated a Scotchmans' IronWorker to the ELITE program. According to Greg Nolan, Trades Education Teacher, “This large piece of industrial equipment will last decades and greatly improve our programs ability to teach the many different trades involved in metal work. We will be able to utilize this machine to test bend students welds, shear, punch, bend, coup and essentially work with all of the different types of industry standard steel to continue to improve our students welding and fabrication skills.”

CST Coal is a proud supporter of the youth in Grande Cache and thankful for the dedicated work and the continued community support of Teachers like Greg Nolan and John Hammer.

CST Coal provides funding to support the Grande Cache Curling Club

The Grande Cache Curling Club is a non-profit organization operated by a group of passionate volunteers and governed by a Board of Directors. Curling has been a staple in Grande Cache for decades and is enjoyed by residents of all ages within the community.

The President of the club, Kathy Cummings, stated that “the funds will be used for aging equipment maintenance, foam barriers for the ice sheets, equipment such as new sliders and grippers, signage, subsidizing the junior program and possibly new carpeting if there is any left over.”

CST Coal is a proud supporter of local organizations that engage and offer services to the residents of Grande Cache.

To find out more on how you can support this cornerstone organization, volunteer or register a team please visits their website at https://gccurlingclub.com/

Sharing knowledge with the Professionals of tomorrow

The Grande Cache Community High School Environment Stewardship class participated in a field trip to CST Coal’s mining operations. During the trip, CST Coal’s team of experienced professionals had a chance to share their knowledge with the students including its best management practices for resource extraction, the life cycle of metallurgical coal, active bioremediation in CST Coal’s water management system, and the dinosaur track site.

CST Coal is a proud supporter of the community in Grande Cache and looks forward to future opportunities to engage the local youth through participation in experiences like these.

For more information, please click on the article posted by the Grande Yellowhead Public School Division https://www.gypsd.ca/our-division/good-news/post/gns-gcchs-students-visit-local-coal-mine

Incident Update (Reference No. 20230529):

On March 4, 2023, CST Canada Coal Limited (CST Coal) reported to the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) an exceedance of its daily Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) Approval limit of total suspended solids (TSS) in mine wastewater that was released from the Plant Site Settling Pond into the Smoky River.

Plant Site Settling Pond is an approved structure that is authorized to release mine wastewater and other streams into the Smoky River as part of CST Coal’s mine wastewater management system. Daily monitoring of this pond has continued and it has been in compliance with the daily Approval limit since the date of the incident. Since the release, CST Coal has submitted a release prevention plan to the AER to prevent a reoccurrence of this event in the future, and is actively implementing release prevention measures as they are identified in the plan, as well as ongoing and continued monitoring of the Smoky River.

CST Coal continues to cooperate with the AER and has complied with all of the regulator’s requests to date.