Côté Gold Project ground-breaking ceremony, September 11, 2020

On Friday, Sept 11, IAMGOLD together with its partner Sumitomo broke ground for the Côté Gold Project in northern Ontario. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Premier of Ontario Doug Ford, MP Marc Serré, MPP Michael Mantha, Chief Chad Boissoneau from Mattagami First Nation, Chief Murray Ray from Flying Post First Nation, Minister John Yakabuski and Minister Greg Rickford.

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IAMGOLD's President and CEO Gord Stothart announced on Friday that 'this ground-breaking symbolizes the construction start of a project that will be a model for modern Canadian mining. Côté is transformational for our local community and First Nations stakeholders, project partners, employees and IAMGOLD, bringing economic benefits to the region while utilizing sophisticated technology and ensuring the health and safety of all.'

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commented, 'Creating more than a thousand jobs during construction and 450 full-time positions once it's completed, today's ground-breaking of the Côte Gold mine is good news for the Flying Post First Nation and the Mattagami First Nation, for Northern Ontarians, and for the Canadian economy. As the world continues to manage the impacts of COVID-19 and as we safely restart our economy, projects like this one will be vital to helping get Canadians back to work, and will continue to signal to international investors that Canada is a good place to do business. Working together, we will build a resilient, healthier, cleaner, and more competitive economy, that creates good middle class jobs and gives everyone a fair chance to succeed.'

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Read the full news release here:https://www.iamgold.com/English/investors/news-releases/news-releases-details/2020/IAMGOLD-Hosts-Ground-Breaking-Ceremony-Symbolizing-the-Start-of-Construction-of-the-Ct-Gold-Project/default.aspx

Watch the recording of the ground-breaking speeches here: https://youtu.be/KSGOguf5ogc

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