(1) Subject to subsection (2), a technical report required under any of the following provisions of this Instrument
must be prepared by or under the supervision of a qualified person that is, at the date of the technical report,
independent of the issuer:
(a) section 4.1;
(b) paragraphs (a) and (g) of subsection 4.2(1); or
(c) paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j) of subsection 4.2(1) if the document discloses
(i) for the first time a preliminary assessment or mineral resources or mineral reserves on a
property material to the issuer, or
(ii) a 100 percent or greater change, from the most recently filed technical report prepared by a
qualified person who is independent of the issuer, in total mineral resources or total mineral
reserves on a property material to the issuer.
