ThoroughTec joins the NORCAT Global Centre of Excellence in Training and Development / Health and Safety

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Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 – Timmins, ON. – NORCAT is excited to announce the addition of ThoroughTec, the world’s leading mining equipment simulation provider, to the NORCAT Global Centre of Excellence in Training and Development / Health and Safety. This collaborative Centre is focused on developing and providing world-class programs, services and resources to reduce injuries, save lives and enhance productivity in the workplace.

The Centre will leverage and build on NORCAT’s 20-year history as a leader in health and safety program development
and administration for the skilled labour industries around the world. Don Duval, NORCAT’s CEO says, “The addition of
ThoroughTec’s CYBERMINE4 simulator demonstrates our continued focus on investing in innovative and complementary
training techniques for the global mining industry, pushing NORCAT to a new level of excellence and capability. In
addition, our partnership with ThoroughTec demonstrates our focus on both domestic and international market
opportunities for skilled labour training and development.”

As part of the Centre, NORCAT will utilize ThoroughTec’s CYBERMINE4 mobile, state-of-the-art mining equipment training
simulator that will complement and be integrated with NORCAT’s existing in-person and on-line training programs. The equipment simulation service will be launched with a MacLean Bolter, Atlas Copco rocket boomer, and Sandvik and
Caterpillar LHD’s. With the addition of an equipment simulator, NORCAT will significantly enhance its training and
development service offerings to meet the growing and diverse training needs in the mining industry and will be able to add other unique cabs from OEM’s as industry requests come in.

Greg Lew, Executive Vice-President and Director of Global Business Development at ThoroughTec Simulation cited, “Our
partnership with NORCAT brings together the world’s leading equipment simulation provider with one of the world’s
leading training and development centres for the mining industry. We are very excited to be working with NORCAT, the
leading mining companies in Northern Ontario, and are excited about our future opportunities to enhance the health and
safety of the skilled labour workforce in the mining industry”.

NORCAT will launch the equipment simulation training service in the coming months offering an integrated program and
curriculum initially at the NORCAT Centre in Sudbury, Ontario. Shortly afterwards, NORCAT will be transporting the
simulator to other sites in Northern Ontario, including Timmins and Thunder Bay.

For more information please visit www.norcat.org or contact Hailey Short at hshort@norcat.org.

About NORCAT

NORCAT is a private, non-profit organization that empowers our clients, our staff, and our community partners to drive a culture of productivity, innovation, and life-long learning. As part of this mandate, NORCAT is focused on developing and providing world-class programs, services, and resources to reduce injuries, save lives, and enhance productivity in the workplace and beyond.

About ThoroughTec

The team at ThoroughTec Simulation has been designing simulator based training systems for over twenty years. During
this time the company has grown into one of the world’s leading training simulation organisations, supplying the mining, construction and military sectors.