Regional Geologists Kyba & Jago PDF - Minerals North

2011 Skeena Regional Overview 

Mining and Exploration 

Northern Highlights 

Omineca / Northeast 

Paul Jago, MSc. GIT 

Regional Geologist 

Skeena Region 

Jeff Kyba, BSc. GIT 


May 24. 2011


Outline 

• Introductions 

• Skeena Region highlights 

• Omineca / Northeast 

Highlights 

Gold veining at Pretivm’s Brucejack. 

Photo: C.Mooney 

• Summary 

• Question period 

Seasonal Barite Mining at Fireside, 

Photo: A.Allan


Who are these guys anyway? 

• Former Regional Geologist Paul Wojdak retired April 2011 

• Returned from Australia Oct 22 nd 2011, started work Oct 24 th 

• Graduated from University of Victoria 2007 

• Grew up near Falkland BC 

• Geological experience: 

Advanced Field School, 2005 

– Ni-PGE exploration, multiple property assessments, NW BC 

– BCGS Terrace regional mapping with JoAnne Nelson 

– Soft-rock geology in NE BC, natural gas, coal-bed methane 

– Exploration, project generation and implementation in the 

Cloncurry – Mount Isa copper-gold district, QLD Australia.

Paul Jago - Regional Geologist – Omineca/Northeast 

Where I’ve been... 

UBC – MDRU (2005-2008) 

Bagdad Mine, AZ (2008-2009) 

Henderson Mine, CO (2010-2011) 

M.Sc. – Mt. Milligan deposit, BC 

(2005-2006) 

Sierrita Mine, AZ (2009-2010) 

Lorraine deposit , BC (2006, 2007) 

Climax Mine, CO (2010-2011)

Skeena Region 

2011 Skeena Regional Overview

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 

THOUSANDS OF METRES 


2011 Skeena Highlights 

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• $220 million exploration expenditure 

– 48% of provincial total $462 million 

• 380,467 exploration metres drilled 

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• $500+ million mine development 

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• Northwest Transmission Line: clearing 

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• 11 major projects within or poised for E.A. 

• 89 significant projects 

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2011 Skeena Region Select Projects 

Mines 

Mine Developments 

Exploration 

•Huckleberry 

•Endako 

•Fireside 

•Yellow Giant 

•Dome Mountain 

•Kitsault 

•Dilworth Missouri 

•Granduc 

•KSM 

•Mount Klappan 

•Galore Creek 

•Schaft Creek 

•Red Chris 

•Kutcho creek 

•Tulsequah Chief 

•Silvertip 

•Brucejack 

•Trapper 

•Poplar 

•Silver Queen 

•Lone Pine 

•Big Hammer 



Mines and Mine Developments 

Above: Smithers Exploration Group visits 

Huckleberry Mine. Photo courtesy of SEG. 

Below and right: Huckleberry Mine. 

Photos courtesy of Imperial Metals. 

Left: Endako Mine. Photo courtesy of 

Thompson Creek Metals.

Huckleberry 

• Cu-Mo-Au-Ag porphyry 

• Main Zone Optimization plan 

approved 

– Adds 39.7 Mt @ 0.343% Cu 

– Total reserves ~ 51.4 Mt 

– 7 year mine life extension to 

2021 

• 2011 Production: 

‣ 19,427 tonnes Cu 

‣ 3 tonnes Mo 

‣ 109 kg Au 

‣ 6,785 kg Ag 

• 300 full time jobs 

– 30 contract jobs 


Huckleberry 

• Cu-Mo-Au-Ag porphyry 

• Main Zone Optimization plan 

approved 

– Adds 39.7 Mt @ 0.343% Cu 

– Total reserves ~ 51.4 Mt 

– 7 year mine life extension to 

2021 

• 2011 Production: 

‣ 19,427 tonnes Cu 

‣ 3 tonnes Mo 

‣ 109 kg Au 

‣ 6,785 kg Ag 

• 300 full time jobs 

– 30 contract jobs 



Red Chris 

• Cu-Au porphyry 

• Updated Measured + 

Indicated resource: 

504.6 Mt @ 0.49% Cu + 

0.509 g/t Au + 1.4 g/t Ag 

• Mine Permit issued May 

7 th 2012, clearing and 

camp construction 

underway

Red Chris Camp Site 

Photo Courtesy of 

Alex Cook 


Red Chris 



• Updated Measured + 

Indicated resource: 

504.6 Mt @ 0.49% Cu + 

0.509 g/t Au + 1.4 g/t Ag 

Red Chris 

• Nearly permitted and 

ready to begin 

construction

• Mo porphyry 

Kitsault 

• EA application has been 

officially accepted and is 

under federal and 

provincial review 

• $640 M (75% of 

estimated total $850 M ) 

project financing 

preliminary approval 

• Existing infrastructure to 

mine site from previous 

operations 



Kitsault 

• Proven + Probable reserves: 232.5 Mt @ 

0.081% Mo 

• Recent update in Measured + Indicated 

resources inclusive of reserves and 

Pb - Ag by-products: 

– 321 Mt @ 0.071 % Mo + 236 ppm Pb 

+ 4.8 ppm Ag 

• Exploration success at Roundy Creek 5 km 

west 

– Higher grades averaging > 0.1% Mo + 1.3 

g/t Ag over 66 m 

– Best intercept: 

• 12 m @ 0.368% Mo + 0.6g/t Ag 

Kitsault open pit, mined from 1967-1972, & 

1981-1982. Photo courtesy of Avanti Mining. 

– Includes 6 m @ 0.705% Mo


Mount Klappan 

• Coal 

• Partnered with multinational 

steel producer: 

POSCO 

• Updated feasibility study 

and reserve estimate 

anticipated mid 2012 

• Environmental monitoring 

being conducted


EXPLORATION 

- to travel for the purpose of discovery 

- a careful systematic search 

- a systematic consideration


Brucejack - Snowfields 

• Au vein 

• Valley of the Kings Zone 

– Indicated Resource: 

• 8.9 Mt @17.3 g/t Au + 14.5 g/t Ag 

– Inferred Resource: 

• 12.7 Mt @ 25.5 g/t Au + 11.6 g/t Ag 

• Largest 2011 drilling program in the 

district 

– Multiple intercepts grading 

over 1,000 g/t Au 

– Highest grade to date: 0.6 m 

18,755 g/t Au + 9,312 g/t Ag




• 2012: 

– Over 25,000 m drilling 

completed in 2012 

• Aiming to upgrade 

indicated resources 

inferred to 

• 7 rigs drilling 

– access road from HWY 37 is under 

construction 

Brucejack camp and drill rig 

Bell 407 played a key logistical role. 

Photo: Joel Ashburner 

– Underground development and bulk sample 

from VOK zone 

• 5,000 tonnes 

– Updated high-grade PEA 

• 11.8 Mt @ 18.9 g/t Au + 59.3 g/t Ag 

• Metal Recoveries: 95.7% (Au) + 75.5% (Ag) 

• TOTAL 6.9 M oz Au over 24 yr mine life 

– Complete feasibility study underway 

Visible gold in drill core. 

Photo: Cole Mooney 



Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell 

• Au-Cu porphyry 

• Joint provincial and federal EA 

application planned to be 

submitted by Q3 2012 

• Updated feasibility study 

– Proven + Probable reserves: 

2,1924 Mt @ 0.55 g/t Au 

+ 0.21 % Cu + 3.04 g/t Ag 

+ 53.2 ppm Mo 

– Proposed 52 year mine life

KSM 

• Proximal to 

Pretivm’s 

Brucejack and 

Snowfields 

projects 

• 2012 Drilling to 

target deep 

conceptual 

targets analogous 

to Grasberg 

“highgrade core” 

Geological Map, courtesy of Seabridge Gold. 


Summary 

Mines 

Mine Developments 

Exploration 


3 producers 

11 Mine 

Developments 

75 significant 

Exploration 

projects

Omineca and Northeast 

Regions 

• Omineca region 

comprises North-Central 

region of province 

• Northeast region is 

primarily focussed on 

Peace River Coalfield 

Approved 

NoWs for 

2012 

Dawson 

Creek 

Smithers 

Prince 

George

Mineral Production - BC 

Industrial Minerals 

Thermal Coal 

Aggregate 

Gold 

Silver 

Copper 

Zinc 

Coal: 

“the Black Queen” 

Molybdenum 

$8.6 B 

Metallurgical Coal 

~60% 

Omineca Region in 2011 

• doubling in exploration activity from 2010 

• $71.5 million in exploration expenditures 

• 162 000 m drilling activity 

Mineral Production in BC 

1990-2011

Deposit types: 

SEDEX (Zn-Pb-Ag) 

Devonian 

Terranes 

(west to east): 

Pale green = 

Stikine Terrane 

(island arc) 

Orange = Cache 

Creek Terrane 

(oceanic) 

Bright green = 

Quesnel Terrane 

(island arc) 

Blue = ancestral 

North America 

-Exploration and Mining in British Columbia 2011 

Gold veins 

late PreCambrian to 

Jurassic 

Rare Earth Metal 

(carbonatite belt) 

Devonian 

Cu-Au porphyry 

Triassic-Jurassic 

Nickel 

(serpentinite) 

Mississippean-Triassic 

Mo porphyry 

Jurassic-Cretaceous 

epithermal Au-Ag 

early Tertiary

Epithermal Au-Ag deposits 

Exploration: Nechako Plateau 

• Blackwater: New Gold Inc 

- 96 Km S of Vanderhoof 

- 2011 acq. Silver Quest Resources, Geo Minerals 

- 2012 acq. Gold Reach Resources 

- 900 km 2 land position 

- completion of PEA and initiation of EA 

- 60 000 t/d open-pit operation planned 

- $86 million exploration budget 

- 210 000 m of drilling for 2012 (14-16 drills) 

- regional exploration at Capoose and 

Auro projects 

Au resource - Mar 3 rd , 2012: 

- 174 Mt at 0.98 g/t containing 5.5 Moz (ind.) 

- 92 Mt at 0.78 g/t containing 2.3 Moz (inf.) 

Ag resource - Mar 3 rd , 2012: 

- 4.6 g/t containing 25.8 Moz (ind.) 

- 3.8 g/t containing 11.2 Moz (inf.) 

0.20 g/t grade shell 

$1300/oz Au pit shell 

courtesy of New Gold Inc

featuring Jeff Kyba! 

Regional Geologist visit to 

Blackwater gold project 

- Apr. 2012

Mo Porphyry Deposits 

Mine Operation / Mine Development 

• Endako: Thompson Creek Metals - Sojitz Corp (25%) 

- 72 Km W of Vanderhoof 

- Mill Expansion Project completed (Apr, 2012) 

- 55,000 t/d design capacity throughput (77% increase) 

- 2012 production guidance of 14-15 M lb 

- 21 500 m drilling in 2011 (9% reserve increase) 

- mine life extended to 2028 

- planned super-pit, unifying the three existing pits 

- 308.68 Mt at 0.046% Mo (proven and probable)

Serpentinite-hosted Ni alloy 

Cache Creek terrane 

• Decar: First Point Minerals Corp 

- under option to Cliffs Natural Resources Inc 

- 90 km NW of Fort St. James 

- rare mineral Awaruite (Ni 2 Fe to Ni 3 Fe, ~72-76% Ni) 

- serpentinized peridotite (ophiolite complex) 

- 11,166 m drilling in 2011, 16,500 m proposed (2012) 

- PEA by March 2013 

- 50 man camp planned for 2012 

Baptiste Deposit (Apr. 16, 2012) 

1.2 billion tonne resource at 

0.113% magnetically recoverable Ni (inf.)

Cu-Au porphyry deposits 

Mine Construction 

• Mt. Milligan: Thompson Creek Metals 

- 155 km NW of Prince George 

- first major new BC metal mine in 15 years 

- C$1.5 billion capital cost 

- 4 th quarter 2013 production 

- 400 full-time jobs expected (600 during construction) 

- 60 000 tonnes/day over a 22 year mine life 

- 706.7 Mt at 0.18 % Cu, 0.33g/t Au (meas. and ind.) – tot. resource 

- 482.4 Mt at 0.20% Cu, 0.39 g/t Au (proven and probable) - reserves 

courtesy of Thompson Creek Metals

Cu-Au porphyry cont’d 

Mine Development 

Epithermal Au-Ag 

Mine Operation / Exploration 

• Kemess Underground: AuRico Gold 

- 5.5 km N of Kemess South 

- Northgate Minerals acq. by AuRico in Oct. 2011 

- same concentrator/tailings facilities as Kemess S. 

- block cave operation with 12 year mine life 

- full feasibility study to be completed in 2012 

- +6000 m drilling (geotechnical, environmental) 

- avg. annual production estimate: 

41.4 million lb Cu and 95 000 oz Au 

• Shasta: Sable Resources 

- 346 Km NW of Mackenzie 

- 27 km N of Kemess South 

- underground Au-Ag operation 

- seasonal production 

- ore processed at nearby Baker mill 

courtesy of AurRico Gold Inc 

courtesy of Sable Resources

SEDEX (baritic Zn-Pb-Ag) Carbonatite-hosted REE 

Kechika Trough 

Rocky Mountain Carbonatite Belt 

• Akie: Canada Zinc Metals Corp 

- 260 km N of Mackenzie 

- Kechika Group (includes Pie, Mount Alcock) 

- over 6000 m drilling of Cardiac Creek deposit 

- exploration and prep for underground access 

- open at depth, up-dip, and along strike 

- 12.7 Mt at 8.4% Zn, 1.7% Pb, 13.7 g/t Ag (ind.) 

- 16.3 Mt at 7.4% Zn, 1.3% Pb, 11.6 g/t Ag (inf.) 

Updated Mar 14, 2012 (NI 43-101 compliant) 

• Aley: Taseko Mines Ltd 

- 140 km N of Mackenzie 

- potential low cost, open-pit niobium mine 

- “largest undeveloped Nb project in the world” 

- $20 M exploration program 2012 

- 286 Mt at 0.37% Nb 2 O 5 (meas. and ind.) 

- 144 Mt at 0.32% Nb 2 O 5 (inf.) 

Updated Mar 28, 2012 

courtesy of Taseko Mines Ltd 

courtesy of Canada Zinc Metals Corp

Northeast Region: 

Peace River Coalfield 

Mine Operations 

and Expansion Projects: 

• Trend Mine: 25 km S of Tumbler Ridge 

1.4 Mt hard coking coal (2011 production) 

Horizon and Roman Mountain expansion 

courtesy of Peace River Coal 

Peace River Coal 

(Anglo Coal plc) 

• Perry Creek Mine: 30 km SW of Tumbler Ridge 

Western Coal Corp 

1.8 Mt hard coking coal (2011) (Walter Energy Inc) 

EB and Hermann deposits awaiting approvals 

capacity expandable to 3.5Mt/yr 

• Brule Mine: 45 km SSW of Chetwynd 

1.3 Mt ULV-PCI coal (2011) 

Mt Hudette/Brazion exploration 

• Willow Creek Mine: 45 km W of Chetwynd 

0.9 Mt PCI and coking coal (2011) 

planned capacity increase to 3.7 Mt/yr 

Willow Creek South and West exploration

Northeast Region: Peace River Coalfield 

• Exploration expenditures doubled to $44.3 M • 66 000 m drilling in 2011 

• Huguenot: Colonial Coal Int’l Corp 

- 70 km SE of Tumbler Ridge 

- 6871 m drilling (2011) 

- 241 Mt of potential resources 

• Quintette: Teck Coal 

- 20 km SW of Tumbler Ridge 

- feasibility study in 2011 , reopen 2013? 

- 3-3.5 Mt/yr with 15-17 yr mine life 

• Murray River: HD Mining Int’l Corp 

- JV with Cdn Kailuan Dehua Mines 

- 10 km SW of Tumbler Ridge 

- 18 000 m drilling (2011) 

- 789 Mt “proven deposit” 

- planned 6 Mt/yr underground operation 

• Gething: Cdn Kailuan Dehua Mines 

- 25 km W of Hudson’s Hope 

- 2 Mt/yr underground op with 40 yr mine life 

HD Mining Int’l 

courtesy of Cardero Resource Corp 

• Carbon Creek: Cardero Resource Corp 

- 40 Km W of Hudson’s Hope 

- 14 500 m drilling (2011) 

- 167 Mt (measured and indicated), 167 Mt (inferred) 

- surface and underground – 30 yr mine life

Omineca Region: 

Shasta gold-silver mine - Sable Resources 

Mt Milligan copper-gold mine – Thompson Creek Metals 

Kemess Underground copper-gold – AuRico Gold Inc 

Aley niobium deposit – Taseko Mines Ltd 

Blackwater gold deposit – New Gold Inc 

Decar nickel deposit – Cliff’s Natural Resources 

Akie zinc-lead-silver deposit - Canada Zinc Metals 

Kwanika copper-gold deposit – Serengeti Resources Inc 

Chu molybdenum-copper deposit – TTM Resources 

Northeast Region (Peace River Coalfield): 

Operating mines 

Trend Mine – Peace River Coal (owned by Anglo American plc) 

Perry Creek Mine – Western Coal Corp (subsidiary of Walter Energy Inc) 

Brule Mine - Western Coal Corp (subsidiary of Walter Energy Inc) 

Willow Creek Mine – Western Coal Corp (subsidiary of Walter Energy Inc) 

Expansion projects and exploration projects 

Conclusion 

List of mines, and potential producers in next 10 years... 

Roman Mountain deposit - Peace River Coal (owned by Anglo American plc) 

Horizon Project - Peace River Coal (owned by Anglo American plc) 

EB Project – Western Coal Corp - plans to develop EB mine by fiscal 2013 

Hermann Project – Western Coal Corp - developing a timetable for the Hermann Mine 

Quintette Mine – Teck Coal 

Murray River Project – Canadian Kailuan Dehua Mines / HD Mining International Corp 

Gething Project - Canadian Kailuan Dehua Mines 

Suska Project (aka. Sukunka) – Xstrata Coal / JX Nippon Corp 

Carbon Creek Project – Cardero Resources Corp 

Bullmoose River Project – Canadian Dehua International Mines Group 

Wapiti River Project - Canadian Dehua International Mines Group 

Belcourt West Project– Peace River Coal / Western Coal 

Wapiti Thermal Coal Mine – Hillsborough Resources Ltd


2012 Outlook 

• Sustained elevated commodity prices 

• Increased demand for coal 

• Political will to responsibly develop natural 

resources


Acknowledgements 

• Regional Geologists: 

– Bruce Northcote, Southwest and South Coast 

– Dave Grieve, Southeast Kootnay-Boundary 

– Paul Jago & John DeGrace, Northeast-Omenica 

– Jim Britton, Thompson-Oakanagan-Cariboo 

– Bruce Madu, Mineral Development Office Vancouver 

– Robin Chu, Mineral Development office, GIS support 

• Ministry of Energy and Mines & FLNRO, Smithers and Pring George Offices 

• Paul Wojdak, Dave Lefebure and JoAnne Nelson and the BC Geological Survey 

• Gayle Febbo and Mireille Pelletier, Blue Metal Resources 

• Tony Hitchins, Karen Diemert, Jane Lloyd-Smith, Scott and Ashley Jackson, Brenda Black, Florinio 

Lazo, Paul Carter, Doug Kirwin, Dale Sketchly, Barry DeWet, Graham Boyd, Jeff Clarke, Laural Arness, 

Shane Nielsen, Jesse Favia, Graham Corlette, Rohan Wolfe, Robert Friedland, Jim Luders , Munkbat 

Bataar, Tosi Firman, Egy Arbi, Tamal Pal, Steve Oliver, Darren Fynmore, Evan Brittlebank, Jason 

Wilson, Kelly Critchlow, Garret Daneen, Brodie Mulder, Cliff Kirby, Peter Edwards, Grant Cousten, 

Mat Brown, Geoff Phillips, Hamish Gillis, Jason Southern, Lisa McElligott, Olivia Turner 

• Family 

• All the companies operating in the Skeena, Omineca and Northeast Regions


Mining and Exploration 

Northern Highlights 

Omineca / Northeast 

Paul Jago, MSc. GIT 


Paul.Jago@gov.bc.ca 

Skeena Region 

Jeff Kyba, BSc. GIT 


Jeff.Kyba@gov.bc.ca 

May 24. 2011

Questions? 


Additional Projects 


Western 

North 

America 


British Columbia 


Endako 

• Mo porphyry 

• Pre-commissioning of new mill 

underway 

– $527 million cumulative 

expenditure on new mill 

construction 

– Daily processing to increase 77% 

• 9% reserve increase 

– 340.3 Mt @ 0.046% Mo (Sept 

2011) 

• Estimated mine life until 2028 

• Produced 4,543 tonnes Mo in 

2010 



Endako 

• Pre-commissioning of new mill 

underway 

– $527 million cumulative 

expenditure on new mill 

construction 

– Daily processing to increase 44% 

• 9% reserve increase 

– 340.3 Mt @ 0.046% Mo (Sept 

2011) 

• Estimated mine life until 2028 

• Produced 4,543 tonnes Mo in 

2010

Dome Mountain 

• Au vein 

• 700 tonnes of ore 

ready to ship 

• Completed 

infrastructure 

construction 

– Water treatment plant 

– Mine buildings 

– Road Upgrade 



• Continuing underground 

development 

Dome Mountain 

• Permitted to process up to 

205 tonnes per day (75,000 

t/yr) 

• 135,131 tonnes 

@11.2 g/t Au 

Above: Daryl Hanson 

IN the boulder vein 

Left: Massive and 

semi-massive 

sulphide within 

Boulder vein 

Photos: J.Kyba

Granduc 

• Volcanogenic Massive 

Sulphide (Cu-Au-Ag) 

• 17 km tunnel rehab 

completed 

• Historic ore zones 

extended 

• New ore zones 

identified 


Granduc 

• 2011 drilling results to be 

compiled into update 

resource estimate 

• Indicated resource from 

historic drilling data: 

3.75 Mt @ 1.59% Cu 

– Inferred resource: 15.8 Mt 

@ 1.36% Cu 

• Sparsely drilled south 

zone returned 

encouraging results 

– 8 m @ 3.17% Cu + 0.37% 

Au + 7.5 g/t Ag 

Granduc operated from 1971 – 1984 and produced 420 

million lbs of copper. Photo courtesy of Castle Resources 



Schaft Creek 

• Cu-Au-Mo-Ag porphyry 

• Received approval for EA 

application 

requirements 

• Updates Measured + 

Indicated resources: 

1010 Mt @ 0.27% Cu + 

0.017% Mo + 0.18 g/t Au

Galore Creek 

• Cu-Au-Ag porphyry 

• Teck acquired 50% 

ownership 

• Infill drilling upgraded 

resource confidence 

• Geotecnical drilling 

improved tunnel 

allignement 



CHIEFTAIN METALS INC. 

Tulsequah Chief 

• Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag-Au 

massive sulphide 

• Permitting 

amendments in 

progress 

• Water treatment 

plant installed and 

operational


CHIEFTAIN METALS INC. 

Tulsequah Chief 

• 82 diamond drill holes 

totalling 31,181 m 

• Updated feasibility 

study to be released 

early 2012 

• Will include 2011 drilling 

• Optimized construction 

• Improved metallurgy 

Photos courtesy of Chieftain Metals


Kutcho Creek 

• Koroko Type Cu-Zn-Ag- 

Au massive sulphide 

• Submitted Project 

Description 

– Formally initiated preapplication 

of EA


Kutcho Creek 

• Updated Pre-feasibility 

– 10.44 Mt reserves @ 

2.01% Cu + 3.19% Zn + 

34.61 g/t Ag + 0.37 g/t 

Au 

– 11.28 Mt Measured + 

Indicated resources @ 

2.19% Cu + 3.28% Zn + 

36.7 g/t Ag + 0.39 g/t Au 

Kutcho Creek massive sulphide ore body models 

looking South. Image courtesy of Capstone Mining.


• 45 km north of the Golden 

Bear mine road 

• Situated within Stikine 

terrane volcanic arc 

assemblage 

• 42 drill holes completed 

in 2011 

– intercepted visible gold 

– First round of drilling on the 

property 

Trapper


Trapper 

• Early stage, limited exploration 

• 2 + km x 250 m Au-As in soil anomaly 

• High-grade grab samples up to 

33 g/t gold 

• Extensive alteration traceable over 

several kilometres 

• Small fraction of alteration zone 

covered by soil sampling 

Photos courtesy of Ocean Park 

Ventures.


Silver Queen 

• Au-Ag-Zn-Pb-Cu-Cd vein 

• Drill tested geophysical 

anomalies 

– Intercepted porphyrystyle 

mineralization


Silver Queen 

• Au-Ag-Zn-Pb-Cu-Cd vein 

• Drill tested geophysical 

anomalies 

– Intercepted porphyrystyle 

mineralization 

Molybdenite fragment with interstitial 

chalcopyrite hosted in quartz monzonite. 

Photo courtesy of New Nadina Explorations.

Poplar 

• Cu-Mo Porphyry 

• Inferred resource: 245 Mt 

@ 0.27% Cu + 0.022% Mo 

• Extensive 2011 intercepts 

– 496 m @ 0.35% Cu + 0.1 g/t 

Au + 0.015% Mo 

• Updated resource 

anticipated early 2012

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