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November, 2008 British Columbia - A Leading Canadian Mining Province Dave Lefebure and Jay Fredericks Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

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November, 2008

British Columbia - A Leading

Canadian Mining ProvinceDave Lefebure and Jay Fredericks

Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

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Canada

United States

Mexico

British Colombia

Vancouver

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A Leading Canadian Mining Province

leads country in copper productionCanada’s number one coal exporteronly province to mine molybdenum one of the top three provinces for production of gold, silver, lead and zinc

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Operating Metal and Coal Mines 2008

Commodity Codes

Ag- Silver

Au- Gold

Cu- Copper

Mo- Molybdenum

Pb- Lead

Zn- Zinc

Metal Mine

Coal Mine

Trend

Brule

Fording River

Greenhills

Line Creek

Elkview

Coal Mountain

Quinsam

Wolverine Perry Creek

QR(Au-Ag-Cu)

Mount Polley(Au-Cu)

Gibraltar(Cu-Mo)

Huckleberry(Cu-Mo-Au-Ag)

Endako(Mo)

Kemess South(Cu-Au)

Lexington(Ag, Pb)

MAX(Mo)

Highland Valley Copper(Cu-Mo-Au-Ag)

Myra Falls(Zn-Cu-Au-Ag)

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Mineral Exploration Boom

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Opportunities to Explore Brochure

• Information on British Columbia’s mineral industry available in this brochure

• Visit British Columbia booth in the China Mining Forum

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Hard Coking Coal

British Columbia is the #2 Global Exporter

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High Quality Metallurgical Coals - Both Coking and PCI

Generally:

High to low-volatile bituminousModerate inherent ashLow sulphur (<< 1%)Moderate phosphorousLow to moderate base/acid ratios

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Fording River, Elkview, Greenhills, Line Creek, Coal Mountain Elk Valley Coal Corporation

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Established New Proposed Fording River Brule GethingElkview Trend Herman Greenhills Wolverine HorizonLine Creek Willow Creek KlappanCoal Mountain Lodgepole Quinsam Roman

Coal Projects

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New Mines and Mine DevelopmentsNew Mines and Mine Developments

October 2008

Cariboo Gold Quartz

New AftonMAX

Prosperity

BruleFive Cabin

Sechelt

Eagle Rock

Hills Bar

Cogburn

Lodgepole

Mount Klappan

Bear RiverSwamp Point

Sustut

Davidson

Galore CreekRed Chris

Ruby Creek

Kutcho Creek

Morrison

Coal

Metal

Aggregate /IndustrialMinerals

Trend

Wolverine

Orca

Willow Creek

Gibraltar

Mount Polley (re-opening)

Mine Development

QR (re-opening)

Since 2005

Tulsequah Chief

Roman

Herman

GiscomeHorizon

Kerr-Sulphurets

Schaft Creek

Gething

Mount Milligan

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Perry Creek (Wolverine) Western Canadian Coal

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Trend Peace River Coal Limited Partnership

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Brule Mine Western Canadian Coal Corp.

Blind Pit

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Ridley Island, Prince RupertRidley Island, Prince Rupert

Roberts Bank, Roberts Bank, DeltaDelta

Export capacity ~ 50 Mt/y

Plus:• Neptune Terminals,Van.• Port of Stewart• Other deepwater ports

Global Coal PortsGlobal Coal Ports

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Highland Valley Copper Teck and Highmont Mining

• Largest base metal mine in Canada• 271,000,000 T @ 0.43% Copper, 0.009% Mo• $300 million to expand mine life to 2019

Highland Valley CopperHighland Valley Copper

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New Afton (copper, gold, silver) New Gold Inc.

• 65,700,000 T @ 1.02% Copper, 0.77 g/t Gold

• Developing first BC underground porphyry mine, 11 000 t/day

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Galore Creek (gold, copper, silver) NovaGold Resources Inc/Teck Cominco Limited

• Largest, highest grade, bulk mineable copper- gold deposit in North America

• Ongoing re- engineering and new mine plan

• Access road design being modified

Galore Creek Access Tunnel Portal

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Schaft Creek (copper, molybdenum, gold)

Copper Fox Metals Inc.

• 1.39 billion t @ 0.25% copper, 0.18 g/t gold, 0.019% molybdenum and 1.55 g/t silver

• In Environmental Assessment and project design

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Red Chris (copper, gold) Imperial Metals Corporation

• 2007 - 1,024 metres @ 1.01% Copper & 1.26 g/T Gold

446 million t @ 0.36% copper and

0.29 g/t gold

Main Zone East Zone

700 mDesign Pit

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Mt. Milligan (copper, gold) Terrane Metals Corp.

Magnetite Breccia Zone

• 590.8 Mt @ 0.193% copper and 0.352 g/t gold • In Environmental Assessment process (re-entered)

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Prosperity (copper-gold) Taseko Mines Ltd

• 1.01 billion t @ 0.24% copper and 0.41g/t gold• In environmental assessment• proposed 70,000 tonnes/day mine

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Ajax Pit Expansion Proposal

Ajax West

Ajax East

> 175,000 m of diamond drilling since 2003 with expenditures of ~ $50,000,000

Ajax Deposits produced

14 million tonnes grading 0.46% copper, 0.34 g/t gold

Monte Carlo

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Copper Mountain Copper Mountain Mining Corp

• 227.5 million t @ 0.37% copper• 60,000 m drilling in progress

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation MOU signed• Purchasing 25% equity interest• Arranging $250 million loan

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Morrison (copper, gold, molybdenum) Pacific Booker Minerals Inc.

• Measured/indicated mineral resource estimate of 206,869,000 tonnes grading 0.46 % copper equivalent

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Molybdenum Projects British Columbia

Ruby CreekStorie

Davidson

Lucky Ship

Berg

Crazy Fox

Endako

HVC*

HuckleberryGibraltar

Selected Molybdenum Projects in British

Columbia- 2008

Past Producer

Producer

Developed Prospect

2008

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Selected Molybdenum

Projects Deposit Company

Crazy Fox Newmac Resources Inc.

Davidson Blue Pearl Mining Ltd.

Lucky Ship Nanika Resources Inc.

Ruby Creek Adanac Molybdenum

Adit

Davidson Blue Pearl Mining Ltd

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Ruby Creek (molybdenum) Adanac Moly Corp

212.9 million t @ 0.063% molybdenum

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Shan BCM Resources Ltd

Crazy Fox Newmac Resources Inc.

British Columbia – Rich in Molybdenum

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Kutcho Project (copper, zinc, silver, gold)

Sherwood Copper Corp• 14,200,000 T @ 1.9% copper, 2.4% zinc, 0.4 g/t gold, 33

g/t silver (Kutcho lens – near surface)• 2,000,000 T at 2.9% copper, 5.5% zinc, 0.6 g/t Au, 69 g/t

Ag (Esso lens – underground)

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Tulsequah Chief (copper, zinc, silver, gold) Redfern Resources Ltd

• 6,139,800 T @ 1.4% copper, 1.2% lead, 6.4% zinc, 2.7 g/t gold, 99 g/t silver (indicated, in 3 zones)

• Working with Taku River Tlingit

Mine site at Tulsequah Chief

Barge site at Big Bull

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• Significant foreign capital investment

• Large mining centre• Market access to

USA

The B.C. Advantage

• Low-cost electricity• Road and rail

infrastructure• Deep-water ports with

shorter shipping times to Asia