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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