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Groundhog Project

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 Location:
368 km NW from Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada

  Project Contacts:
Unit 1B, 205-207 Johnston Street
Fitzroy
Victoria, Australia
3065
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Overview

StagePermitting
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Continuous
  • Bord-and-pillar
Processing
  • Wash plant
  • Dense media separation
Mine Life28 years (as of Jan 1, 2016)
The Groundhog Project is the world’s largest undeveloped anthracite deposit, located in British Columbia, Canada.


Owners

 
CompanyInterestOwnership
Atrum Coal Ltd. 100 % Direct

Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

Anthracite coal deposits of the Klappan and Groundhog coalfields occur within the Bowser Basin in a remote region of rugged mountainous terrain in northwestern British Columbia. The basin, which encompasses an area of approximately 50,000 square kilometres, is defined by the outcrop extent of up to 3500 metres of sediments of the Bowser Lake Group of Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous age.

The coal is contained in the Jura-Cretaceous Currier Formation which is up to 1100 metres thick and contains up to 25 seams, ranging in thickness up to 7 metres. The area is extensively folded with the regional structure dominated by a northwest trending synclinorium.

Coal in the northern 10 per cent of the Bowser Basin is found in the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous Currier Formation in the Klappan Coalfield and in its equivalent in the south, the Prudential Formation in the Groundhog Coalfield.

The Bowser sediments are extensively folded with the regional structure which is controlled by a prominent northwest trending synclinorium (the Biernes Synclinorium).

Potentially economic coal seams up to 7 metres thick are present in the lower third of the Currier Formation. In the Mount Klappan area the formation is 900 to 950 metres thick and contains a cumulative coal thickness that ranges up to 54 metres.


Mining Methods

  • Continuous
  • Bord-and-pillar


Summary:

The preferred location of the bulk sample has been identified on the basis of anthracite quality, structural geology, seam thickness, shallow floor dip, ease of access and high product yield. The mine design and associated mine plan for the bulk sample is complete, utilising a simple bord and pillar mining method accessed through an adit to provide the Company with a low-capital entry to production. It is likely that the adit will double as the access point for the commencement of small scale mining and future commercial production.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Wash plant
  • Dense media separation

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Summary:

Shared onsite infrastructure:

-Central CHPP and dispatch
-Onsite camp for workforce, with onsite technical teams, and offsite logistics and commercial teams.

Modular CHPP includes static bath, dense medium cyclone and Reflux classifier; belt press for dewatering fines.


Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. Annual
Coal (metallurgical) kt 880
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
Raw coal annual capacity 1,400 kt of ROM coal *
* According to 2016 study.

Reserves at June 11, 2016:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Measured 156 Mt Coal (metallurgical)
Indicated 453 Mt Coal (metallurgical)
Inferred 407 Mt Coal (metallurgical)
Total Resource 1,016 Mt Coal (metallurgical)

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnitsAverage
Cash costs Coal (metallurgical) USD 59 / t *
Total cash costs Coal (metallurgical) USD 96 / t *
Assumed price Coal (metallurgical) USD 156 / t *
* According to 2016 study / presentation.

Operating Costs:

Units2016
UG mining costs ($/t mined) USD 30.1 *
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* According to 2016 study.
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2016 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of June 11, 2016:
HME TypeQuantity
Continuous miner 3

Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Press Release 2016
Press Release 2016
Annual Report 2015
Other 2004
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