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The Ootsa Property lies within the Omineca Mining Division and consists of 120 contiguous non-survey mineral claims totalling 72,537.6 hectares. The claims are 100% owned by Surge Copper Corp and its 100% wholly owned subsidiary Ootsa Ventures Ltd.
Summary:
The Ox, East Seel, West Seel and the adjacent Huckleberry Mine are classified as porphyry copper deposits as they share features characteristic of porphyry copper systems, based on their geometry, association with intrusive rocks, nature of disseminated and veinlet controlled mineralization, alteration assemblages, alteration zonation patterns, and metal associations.
The East Seel deposit contains porphyry style Cu-Au mineralization hosted within a coarse feldspar-biotite porphyry. Mineralization is associated with quartz-chalcopyrite-magnetite-pyrite veins and strong potassic alteration. The West Seel deposit contains porphyry Cu-Au-Mo-Ag mineralization and is hosted in a variety of porphyritic intrusive rocks and in fine grained clastic sedimentary rocks along the intrusive margins. The Ox deposit, located 4 km northeast of the East Seel deposit, hosts porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in altered sedimentary rocks near the western margin of a granodiorite porphyry stock and has characteristics similar to the
Huckleberry Mine.
Summary:
The deposits at the Ootsa Property will be mined by conventional truck/shovel open pit methods. Mill feed will be transferred from Ootsa to the mill via a conveyor system. Combined mill feed, waste and overburden mining will be conducted over a period of 12 years at a nominal average rate of 40,000 tpd to supply 5.6 Mt of feed annually at a strip ratio of 1.46:1. Three open pits will be mined in sequence starting with East Seel, then Ox, and finally West Seel. The sequence follows the highest value of the mineralized material, which is primarily a function of grade and strip ratio to maximize Net Present Value (“NPV”).
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Summary:
Mill feed excavated in the open pits at Ootsa will be hauled to the crusher station located near the edge of the Seel and Ox open pit(s).
Mill feed arriving at the plant site will be conveyed to the dump pocket at the existing crusher installation.
Feed from the crushed ore stockpile discharges into the SAG mill via the reclaim/SAG mill feed conveyor.
Flotation feed will have a nominal particle size of 100 µm, delivered as a slurry with a density of 30-40% solids. The rougher flotation circuit is composed of 6 x 100 m3 Outotec Super Cells. Tailings from rougher flotation will go to tails while concentrate will be thickened and reground to about 30 µm prior to cleaning.
Cleaner flotation will be performed by 2 x 10’ diameter flotation columns. Cleaner column overflow is directed to bulk thickening while cleaner tails are sent to the Scavenger Flotation circuit. The Scavenger circuit is composed of 6 x 16 m3 Outotec U-cells. Concentrate from t ........

Recoveries & Grades:
Commodity | Parameter | Avg. LOM |
Copper
|
Recovery Rate, %
| 91 |
Copper
|
Head Grade, %
| 0.25 |
Gold
|
Recovery Rate, %
| 69 |
Gold
|
Head Grade, g/t
| 0.13 |
Molybdenum
|
Recovery Rate, %
| 70 |
Molybdenum
|
Head Grade, %
| 0.016 |
Silver
|
Recovery Rate, %
| 62 |
Silver
|
Head Grade, g/t
| 2.3 |
Projected Production:
Commodity | Units | LOM |
Copper
|
M lbs
| 324 |
Gold
|
koz
| ......  |
Molybdenum
|
M lbs
| ......  |
Silver
|
M oz
| ......  |
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.
Operational Metrics:
Metrics | |
Stripping / waste ratio
| 1.47 * |
Daily milling capacity
| 16,900 t * |
Annual mining capacity
| 5,600,000 t * |
Waste tonnes, LOM
| 95,879,718 t * |
Ore tonnes mined, LOM
| 65,357,899 t * |
Total tonnes mined, LOM
| 161,237,617 t * |
Annual milling capacity
| 5,600,000 t * |
* According to 2016 study.
Reserves at March 23, 2016:
Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
Measured
|
187,148 kt
|
Copper
|
0.23 %
|
934 M lbs
|
Measured
|
187,148 kt
|
Gold
|
0.15 g/t
|
916 koz
|
Measured
|
187,148 kt
|
Molybdenum
|
0.021 %
|
85 M lbs
|
Measured
|
187,148 kt
|
Silver
|
2.8 g/t
|
17,089 koz
|
Measured
|
187,148 kt
|
Copper Equivalent
|
0.38 %
|
1,568 M lbs
|
Indicated
|
37,041 kt
|
Copper
|
0.21 %
|
175 M lbs
|
Indicated
|
37,041 kt
|
Gold
|
0.12 g/t
|
146 koz
|
Indicated
|
37,041 kt
|
Molybdenum
|
0.023 %
|
19 M lbs
|
Indicated
|
37,041 kt
|
Silver
|
2.8 g/t
|
3,368 koz
|
Indicated
|
37,041 kt
|
Copper Equivalent
|
0.35 %
|
286 M lbs
|
Measured & Indicated
|
224,189 kt
|
Copper
|
0.22 %
|
1,109 M lbs
|
Measured & Indicated
|
224,189 kt
|
Gold
|
0.15 g/t
|
1,062 koz
|
Measured & Indicated
|
224,189 kt
|
Molybdenum
|
0.021 %
|
104 M lbs
|
Measured & Indicated
|
224,189 kt
|
Silver
|
2.8 g/t
|
20,457 koz
|
Measured & Indicated
|
224,189 kt
|
Copper Equivalent
|
0.37 %
|
1,854 M lbs
|
Inferred
|
5,212 kt
|
Copper
|
0.18 %
|
21 M lbs
|
Inferred
|
5,212 kt
|
Gold
|
0.09 g/t
|
15 koz
|
Inferred
|
5,212 kt
|
Molybdenum
|
0.019 %
|
2 M lbs
|
Inferred
|
5,212 kt
|
Silver
|
2.6 g/t
|
436 koz
|
Inferred
|
5,212 kt
|
Copper Equivalent
|
0.3 %
|
34 M lbs
|
Mine Management:
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News:
News | Date |
Surge Copper Announces 96% Increase in Ootsa Measured & Indicated Resources to 439 Mt Grading 0.32% CuEq
|
June 21, 2022
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Surge Copper Intersects 80 metres of 1.2% CuEq including 32 metres of 2.0% CuEq at the Seel Breccia Zone
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February 23, 2022
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Surge Copper Intersects 28 metres of 0.9% CuEq including 16 metres of 1.3% CuEq at the Seel Breccia Zone
|
February 1, 2022
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Surge Copper Intersects 52 metres of 0.7% CuEq from 8 metres downhole including 20 metres of 1.5% CuEq at the Seel Breccia Zone
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January 11, 2022
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Surge Copper Intersects 46m Of 1.7% CuEq At Seel Breccia Zone
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December 8, 2021
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Surge Copper Intersects Wide Zone Of CuEq At West Seel
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November 25, 2021
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Surge Copper Intersects 830 metres of 0.38% CuEq and 378 metres of 0.40% CuEq at West Seel
|
May 10, 2021
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Surge Copper Significantly Expands West Seel with Step Out Hole Intersecting 585 Metres Grading 0.57% Copper Equivalent...
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March 23, 2021
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Surge Copper Intersects 484 Metres of 0.42% CuEq at West Seel, Including 70 Metres of 0.63% CuEq from 46 Metres Depth
|
February 24, 2021
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Surge Copper Drills 0.51% Copper Equivalent Over 700 Metres at Ootsa Including 0.60% Copper Equivalent Over 422 Metres
|
December 14, 2020
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Surge Copper Drills 0.72% Copper Equivalent Over 176.1 Metres At Ootsa Including 0.89% Copper Equivalent Over 126 Metres
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November 26, 2020
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