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Ootsa Project

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 Location:
87 km SW from Houston, British Columbia, Canada

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PO Box 10351 888 - 700 West Georgia Street
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
V7Y 1G5
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Overview

StagePreliminary Economic Assessment
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Molybdenum
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Flotation
Mine Life12 years (as of Jan 1, 2016)
Latest NewsSurge Copper Announces 96% Increase in Ootsa Measured & Indicated Resources to 439 Mt Grading 0.32% CuEq     June 21, 2022


Owners

Source: p. 32
CompanyInterestOwnership
Surge Copper Corp. 100 % Indirect
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.

Deposit Type

  • Porphyry


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.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


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”).


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Flotation

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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:

CommodityParameterAvg. 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:

CommodityUnitsLOM
Copper M lbs 324
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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:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained 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

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnitsAverage
Cash costs Copper USD 1.33 / lb *
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Copper USD 2.09 / lb *
Assumed price Molybdenum USD 10.3 / lb *
Assumed price Copper USD 3 / lb *
Assumed price Silver USD 17 / oz *
Assumed price Gold USD 1,260 / oz *
* According to 2016 study / presentation.

Operating Costs:

Units2016
OP mining costs ($/t mined) CAD 2.67 *
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* According to 2016 study.
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2016 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

MetricsUnitsLOM Total
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Processing OpEx $M CAD 658.5
G&A costs $M CAD 36.6
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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of March 23, 2016:
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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Press Release 2018
Preliminary Economic Assessment 2016
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News:

NewsDate
Surge Copper Announces 96% Increase in Ootsa Measured & Indicated Resources to 439 Mt Grading 0.32% CuEq June 21, 2022
Surge Copper Intersects 80 metres of 1.2% CuEq including 32 metres of 2.0% CuEq at the Seel Breccia Zone February 23, 2022
Surge Copper Intersects 28 metres of 0.9% CuEq including 16 metres of 1.3% CuEq at the Seel Breccia Zone February 1, 2022
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 January 11, 2022
Surge Copper Intersects 46m Of 1.7% CuEq At Seel Breccia Zone December 8, 2021
Surge Copper Intersects Wide Zone Of CuEq At West Seel November 25, 2021
Surge Copper Intersects 830 metres of 0.38% CuEq and 378 metres of 0.40% CuEq at West Seel May 10, 2021
Surge Copper Significantly Expands West Seel with Step Out Hole Intersecting 585 Metres Grading 0.57% Copper Equivalent... March 23, 2021
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
Surge Copper Drills 0.51% Copper Equivalent Over 700 Metres at Ootsa Including 0.60% Copper Equivalent Over 422 Metres December 14, 2020
Surge Copper Drills 0.72% Copper Equivalent Over 176.1 Metres At Ootsa Including 0.89% Copper Equivalent Over 126 Metres November 26, 2020

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