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Gordon Creek (Flatbed) Project

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 Location:
27 SE from Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

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Suite 200, 595 Howe Street
Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
V6C 2T5
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Overview

StagePreliminary Economic Assessment
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Longwall
Mine Life30 years (as of Jan 1, 2018)
Gordon Creek Metallurgical Coal Project will comprise an underground mining operation with associated surface coal handling and preparation plant and supporting facilities, projected to produce 57.4 million tonnes (Mt) of metallurgical coal over a period of 30 years. The mine is planned to produce a total of 39.3Mt of hard and semi-hard coking coal from the start of production until year 22 and a total of 18.1Mt of pulverized coal injection (PCI) product from year 20 onwards.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Colonial Coal International Corp. 100 % Indirect
0735513 B.C. Ltd. 100 % Direct
The property is held beneficially for Colonial Coal International Corp. by a BC company, 0735513 B.C. Ltd. This company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Colonial.

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Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The southwestern half of the property appears to host generally shallow-dipping strata while a broad, shallow syncline, containing Upper Cretaceous strata of the Dunvegan and Paskapau Formations is shown to be present in the south. A sharp, anticline cored by strata of the Hulcross and Boulder Creek Formations is present in the eastern part of the property. The fold axis of this anticline trends NW-SE and plunges in both directions.

The Gordon Creek area of the Flatbed Property, where the coal resources have been defined, is located along the southwestern limb of the anticline. The strata along the southwestern limb dip approximately 11° towards the southwest. A major high-angle thrust fault bisects the Gordon Creek area.

The thickness of unconsolidated overburden observed in the various drillholes ranges between approximately 11.28m (from drillhole FD17-02) and 92.15m (from drillhole FD17-01). Most of this appears to consist of glacio-fluvial or glacio-lacustrine material. At its contact with the unconsolidated overburden, Shaftesbury Formation lithologies are often weathered and highly broken to semi-coherent for the top 3.05m (FD17-02) to 13.64m (FD17-01).

A total of 8 main coal seams are present within the Gordon Creek area; one minor seam (Seam C) is also present. Seam nomenclature used in this report follows that used currently at the T rend operation and at Babcock. In ascending order, the main seams are labelled as K, J, G, F2, F1, E, ........


Mining Methods

  • Longwall


Summary:

A conceptual mine plan proposes the longwall operations be accessed through a shaft/slope combination to the uppermost seam, then progress to the lower seams by slope extensions and inter-seam raise shafts.

Underground production begins in Year 1 with continuous miner (CM) and road header (RH) development in Seam B. The first longwall panel would be ready for production late in Year 2. Production of ROM coal feed to the CPP averages 3.60 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) with clean coal averaging 1.85Mtpa.

Six seams were identified as having potentially mineable resources. These were Seams B, D, (Zone) F, G, J, and K. Seam G was the most limited due to interburden thickness between the bottom of Zone F being less than 15m over most of the area, and the coal seam thickness being less than 2m over a significant portion of the identified resource area.

Development is envisioned to be accomplished with both continuous miner (CM) fleets and a road header (RH) fleet. The CM section fleet is projected to operate shuttle cars, mobile roof bolters, feeder-breakers, and load-haul-dump (LHD) scoops. The CM fleets are projected to be deployed in the longwall gate roads and bleeders, and in the main development areas around shaft bottoms. The RH fleet is projected to operate with two road headers, extendable conveyance, stage loader, pass by bolters, and LHD diesel scoop. Roadway openings are designed to average 5.5m wide and average 2.5m high. Development ........


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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsLOM
Coal (metallurgical) Mt 57
All production numbers are expressed as clean coal.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
Annual production capacity 2.6 Mt of clean coal *
Annual processing capacity 5 Mt of ROM coal *
* According to 2018 study.

Reserves at November 12, 2018:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Inferred 298 Mt Coal (metallurgical)

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnitsAverage
Cash costs Coal (metallurgical) CAD 53.5 / t *  
Total cash costs Coal (metallurgical) CAD 105.19 / t *  
Assumed price Coal (metallurgical) CAD 208.71 / t *  
* According to 2018 study / presentation.

Operating Costs:

Units2018
UG mining costs ($/t processed) CAD 20.9 *
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Processing OpEx $M CAD 523
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Corporate Presentation 2018
Preliminary Economic Assessment 2018
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