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Mount Polley Mine

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 Location:
56 km NE from Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada

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PO Box 12
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British Columbia, Canada
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Cemented backfill
Production Start...
Mount Polley mine operations were suspended in May 2019, and the mine restarted operations in late June 2022.

At Mount Polley the highest monthly copper and gold production to date since restart was achieved with 1.78 million pounds of copper and 2,639 ounces of gold being produced in November 2022.
Latest NewsImperial Provides Update on 2022 Production and Red Chris Exploration Program     January 24, 2023


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Imperial Metals Corp. 100 % Indirect
The Mount Polley copper/gold mine in south-central British Columbia is owned by Mount Polley Mining Corporation, a subsidiary of the Imperial Metals Corp.

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Deposit Type

  • Porphyry
  • Breccia pipe / Stockwork


Summary:

Mount Polley is an alkalic porphyry copper-gold deposit. It lies in the tectono-stratigraphic Quesnel terrane or Quesnellia, which is characterized by a Middle Triassic to Early Jurassic assemblage of volcanic, sedimentary and plutonic rocks which formed in an island arc tectonic setting outboard of the ancestral North American continental margin. Quesnellia hosts several major porphyry copper deposits such as Highland Valley, Copper Mountain, AftonAjax, Gibraltar and Mount Milligan, all generated by early Mesozoic, calc-alkalic or alkalic arc magmatism.

In the Mount Polley region, the Triassic arc rocks are assigned to the Nicola Group and comprise alkalic basaltic to andesitic volcanics and sedimentary rocks, which are intruded by sub-volcanic stocks; all are overlain by post-Nicola, Early Jurassic clastic rocks and rare volcanics. Mount Polley itself is a complex of alkalic intermediate porphyritic intrusions and related magmatic-hydrothermal breccias. It was emplaced into the Nicola Group in the Late Triassic around 205 million years ago. The intrusive complex is about 6 km long (north-northwest) and 3 km wide, lying between Polley Lake in the east and Bootjack Lake in the west. The intrusions range from diorite (oldest) to monzonite (youngest) and are marginally undersaturated in silica. The Mount Polley Intrusive Complex is in the centre of the Mount Polley property; the remainder of the property is underlain mainly by Nicola Group volcanics and p ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Cemented backfill


Summary:

Mount Polley mine operations were suspended in May 2019, and the mine restarted operations in late June 2022. Mining Methods - conventional shovel, truck and open pit mine. With a developing underground mine. Open Pit Mining Equipment The current open pit mining operation at Mount Polley utilizes a conventional truck and shovel fleet with drilling and blasting prior to excavation. The fleet includes a mixture of diesel and electrically powered equipment for drilling, excavating and dewatering. Material Handling Ore mined from the pits is hauled to either the primary gyratory crusher located immediately adjacent to the mill or to nearby stockpiles. Waste material at Mount Polley occurs in one of two types: non-acid generating waste (NAG), and potentially acid-generating waste (PAG). NAG/PAG designations are made on the basis of the neutralizing potential ratio (NPR) of a given material. This NPR is calculated by performing acid-base accounting (ABA) using carbon and sulfur assays from blasthole cutting samples. Sampling is performed on a one sample per 20,000 tonnes basis. All rock with an NPR less than 2.0 and a sulfur content greater than 0.1% is designated as PAG and stockpiled. PAG waste is estimated to constitute approximately 27% of the waste tonnage in the life-of-mine plan. PAG waste, as a condition of operating permits, must be submerged for long-term storage at the end of mine life. As such, all PAG rock is selectively mined and temporarily stored ........


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Processing

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Production:

CommodityUnits201920182017201620152014
Copper lbs  ......  Subscription required14,973,63119,070,93225,338,8578,007,32824,489,725
Gold oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics20212019201820172016
Daily milling capacity  ......  Subscription required
Tonnes milled  ......  Subscription required2,231,119 t6,195,760 t6,723 kt6,685 kt
Daily milling rate  ......  Subscription required14,776 t16,975 t18,420 t18,265 t
Stripping / waste ratio  ......  Subscription required3.12 2.87 2.57
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Reserves at January 1, 2019:
As of January 1, 2021, the reported Mount Polly's mineral reserves and mineral resources have not changed.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven & Probable 53,772,000 t Copper 0.337 % 400,000,000 lbs
Proven & Probable 53,772,000 t Gold 0.299 g/t 517,000 oz
Proven & Probable 53,772,000 t Silver 0.899 g/t 1,554,000 oz
Measured 103,193,000 t Copper 0.319 % 725,000,000 lbs
Measured 103,193,000 t Gold 0.3 g/t 996,000 oz
Measured 103,193,000 t Silver 0.823 g/t 2,730,000 oz
Indicated 91,127,000 t Copper 0.266 % 534,000,000 lbs
Indicated 91,127,000 t Gold 0.269 g/t 787,000 oz
Indicated 91,127,000 t Silver 0.619 g/t 1,814,000 oz
Measured & Indicated 194,320,000 t Copper 0.294 % 1,259,000,000 lbs
Measured & Indicated 194,320,000 t Gold 0.285 g/t 1,783,000 oz
Measured & Indicated 194,320,000 t Silver 0.727 g/t 4,544,000 oz
Inferred 5,619,000 t Copper 0.374 % 46,000,000 lbs
Inferred 5,619,000 t Gold 0.276 g/t 50,000 oz
Inferred 5,619,000 t Silver 2.187 g/t 395,000 oz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits20192018201720162015
Cash costs Copper USD  ......  Subscription required† 1.94 / lb†   2.32 / lb†   1.83 / lb†   2.26 / lb†  
† Net of By-Product.

Financials:

Units202120202019201820172016
Capital expenditures M CAD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 13.3   27.7   26.7  
Revenue M CAD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 104.4   163.5   131.5  
After-tax Income M CAD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required -35   -27.2   -19.3  
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of May 20, 2016:
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Annual Information Form 2018
Annual Report 2018
Annual Information Form 2017
Annual Report 2017
Press Release 2017
Annual Information Form 2016
Annual Report 2016
Technical Report 2016
Annual Information Form 2015
Annual Report 2015
Other 2015
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2015
Annual Information Form 2014
Annual Report 2014
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News:

NewsDate
Imperial Provides Update on 2022 Production and Red Chris Exploration Program January 24, 2023
Imperial Announces up to $53 million Non-Brokered Private Placement of Debentures December 9, 2022

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