Resources & Reserves

NICO is an Iron Oxide Copper Gold (“IOCG”) class deposit, also commonly referred to as Olympic Dam-type after the dominant “Super Giant” deposit in South Australia that defines this class. Ore is hosted in three, 40-50 degree dipping stratabound lenses of brecciated ironstone up to 1.3 km in length, 550 metres in width and with individual lenses up to 70 metres in true thickness. The recoverable metals are associated with the approximate 5% sulphide fraction consisting primarily of cobaltian arsenopyrite, cobaltite, bismuthinite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and pyrrhotite, as well as native gold and native bismuth.

The NICO deposit contains open pit and underground Proven and Probable Minerals Reserves totaling 33 million tonnes containing 1.1 million ounces of gold, 82 million pounds of cobalt, 102 million pounds of bismuth, and 27 million pounds of copper. At the planned mill throughput rate of 4,650 tonnes of ore per day, the mineral reserves will sustain operations for 20 years.

More than $130 million of work has already been conducted for the NICO project to delineate and engineer the deposit and reduce risks from the development, including completion of Front-End Engineering and Design and feasibility studies, underground test mining, and several pilot plant tests to verify the process methods and products the Company plans to produce. 

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