Reading over the Resource Estimate report is a good refresher as to why the longs are still long. I did not realize that so many hands were involved in the BFS document. I am still confident for 2012 even if tomorrow is the shortest day of the year.
-In 2010, Copper Fox retained Tetra Tech (the main contractor), Knight Piésold,Stantec, McElhanney, and BGC Engineering Inc. (BGC) to complete the feasibility study on the Schaft Creek deposit, with a minimum 120,000 t/d open pit mine. The feasibility study will incorporate the updated mineral resource estimate that is the subject of this report, as well as a mineral reserve estimate, revised capital cost and operating costs estimates and other technical, socioeconomic and financial aspects. The study is anticipated to be completed in 2012. Primary responsibilities for each contractor are as follows:
1 Tetra Tech: site layout, pit optimization, mine planning, dilution studies,
process mass balance, piping and electrical planning, maintenance and
explosive facilities, road system, metallurgical process, mill design, expected
mill recoveries, and options for transportation and shipping facilities of bulk
concentrate for smelting and refining.
2 Knight Piésold: open pit geotechnical and hydrogeological study, plant site
geotechnical drilling, hydrometeorology study and mine site water balance,
alignment for the transmission line to supply electrical power to site, tailing
storage facility design, location of tailings pipeline, water reclamation
designs for the mill, milling and maintenance facilities sites, various
components of infrastructure, pit slope design and overall pit slope angle.
3 McElhanney: road design and adjustments in areas where potential geohazards have been identified.
4 BGC: potential geo-hazards assessment for the road and power line access to Schaft Creek.
5 Stantec: assemble environmental data collected to date and prepare the EA application.
This technical report addresses all information relevant to the accompanying updated resource estimate, and does not include results from the ongoing feasibility study.
