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TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE

TROILUS MINE ZONE 87


UNDERGROUND MINERAL
RESOURCE ESTIMATE, QUEBEC
PREPARED FOR
INMET MINING CORPORATION
NI 43-101 Report
Author:
Luke Evans, M.Sc, P.Eng.

RPA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
1 SUMMARY.................................................................................................................. 1-1
Introduction................................................................................................................ 1-1
Geology...................................................................................................................... 1-2
Mineralization ............................................................................................................ 1-3
Mineral Resource Classification ................................................................................ 1-4
Cut-Off Grade ............................................................................................................ 1-4
Mineral Resource Estimate ........................................................................................ 1-5
interpretation and conclusions ................................................................................... 1-6
recommendations ....................................................................................................... 1-7
2 INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCE .................................................. 2-1
3 RELIANCE ON OTHER EXPERTS ........................................................................... 3-1
4 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ........................................................ 4-1
5 ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PHYSIOGRAPHY........................................................................................................... 5-1
6 HISTORY ..................................................................................................................... 6-1
Prior Ownership ......................................................................................................... 6-1
Exploration and Development History ...................................................................... 6-1
Historical Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates ................................... 6-4
Production History ..................................................................................................... 6-5
7 GEOLOGICAL SETTING ........................................................................................... 7-1
Regional Geology ...................................................................................................... 7-1
Local Geology............................................................................................................ 7-1
Property Geology ....................................................................................................... 7-5
8 DEPOSIT TYPES......................................................................................................... 8-1
9 MINERALIZATION .................................................................................................... 9-1
10 EXPLORATION....................................................................................................... 10-1
11 DRILLING................................................................................................................ 11-1
12 SAMPLING METHOD AND APPROACH ............................................................ 12-1
13 SAMPLE PREPARATION, ANALYSES AND SECURITY ................................. 13-1
Sample Preparation and Analytical Protocols.......................................................... 13-1
Quality Control and Quality Assurance................................................................... 13-3
14 DATA VERIFICATION .......................................................................................... 14-1
Underground project Database Validation............................................................... 14-1
Underground project Database Verification ............................................................ 14-1
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15 ADJACENT PROPERTIES ..................................................................................... 15-1


16 MINERAL PROCESSING AND METALLURGICAL TESTING......................... 16-1
Crushing................................................................................................................... 16-3
Grinding ................................................................................................................... 16-3
Gravity Concentration.............................................................................................. 16-4
Flotation ................................................................................................................... 16-4
On-Stream Analyzer ................................................................................................ 16-5
Filtering.................................................................................................................... 16-5
Tailings Disposal ..................................................................................................... 16-5
17 MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE...................................................................... 17-1
Diamond Drill Hole Database.................................................................................. 17-1
Wireframe Models ................................................................................................... 17-2
Composite Control Interval Statistics ...................................................................... 17-3
Assay Statistics ........................................................................................................ 17-4
Composite Statistics................................................................................................. 17-6
Cutting Levels.......................................................................................................... 17-7
Trend Analysis ....................................................................................................... 17-11
Variography ........................................................................................................... 17-15
Search Strategy and Grade Interpolation Parameters ............................................ 17-16
Tonnage Factors..................................................................................................... 17-17
Troilus Underground Block Model........................................................................ 17-18
Block Model Validation......................................................................................... 17-19
Mineral Resource Classification Criteria............................................................... 17-21
Cut-Off Grade ........................................................................................................ 17-22
Mineral Resource Estimate .................................................................................... 17-23
18 OTHER RELEVANT DATA AND INFORMATION ............................................ 18-1
19 INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS.......................................................... 19-1
20 RECOMMENDATIONS.......................................................................................... 20-1
21 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 21-1
Related to Geology, Mineralization, and Deposit Type .......................................... 21-1
Related to Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates................................. 21-2
Related to Quality Assurance and Quality Control.................................................. 21-6
Related to Pit Slope Designs.................................................................................... 21-9
22 SIGNATURE PAGE ................................................................................................ 22-1
23 CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATIONS................................................................. 23-1
24 APPENDIX 1............................................................................................................ 24-1
Claims ...................................................................................................................... 24-1
25 APPENDIX 2............................................................................................................ 25-1
Geological Sections and Plans ................................................................................. 25-1
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26 APPENDIX 3............................................................................................................ 26-1


Composite Control Table and Longitudinal Sections.............................................. 26-1
27 APPENDIX 4............................................................................................................ 27-1
Variography Figures ................................................................................................ 27-1

LIST OF TABLES
PAGE
Table 1-1 Z87 Underground Mineral Resource Estimate December 2005 ................ 1-5
Table 2-1 List of Abbreviations..................................................................................... 2-3
Table 6-1 Major Historical Milestones .......................................................................... 6-5
Table 6-2 Troilus Mine Production History................................................................... 6-6
Table 11-1 Summary of Historical Drilling Programs ................................................ 11-1
Table 16-1 2005 Metallurgy Summary........................................................................ 16-2
Table 17-1 Underground Gemcom Database .............................................................. 17-2
Table 17-2 Composite Control Summary .................................................................... 17-3
Table 17-3 Assay Statistics.......................................................................................... 17-4
Table 17-4 Resource Assay Length and Grade Statistics ............................................ 17-5
Table 17-5 Resource Assay Length Distribution......................................................... 17-6
Table 17-6 3 m Composite Length and Grade Statistics ............................................. 17-7
Table 17-7 Resource Assay Decile Analysis ............................................................. 17-10
Table 17-8 Block Model Rock Codes........................................................................ 17-18
Table 17-9 Z87 Underground Mineral Resource Estimate December 2005 .......... 17-23

LIST OF FIGURES
PAGE
Figure 4-1 Troilus Mine Location.................................................................................. 4-2
Figure 4-2 Troilus Mine Property Claim Map............................................................... 4-3
Figure 5-1 Site Infrastructure......................................................................................... 5-3
Figure 7-1 Regional Geology......................................................................................... 7-3
Figure 7-2 Local Geology.............................................................................................. 7-4
Figure 7-3 Property Geology ......................................................................................... 7-6
Figure 7-4 Detailed Property Geology........................................................................... 7-7
Figure 9-1 Cu and Au Distribution in the 87 Zone........................................................ 9-3
Figure 16-1 Historical Gold and Copper Mill Recoveries........................................... 16-2
Figure 17-1 Resource Assay Histogram ...................................................................... 17-8
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Figure 17-3
Figure 17-4
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Resource Assay Log Probability Plot ...................................................... 17-9


5,110 Bench Blasthole Gold Contours................................................... 17-13
Section 13,600N Blasthole Gold Contours ............................................ 17-14
Density Testwork Apparatus, Balance and Steel Test Samples............. 17-17
Underground Cut Gold Grade Block Models ........................................ 17-20
Underground Classification Block Model ............................................. 17-22

LIST OF APPENDIX FIGURES & TABLES


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Table 24-1 List of Claims ............................................................................................ 24-2
Table 26-1 Composite Control Intervals...................................................................... 26-2
Figure 25-1 Cross Section 13,350N............................................................................. 25-2
Figure 25-2 Cross Section 13,600N............................................................................. 25-3
Figure 25-3 Cross Section 13,700N............................................................................. 25-4
Figure 25-4 Cross Section 13,800N............................................................................. 25-5
Figure 25-5 Cross Section 13,900N............................................................................. 25-6
Figure 25-6 Cross Section 13,950N............................................................................. 25-7
Figure 25-7 5,100 m Plan............................................................................................. 25-8
Figure 25-8 5,000 m Plan............................................................................................. 25-9
Figure 25-9 4,900 m Plan........................................................................................... 25-10
Figure 25-10 4,800 m Plan......................................................................................... 25-11
Figure 26-1 Cut Gold Grade Contours......................................................................... 26-4
Figure 26-2 Horizontal Thickness Contours................................................................ 26-5
Figure 26-3 Cut Gold Grade Times Horizontal Thickness Contours .......................... 26-6
Figure 27-1 Down Hole Variogram - All 3 m Composites ......................................... 27-1
Figure 27-2 Along Strike Variogram - All 3 m Composites ....................................... 27-1
Figure 27-3 Along Strike Variogram Lens 20 3 m Composites ............................... 27-2
Figure 27-4 Down Dip Variogram Lens 20 3 m Composites................................... 27-2
Figure 27-5 Along Strike Variogram Lens 20 Blastholes ........................................ 27-3
Figure 27-6 Down Dip Variogram Lens 20 Blastholes ............................................ 27-3

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1 SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (RPA) was retained by Inmet Mining Corporation
(Inmet) to prepare an independent Technical Report on the December 31, 2005 Troilus
Mine Zone 87 (Z87) underground Mineral Resource estimate. Inmet owns a 100%
interest in the Troilus Mine in northern Quebec. The Troilus Mine is an open pit
operation that has been producing gold, copper, and silver continuously since November
1996. This report was written in accordance with the National Instrument 43-101F1
guidelines. This Technical Report conforms to NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for
Mineral Projects.

The Troilus Mine is located approximately 175 km by road from the town of
Chibougamau, which has a population of approximately 8,500.

The Troilus Mine

property consists of 119 claims and one surveyed mining lease that collectively cover
6,422 hectares. All the claims and the mining lease are in good standing and 100%
owned by Inmet.

The mine started commercial production in October 1996 and has since operated
continuously. By the end of 2005, approximately 49.0 million tonnes of ore averaging
1.09 g/t Au and 0.119% Cu have been milled and 6.3 million tonnes of lower grade
mineralization have been stockpiled. A total of approximately 184.7 million tonnes have
been excavated, including 18.4 million tonnes of overburden and 110.8 million tonnes of
waste rock. The overall mill recovery to date averages 83.3% for gold and 89.5% for
copper. The Troilus Mine has produced over 1,390,000 ounces of gold and over 50,000
tonnes of copper to date. In 2003, the mine celebrated producing its millionth ounce of
gold. In 2004, Inmet approved a mill expansion feasibility by Met-Chem Canada Inc.
(Met-Chem) to increase mill capacity to 18,000 tpd. Modifications to the mill were
completed in December 2004 and the full 18,000 tpd capacity was reached in 2005.

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GEOLOGY
The Troilus gold-copper deposit lies within the eastern segment of the Frotet-Evans
Greenstone Belt, in the Opatica Subprovince of the Superior Province. The Frotet-Evans
Archean greenstone belt extends for more than 300 km between James Bay and
Mistassini Lake, and varies from a few kilometres up to 45 km in width. The belt is
divided into two similar volcano-sedimentary domains (west domain and east domain).
Half of the west domain consists of tholeiitic basalts, the remainder being felsic
pyroclastic rocks, gabbro intrusions, pyroxenites and peridotite.

The east volcanic

domain is known as the Frotet-Troilus Domain.

The eastern segment of the Frotet-Evans Archean greenstone belt (Frotet-Troilus


Domain) is underlain by a supracrustal sequence of submarine mafic volcanics with
intercalated cogenetic mafic intrusions. Felsic volcanic and pyroclastic rocks and minor
epiclastic sedimentary rocks, as well as ultramafic horizons, are also found. These
supracrustal rocks are intruded by granitoid plutons and dikes, which probably range
from pre-tectonic to post-tectonic in age.

The rocks are variably deformed and are affected by a strong regional foliation.
Subhorizontal mesoscopic to megascopic folds are common, affecting both regional
foliation and primary layering. The metamorphic grade in the North Troilus area ranges
from greenschist to lower amphibolite facies, the higher grades appearing around the
borders of certain intrusions and towards the margins of the greenstone belt.

The property geology is characterized by a sequence of intermediate to mafic flows


and breccias, locally with some felsic volcanics, cut by comagmatic gabbroic and
ultramafic sills. The gold and copper mineralization is hosted in a multiphased gabbroic
to dioritic intrusion, now called the Troilus Diorite.

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MINERALIZATION
There are two main zones of mineralization at the Troilus Mine, Z87 and J4. Both
Z87 and J4 are hosted within the northeastern tip of the Troilus Diorite intrusion, which
encloses elongated zones of hydrothermal breccia and coeval feldspar- and quartzporphyritic dike and sill swarms.

Breccias, porphyries, and mineralization strike

northeast and dip moderately at approximately -50 to -65 to the northwest. Z87 extends
for approximately 1,300 m and is up to 400 m wide in the open pit.

The Z87

mineralization dip generally increases progressively to the north from approximately


55 in the south to 65 in the north. The mineralization rakes moderately to the north.
The Z87 blasthole data and the deep diamond drilling intersections reveal a number of
higher grade ore shoots plunging to the west-northwest at -30 to 50.

Compared to Z87, J4 is narrower, has a lower copper grade and more free gold, and
dips more steeply at 65W. The J4 ore shoots appear to rake steeper to the north. J4
extends for 1,200 m and is generally less than 100 m wide. No underground Mineral
Resources currently exist below the J4 open pit.

Chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, with subordinate pyrite, are the main sulphides
encountered in the central part of the deposit. The sulphides are most abundant in the
hydrothermal breccia matrix, along with biotite enrichment where up to 5% to 10%
sulphides can be present. The breccia pseudofragments are less enriched and, overall,
Z87 and J4 mineralization contains approximately 1% to 2% sulphides.

Preliminary studies made in the early 1990s on drill core samples from Z87 showed
that 89% of the gold occurs as free gold or electrum and as inclusions in the non-metallic
gangue material. Only 2% of the gold is associated with chalcopyrite, the remaining 9%
occurring within pyrite and/or pyrrhotite. The size of the gold grains ranges from one
micron up to 340 microns, with 47% being larger than 100 microns.

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MINERAL RESOURCE CLASSIFICATION


The definitions for resource categories used in this report are consistent with those
defined in CIM (2000 and 2004) and adopted by NI 43-101. In the CIM classification, a
Mineral Resource is defined as a concentration or occurrence of natural, solid, inorganic
or fossilized organic material in or on the Earths crust in such form and quantity and of
such grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extraction.
Resources are classified into Measured, Indicated, and Inferred categories. A Mineral
Reserve is defined as the economically mineable part of a Measured or Indicated
Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a Preliminary Feasibility Study. Mineral
Reserves are classified into Proven and Probable categories.

RPA developed new Mineral Resource classification criteria for the Troilus
underground mineralization based on trend analysis work, variography studies, and
geological continuity. Overall, the Z87 mineralization exhibits good gold grade and
thickness continuity along strike and down dip.

RPA constructed wireframe solids to define continuous areas of Indicated and


Inferred Mineral Resources. In RPAs opinion, there is sufficient drilling within the
Indicated wireframe to classify all of the mineralization situated within it as Indicated.
The Inferred wireframe extends the resources beyond the Indicated wireframe by
approximately 100 m along strike to the north and to the south and by 70 m vertically,
down to the 4,700 m elevation. In addition, only blocks that have interpolated grades
were classified as Indicated or Inferred. Consequently, many of the blocks located in the
Inferred wireframe were excluded entirely from the resource estimate.

CUT-OFF GRADE
On December 8, 2005, the gold price was US$514/oz (C$596/oz) and the US
exchange rate was 1.16 Canadian dollars for each US dollar. Inmet has assumed a
US$450/oz (C$540/oz) gold price, a 1.20 US exchange rate, an 86% mill recovery, an
operating cost in the $13/t to $14/t range, and a copper credit equivalent to approximately
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0.1 g/t Au to estimate a breakeven cut-off grade of approximately 0.80 g/t Au. The
mineralization wireframes were built based on the 0.8 g/t Au breakeven cut-off grade,
and the resources are reported at a zero cut-off grade because the proposed underground
bulk mining method does not permit selective mining of individual blocks.
Approximately 7.0% of the Indicated Mineral Resource tonnage is internal waste related
to blocks with grades less than 0.8 g/t Au.

RPA has confirmed that a 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade has been consistently applied to
build the mineralization wireframes. In RPAs opinion, the 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade is
reasonable and acceptable for constructing the mineralization wireframes and is
consistent with the above stated assumptions. RPA believes that the mineralization
wireframe volumes are sensitive to changes in the cut-off grade and recommends
adjusting the mineralization wireframes if the cut-off grade changes significantly.

MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE


The Z87 underground Mineral Resource estimate as of December 2005 is
summarized in Table 1-1.

TABLE 1-1 Z87 UNDERGROUND MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE DECEMBER 2005


Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine, Qubec

Tonnes

Au
(g/t)

Cu
(%)

Gold
(ounces)

Indicated Mineral Resource

29,400,000

1.48

0.16

1,400,000

105,400

Total Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource

29,400,000

1.48

0.16

1,400,000

105,400

Total Inferred Mineral Resource

7,900,000

1.18

0.14

300,000

24,800

Mineral Resource Category

Copper
(x1000 lbs)

Measured Mineral Resource

Mineral Resource Estimation Notes:


Mineral Resources reported at a zero cut-off grade.
High gold assays cut to 10 g/t Au.
Mineralized wireframe models constructed based on approximately a 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade.
Blocks are 10 m by 10 m by 10 m. A 2.86 tonnes/m tonnage factor used.
Inverse distance squared grade interpolation for gold and copper using 80 m by 80 m by 15 m
primary search radii and 120 m by 120 m by 30 m secondary search radii.
Gemcom Software International Inc. Resource Edition Version 4.02 was used.

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The Z87 underground Mineral Resources are based on a US450/oz gold price. The
Z87 underground Indicated Mineral Resources total 29.4 million tonnes at an average
grade of 1.48 g/t Au and 0.16% Cu and contain approximately 1.4 million ounces of gold
and 105 million pounds of copper. There are also 7.9 million tonnes of Inferred Mineral
Resources averaging 1.18 g/t Au and 0.14% Cu. Inmet assumes that a 25 m thick crown
pillar will be recovered, and, therefore, no deduction has been made for the crown pillar.

INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS


A significant underground Mineral Resource exists under the Troilus Mine Z87 open
pit.

The mineralization gold grade and thicknesses are very continuous and the

mineralization is still open along strike and at depth.

There are currently no Mineral Reserves estimated for the Troilus UG Project. In late
December 2005, SNC-Lavalin Inc. (SLI) worked with Inmet to prepare a detailed
integrated technical draft report that presented underground development scenarios to two
different elevations (4,910 m and 4,770 m) below the Z87 pit bottom at the 5,060 m
elevation (Inmet-SLI, 2005).

The risk of failure in the underground excavations increases with the extraction ratios.
Inmet retained ITASCA Consulting Canada Inc. (ITASCA) to prepare the geomechanics
assessment. Dr. W.F. Bawden (of Bawden Engineering Limited) was also retained, and
proposed a more conservative approach to reduce the mining method risk.

Both

geomechanic studies agree that the risk is limited at lower mine extraction rates of
approximately 60%, however, Bawden (2005) states that the feasibility of achieving
extraction rates above 60% is uncertain.

The December 2005 report by Inmet and SLI evaluated both depth scenarios based on
large open stopes, mine extraction exceeding 80% according to the ITASCA work, and a
US$450 per ounce gold price and a US$1.10 per pound copper price. Both depth
scenarios generated positive cash flow (Inmet-SLI, 2005).

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In March 2006, Inmet evaluated the 4,770 m elevation scenario based on the above
metal prices, smaller stopes, and approximately a 60% to 65% mine extraction and found
that this option also generates a positive cash flow (Inmet, 2006).

RPA concludes that a significant amount of technical work has been carried out and
that there is a good opportunity to convert underground resources to reserves in the
future.

RECOMMENDATIONS
RPA recommends completing a feasibility study to convert part of the Troilus Mine
underground resources to reserves.

A key to the successful operation will be

confirmation of the overall extraction rate.

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2 INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF


REFERENCE
Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (RPA) was retained by Inmet Mining Corporation
(Inmet) to prepare an independent Technical Report on the December 31, 2005 Troilus
Mine Zone 87 underground Mineral Resource estimate. Inmet owns a 100% interest in
the Troilus Mine in northern Quebec. The Troilus Mine is an open pit operation that has
been producing gold, copper, and silver continuously since November 1996. This report
was written in accordance with the National Instrument 43-101F1 guidelines.

This

Technical Report conforms to NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

RPA is very familiar with the Troilus Mine open pit resource and reserve estimates.
Since August 2002, Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (RPA) has been providing Inmet with
technical assistance related to the construction of new block models and new Mineral
Resource estimates for J4 and Z87. In addition to resource work carried out at our
Toronto office, Luke Evans, RPA Consulting Geological Engineer, worked with Inmet
personnel at the Troilus Mine from August 13 to 15, 2002, from September 25 to October
1, 2002, January 20 to 30, 2003, February 10 to 20, 2003, March 18 to March 21, 2003,
and March 24 to March 27, 2003.

RPA and Inmet co-authored a NI 43-101 technical report dated April 24, 2004, on the
January 1, 2004 Troilus Mine Mineral Resources and Reserves (Inmet-RPA, 2004). The
January 1, 2004 Mineral Reserve estimate incorporated pit expansions to the Zone 87
(Z87) and the Zone J4 (J4) pit designs that represented significant increases over previous
estimates.

This report presents the Troilus Mine Z87 underground (Troilus UG) Mineral
Resource estimate as of December 31, 2005. Luke Evans visited the site from July 5 to 6,
2005, to review the new underground drilling program results and drill hole spacing and
from October 4 to 6, 2005 to supervise and assist with the Troilus UG Mineral Resource
estimation work. RPA also met with Inmet personnel in November 2005 in Toronto to
finalize the resource estimate methodology and classification criteria.
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A significant amount of work was completed on the Troilus UG Project in 2005 by


the Inmet Troilus Division personnel and outside consulting firms. Stphane Frchette,
Troilus Mine Mining Engineer, is the project manager for the Troilus UG Project.
Bernard Boily, Inmet Troilus Division Senior Geologist, supervised the deep diamond
drilling program.

Dr. Eric Lamontagne, Troilus Mine Chief Engineer and Mine

Superintendent, completed most of the geological interpretation and block model work
related to the underground resources.

In mid-December 2005, RPA prepared a draft report on the underground resource


estimate for Inmet (RPA, 2005). In late December 2005, SNC-Lavalin Inc. (SLI) worked
with Inmet to prepare a detailed integrated technical draft report that presented
underground development scenarios to two different elevations below the Z87 pit bottom
(Inmet-SLI, 2005).

Inmet retained ITASCA Consulting Canada Inc. (ITASCA) to

prepare the geomechanics assessment.

Dr. W.F. Bawden (of Bawden Engineering

Limited) was also retained, and proposed a more conservative approach to reduce the
mining method risk.

Mine designs based on both geomechanic assessments were

evaluated by Inmet and they both generated positive cash flows (Inmet-SLI, 2005 and
Inmet, 2006).

The historical sample preparation and analytical procedures and quality control (QC)
and quality assurance (QA) protocols were compiled by Mr. Boily. He also prepared
sections in this report that describe the property and the geology and carried out most of
the drill hole database validation and verification work. Mr. Boily worked on a number
of the historical drilling programs, supervised the 2005 deep drilling program, has
published descriptions of the Troilus Mine geology, and is currently responsible for the
Troilus Mine grade control, property exploration, and claim renewals.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Units of measurement used in this report conform to the SI (metric) system. All
currency in this report is US dollars (US$) unless otherwise noted.

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TABLE 2-1 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS


Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine, Qubec
P
C
F
Pg
A
a
m3/h
cfm
bbl
Btu
C$
cal
cm
cm2
d
dia.
dmt
dwt
ft
ft/s
ft2
ft3
g
G
gal
g/L
g/t
gpm
gr/ft3
gr/m3
hr
ha
hp
in
in2
J
k
kcal
kg
km
km/h

micron
degree Celsius
degree Fahrenheit
microgram
ampere
annum
cubic metres per hour
cubic metres per minute
barrels
British thermal units
Canadian dollars
calorie
centimeter
square centimeter
day
diameter
dry metric tonne
dead-weight ton
foot
foot per second
square foot
cubic foot
gram
giga (billion)
Imperial gallon
gram per litre
gram per tonne
Imperial gallons per minute
grain per cubic foot
grain per cubic metre
hour
hectare
horsepower
inch
square inch
joule
kilo (thousand)
kilocalorie
kilogram
kilometre
kilometre per hour

km2
kPa
kVA
kW
kWh
L
L/s
m
M
m2
m3
min
MASL
mm
mph
MVA
MW
MWh
m3/h
opt, oz/st
oz
oz/dmt
ppm
psia
psig
RL
s
st
stpa
stpd
t
tpa
tpd
US$
USg
USgpm
V
W
wmt
yd3
yr

2-3

square kilometre
kilopascal
kilovolt-amperes
kilowatt
kilowatt-hour
liter
litres per second
metre
mega (million)
square metre
cubic metre
minute
metres above sea level
millimetre
miles per hour
megavolt-amperes
megawatt
megawatt-hour
cubic metres per hour
ounce per short ton
Troy ounce (31.1035g)
ounce per dry metric tonne
part per million
pound per square inch absolute
pound per square inch gauge
relative elevation
second
short ton
short ton per year
short ton per day
metric tonne
metric tonne per year
metric tonne per day
United States dollar
United States gallon
US gallon per minute
volt
watt
wet metric tonne
cubic yard
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3 RELIANCE ON OTHER EXPERTS


This report has been prepared by Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (RPA) for Inmet
Mining Corporation. The information, conclusions, opinions, and estimates contained
herein are based on:
x

Information available to RPA at the time of preparation of this report,

Assumptions, conditions, and qualifications as set forth in this report, and

Data, reports, and other information supplied by Inmet Mining Corporation and
other third party sources.

For the purpose of this report, RPA has relied on ownership information provided by
Inmet Mining Corporation. RPA has not researched property title or mineral rights for
the Troilus Mine and expresses no legal opinion as to the ownership status of the
property.

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4 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION


The property is located approximately 110 km by air north of Chibougamau, Quebec
(Figure 4-1).

It is approximately centered on UTM coordinates 535,085E and

5,649,950N (UTM-18, NAD 83) or latitude 51N and longitude 7430' W.

The Troilus Mine property consists of 119 claims and one surveyed mining lease that
collectively cover 6,422 hectares (Figure 4-2 and Table 24-1 in Appendix 1). The
property straddles four map areas: Lac Montmort (NTS 32O/2), Lac Miskittenau (NTS
32O/1), Lac Troilus (NTS 32J/15) and Lac Bueil (NTS 32J/16). All the claims and the
mining lease are in good standing and 100% owned by Inmet.

The Troilus Mine operation is regulated by two levels of Authorization Certificates.


The first level is the Global Certificate that is required to address the environmental
impact of the overall project. This level is authorized by the Deputy Minister of the
Environment. The second level consists of many operational authorization certificates
that address the methods, different activities, and land use of the mine operation. These
certificates are issued by the Ministry of the Environment and are authorized by the
Regional Director.

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Northern Qubec

Troilus Underground Project

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In 2002, the Troilus Mine submitted a modified Restoration Plan (mine closure) to the
Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). This new plan contained new (lower) reclamation
costs that were developed using actual contractors quotes. The Troilus Mine has since
received formal approval. This plan was revised again in 2005 to reflect new information
developed in the interim on the method of tailings dam enlargements, the quality of local
hydrology, additional waste dumps needed, and the potential for acid generation.
According to the submitted Mine Restoration Plan, Inmet will be required to post a
bond of $2.25 million, equal to 70% of the reclamation cost related to surfaces affected
by waste and tailings.

Inmet established the initial bond in 2000 according to the

regulation schedule.

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5 ACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, LOCAL


RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PHYSIOGRAPHY
ACCESSIBILITY
The Troilus Mine is located approximately 175 km by road from the town of
Chibougamau, which has a population of approximately 8,500 (Figure 4-1). Air Creebec
provides regular flights from Montreal to Chibougamau. The mine is approximately a
two hour drive from the airport, which is approximately 15 km southwest from
Chibougamau. From Chibougamau, the most direct access is by driving 23 km east along
Highway 167, 108 km north along the Route du Nord, and 44 km northeast along the
mine road. All of these roads are well maintained year round.

CLIMATE
Climate is characterized by short mild summers and long cold winters, with mean
temperatures ranging from 17C in January to 16C in July. Mean annual precipitation
ranges from 40 mm in February to 120 mm in September.

LOCAL RESOURCES
The closest towns, Chibougamau-Chapais and Mistissini, supply most of the
workforce. Mine personnel work 12 hour shifts on either a 4 days in/3 days out schedule
or a 7 days in/7 days out schedule. There is a permanent camp with eating, sleeping, and
recreation facilities that can accommodate up to 450 workers during their stay at the site.
The mine operates continuously year round. Bus transportation is provided several times
each week between the mine site and Chibougamau and Mistissini.

Politically the province is very supportive of mining. The Qubec government has
demonstrated a will to encourage the development of natural resources through
expeditious permitting, title security, and financial incentives.

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INFRASTRUCTURE
The location of the Z87 and J4 pit limits, waste and ore stockpiles, tailings area, the
mill, office, and other buildings, as well as other significant features, are shown in Figure
5-1. There are sufficient surface rights under the current mining lease for the current mine
plan ore and waste stockpile requirements. The water and power supplies are adequate
for the current mine plan.

PHYSIOGRAPHY
The property area is primarily covered by black spruce forests, swamps, and lakes.
The vertical relief in the area is moderate, with a mean altitude of 375 metres above sea
level. Overburden consists essentially of a thick layer (>10 m) of fluvio-glacial till.
Outcrops are sparse, and very large boulders sitting on surface are common.

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6 HISTORY
PRIOR OWNERSHIP
Kerr Addison Mines Ltd. (Kerr Addison) staked two large blocks of claims in 1985
and 1987 that included the Troilus Mine area. In 1988, Minnova Inc. (Minnova) became
operator in a 50-50 joint-venture with Kerr Addison. In February 1993, Metall Mining
Corporation (Metall) acquired Minnovas interest and, in May 1993, Metall purchased all
of Kerr Addisons mining properties. On May 4, 1995, Metall changed its name to Inmet.
Inmet now owns a 100% interest in the Troilus Mine property.

EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT HISTORY


Initial exploration in the area started in 1958, following the discovery of many erratic
blocks containing copper and nickel anomalies. Some occurrences of copper and zinc
were discovered between 1958 and 1967, including a massive sulphide deposit at Baie
Molon discovered by Falconbridge Ltd. in 1961.

Resources for this deposit were

calculated at 200,000 tonnes at a grade of 2.0% Cu, 4.25% Zn, 39.7 g/t Ag, and 1.0 g/t
Au.

In 1971, the Lessard deposit was discovered by Selco Mining Corp. near Lac
Domergue. Like Baie Molon, it consists of massive sulphides totalling 1.46 million
tonnes grading 1.73% Cu, 2.96% Zn, 38.0 g/t Ag and 0.70 g/t Au. Following this
discovery, an electromagnetic (EM) and magnetic geophysical survey was carried out
over the Troilus and Frotet lake area; however, this survey did not lead to any new
significant discoveries.

The Baie Molon and Lessard discoveries, located southwest of the Troilus deposit,
improved the geological understanding of the Frotet-Evans greenstone belt and opened
the area to further exploration for base metal deposits.

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In 1983, the results of a new airborne INPUT survey carried out over a large area of
the eastern portion of the Frotet-Evans belt were published by the Government of
Quebec. Some exploration work was done following this survey, but no important
discoveries were made.

Kerr Addison acquired a large block of claims in 1985, following a mapping program
by the Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources that indicated good potential for gold and
base metal mineralization. More geochemical, geophysical, and geological work was
carried out by Kerr Addison in 1985 and 1986. Drilling began in 1986 with 24 holes
totalling 3,590 m, which led to the discovery of Zone 86 (Z86).

In 1987, more claims were added to the property to the north of the Z86 drilling,
where the Troilus Mine is now located. A large gold float dispersion train was found by
prospecting and 26 diamond drill holes totalling 4,413 m were drilled. Hole KN-12,
collared immediately up-ice from a glacial float dispersion train, intersected significant
Au-Cu mineralization over great widths, which turned out to be part of Zone 87 (Z87),
named after the year of its discovery.

In 1988, 27 diamond drill holes totalling 6,567 m were drilled. Initial drill testing of a
nearby weak horizontal loop electromagnetic (HEM) anomaly intersected anomalous AuCu mineralization in what was confirmed to be Zone J4 (J4) in 1991. The J4 name
originates from its location on the J exploration grid. On October 1, 1988, a 50-50
joint-venture was formed between Kerr Addison and Minnova.

Minnova became

operator.

Between 1989 and 2005, fourteen drilling programs comprising 887 diamond drill
holes for a total of 159,538 m were carried out on the property. The drilling outlined five
main areas of gold mineralization (Z87/87S, Z87 Deep, J4, J5, and Southwest) and a
number of isolated gold intersections.

In 1991, a semi-permanent camp, which could accommodate 30 to 50 people, was set


up between Z87 and J4. During 1991, a bulk sample of approximately 200 tonnes
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averaging 2.3 g/t Au was taken from the centre of Z87 and approximately 100 tonnes
were treated at the pilot plant of the Centre de Recherche Minrale du Qubec (CRM) in
Quebec City as part of a pre-feasibility study. The remaining 100 tonnes were treated at
the pilot plant of SGS Lakefield Research Limited (Lakefield) as part of the 1993
feasibility study.

In 1992, an orientation Induced Polarization Survey (IP) carried out over Z87 and J4
produced strong IP anomalies. The IP survey covered the entire property and was also
useful in a condemnation program in areas where the infrastructure and stockpiles were
planned.

Between December 1992 and March 1993, a drilling program comprising 181 holes
totalling 24,239 m was carried out to complete the feasibility study. The purpose of the
drilling was to define Z87 and J4 as well as to test other IP anomalies.

In February 1993, Metall acquired Minnovas interest and, in May 1993, purchased
all of Kerr Addisons mining property interests. In August 1993, a positive feasibility
study was completed based on a 10,000 tpd open pit operation. In September 1993,
Coopers and Lybrand from Toronto audited the feasibility study and found no significant
problems.

From August 1994 to April 1995, Mineral Resources Development Inc. (MRDI) from
San Mateo, California, reviewed the reserves of both the feasibility and post-feasibility
studies for financing purposes. Other kriging parameters were tested and a check assay
program was carried out on the 1992-1993 data set.

In May 1995, Metall changed its name to Inmet Mining Corporation (Inmet).
Financing of the project was completed in June 1995. Later on during the same year, the
refurbishing of the 44 km access road from the Route du Nord and a 137 km power line
and two substations were completed.

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The construction of the mill complex and all facilities was completed in the fall of
1996, and milling started in November 1996. In April 1997, after some fine tuning, the
mill capacity reached 10,000 tonnes per day.

In April 1998, Inmet approved a 15,000 tpd mill expansion feasibility by Met-Chem
Canada Inc. (Met-Chem). Modifications to the mill started in December 1998, and the
full 15,000 tpd capacity was reached in 1999.

In 2004, Inmet approved another mill expansion feasibility by Met-Chem to increase


mill capacity to 18,000 tpd. Modifications to the mill were completed in December 2004
and the full 18,000 tpd capacity was reached in 2005.

New sampling and assay protocols for the blastholes and future diamond drilling
campaigns were proposed by Francis Pitard in January 1999. As a result, significant
modifications to the Troilus assay laboratory were completed during the fall of 1999 and
it became fully operational in May 2000, after a six month implementation and
adjustment period.

The major historical milestones are summarized in Table 6-1.

HISTORICAL MINERAL RESOURCE AND MINERAL


RESERVE ESTIMATES
Historical open pit Mineral Resource and Reserve estimates are summarized in RPAInmet (2004).

No historical underground Mineral Resource estimates have been

completed for the Troilus Mine.

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TABLE 6-1 MAJOR HISTORICAL MILESTONES


Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine
Date

Description of Major Milestones

1985

Kerr Addison stakes over 1,500 claims in the Troilus area.

1987

Kerr Addison stakes Troilus Mine area and discovers gold and copper.

1988

Minnova options 50% interest from Kerr Addison and becomes operator.

December
Kilborn Inc. pre-feasibility study is negative (7,500 tpd).
1991
February to Metall Mining Corporation acquires 100% interest in Troilus.
May 1993
August 1993 Kilborn-Met-Chem-Pellemon Feasibility Study is positive (10,000 tpd).
September
1994
Late 1994

Metallgesellschaft AG sells its entire 50.1% interest in Metall Mining Corporation


through the public sale of its shares.
Construction commences.

May 4, 1995 Metall Mining Corporation changes its name to Inmet Mining Corporation
1995
October
1996
November
1996
April 1997

44 km access road from Route du Nord and a 137 km power line and two
substations are completed.
Construction Completed
Production Starts
Mill achieves 10,000 tpd

April 1998

Met-Chem 15,000 tpd mill expansion Feasibility accepted

1999

Mill achieves 15,000 tpd

2002

Mill achieves 16,000 tpd

2004

Met-Chem 18,000 tpd mill expansion Feasibility accepted

2005

Mill achieves 18,000 tpd

PRODUCTION HISTORY
The mine started commercial production in October 1996 and has since operated
continuously. By the end of 2005, approximately 49.0 million tonnes of ore averaging
1.09 g/t Au and 0.119% Cu have been milled and 6.3 million tonnes of lower grade
mineralization have been stockpiled. A total of approximately 184.7 million tonnes have
been excavated, including 18.4 million tonnes of overburden and 110.8 million tonnes of
waste rock. The overall mill recovery to date averages 83.3% for gold and 89.5% for
copper. The Troilus Mine has produced over 1,390,000 ounces of gold and over 50,000
tonnes of copper to date. In 2003, the mine celebrated producing its millionth ounce of
gold. The production history is summarized in Table 6-2.
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471

5,158

139,888

85.56

80.7

12,941

0.163

0.157

89.41

1.44

1.35

81.4

16,737,338

6,814,157

4,915

146,970

89.71

86.43

0.138

1.34

19,617,728

4,175,951

1,422,690

13,051,953

967,134

1998
551,587

2000

60,836
4,913,497

5,416

168,364

89.81

85.64

0.125

1.26

4,786

122,532

89.87

82.78

0.104

0.90

20,126,165 19,895,490

4,958,893

1,144,317

12,073,491 14,369,570

1,949,464

1999

Recovered metal after milling and smelter and refining adjustments.

Cu (t)*

Ore Mined (t)


Total
3,448,553
Excavated (t)
Mill Head (g/t
Au)
Mill Head
(%Cu)
Gold Recovery
Copper
Recovery
Au (ozs)*

865,399
3,797,577

629,008

Stockpile (t)

8,839,660

3,234,702

1997

117,965

987,679

5,079,505

1996

Waste Rock (t)

Overburden (t) 3,448,553

Description

7,836

162,578

91.75

83.6

0.156

1.10

20,485,182

5,900,563

1,080,818

13,441,152

62,649

2001

6,817

164,602

90.22

83.05

0.132

1.08

21,065,447

5,942,786

7,633

14,912,288

202,740

2002

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5,791

164,061

89.42

83.01

0.108

1.03

18,306,722

5,923,204

261490

11,278,990

843038

2003

TABLE 6-2 TROILUS MINE PRODUCTION HISTORY

4,814

149,028

86.78

80.63

0.092

0.95

18,559,356

6,044,541

468,424

10,343,972

1,702,419

2004

4,444

159,545

89.68

81.79

0.076

0.94

19,616,062

6,929,056

887,572

11,452,027

347,407

2005

50,448

1,390,509

89.51

83.32

0.119

1.09

184,672,203

49,215,076

6,317,144

110,750,784

18,389,198

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7 GEOLOGICAL SETTING
REGIONAL GEOLOGY
The Troilus gold-copper deposit lies within the eastern segment of the Frotet-Evans
Greenstone Belt, in the Opatica Subprovince of the Superior Province (Figure 7-1).

The Frotet-Evans Archean greenstone belt extends for more than 300 km between
James Bay and Mistassini Lake, and varies from a few kilometres up to 45 km in width.
The belt is divided into two similar volcano-sedimentary domains (west domain and east
domain). Half of the west domain consists of tholeiitic basalts, the remainder being felsic
pyroclastic rocks, gabbro intrusions, pyroxenites and peridotite.

The east volcanic

domain is known as the Frotet-Troilus Domain.

LOCAL GEOLOGY
The eastern segment of the Frotet-Evans Archean greenstone belt (Frotet-Troilus
Domain) is underlain by a supracrustal sequence of submarine mafic volcanics with
intercalated cogenetic mafic intrusions (Figure 7-2). Felsic volcanic and pyroclastic
rocks and minor epiclastic sedimentary rocks, as well as ultramafic horizons, are also
found. These supracrustal rocks are intruded by granitoid plutons and dikes, which
probably range from pre-tectonic to post-tectonic in age.

The rocks are variably deformed and are affected by a strong regional foliation.
Subhorizontal mesoscopic to megascopic folds are common, affecting both regional
foliation and primary layering.

The metamorphic grade in the North Troilus area ranges from greenschist to lower
amphibolite facies, the higher grades appearing around the borders of certain intrusions
and towards the margins of the greenstone belt.

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The association of molybdenite, gold, and base metal mineralization with granitoid
plutons is striking. The three largest base metal volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS)
occurrences are the Lessard deposit (1.46 Mt @ 1.73% Cu and 2.96% Zn), the Tortigny
deposit (0.53 Mt @ 3.59% Cu, 6.49% Zn, 85.2 g/t Ag, 0.43 g/t Au, and 0.27% Pb) and
the Clairy deposit (0.35Mt @ 7.84% Zn, 1.35% Cu, and 22.3 g/t Ag). The largest gold
occurrence is the Troilus deposit.

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PROPERTY GEOLOGY
The property geology is characterized by a sequence of intermediate to mafic flows
and breccias, locally with some felsic volcanics, cut by comagmatic gabbroic and
ultramafic sills (Figures 7-3 and 7-4). The drilling programs carried out in 1999 and
2000 on Z86, Z87, and J4, combined with data compilation of all previous work, indicate
that the Au mineralization is hosted in a multiphased gabbroic to dioritic intrusion, now
called the Troilus Diorite, as opposed to the previous interpretation of volcanic flows and
breccias. A compilation of airborne magnetic data indicates that the Troilus Diorite is an
elongate intrusion (five kilometres by one kilometre) whose long axis has a northeasterly
orientation. The mineralized zones of the Troilus deposit occur within the northeastern
part of the Troilus Diorite. Late porphyritic felsic intrusions are quite common along the
margin of the Troilus Diorite and are even more abundant at Z87 and J4.

A major granite-trondhjemite pluton (Parker Lake) is located northeast of the


mineralized zones, while a smaller granitic pluton (Parker Junior) occurs just southwest
of Z87.

Three main fracture orientations were observed in the deposit area. The first set,
oriented at 215 and dipping at 63, is subparallel to the regional foliation and represents
the major fracture system in the pit area. The other two sets (035/25 and 320/85) cut
the regional foliation almost at a right angle. The combined effect of these fractures has
induced local instability in the Z87 pit. Faulting is observed in several areas of the pit,
and the main attitudes are 240/-55 and 160/-60. These two fault orientations do not
cause any overall wall stability concerns, but can create problems locally.

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Regional deformation has strongly flattened and stretched the geological assemblages
and the alteration pattern. In the pit area, the effects of this deformation can be observed
as follows: strongly elongated felsic dikes (all parallel to the regional foliation); heavy
stretching of the hydrothermal breccia; strongly "boudinaged" late mafic dikes and quartz
veins.

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8 DEPOSIT TYPES
Both Z87 and J4 are hosted within the northeastern tip of the Troilus Diorite
intrusion, which encloses elongated zones of hydrothermal breccia and coeval feldsparand quartz-porphyritic dike and sill swarms (Figures 7-3 and 7-4). Breccia, porphyries,
and mineralization show a moderate (50-65) northwesterly dip.

Z87 extends for approximately 1,300 m from 12,900N to 14,200N and is up to 400 m
wide from approximately 10,200E to 10,600E. Z87 has an elongated shape with its long
axis oriented N35E or mine grid north.

The north and south extensions are

horsetailing and form narrowing branches of ore. Two branches are well defined in the
north. Three branches are less well displayed to the south. The Z87 mineralization dip
generally increases progressively to the north from approximately 55W in the south to
65W in the north.

The mineralization rakes moderately to the north.

The Z87

blasthole data and the deep diamond drilling intersections reveal a number of higher
grade ore shoots plunging to the west-northwest at -30 to 50.

Compared to Z87, J4 is narrower, has a lower copper grade and more free gold, and
dips more steeply at 65W. The J4 ore shoots appear to rake steeper to the north. J4
extends for 1,200 m from 14,100N to 15,300N and is generally less than 100 m wide. J4
is situated between 9,500E and 9,700E. The northern half of J4 starting at approximately
14,600N comprises one main corridor of mineralization, which is 20 m to 50 m in
horizontal thickness.

The J4 Slash Pit excavated this corridor from approximately

14,625N to 15,010N from December 2002 to April 2003. The grade contoured blasthole
data reveal a system of tightly stacked lenses striking to the mine grid northeast and
dipping to the mine grid northwest. These are located within and extend beyond the
interpreted mineralized envelope limits. Three corridors of generally lower grade and
more diffused gold mineralization have been correlated in the southern half of the zone,
where the mineralization averages approximately 100 m in thickness and has some
intervening bands of waste.

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The central part of the mineralized zones coincides with an "in situ" hydrothermal
breccia which exhibits pseudofragments of diorite in a strongly foliated and biotiteamphibole altered matrix.

The brecciated texture of the rock comes from the

development of polygonal fracturing that channeled hydrothermal solutions. The white


coloured albitized pseudofragments in the breccia represent the less altered portion of the
rock.

The breccia is injected by porphyritic felsic dike swarms, a few mafic dikes, and
several deformed small chalcopyrite-bearing quartz veins. Polygonal fractures and
columnar jointing are abundant in the felsic dikes and are interpreted to have formed
during the cooling process.

These fractures are also mineralized, bearing Au, thus

suggesting that the dikes and the mineralization are contemporaneous. One of the felsic
dikes yielded a radiometric age of 2786 6 Ma, based on U-Pb dating of zircon. All
these observations suggest that the formation of the Troilus orebody is pre-metamorphic.

The main alteration facies defined during the course of core logging and geological
observations made in the pit include, from earliest to latest:

i) hornfels (very fine biotite);


ii) potassic (biotite - actinolite - K-feldspar);
iii) inner propylitic (actinolite - albite - epidote);
iv) outer propylitic (albite - epidote - calcite);
v) phyllic (sericite - quartz).

The formation of the hydrothermal breccias and the intrusion of the dike swarms are
contemporaneous. Both are deformed, and it is thought that the effects of tectonism must
have ceased during the formation of the potassic assemblage. Potassic, propylitic, and
phyllic alteration facies are spatially associated with ore.

Based on the above characteristics, the Troilus deposit appears to best fit a porphyrytype deposit model. The geological similarities between Troilus and the porphyry-type
model are: the spatial association of the ore zones with mineralized felsic porphyry dike
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swarms, the hydrothermal breccias, the intense fracturing of the wall rocks, the typical
zoning in mineralization and alteration, the large tonnage and the widespread and
continuous Cu-Au mineralization. However, this interpretation is constantly evolving,
and a new study to better understand the deposit type and to identify the protolith of the
host rock is ongoing.

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9 MINERALIZATION
Chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, with subordinate pyrite, are the main sulphides
encountered in the central part of the deposit. The sulphides are most abundant in the
hydrothermal breccia matrix, along with biotite enrichment where up to 5% to 10%
sulphides can be present. The breccia pseudofragments are less enriched and, overall,
Z87 and J4 mineralization contains approximately 1% to 2% sulphides.

Preliminary studies made in the early 1990s on drill core samples from Z87 showed
that 89% of the gold occurs as free gold or electrum and as inclusions in the non-metallic
gangue material. Only 2% of the gold is associated with chalcopyrite, the remaining 9%
occurring within pyrite and/or pyrrhotite. The size of the gold grains ranges from one
micron up to 340 microns, with 47% being larger than 100 microns. A similar study has
not been carried out on J4 mineralization. Core logging has indicated that chalcopyrite is
much less abundant, and coarse gold is observed more frequently in J4 core than in Z87
core. Although coarse gold is present, it is rarely observed in diamond drill core or hand
specimens. The J4 and Z87 ore-waste contacts are not visually evident and are defined
based on assay data.

In general, it is thought that the original metalliferous fluids forced their way in the
diorite and percolated through the rock along hydrothermally formed cracks, which gives
the rock a brecciated appearance. Ongoing alteration and metamorphic remobilization
caused further digestion of the pseudofragments and infiltration of metal-rich fluids into
them. In the more altered core of the deposit, where metal enrichment is ubiquitous, the
pseudofragments are less evident and almost entirely altered. Towards the margins, the
pseudofragments are better preserved and mineralization is mostly restricted to the
matrix.

It is suggested that there has been at least two phases of mineralization. The first was
gold and copper rich and the second only gold rich. The two do not exactly overlay
(Figure 9-1). The copper envelope is offset towards the southeast with respect to the gold
envelope. A typical cross section from northwest to southeast would show:
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1. A gold-rich/copper-poor zone (hanging wall).


2. A wide gold/copper-rich mid region (core).
3. A copper-rich/gold-poor zone (footwall).

Within the central part of the deposit, at more or less the centre of the copper
envelope, there is an approximately 15 m wide zone of strong copper enrichment with
greater than 0.2% Cu. The copper envelope bulges to the southeast in the northeast part
of the deposit and some additional copper-rich lenses occur further into the footwall
outside of the pit walls.

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Figure 9-1

Inmet Mining Corporation


Troilus Underground Project
Northern Qubec

Copper and Gold Distribution


in the 87 Zone
April 2006

Source: Inmet Mining Corporation, 2006.

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Outwards from this copper/gold-rich zone, chalcopyrite becomes subordinate and


pyrite, with lesser pyrrhotite, predominates, being particularly abundant over the
northwest portion of Z87. This zone overlaps the transition between the potassic and the
inner propylitic alteration facies. This area is often characterized by sodic, rather than
potassic, alteration.

Figures showing the Z87 diamond drill holes and mineralization on a number of
sections and plans are included in the resource section.

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10 EXPLORATION
Exploration history of the property is directly linked to the history of the discovery
and development of the Troilus deposit previously discussed in this report.

A review of all the lithogeochemical data has indicated that a large halo with Au
values greater than 200 ppb occurs around Z87 and J4. Compilation of drill hole data for
holes drilled away from the Troilus deposit has shown that there are a number of holes
with Au values greater than 200 ppb over 10 m. Systematic drilling of all these zones
was undertaken between 1997 and 2004. No zones of economic mineralization having
both the size and grade of the Troilus deposit were found. However, a 500 m long
anomalous Au envelope, named the Southwest Zone, with similar characteristics to Z87
was discovered in 2000, at the southwest end of the Troilus Diorite. Several holes were
drilled in early 2005 using Ingersoll Rand DML downhole hammer drill rigs (DML) to
investigate the potential of having near surface ore material that could be mined and
trucked to the Troilus mill. The thick overburden prevented testing the zones full extent.
Additional diamond drill holes will be required.

In J4, Au grade contouring suggests that the mineralization is thickening down plunge
and that there is a good potential for finding higher grade Au mineralization below a 200
m vertical depth. In 1999 and 2000, drilling confirmed that the Au mineralization
extended down plunge, where hole TN-26 intersected a 24 m wide gold-enriched zone
averaging 4.95 g/t Au and including a higher grade section that assayed 34.7 g/t Au over
3.0 m.

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11 DRILLING
Almost all holes were drilled perpendicular to the stratigraphy to the southeast or
mine grid east and have dips varying from 45 to 90. The drilling started in 1986 and
was conducted in several programs, involving different drilling contractors (Table 11-1).

TABLE 11-1 SUMMARY OF HISTORICAL DRILLING PROGRAMS


Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine, Qubec

Year

Drill Contractor

Core size

1986-1989

Morissette Diamond Drilling

BQ

1990

NQ

1997

Morissete Diamond Drilling


Benoit Diamond Drilling
Chibougamau Diamond Drilling
Benoit Diamond Drilling
Chibougamau Diamond Drilling
Benoit Diamond Drilling
Morissette Diamond Drilling
Chibougamau Diamond Drilling

1999

Forages Mercier

2000

Chibougamau Diamond Drilling

2002

Chibougamau Diamond Drilling

NQ (on Z87 and J4)


BQ (elsewhere on the property)
NQ

2003

Forages Rouillier

NQ

2004

Forages Rouillier

NQ

2005

Forages Rouillier

NQ

1991-1993
1995

NQ
NQ ("KN-" holes)
BQ ("TN-" holes)
BQ ("TN-" holes)
NQ ("KN-" holes)
NQ

In the earlier programs, AQ and BQ size core was used. NQ coring started in the
early 90s (Table 11-1). From 1986 to 1996, all casings were left in the ground. From
1997 to 1999, all casings from "KN-" holes drilled during that period and located in the
immediate Z87 and/or J4 area were removed, while the other "KN-" holes and all "TN-"
holes had their casings left in place. Between 2000 and 2005, all casings for "KN-" holes
were removed after completion and those for holes starting with "TN-" were left in the
ground.

From 1986 to 1997, the core was split and half of the core was laid out in wood boxes
that were tagged with Dymo tape. The drill core for holes drilled up to 1996 is stored
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outside in core racks at the Opemiska Mine site in the town of Chapais and the more
recent core (post-1997) is stored in racks at the Troilus Mine site. Some holes were
moved from Chapais to Troilus. Core racks are made of steel or wood and steel. There is
no roofing to cover the racks and there is no fencing around the core racks. Since the
introduction of the new sampling and assay protocol in 1999, whole core has been sent
for assay and a 10 cm to 20 cm length of core has been retained.

The older holes (pre-1990) were converted to the metric system and verified by Inmet
prior to inserting them into the database. All holes have had some sort of survey test
taken downhole. From 1986 to 2002, acid dip tests and Tropari instruments were used
systematically. In 2003, a Reflex Multishot digital survey started to be used. All holes
drilled in the vicinity of the Troilus deposit were surveyed using the mine grid coordinate
system. For holes outside of the mine area, cut line grid coordinates were converted to
the mine grid system. Elevation for these holes was taken from topographic maps.

All drill holes drilled were used for geological interpretation. Drill holes on Z87 and
J4 are generally on cross sections at 50 m spacing, with some in-fill holes on intermediate
sections spaced 25 m apart.

Core logging was done for major and minor lithologies, alteration type, and
mineralization. Sample lengths in the earlier programs (pre-1990) were not constant and
depended on mineralization and geology (dikes, contacts, etc.).

In the subsequent

programs, it was found that the mineralization was very diffuse throughout the geological
units and thus systematic one-metre long samples were taken, regardless of the geology.
Rock Quality Designation (RQD) measurements were systematically taken during the
1991 drilling campaign. In the following drill programs, RQD was done only on few
holes selected on each section drilled.
systematically taken.

In 2005, RQD measurements were again

Core recovery was excellent and averaged over 95%.

Lithogeochemical sampling was carried out at random throughout the different drilling
campaigns.

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A number of geologists have logged the Troilus core. Over the years, the lithological
names evolved, generally, from volcanic origins to more intrusive origins. The Troilus
geology department has assembled a diamond drill core reference suite of the main
lithological units and alteration products on the property to standardize the more recent
nomenclature.

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12 SAMPLING METHOD AND APPROACH


During the older drilling campaigns (pre-1990), core sample intervals were selected
based on visible mineralization and geological contacts. Thus, sample lengths were
constantly varying. After 1990, one-metre samples were taken systematically in the
mineralized zones, regardless of the geology. Also, resampling of the pre-1990 holes was
carried out to fill in gaps in the sampling and to bring the assay sections as close as
possible to one metre. In 1999, a new sampling and metallic sieve based assay protocol
was introduced. This protocol included increasing the sample length to 3.0 m and applied
to all samples situated within mineralized zones. The sample length for samples located
outside of the mineralized zones was set at 2.0 m, and these samples used a sampling
protocol that involved fire assaying a 30 g subsample. Since 1999, most of the Z87
diamond drill core samples were 3.0 m in length and most of the J4 samples were 2.5 m
in length. For the 2002 J4 drilling, the mine laboratory adjusted the protocol to a 2.5 m
length. Then in 2004, all sample lengths were reduced to 2.0 m lengths. This modified
protocol is still in use today.

Before 1999, drill core samples were split into two parts with a hydraulic splitter: one
part for the assay and the other put back in the core boxes for future reference,
metallurgical work, or additional check assaying. Since the mineralization consisted
essentially of disseminated pyrite and given that there was not a good correlation between
pyrite abundance and gold grade, it was impossible to visually estimate gold grades.
Consequently, either split half was representative of the sample and no bias could be
introduced by selecting one half instead of the other.

In 1999, following the studies and recommendations by Mr. Francis Pitard, a


consultant who specializes in gold sampling procedures, a new sampling protocol was
applied to all subsequent drilling programs. It recommended taking three-metre lengths
of whole core instead of one-metre lengths of split core.

Again, this was done

systematically, without considering geological contacts or dikes. Mr. Pitard strongly


suggested that this sampling procedure would be more appropriate than the previous
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Assay data compilation from the 2004 and 2005 diamond drilling

programs shows that reducing the sampling length to 2.0 m did not increase the sampling
error significantly.

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13 SAMPLE PREPARATION, ANALYSES AND


SECURITY
SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS
Since 1986, several laboratories and different assay techniques have been used at
Troilus. The same sample preparation was used in the core shack prior to shipping the
samples to the laboratories. All core samples were put in plastic bags, which were sealed
with a plastic strap and stored in a corner of the core shack. Each sample number was
written on the outside of the bag and a tag inserted in the bag. When sufficient samples
were accumulated, a shipment was made to the assay laboratory by truck.

During the first drilling programs (1986 to 1991), several labs, including Swastika
Laboratories (Swastika), were used for assaying the core samples. Bondar-Clegg and
Chimitec used a half assay-ton (AT) fire assay technique with Direct Coupling Plasma
(DCP) finish. Following an extensive assaying comparison program in 1992 between
several laboratories using different techniques, Swastika in Ontario was retained to do
most of the analyses from 1992 to 1997, when the Troilus laboratory became operational.
It was determined that the one AT ton fire assay with gravimetric finish technique used
by Swastika was more accurate for assaying gold than the half AT method used at the
other laboratories. Consequently, from 1992 to 1999, all samples were assayed for gold
by one AT fire assay with a gravimetric or atomic absorption (AA) finish depending on
the size of the "dore bead". If the bead was visually judged too small to be weighed, then
the bead was dissolved and an AA finish was used. Copper and silver were analyzed by
AA spectrometry.

Prior to assaying, the original one-metre split core sample, weighing approximately
2.7 kg, was entirely crushed down to 0.25". Then, 350 g were pulverized to 150 mesh
(105 microns) and a one AT (29.17g) fire assay was done. The rest of the sample (pulp
and reject) was stored for future use.

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In 1999, along with the new sampling method, a new assay protocol was introduced,
based again on the recommendations from Mr. Francis Pitard. The new assay protocol
involved assaying a much larger sample than that used for the standard fire assay in the
previous programs (1,000 g versus 30 g). This protocol was designed to reduce the
Fundamental Error (i.e., error generated by sample and subsample weights), the Grouping
and Segregation Error (i.e., error generated by gold segregation and the way samples and
subsamples are split), the Extraction Error (i.e., error generated by poor sample recovery),
and the Preparation Error (i.e., error generated by excessive loss of fines). The "Pitard"
Troilus diamond drill core protocol is summarized below:

1) Crush the entire 3 m NQ core sample (14 kg) down to 16 mesh (0.04").
2) Split a 1 kg sample using a rotary divider.
3) Pulverize the entire 1 kg sample for no longer than 90 seconds to minimize
smearing.
4) Screen the entire 1 kg sample using a 150 mesh screen.
5) Perform one AT fire assay on the entire +150 mesh fraction, which may need
more than one fire assay.
6) Perform two one AT fire assays on the 150 mesh fraction.
7) The final assay value is the weighted average of the results from both fractions.

Starting in 2004, the Pitard protocol for diamond drill core was adjusted to 2.0 m
core length (10 kg). The rest of the procedure remains the same.

It is Inmet and RPAs opinion that all of the assays that support the Underground
Project Mineral Resource estimate are based on sample preparation and analytical
protocols that meet or exceed standard industry practice.

The mine laboratory is

equipped with modern state-of-the-art equipment and staffed with highly qualified
personnel. Established assay laboratories (Swastika, Chimitec, Bondar-Clegg, Lakefield,
and others) were used for the earlier drill programs.

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QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE


Quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) for the Troilus deposit has always
been a high priority for Inmet and its predecessors. Several labs and assay methods were
used in the course of the different drilling programs, and a number of reassay and checkassay programs were carried out over the years.

Also, several studies on the

heterogeneity and/or nugget effect of gold were carried out and are listed in the Sources
of Information.

Prior to 1999, during the assaying process, every laboratory did a systematic check
assay every 10 to 15 samples. Also, all samples assaying more than 1.0 g/t Au were
reassayed from a second pulp and all those assaying greater than 2.0 g/t Au were
analyzed a second time from the rejects. All assay laboratories routinely inserted inhouse reference materials and certified standards.

Starting in 1993, Inmet decided to insert in-house reference materials, CANMET


Certified Standards, and blanks in each shipment to the assay laboratories. Since 1993,
over 20 different in-house reference materials and Certified Standards have been used by
Inmet. All these control samples are first pulverized and bagged (35 g) and then inserted
at random after every 50 samples using the same sequential numbers as the core samples.
After approximately every 10 control samples, a CANMET Certified Standard or a
"blank" is inserted instead of the in-house control sample.

Following the introduction of a new sampling and assay protocol in 1999 (Pitard
Protocol), modifications were made to Troilus quality control procedures. In addition to
the insertion of reference material and/or Certified Standards, approximately 10% of all
the samples assayed were randomly selected and their rejects sent back to the laboratory
to be reassayed using the same assay protocol (duplicates).

Results from quality control programs (reference samples, standards, reassays, and
duplicate assays) are used to qualify reliable assay data. There is no data on the standards
used by the laboratories prior to 1993 and/or the results of their quality control.
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However, no major problems were reported in the assays from the drilling programs and
differences between the original values and the second assays and/or duplicates were
judged very acceptable.

In a report dated March 1994, the Coopers & Lybrand

Consulting Group compiled the different studies on the accuracy and precision of the
assays carried out by Inmet and concluded that the relative accuracy for the Au grade at
Troilus is 15%. After 1994, a number of tests and studies on the heterogeneity of Au at
Troilus were carried out for Inmet by various consulting firms. Francis Pitard reviewed
this work and concluded that a target of 15% variance in the Au assay results is
achievable and that a sampling protocol modification was required to reduce sampling
error to this level.

A recent internal Inmet report (Boily, 2005), based on external check assays and the
mine laboratory gold reference standards, concluded that the Troilus laboratory assays are
not biased.

In late 1998 and early 1999, some 1,427 metres of core from the mineralized zones
from 12 holes were resampled and assayed in two separate programs. Laboratories used
for the assaying included SGS Lakefield Research Ltd. and the Centre de Recherche
Minrale (CRM). This program was designed to compare the newly introduced 1,000 g
screen metallic sampling and assays (Pitard Protocol) with the historical 30 g sampling
assay protocol. From this program, Inmet concluded that the relative difference between
the two data sets was less than 2% and that there was no overall bias between the two
protocols. It was concluded that the 1,000 g screen metallic protocol reduced the
sampling error and, therefore, provided a much better estimate of the gold contained in
any given sample and improved the ability to estimate grades locally. This protocol was
adopted as the sampling protocol going forward.

In 1997, external check assays at Swastika and Chimitec indicated that the Troilus
laboratory was underestimating gold values by approximately 10% to 15%.

The

Swastika and Chimitec assays were within 5%. The 1997 drilling program targeted Z87
close to the ultimate pit limits but has had no significant influence on the underground
resource estimate.
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Inmet is of the opinion that the check assay data do not reveal any major biases in the
historical Troilus drilling program gold assays that could have a significant negative
effect on the Troilus UG Mineral Resource grade estimates.

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14 DATA VERIFICATION
In 2003, Inmet and RPA personnel worked together to validate and verify the original
Z87 Gemcom diamond drill hole database which was used to estimate the January 2003
open pit Z87 Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves.

Inmet and RPA personnel also worked together to validate and verify the Z87 UG
Gemcom diamond drill hole database.

The Troilus UG database has 15,999 assay

records, including 2,106 records related to the more recent 31 drill holes. In RPAs
opinion, the Troilus UG drill hole database is valid and suitable for supporting resource
estimation work.

UNDERGROUND PROJECT DATABASE VALIDATION


Inmet and RPA used a number of queries in MS Access, the Gemcom data validation
routine, and 3D visual inspection to validate the drill hole database header, survey, and
assay tables. A number of minor data entry problems in the survey and assay tables were
identified and corrected.

The lithology table data has not been validated. The rock code nomenclature needs to
be standardized and overlapping primary and secondary rock codes in the lithology table
should be rectified in the future. RPA believes that the current state of the lithology table
will not have a material impact on the Mineral Resource estimates.

UNDERGROUND PROJECT DATABASE VERIFICATION


Mr. Bernard Boily, Inmet Senior Mine Geologist, verified all of the Troilus UG drill
hole database header and survey records, and most of the assay records (Boily, 2005).
No significant data entry problems were found. All of the assay results are provided by
the mine laboratory in digital format. The downhole survey results are also generated
directly in digital format. RPA checked the resource assays in four of the new holes
(KN-653, KN-661, KN-666, and KN-673) and found no errors.
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15 ADJACENT PROPERTIES
A number of other companies have held properties that tie on to the former Troilus
Mine property in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since 2003, Inmet is not the sole holder
of mining claims in the area. Beaufield Resources has acquired by staking a large
number of claims adjacent to Inmets ground. No significant mineralized zones are
known to exist within approximately five kilometres from the Troilus Mine property.

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16 MINERAL PROCESSING AND


METALLURGICAL TESTING
The mill was originally designed to treat gold, copper, and silver at a rate of 10,000
tpd using a flowsheet consisting of a gravimetric, flotation, and cyanidation circuit.
Copper concentrate and dor bars are produced on site.

The Troilus mill was

commissioned in 1996, with commercial production achieved in April 1997 at a rate of


10,000 tpd, with recoveries of 86% Au and 90% Cu and a concentrate grade of 18% Cu.
At the end of 1998, the plant reached production of 10,850 tpd with similar metallurgical
results.

At the beginning of 1998, a decision was made to increase mill capacity to 15,000 tpd
using a coarser grind. A crushing and screening plant was constructed and became
operational in early 1999. The objective was to reduce the critical size material in the
feed down to less than two inches. The cyanidation portion of the flowsheet was dropped
in 1999, since it was found to be uneconomic.

Removing the cyanidation circuit

decreased the gold recovery by 2%, while coarser grind was responsible for roughly a 1%
to 1.5% decrease. Since 1999, the plant has been operational with gold recoveries in the
82.5% to 84% range.

At the end of 2001, after replacement of the pebble crusher and ball mill pump and
the successful implementation of instrumentation upgrade and flowsheet changes, the
plant reached its target tonnage capacity. Similarly, steps were undertaken in 2000 to
improve copper metallurgy, particularly concentrate grade.

A column cell was

commissioned and modifications were carried out to the copper cleaner and thickening
circuit. These changes led to improvements in the concentrate grade by 3% and recovery
improvements of 1% to 2% Cu. More importantly, this permitted the mill to operate
more efficiently in a wider range of copper feed grades.

Plant recoveries in 2005 were approximately 82% for gold and 90% for copper
(Figure 16-1 and Table 16-1). In 2004, the plant reached a new milestone of 18,000 tpd.
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FIGURE 16-1 HISTORICAL GOLD AND COPPER MILL RECOVERIES

Mill recovery
92
Recovery

90
88
86
84
82
80
1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Gold

2002

2003

2004

2005

Copper

TABLE 16-1 2005 METALLURGY SUMMARY


Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine, Qubec

Material

Weight %

Assays
%Cu

Distribution

g/t Au

%Cu

%Au

Mill Feed

100

0.07

0.98

100

100

Concentrate

0.40

17.33

128.76

89.68

54.43

Gravity
Final Tails

27.36
99.60

0.008

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CRUSHING
The run-of-mine ore is hauled by 150 t trucks and dumped directly to a 54 in. x 74 in.
gyratory AC crusher. Prior to crushing, large blocks are broken by a rock hammer in the
crusher chamber to less than 1.2 m. The product from the crusher at 100 percent -200
mm is temporarily accumulated in a pocket, which is fed to a conveyor through an apron
feeder. The dust generated in the crushing area is controlled by three dust collectors.
Crushed material is conveyed to a dual deck vibrating screen to remove the +2 in. and 7
in. size fraction for secondary crushing. Pre-crusher discharge is then returned to the
screen oversize and undersize fractions and conveyed to the coarse ore stockpile.

GRINDING
The reclaim circuit is supplied by three variable speed belt feeders located under the
stockpile. The disposition of the belt feeders minimizes the segregation effect on the
stockpile by feeding the conveyor of the semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill with a
relatively stable ratio of fine particles.

The SAG mill (30 ft. x 13 ft.) is driven by a 7000 HP fixed speed synchronous motor,
which is operational in a bi-directional mode.

The mill is lined with chrome-

molybdenum steel and operates with a high-high profile.

The mill is typically operated with a 20% to 25% volume using a steel charge of 10%
to 12% 5.25 in. grinding balls. Grate discharge at 2.5 in. overflows on a dual deck
vibrating screen. The +12 mm screen oversize is recycled to the pebble crusher by
conveyor. Pebble crusher discharge is added to the SAG mill feed conveyor. The 12
mm screen undersize is pumped to the ball mill circuit. This operation is carried out to
relieve the mill of critical sized material.

The primary ball mill (18 ft. x 28.5 ft.) driven by a 6000 HP synchronous motor is in
closed circuit (450% C.L.) with a cluster of 26 in. cyclones. The primary cyclone
overflow feed the secondary ball mill circuit. This ball mill (16 ft. by 22 ft.) driven by a
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4300 HP synchronous motor is in closed circuit (250% C.L.) with a cluster of 15 in.
cyclones. The product (80% passing 90 microns) feed the flotation circuit.

GRAVITY CONCENTRATION
The gravimetric circuit is fed with 15% bleed of primary ball mill circulating load to a
gravimetric circuit consisting of four 30 in. Knelson concentrators. Screen feed to the
Knelsons at 2,000 microns is supplied on three hour cycles. The concentrate from the
Knelsons is accumulated in a storage tank to be later fed to a magnetic separator and
further upgraded on a Gemini table. Middlings from the Gemini table are fed in a 12 in.
closed circuit Knelson. Gold concentrates are produced at 40% to 70% gold and refined
in an induction furnace. The gravimetric circuit has generally recovered 24% to 32%
gold.

FLOTATION
The overflow from the secondary cyclones goes to rougher column flotation before
supplying two parallel banks of 43 m flotation cells (GL&V). Each bank has seven cells
in a 2+2+3 arrangement. The seven cells are operated as a bulk sulphide flotation. The
collection is done in an alkaline (pH 10.0) circuit.

The floating sulphides containing gold and copper from the flash flotation cell, the
rougher column flotation, and the rougher/scavenger cells are further liberated in a
regrind mill (10.5 ft. x 12 ft.). This 600 HP regrind mill is in closed circuit with a cluster
of 10 in. cyclones. Cleaner circuit feed is typically 89% passing 40 microns. A Falcon
concentrator is fed by one cyclone underflow to recover the fine free gold before feeding
the cleaning circuit. Cleaning circuit pH is maintained at 10.5 to 11 to depress pyrite.

The cleaning circuit is comprised of four stages. The first and second stages have
five cells of 2.8 m, the third stage has four cells of 1.4 m, and the fourth stage is a
column flotation. Concentrate from the column is typically 22% and is shipped as final
concentrate.
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ON-STREAM ANALYZER
At the beginning of 1998, an on-stream analyzer (Courier 30 AP) was purchased in
order to improve the flotation control and copper concentrate grade. Six streams are
analyzed for process control. Better control has permitted an increase of 1%-2% in
concentrate grade.

FILTERING
The copper concentrate is filtered by a pressure filter. The filter is a 25 m Larox that
produces a concentrate with less than 8% humidity. It is stored in a 400-tonne capacity
bunker and shipped to Chibougamau by truck and further to the Horne Smelter by rail.
Production is typically 2,500 tonnes per month.

TAILINGS DISPOSAL
The pond is constructed with a 2.5 km till starter dike. Winter discharge is done
linearly with a single high spot. Beaches are produced in the summer by spigotting along
the dike and are further raised with a granular material on a yearly basis, with follow-up
spigotting.

A water treatment plant has been functional since the end of 1998, after initial
operation revealed suspended solid control problems.

It uses a new technology

(ACTIFLO) based on polymer addition and agitation followed by high speed sand
assisted lamellar decantation and reduces suspended solids to concentrations below 15
ppm, the monthly average regulation limit.

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17 MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE


In 2002 and 2003, RPA assisted Inmet with the construction of constrained block
models for the J4 and Z87 open pits based on new geological interpretations and
mineralization wireframes that used approximately a 0.3 g/t Au cut-off grade.
Wireframes for a number of subparallel zones were made for each deposit (RPA, 2002
and 2003). New wireframes based on approximately a 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade were
created in 2005 to model the Troilus underground (UG) mineralization.

RPA visited the Troilus Mine in July and October 2005 to supervise and assist with
the Troilus UG Mineral Resource estimation work. RPA also met with Inmet personnel
in November 2005 in Toronto to finalize the resource estimate methodology and
classification criteria. In RPAs opinion, the Troilus UG Mineral Resource estimate
discussed below is reasonable and acceptable.

DIAMOND DRILL HOLE DATABASE


Inmet combined the relevant historical deep drilling information with the recent deep
drilling results to create a new smaller diamond drill hole database specifically for the
Troilus UG Project. The Troilus UG drill hole database comprises 101 diamond drill
holes totaling 48,387 m, of which 31 diamond drill holes totaling 29,626 m have been
drilled since January 2003. The Z87 UG diamond drill hole database contains 15,999
assay records, 964 downhole survey records, 117 composite control intervals, and 1,149
composites in 101 diamond drill holes (Table 17-1). The drill hole intersections are
spaced approximately 50 m to 100 m apart.

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TABLE 17-1 UNDERGROUND GEMCOM DATABASE


Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine, Qubec
Description

Number of Records

Diamond Drill Holes

101

Total Length (m)

48,387

Downhole Surveys

964

Assays

15,999

Composite Control Intervals

117

3 m Composites

1,149

RQD (Holes KN-572 to 653)

5,330

WIREFRAME MODELS
A 0.8 g/t Au grade envelope has been used to define mineralization and to construct
3D wireframe models for Z87. RPA found that the 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade preserved
mineralization continuity and ensured the inclusion of all potentially economic
mineralization.

The Z87 open pit model has wireframes for 13 lenses, compared to only three lenses
in the Z87 UG model. A number of narrower or more isolated lenses exist, but those
were considered to be too small to warrant modelling at the moment. A minimum 10 m
horizontal width criterion was loosely applied.

Inmet constructed 3D wireframe models using 3D wobbly polylines that were


snapped on to the drill hole intervals on 25 m spaced sections. The polylines were joined
together using tie lines.

At model extremities, polylines were extrapolated for

approximately 12.5 m beyond the last drill hole sections. All wireframes were validated.

The Z87 wireframes were constructed using 35 sections spaced 25 m apart and
extending 875 m from 13,225N to 14,100N. The wireframes extend from approximately
the 5,200 m elevation to the 4,700 m elevation. Surface is at approximately the 5,370 m
elevation. The mineralization is open at depth and along strike.
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The three lenses modelled are, from east to west, Lens 19, Lens 20, and Lens 21.
Lens 20 represents most of the mineralization. The mineralization wireframes are shown
on cross sections and plans in Figures 25-1 to 25-10 in Appendix 2.

COMPOSITE CONTROL INTERVAL STATISTICS


A total of 117 drill hole intersections in 101 diamond drill holes were used to define
three lenses that collectively form the Z87 UG mineralization wireframe (Table 17-2).
These composite control intervals are summarized in Table 17-2, and details for each drill
hole intersection are provided in Table 26-1 in Appendix 3.

TABLE 17-2 COMPOSITE CONTROL SUMMARY


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Description

Lens 19

Lens 20

Lens 21

Composite Control Intervals

10

92

15

Average Gold Grade (g/t Au)

1.44

1.66

1.60

Average Cut Gold Grade (g/t Au)

1.43

1.57

1.50

Average Copper Grade (%)

0.10

0.18

0.16

Average Silver Grade (g/t Au)

1.55

2.10

2.80

20

37

23

Average Horizontal Thickness (m)

A set of vertical longitudinal sections looking mine grid west that show contoured cut
gold grades, horizontal thicknesses, and cut gold grade times horizontal thicknesses (GT)
for Lens 20 are provided in Figures 26-1 to 26-3 in Appendix 3.

The main corridor of mineralization is Lens 20, which has horizontal thicknesses
ranging from 7 m to 83 m and averaging 37 m. Lens 20 also has the highest average gold
and copper grades. Lens 20 has higher gold grade intersections, most above 1.5 g/t Au,
from approximately 13,350N to 13,850N, and generally lower gold grade intersections
are encountered along the strike extensions further to the north and south.

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ASSAY STATISTICS
The Z87 UG drill hole database contains 15,999 assays, including 1,955 that were
assigned mineralization rock code identifiers and 14,044 that were assigned as waste rock
(Table 17-3). The resource assays are defined as the assays located within the three Z87
mineralization wireframes that were used for the block model (lenses 19, 20, and 21).
The lens codes were used for correlation and modelling purposes. Lens 19 represents a
local splay or finger off the main Lens 20 footwall. Lens codes increase from east to
west and from footwall to hangingwall.

TABLE 17-3 ASSAY STATISTICS


Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine, Qubec
Rock
Code

Count

Length
(m)

Au
(g/t)

Cut Au
(g/t)

Cu
(%)

Ag
(g/t)

Minimum Maximum
Northing Northing
(m)
(m)

Mineralization Assays in Mineral Resources


19

91

1.88

1.39

1.38

0.11

1.71

13,448

13,835

20

1,700

1.71

1.70

1.60

0.18

2.06

13,224

14,176

21

164

1.56

1.87

1.66

0.18

2.93

13,915

14,101

Total

1,955

1.71

1.70

1.60

0.18

2.12

13,224

14,176

1.66

0.29

0.28

0.03

0.85

13,155

14,184

Waste Assays
0

14,044

The resource assays average 1.71 m in length, 1.70 g/t Au uncut, 1.60 g/t Au cut,
0.18% Cu, and 2.12 g/t Ag and extend from 13,224N to 14,176N. The grades in Table
17-3 are not length weighted and are slightly higher than the length weighted average
grades in Table 17-2.

Statistics for all of the waste rock assays, defined as the assays situated outside of the
three mineralization wireframe models, were compiled. The waste rock assays include a
number of high-grade isolated assays. The 14,044 waste rock assays average 1.66 m in
length, 0.28 g/t Au, 0.03% Cu, and 0.85 g/t Ag.

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The length and grade descriptive statistics for the Z87 UG resource assays are
summarized in Table 17-4.

TABLE 17-4 RESOURCE ASSAY LENGTH AND GRADE


STATISTICS
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Description

Length (m) Au (g/t) Cut Au (g/t)

Cu (%)

Ag (g/t)

Mean

1.71

1.70

1.60

0.18

2.12

Standard Error

0.02

0.06

0.04

0.01

0.15

Median

2.00

1.14

1.14

0.12

1.46

Mode

2.00

1.10

10.00

0.04

0.80

Standard Deviation

0.68

2.63

1.60

0.28

6.84

Sample Variance

0.46

6.91

2.55

0.08

46.84

Coefficient of Variation

0.40

1.55

1.00

1.57

3.23

Kurtosis

-0.72

183.95

10.15

662.27

1054.52

Skewness

0.27

10.97

2.83

20.39

29.58

Range

2.80

54.99

9.97

9.58

259.90

Minimum

0.20

0.03

0.03

0.00

0.00

Maximum

3.00

55.02

10.00

9.58

259.90

Count

1,955

1,955

1,955

1,955

1,955

Confidence Level (95.0%)

0.03

0.12

0.07

0.01

0.30

The Z87 resource assay length distribution is compiled in Table 17-5. Approximately
48% of the samples have two-metre lengths, 34% have one-metre lengths, 12% have
three-metre lengths, 4% have lengths between 0.2 m and 0.97 m, and 3% have lengths
between 1.07 m and 1.7 m.

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TABLE 17-5 RESOURCE ASSAY LENGTH DISTRIBUTION


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Sample length (m)

Count

Percent of Total

Less than 1m

70

4%

Equal to 1 m

660

34%

Greater than1 m and less than 2 m

53

3%

Equal to 2 m

946

48%

0%

226

12%

1,955

100%

Greater than 2 m and less than 3 m


Equal to 3 m
Total

COMPOSITE STATISTICS
The assays situated within the mineralization wireframe models were composited to
3.0 m lengths starting at the first mineralization wireframe boundary from the collar and
resetting at each new wireframe boundary.

RPA did not exclude the shorter and,

generally, lower grade composites generated adjacent to the wireframes.

The Z87 composites average 2.90 m in length. Approximately 6% of the composites


have lengths that are less than 3.0 m, including 1% with lengths that are less than one
metre. The Z87 composite statistics are shown in Table 17-6.

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TABLE 17-6 3 M COMPOSITE LENGTH AND GRADE STATISTICS


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Description

Length (m)

Au (g/t)

Cut Au (g/t)

Cu (%)

Mean

2.90

1.65

1.56

0.17

Standard Error

0.01

0.06

0.04

0.00

Median

3.00

1.25

1.25

0.13

Mode

3.00

0.46

0.46

0.13

Standard Deviation

0.43

1.87

1.19

0.16

Sample Variance

0.18

3.49

1.41

0.03

Coefficient of Variation

0.15

1.13

0.76

0.92

Kurtosis

19.16

135.90

10.75

19.37

Skewness

-4.42

9.17

2.53

3.11

Range

3.00

36.36

10.00

1.98

Minimum

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Maximum

3.00

36.36

10.00

1.98

Count

1,149

1,149

1,149

1,149

Confidence Level (95.0%)

0.02

0.11

0.07

0.01

CUTTING LEVELS
All high underground resource assays were cut to 10 g/t Au before compositing to
three-metre lengths. Troilus also uses a 10 g/t Au cutting level for high blasthole assays.
A 6 g/t Au cutting level has been used for high open pit resource assays; however, RPA
and Inmet have recognized that the 6 g/t Au cutting level was conservative for higher
grade areas such as the Z87 pit bottom (Inmet and RPA, 2003). In RPAs opinion, the 10
g/t Au cutting level is reasonable and acceptable for the high underground resource
assays. RPA recommends reviewing the gold cutting levels periodically, when new data
become available.

The underground resource assay histogram and log probability plots are provided in
Figures 17-1 and 17-2, respectively.

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Figure 17-1 Resource Assay Histogram


500

450

400

300

250

N=1,955
200

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100

50

0
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10

12

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1
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16

18

20

Frequency

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Figure 17-2 Troilus Underground Resource Assays


Cumlative Frequency % Log Probability Plot

% of
values
< g/t
99.999
99.995
99.99
99.95
99.90
99.80
99.50
99.00
98.00

N=1,955

95.00
90.00
80.00
70.00
60.00
50.00
40.00
30.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
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0.50
0.20
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0.05
0.01

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10
Gold Grade (g/t)
1
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Cutting high assays to 10 g/t Au decreases the average Z87 resource assay grades by
approximately six percent. A 6 g/t Au cutting level would reduce the resource assay
average grade by approximately ten percent and a 20 g/t Au cutting level would reduce
the resource assay average grade by approximately three percent. The Indicated Mineral
Resource cut gold grade is approximately four percent and seven percent lower than the
uncut gold grade based on cutting high assays to 10 g/t Au and 6 g/t Au, respectively.
RPA concludes that the Z87 resource assays are relatively insensitive to cutting high
assays.
The 10 g/t Au cutting level represents the 99th percentile and affects one percent of
the resource assays. This cutting level is approximately six times the uncut resource
assay average grade.

RPA also examined the amount of gold metal contained in each percentile in the top
decile of the resource assays on a cut and uncut basis (Table 17-7).
TABLE 17-7 RESOURCE ASSAY DECILE ANALYSIS
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Percentile
Au g/t
0.9
3.16
0.91
3.33
0.92
3.64
0.93
3.94
0.94
4.27
0.95
4.63
0.96
4.96
0.97
5.91
0.98
7.06
0.99
10.05
Total Gold Metal in Top Decile

Percent of Total Gold Metal in


Percentile
Uncut
Cut to 10 g/t Au
1.9%
1.9%
1.8%
1.8%
2.3%
2.3%
2.2%
2.2%
2.3%
2.3%
2.7%
2.7%
3.3%
3.3%
3.2%
3.2%
3.5%
3.5%
11.5%
6.2%
34.8%
29.5%

Cutting the high resource assays to 10 g/t Au reduces the contained gold metal in the
top decile from 35% to 30%. As a general rule, the top decile should not contain more
than approximately 40% of the contained metal and the top percentile should not contain
more than approximately 10%.
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Preliminary reconciliation work by Inmet between the new Z87 UG block model and
the higher grade mineralization on benches 5110, 5120, and 5130 supports the 10 g/t Au
cutting level.

TREND ANALYSIS
RPA used the wireframe models to confirm that the overall strike direction is mine
grid 180 and that most of the mineralization dips at approximately -56 to mine grid
west with the exception of the southern part of Lens 20, which dips at approximately -48
to mine grid west.

In order to help guide the variography work, RPA investigated for possible higher
grade mineralization plunge directions by contouring the diamond drill hole composite
control interval data on longitudinal projections for lenses 19, 20, and 21. There are
insufficient data to define plunge directions for lenses 19 and 21; however, both have
limited strike continuity relative to down dip continuity.

The central portion of Lens 20 represents higher grade mineralization (Central High
Grade) that has a strike length of approximately 300 m to 400 m and rakes at
approximately -45 to mine grid north.

The Central High Grade mineralization is

bounded to the north and south by lower grade mineralization, mostly material averaging
less than 1.5 g/t Au. The Central High Grade hosts a very high grade shoot of >2 g/t Au
mineralization which is located mostly in the open pit and rakes at approximately -35 to
mine grid south. Additional very high grade shoots are less well defined and may rake
moderately to the south and/or north and/or subvertically to the north. The lower grade
Lens 20 mineralization to the north (North Lower Grade) includes several low grade
drill hole intersections that are related to poorly mineralized felsic dikes cutting across the
upper half of Lens 20 between approximately 13,750N and 13,850N.

The blasthole gold assays were contoured on a number of benches and cross sections
(Figures 17-3 and 17-4). Preliminary gold grade contours on benches confirm that the
overall mineralization strike is to mine grid 180. Most of the higher grade pods also
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strike at mine grid 180; however, some appear to be affected by cross-structures striking
southwest. These same cross-structures appear to create local bulges and splays of
mineralization and may also be responsible for some of the isolated pods of
mineralization further in the footwall and hangingwall. Similar observations can be made
from the gold grade contours on sections. The cross-structures appear to dip moderately
to the mine grid northwest.

RPA believes that most of the local fluctuations and

jaggedness along the mineralization wireframe boundaries are related to cross-fault and
dike effects and are not due to downhole drill hole deviation issues.

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Cut Au Assay Histogram


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Troilus Mine Underground Project
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GEOLOGICAL AND MINING CONSULTANTS
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VARIOGRAPHY
Lens 20 is by far the biggest underground lens at Z87 and contains 87% of the
resource assays. RPA constructed a number of directional variograms for Lens 20 using
the three-metre cut gold assay composites and the blasthole data that comprise both fivemetre and ten-metre sample lengths with high assays cut to 10 g/t Au.

The initial variograms created from the three-metre cut gold assay composites
generally had jagged sawtooth patterns and mostly displayed short-range variances that
were higher than the overall variance or sill. These features were mostly eliminated by
using a 6 g/t Au upper cut-off grade for all of the three-metre composite variograms.
Based on the geology, RPA expected to find longer down dip ranges than along strike;
however, the variography work suggests that these ranges are similar. RPA believes that
the three-metre variography ranges presented here represent the global ranges for all of
Lens 20 and that the Central High Grade has longer ranges of continuity than the global
ranges discussed below. On the other hand, the North Lower Grade area may have
shorter ranges of continuity than the global ranges.

Based on all of the three-metre composites, the downhole variogram defines a relative
nugget effect of approximately 29% and a 14 m range, which also corresponds
approximately to the across strike range (Appendix 4, Figure 27-1). Continuity ranges
are approximately 80 m for the along strike variogram based both on all of the threemetre composites (Appendix 4, Figure 27-2) and on only the Lens 20 three-metre
composites (Appendix 4 Figure 27-3). Continuity ranges are approximately 90 m for the
Lens 20 down dip variogram (Appendix 4, Figure 27-4). A smooth down dip variogram
could not be created using all of the three-metre composites.

RPA found that the blasthole assay data generated excellent variograms. This is
likely because most of the blasthole data are situated within the Lens 20 Central High
Grade area. Continuity ranges are approximately 125 m for the along strike variogram
(Appendix 4, Figure 27-5) and at least 80 m for the down dip variogram (Appendix 4,

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Figure 27-6). The down dip range may be limited by the vertical extent of the blasthole
data used. The number of pairs begins to decrease at the 80 m interval.

RPA also built a series of variograms to test for shallow to steep rakes to the north
and south and found that the longest ranges were directly down dip.

The variography suggests that Indicated Mineral Resource classification criteria for
the underground mineralization could be based on along strike search radii of
approximately 80 m, down dip search radii of approximately 80 m, and across strike
search radii of approximately 15 m.

RPA recommends periodic review of the

variography and classification criteria as new data become available.

SEARCH STRATEGY AND GRADE INTERPOLATION


PARAMETERS
A search ellipsoid based on a minimum of two and a maximum of twelve composites
was used to interpolate gold, cut gold, and copper grades into blocks using a two-pass
process. The first pass used a search ellipsoid with an 80 m radius along strike, an 80 m
radius down dip, and a 15 m radius across strike. The second pass used a search ellipsoid
with a 120 m radius along strike, a 120 m radius down dip, and a 30 m radius across
strike. A 360 mine grid azimuth was used for the along strike search direction, and a
search dip of -56 was used for Lens 19, Lens 21, and most of Lens 20. A search dip of 48 was used for the part of Lens 20 located south of 13,435N.

A lens identifier was assigned to each composite, and composite target restrictions
applied were such that the composites for one lens could not be used to interpolate grades
for another lens.

Inverse distance squared was used to interpolate gold, cut gold, and copper values.
Ordinary kriging criteria have not been developed for Z87 and may warrant consideration
in the future.

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TONNAGE FACTORS
Inmet uses a density testing apparatus comprising an OHAUS digital balance in an
enclosed cabinet supported above a large plastic container full of water (Figure 17-5).
The density testing apparatus was checked using two solid steel cylinders and the
precision was found to be greater than 0.1%. Inmet also sent some samples and the two
steel cylinders to an independent laboratory as an additional check.

FIGURE 17-5 DENSITY TESTWORK APPARATUS, BALANCE AND STEEL


TEST SAMPLES

Inmet carried out density testwork on 2,721 core samples in the 30 most recent deep
drill holes (KN-648 to KN-677). The core samples tested were generally whole core
pieces ranging in length from approximately 10 cm to 20 cm. Samples were weighed in
air and in water by mine personnel, and the density results were adjusted to account for
water temperature. The 496 resource related samples range from 2.57 g/cm to 3.42
g/cm and average 2.86 g/cm. The same average is obtained when the lowest ten and
highest ten density measurements are excluded. In RPAs opinion, Inmet has generated a
significant amount of reliable density data and a 2.86 tonnes/m tonnage factor is
reasonable and acceptable for the Troilus Z87 underground mineralization. The 2,225
waste density measurements average 2.83 g/cm.

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TROILUS UNDERGROUND BLOCK MODEL


Gemcom Resource Evaluation Edition Version 4.02 was used to construct a new
block model for the Z87 underground project. The information for each block in the
model includes:

Interpolated Au, cut Au, and Cu grades related to blocks that contain at least
1% mineralization.

The percentage of the mineralization wireframe model that is in each block.

The mineralization density.

Indicated and Inferred identifiers for mineralization blocks.

The distance to the closest composite used to interpolate block mineralization


grades.

Additional 20 levels were introduced into the open pit block model to create the
underground block model, which has 1,008,000 blocks. The blocks are 10 m by 10 m by
10 m in size, and the model has 90 columns, 160 rows, and 70 levels.

The Z87

underground model origin is at 9,800E, 12,800N, and the 5,400 m elevation. The block
model rock codes are listed in Table 17-8.

TABLE 17-8 BLOCK MODEL ROCK CODES


Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine, Qubec
Description

Rock Code

Lens 20 South of 13,435N

Lens 20 North of 13,435N

Lens 19

19

Lens 21

21

Waste Rock

90

Overburden

99

Air

95

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BLOCK MODEL VALIDATION


RPA used three methods to validate its block model Mineral Resource estimate:
1. Visual inspection and comparison of block grades with composite and assay
grades.
2. Statistical comparison of resource assay and block grade distributions.
3. Inspection of resource assay and block grade scatter plots by elevations and
northings.
RPA compared the block grades with the composite grades on sections and plans and
found good overall visual correlation with some minor low and high grade smearing and
banding problems due to local changes in strike and dip. As more data become available
in the future from closer spaced underground definition drilling, it may be possible to
refine the model by adding more customized search orientations related to smaller
structural domains.

The resource assays, composite control intervals, and three-metre composites, all cut
to 10 g/t Au, average 1.60 g/t Au, 1.56 g/t Au, and 1.56 g/t Au, respectively. The
resource assay average is slightly higher because the assays are not length weighted. The
Indicated block model cut grade at a zero cut-off grade averages 1.48 g/t Au. The
Inferred block model cut grade at a zero cut-off grade averages 1.18 g/t Au, and the
global block model cut grade at a zero cut-off grade averages 1.41 g/t Au. RPA believes
that the decrease between the assay and global block model grade is mostly due to a
significant number of lower grade blocks that are associated with the lower grade
mineralization situated along the north and south flanks and at depth. Most of the lower
grade mineralization is located in the Inferred classification block.

RPA notes that the drill hole data is fairly evenly spaced and that significant higher
grade data clustering is not evident. The Indicated resource cut grade, however, is
slightly lower than the resource assays, mostly because of minor data clustering. The
declustered resource cut assays average 1.49 g/t Au.

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RPA examined the distribution of gold and copper resource assays and block grades
on scatter plots by elevations and by northings and found no problems with the block
model grades.

The underground cut gold grade block models for lenses 19, 20, and 21 and the
ultimate pit design are shown in 3D perspectives looking down to the east in Figure 17-6.
FIGURE 17-6 UNDERGROUND CUT GOLD GRADE BLOCK MODELS

See Appendix 2 Figures for Gold Grade Colour Legend

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In conclusion, RPA considers that the Troilus underground block model is valid,
reasonable, and appropriate for supporting the Mineral Resource estimate.

MINERAL RESOURCE CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA


The definitions for resource categories used in this report are consistent with those
defined in CIM (2000 and 2004) and adopted by NI 43-101. In the CIM classification, a
Mineral Resource is defined as a concentration or occurrence of natural, solid, inorganic
or fossilized organic material in or on the Earths crust in such form and quantity and of
such grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extraction.
Resources are classified into Measured, Indicated, and Inferred categories. A Mineral
Reserve is defined as the economically mineable part of a Measured or Indicated
Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a Preliminary Feasibility Study. Mineral
Reserves are classified into Proven and Probable categories.

RPA developed new Mineral Resource classification criteria for the Troilus
underground mineralization based on trend analysis work, variography studies, and
geological continuity. Overall, the Z87 mineralization exhibits good gold grade and
thickness continuity along strike and down dip.

RPA constructed wireframe solids to define continuous areas of Indicated and


Inferred Mineral Resources. The Indicated wireframe extends from the ultimate pit
bottom down to the 4,770 m elevation and from approximately 13,300N to 14,050N, and
includes two rabbit ears along the south and north pit walls. In RPAs opinion, there is
sufficient drilling within the Indicated wireframe to classify all of the mineralization
situated within it as Indicated. The Inferred wireframe extends the resources beyond the
Indicated wireframe by approximately 100 m along strike to the north and to the south
and by 70 m vertically, down to the 4,700 m elevation. In addition, only blocks that have
interpolated grades were classified as Indicated or Inferred. Consequently, many of the
blocks located in the Inferred wireframe were excluded entirely from the resource
estimate (Figure 17-7).

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FIGURE 17-7 UNDERGROUND CLASSIFICATION BLOCK MODEL

This resource classification methodology is different from that introduced by RPA


previously for the Troilus open pit resources, which was based on classifying all blocks
interpolated during the first pass as Indicated and during the second pass as Inferred. The
blocks within the Indicated wireframe that were not interpolated during the first pass are
scattered and isolated, and many occur as small clusters of blocks along the
mineralization wireframe boundaries due to local changes in strike and dip. Over 96.4%
of the total Indicated tonnage was interpolated during the first pass.

All of the

interpolated blocks in the Inferred wireframe were classified as Inferred, even though
approximately 40.6% of the tonnage in these blocks was interpolated during the first pass.

CUT-OFF GRADE
On December 8, 2005, the gold price was US$514/oz (C$596/oz) and the US
exchange rate was 1.16 Canadian dollars for each US dollar. Inmet has assumed a
US$450/oz (C$540/oz) gold price, a 1.20 US exchange rate, an 86% mill recovery, an
operating cost in the $13/t to $14/t range, and a copper credit equivalent to approximately
0.1 g/t Au to estimate a breakeven cut-off grade of approximately 0.80 g/t Au. The
mineralization wireframes were built based on the 0.8 g/t Au breakeven cut-off grade,
and the resources are reported at a zero cut-off grade because the proposed underground
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bulk mining method does not permit selective mining of individual blocks.
Approximately 7.0% of the Indicated Mineral Resource tonnage is internal waste related
to blocks with grades less than 0.8 g/t Au.

RPA has confirmed that a 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade has been consistently applied to
build the mineralization wireframes. In RPAs opinion, the 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade is
reasonable and acceptable for constructing the mineralization wireframes and is
consistent with the above stated assumptions. RPA believes that the mineralization
wireframe volumes are sensitive to changes in the cut-off grade and recommends
adjusting the mineralization wireframes if the cut-off grade changes significantly.

MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE


The Z87 underground Mineral Resource estimate as of December 2005 is
summarized in Table 17-9.

TABLE 17-9 Z87 UNDERGROUND MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE


DECEMBER 2005
Inmet Mining Corporation - Troilus Mine, Qubec
Category

Tonnes

Au (g/t)

Cu (%)

Measured Mineral Resource

Indicated Mineral Resource

29,400,000

1.48

0.16

Total Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource

29,400,000

1.48

0.16

Total Inferred Mineral Resource

7,900,000

1.18

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Mineral Resource Estimation Notes:


Mineral Resources reported at a zero cut-off grade.
High gold assays cut to 10 g/t Au.
Mineralized wireframe models constructed based on approximately a 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade.
Blocks are 10 m by 10 m by 10 m. A 2.86 tonnes/m tonnage factor used.
Inverse distance squared grade interpolation for gold and copper using 80 m by 80 m by 15 m
primary search radii and 120 m by 120 m by 30 m secondary search radii.
Gemcom Software International Inc. Resource Edition Version 4.02 was used.

The Z87 underground Mineral Resources are based on a US450/oz gold price. The
Z87 underground Indicated Mineral Resources total 29.4 million tonnes at an average
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grade of 1.48 g/t Au and 0.16% Cu. There are also 7.9 million tonnes of Inferred Mineral
Resources averaging 1.18 g/t Au and 0.14% Cu. Inmet assumes that a 25 m thick crown
pillar will be recovered, and, therefore, no deduction has been made for the crown pillar.

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18 OTHER RELEVANT DATA AND


INFORMATION
There are no other relevant data and information related to the Troilus Mine Zone 87
underground Mineral Resources. There are currently no underground Mineral Reserves
at the Troilus Mine.

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19 INTERPRETATION AND CONCLUSIONS


A significant underground Mineral Resource exists under the Troilus Mine Z87 open
pit.

The mineralization gold grade and thicknesses are very continuous and the

mineralization is still open along strike and at depth.

There are currently no Mineral Reserves estimated for the Troilus UG Project. In late
December 2005, SNC-Lavalin Inc. (SLI) worked with Inmet to prepare a detailed
integrated technical draft report that presented underground development scenarios to two
different elevations (4,910 m and 4,770 m) below the Z87 pit bottom at the 5,060 m
elevation (Inmet-SLI, 2005).

The risk of failure in the underground excavations increases with the extraction ratios.
Inmet retained ITASCA Consulting Canada Inc. (ITASCA) to prepare the geomechanics
assessment. Dr. W.F. Bawden (of Bawden Engineering Limited) was also retained, and
proposed a more conservative approach to reduce the mining method risk.

Both

geomechanic studies agree that the risk is limited at lower mine extraction rates of
approximately 60%, however, Bawden (2005) states that the feasibility of achieving
extraction rates above 60% is uncertain.

The December 2005 report by Inmet and SLI evaluated both depth scenarios based on
large open stopes, mine extraction exceeding 80% according to the ITASCA work, and a
US$450 per ounce gold price and a US$1.10 per pound copper price. Both depth
scenarios generated positive cash flow (Inmet-SLI, 2005).

In March 2006, Inmet evaluated the 4,770 m elevation scenario based on the above
metal prices, smaller stopes, and approximately a 60% to 65% mine extraction and found
that this option also generates a positive cash flow (Inmet, 2006).

RPA concludes that a significant amount of technical work has been carried out and
that there is a good opportunity to convert underground resources to reserves in the
future.
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20 RECOMMENDATIONS
RPA recommends completing a feasibility study to convert part of the Troilus Mine
underground resources to reserves.

A key to the successful operation will be

confirmation of the overall extraction rate.

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Estimate, Memorandum Dated September 24 2002.
Roy, P., 2003, Environment Considerations for Additional Reserves Projects, Troilus
Division Internal Report Dated February 13, 2003.
Roy, P., 2003, Revision du Plan de Restauration, Troilus Division Internal Report Dated
April, 2002.
SGS Lakefield Research Limited, 2003, The Metallurgical Response of J4 Ore Troilus
Mine Prepared for Inmet Mining Troilus Division, LR10484-001 Progress
Report No. 1 dated January 23, 2003 by S.R. Williams and Dan Imeson.
Sim, R. C., 1998, Resource Estimates for the 87/87S and J4 Zones of the Troilus Mine,
Quebec, Internal Inmet Report Dated September 18, 1998.
Sim, R. C., 1998, Adjustments to the Block Model, Internal Inmet Memorandum Dated
October 23, 1998.
Sim, R. C., 1998, J4 Zone Sampling Variogram Comparison, Internal Inmet
Memorandum Dated November 26, 1998.
Sim, R. C., 1999, Resource/Reserve Estimates for the 87 Zone of the Troilus Mine,
Quebec, Internal Inmet Report Dated August 20, 1999.
Sim, R. C., 1999, Troilus Project Block Model Comparison, Internal Inmet
Memorandum Dated August 31, 1999.
Sim, R. C., 1999, Troilus Resource Changes in Optimistic Model, Internal Inmet
Memorandum Dated September 3, 1999.
Sim, R. C., 2000, Comparison of J4 and the 87 South Zones, Internal Inmet
Memorandum Dated August 7, 2000.
Sim, R. C., 2001, Resource Estimates for the 87 Zone and J4 Deposits Troilus Project,
Quebec, January 1, 2001, Internal Inmet Report Dated February 2, 2001.

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Sim, R. C., 2001, MRDI 87 Zone Results, Internal Inmet Memorandum Dated January
14, 2001.
Sylvestre, Y., 2003, Metallurgical Update J4-87 Zone Results, Troilus Division Internal
Inmet Report Dated March 5, 2003.
Sylvestre, Y. and Fortin, A., 2003, Description of the Troilus Mill, Troilus Division
Internal Inmet Report.
Troilus Engineering Department, 1999, 1999 Troilus Ore Reserve Report, Internal Inmet
Report Dated May 1999.
Troilus Engineering Department, 2001, 2001 Troilus Ore Reserve Report, Internal Inmet
Report Dated April 2001.
Tutton, D.A., 2001, Site Visit Report for Project Troilus, Report Prepared for Inmet
Mining Corporation, November 2001.
Tutton, D.A., 1996, Equipment dimensioning and mining cost update for Project Troilus
Quebec, Report prepared for Inmet Mining Corporation, January 1996.
Warren, D., 1998, Background on Geostats latest block model, Notes dated April 6,
1998.
Warren, D., 1998, Troilus Ore Reserves, January 1998.

RELATED TO QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY


CONTROL
Bloom, L., 1999, Relationship of assays reported by CRM and Lakefield, Analytical
Solution Ltd, Report submitted to Inmet Mining Corp., Dated April 21, 1999.
Bloom, L., 1999, Troilus: Assaying at the Centre de Recherche Minrale for the 1999
exploration and infill drilling programs, Analytical Solution Ltd., Report
submitted to Inmet Mining Corp., Dated June 1999.
Boily, B., 1999, Month end report September 1999, Inmet Mining Corp., internal
memorandum, Dated October 1, 1999.
Boily, B., 2002, Contrle de la qualit Programme de forage 2002, Inmet Mining Corp.,
internal memorandum, Dated January 16, 2002.
Boily, B., 2003, Contrle de la qualit Programme de forage 2002 (Zone J4), Inmet
Mining Corp., Internal Memorandum, dated March 3, 2003.

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Boily, B., 2005, Contrle de la qualit Programme de forage 2005 (Projet souterrain),
Inmet Mining Corp., Internal Memorandum, Dated November 23, 2005.
Casmyn, 1992, CGL and fire assay test program, Casmyn Research & Engineering,
Report submitted to Minnova Inc., Dated June 1992.
Cater, D., 1997, Comparative assay lab results on blastholes Troilus Project, Inmet
Mining Corp., Internal Memorandum, Dated October 27, 1997.
CRM, 1991, tude de la dispersion de la minralisation de la proptrit Frotet-Troilus,
Centre de Recherche Minrale, J.F. Willhelmy, Submitted to Minnova Inc., projet
90LP107, rapport final, dated April 3, 1991.
Fraser, R.J., 1988, A study of gold assaying techniques and analytical dispersion, FrotetTroilus Project, Internal Report, Exploration Kerr Adisson Inc, dated March 9,
1998.
Fraser, R.J., 1989, A reapraisal of gold assaying, Frotet-Troilus Lake Project Area,
Internal Report, Minnova Inc, dated July 20, 1989.
Fraser, R.J., 1990, Check Assaying of the J4 and J5 Zones, Internal Memorandum,
Minnova Inc., dated August 10, 1990.
Fraser, R.J., 1990, Check Assaying Frotet-Troilus Project, Internal Report, Minnova
Inc., dated June 30, 1990.
Geostat, 1991, Analysis and review of estimated reserves for the Troilus-Frotet Deposit,
Geostat Systems International Inc., Report submitted to Minnova Inc., Dated
February 21, 1991.
Geostat, 1992, tude statistique des donnes de r-analyse de l'or du gisement de TroilusFrotet, Geostat Systems International Inc., Report Submitted to Minnova Inc.,
Dated February 19, 1992.
Gosselin, G., 1997, valuation des procdures en vigueur au laboratoire de contrle,
Centre de Recherche Minrale, projet 7210 C 613 (SLA 96-052), report submitted
to Inmet Mining Corp. (Projet Troilus), dated June, 1997.
Jean, R., 1990, Specific Gravity Study, Internal Report, Minnova Inc., dated May, 1990.
Kilborn, 1993, Feasibility Study Troilus Project Development of an open pit gold
mine, project 9385, Kilborn-Met-Chem-Pellemon, Submitted to Metall Mining
Corp., Dated September 1993.
Lakefield, 1999, An investigation of sampling control test protocols as applied to gold ore
samples from the Troilus mine, Lakefield Research Limited, Progress Report No.
1, Submitted to Inmet Mining Corp., Dated January 22, 1999.
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Lakefield, 1999, An evaluation of gold content in drilling samples from the Troilus mine,
Lakefield Research Limited, Progress Report No. 1, Submitted to Inmet Mining
Corp., Dated January 25, 1999.
Leblanc, M., Perron, B., 1999, rapport des campagnes de sondage DDH et Infilling
1999, Inmet Mining Corp., Internal report, Dated Summer 1999.
Morin, P., 1996, Laboratory Procedure for analysis and process verification, Inmet
Mining Corp., Internal Memorandum, Dated October 1, 1996.
Morin, P., 1997, tude comparative des laboratoires externes, Inmet Mining Corp.,
Internal Memorandum, Not dated (1997).
Pitard, F.F., 1998, Study of the heterogeneity of gold in the Troilus mine ore, Francis
Pitard Sampling Consultants, report submitted to Inmet Mining Corp., Dated
September 3, 1998.
Pitard, F.F., 1999, Sampling for ore grade control, and process control practices at the
Inmet Troilus mine, Francis Pitard Sampling Consultants, report submitted to
Inmet Mining Corp., Dated February 5, 1999.
Pitard, F.F., 1999, Study of the heterogeneity of gold in the Troilus mine J4 ore, Francis
Pitard Sampling Consultants, report submitted to Inmet Mining Corp., Dated
February 5, 1999.
Riverin, G., 1992, Final report on the Frotet-Troilus re-assaying program, Internal
Memorandum, Minnova Inc., Dated February 24, 1992.
Riverin, G., 1992, Standard interne pour minerai d'or: MVA-1, Internal Memorandum,
Minnova Inc., Dated April 28, 1992.
Riverin, G., 1992, Standards pour analyse d'or, Internal Memorandum, Minnova Inc.,
Dated November 18, 1992.
Riverin, G., 1997, Troilus Mine Assay Procedures Nugget Effect vs Sample Size,
Internal Memorandum, Inmet Mining Corp., Dated March 20, 1997.
Salmon, B., 1993, Report on the Diamond Drilling Program, November 1992 March
1993 and Ore Reserve Calculation, Metall Mining Corp., Internal report, Dated
July 1993.
Salmon, B., 1994, Comparaison Entre les Rsultats des Tests Mtallurgiques Effectus
sur la Carotte de Forage et les Rsultats d'Analyses des Carottes de Forage,
Internal Memorandum, Metall Mining Corp., Dated March 25 1994.
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Inmet Mining Corp., Internal Memorandum, dated August 22, 1996.
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Salmon, B., 1997, Troilus Project Ore Reserves as of January 1, 1997, Inmet Mining
Corp., Internal report, Dated January 1997.
Sketchley, D.A., 1999, Technical Report on the Heterogeneity of Gold Mineralization in
J4 Zone at Troilus Mine, Quebec, Submitted to Inmet Mining Corp., Dated
January 10, 1999.
Warren, D.A., 2001, 2001 Troilus Ore Reserve Report, Inmet Mining Corp., Internal
Report, Dated April 23, 2001.

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Blanger, 2002, tude de Faisabilit des Pentes de la Fosse J4. Internal Report Prepared
for Les Mines Inmet Division Troilus, 18 p.
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lAngle de Predecoupage, Internal Report Prepared for Les Mines Inmet
Division Troilus.
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Inmet Division Troilus, November 10.
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24p.
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Report prepared for Les Mines Inmet Troilus Mine, August.
Roche Ltee., 1991, Analyse de stabilit: Projet Troilus- Frotet. Prefeasibility Study
Report Troilus. Report Prepared for Minnova, November, 130 p.
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Troilus. Report Prepared for Corporation Minire Metall, August, 61p.

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22 SIGNATURE PAGE
This report titled Technical Report on the Troilus Mine Zone 87 Underground
Mineral Resource Estimate, Qubec, Prepared for Inmet Mining Corporation and dated
April 28, 2006, was prepared and signed by the following author:

(Signed and Sealed)


Dated at Toronto, Ontario
April 28, 2006

ROSCOE POSTLE ASSOCIATES INC


Luke Evans, M.Sc., P.Eng.
Consulting Geological Engineer

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23 CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATIONS
R. LUKE EVANS
I, R. Luke Evans, P.Eng., as an author of this report entitled Technical Report on the
Troilus Mine Zone 87 Underground Mineral Resource Estimate, Qubec, prepared for
Inmet Mining Corporation and dated April 28, 2006, do hereby certify that:
1. I am a Consulting Geological Engineer with Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. of Suite
501, 55 University Ave Toronto, ON, M5J 2H7.
2. I am a graduate of University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1983 with a Bachelor
of Applied Science degree in Geological Engineering and Queens University,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 1986 with a Master of Science degree in Mineral
Exploration.
3. I am registered as a Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario (Reg.#
90345885). I have worked as a professional geologist for a total of 22 years since my
graduation. My relevant experience for the purpose of the Technical Report is:
x Review and report as a consultant on numerous exploration and mining
projects around the world for due diligence and regulatory requirements
x Senior Project Geologist in charge of exploration programs at several gold
and base metal mines in Quebec
x Project Geologist at a gold mine in Quebec in charge of exploration and
definition drilling
x Project Geologist in charge of sampling and mapping programs at gold
and base metal properties in Ontario, Canada
4. I have read the definition of "qualified person" set out in National Instrument 43-101
("NI43-101") and certify that by reason of my education, affiliation with a
professional association (as defined in NI43-101) and past relevant work experience, I
fulfill the requirements to be a "qualified person" for the purposes of NI43-101.
5. I visited the Troilus Mine from July 5 to 6, 2005, and from October 4 to 6, 2005.
6.

I am responsible for overall preparation of the Technical Report.

7. I am independent of the Issuer applying the test set out in Section 1.4 of National
Instrument 43-101.
8. I have had no prior involvement with the property that is the subject of the Technical
Report.
9. I have read National Instrument 43-101F1, and the Technical Report has been
prepared in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 and Form 43-101F1.

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10. To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, the Technical Report contains
all scientific and technical information that is required to be disclosed to make the
technical report not misleading.

Dated 28th day of April, 2006


(Signed and Sealed)
R. Luke Evans, P.Eng.

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24 APPENDIX 1
CLAIMS

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TABLE 24-1 LIST OF CLAIMS
Inmet Mining Corporation

Claim

SNRC

Twp/Area

Inmet
Interest

Recording
Date

Expiration
Date

Area (Ha)

B.M. 829

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

3/12/1996

12/3/2006

840

1133882

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

3/12/2006

31.23

1,683.31 $

5,917.17 $

1133883

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

31.12

1,677.38 $

5,896.33 $

1133884

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

31.16

1,679.54 $

5,903.91 $

1133885

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

30.88

1,664.45 $

5,850.86 $

1133886

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.24

2,923.57 $

10,276.89 $

1133887

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.24

2,923.57 $

10,276.89 $

1133889

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

15.66

844.08 $

2,967.11 $

1133890

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

15.68

953.50 $

3,351.74 $

1133891

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133892

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133893

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133894

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133895

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133896

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133897

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133898

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133899

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.23

2,923.03 $

10,275.00 $

1133902

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133903

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133904

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133905

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133906

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133907

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133908

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133909

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133911

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133912

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133913

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133914

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133915

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133916

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133917

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133918

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133919

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133920

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

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TABLE 24-1 LIST OF CLAIMS
Inmet Mining Corporation

Claim

SNRC

Twp/Area

Inmet
Interest

Recording
Date

Expiration
Date

Area (Ha)

1133921

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133922

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133923

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1133924

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1133925

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1133926

32J15

LAC TROILUS

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1133927

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.22

2,922.49 $

10,273.10 $

1133929

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133930

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133931

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133932

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133933

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.21

2,921.95 $

10,271.21 $

1133934

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

51.63

2,782.88 $

9,782.37 $

1133935

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

29.73

1,602.46 $

5,632.96 $

1133936

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133937

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133938

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133939

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133940

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133941

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133942

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

32.92

1,774.41 $

6,237.38 $

1133943

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1133944

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1133945

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1133946

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.2

2,921.41 $

10,269.31 $

1133947

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

51.28

2,764.02 $

9,716.06 $

1133948

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.15

2,918.71 $

10,259.84 $

1133949

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

42.51

2,291.31 $

8,054.40 $

1133950

32J16

LAC BUEIL

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

7.66

412.88 $

1,451.35 $

1133951

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1133952

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.13

2,917.64 $

10,256.05 $

1133953

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

41.82

2,254.12 $

7,923.67 $

1133954

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

20.08

1,082.32 $

3,804.57 $

1133955

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

1.95

105.11 $

369.47 $

1133956

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

25.1

1,352.90 $

4,755.72 $

1133957

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.15

2,918.71 $

10,259.84 $

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TABLE 24-1 LIST OF CLAIMS
Inmet Mining Corporation

Claim

SNRC

Twp/Area

Inmet
Interest

Recording
Date

Expiration
Date

Area (Ha)

1133958

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

53.11

2,862.66 $

10,062.79 $

1133959

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

37.34

2,012.65 $

7,074.84 $

1133960

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

46.18

2,489.13 $

8,749.76 $

1133961

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

9.42

507.74 $

1,784.81 $

1133962

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

25.33

1,365.30 $

4,799.29 $

1133963

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.15

2,918.71 $

10,259.84 $

1133964

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.18

2,920.33 $

10,265.52 $

1133965

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.16

2,919.25 $

10,261.73 $

1133966

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

26.66

1,436.99 $

5,051.29 $

1133967

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

0.2

10.78 $

37.89 $

1133968

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

13.83

745.44 $

2,620.38 $

1133969

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

47.87

2,580.22 $

9,069.96 $

1133970

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.16

2,919.25 $

10,261.73 $

1133971

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.16

2,919.25 $

10,261.73 $

1133972

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

27.32

1,472.56 $

5,176.34 $

1133973

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

0.01

0.54 $

1.89 $

1133974

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

4.23

228.00 $

801.46 $

1133975

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

24.44

1,317.33 $

4,630.66 $

1133976

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

46.01

2,479.96 $

8,717.55 $

1133977

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.16

2,919.25 $

10,261.73 $

1133978

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.16

2,919.25 $

10,261.73 $

1133979

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.15

2,918.71 $

10,259.84 $

1133980

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

38.4

2,069.78 $

7,275.68 $

1133982

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

19.27

1,038.66 $

3,651.10 $

1133983

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.15

2,918.71 $

10,259.84 $

1133984

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.15

2,918.71 $

10,259.84 $

1133985

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.15

2,918.71 $

10,259.84 $

1133986

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.14

2,918.18 $

10,257.95 $

1133987

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

50.27

2,709.58 $

9,524.69 $

1133988

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

45.86

2,471.88 $

8,689.13 $

1133989

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.14

2,918.18 $

10,257.95 $

1133990

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.14

2,918.18 $

10,257.95 $

1133991

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.14

2,918.18 $

10,257.95 $

1133994

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.13

2,917.64 $

10,256.05 $

1133995

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.13

2,917.64 $

10,256.05 $

1133996

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.13

2,917.64 $

10,256.05 $

24-4

Work Due

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TABLE 24-1 LIST OF CLAIMS
Inmet Mining Corporation

Claim

SNRC

Twp/Area

Inmet
Interest

Recording
Date

Expiration
Date

Area (Ha)

1133997

32O01

LAC MISKITTENAU

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.13

2,917.64 $

10,256.05 $

1133998

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.18

2,920.33 $

10,265.52 $

1133999

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1134000

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1134001

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.19

2,920.87 $

10,267.42 $

1134002

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.18

2,920.33 $

10,265.52 $

1134003

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.18

2,920.33 $

10,265.52 $

1134004

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.18

2,920.33 $

10,265.52 $

1134005

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.18

2,920.33 $

10,265.52 $

1134006

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.17

2,919.79 $

10,263.63 $

1134007

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.17

2,919.79 $

10,263.63 $

1134008

32O02

LAC MONTMORT

100%

11/30/2005

4/27/2007

54.17

2,919.79 $

10,263.63 $

6422.35 301,000.07 $

1,058,072.71 $

119 CLAIMS

24-5

Work Due

Excess Credits

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25 APPENDIX 2
GEOLOGICAL SECTIONS AND PLANS

25-1

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4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

9700 E

9700 E

9600 E

9600 E

Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

Zone 21
Ultimate Pit

Zone 19
Zone 20

9800 E
9800 E

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

g/t Au

0.69
0.68

0.74

0.70

0.69

0.87

0.71

0.67

0.57

0.71
0.71

0.71
0.75

0.72

0.75

0.71

0.72

0.74

0.68
0.68

0.69

0.65

0.64

KN-649

Cut Au Assay Histogram


Cut Au 3 m Composites
Cut Au Intersection Averages

0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

0.66

KN-674A

KN-674B
KN-674A
KN-671
KN-648

9900 E
9900 E

0.73

0.74

0.77

0.71

0.62

0.62

0.74

0.78

0.71

0.70

0.73

0.75

1.08

1.15

2.00

1.36

1.71

1.61

1.39

1.13

2.00
1.43

1.42
1.75
1.54

1.21

1.57

-50

0.69

0.81

1.19

0.92

1.28

2.24

0.84

1.65

1.07

0.96

1.29

1.92

1.23

1.41
1.59

1.54

1.35

1.19
1.23

1.19

0
1 .6

1.55

1.33

0.99

1.08

1.01

0.87

KN-671

1.47

1.69

1.37

1.25

0.91

0.85
1.03

0.85

0.80
0.82

0.81

1.37

1.26

1.10

1.07

0.99

0.95

1.36
1.32
1.43

1.40
1.05
1.43

1.06

1.00
1.04

50

1.32

1.29

1.20

1.21

1.03

1.01

1.26

1.46
1.15

1.40

1.50

1.75

1.42

1.10

1.27

1.65

1.58

1.22

2.33

1.94
0.93

2.67

1.91

1.66

1.66

1.51

1.54

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2.36

2.06

2.09

150

2.18

2.54

2.06

1.86

1.95

2.01

1.75

1.30

1.53

32
1.

1.61

2.01

1.78

1.53

1.71

1.52

1.46

1.72
1.76

KN-648

1.70

2.05

1.83

1.36

1.50

1.36

1.29
1.69

1.42

100

1.55

1.95

1.93

1.66

1.18

1.58

1.1

1.53

1.23

1.38

1.33

1.32

1.42

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KN-674B

0.73

0.74

0.80

0.72

0.61

0.64

0.81

1.64

1.43

1.23

KN-626

KN-320

1.65

1.77

1.87

1.71

1.29

1.55

1.83

1.01

1.19

1.73

1.83

1.44

1.48

1.26

1.20

1.54

1.82

1.86

1.51

1.23

1.44

1.69

2.12

200

KN-649

1.28

1.48

1.69

1.74

1.22

1.39

1.59

1.54

1.64

1.78

1.55
1.68

1.45

1.50

1.72
1.72

2.06

1.42

1.14

1.56

1.67

2.08

1.29

1.44

1.57

1.44
1.68

1.98
1.62

1.41

1.56

1.61
1.80

1.53

1.44
1.16

1.42
1.43

1.63

1.65

1.38

1.33

17
1.

KN-626

KN-320

1.56

1.46

1.37

1.45

3
1.4

1.42

1.50

KN-622

10500 E
10500 E

10400 E
10400 E

(April 2006)

Figure 25-1 Cross Section 13,350N


(Looking Mine Grid North)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

Inmet Mining Corporation

KN-622

10600 E
10600 E

10000 E
10000 E

10100 E
10100 E

1.
55

10300 E
10300 E

10200 E
10200 E

25-2

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

5400 Elev.

10700 E
10700 E

5400 Elev.

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4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

9700 E

9700 E

9600 E

9600 E

Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

Zone 21
Ultimate Pit

Zone 19
Zone 20

9800 E
9800 E

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

g/t Au

9900 E
9900 E

Cut Au Assay Histogram


Cut Au 3 m Composites
Cut Au Intersection Averages

0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

KN-572
KN-599
KN-661
KN-669

0.83

1.21

1.06
1.76

0.96

1.03

0.94

1.15

0.94
1.36
1.47

0.74
0.89
1.15

1.82

1.33

1.41

0.76

0.88

-50

1.15

0.71

0.80

0.95

1.25

0.65

1.21

1.39
1.32

1.33

1.56

1.61

0.99

1.06

0.29

1.41

1.59

0.77

0.64

0.74

1.49
1.00

1.19

1.47

1.29

1.28
1.00

1.39

1.05

0.81

0.93

1.43

1.12

0.88

1.75

1.51

1.70

1.37

1.59

1.82

1.74

2.11

2.42

2.15

2.85

2.46

2.38

1.46

1.32

1.48

1.14

1.27

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1.42

1.73

2.30

1.96

2.64

2.70

2.95

2.46

1.76

1.58

2.01

2.09

1.68

2.47
1.89

1.62

1.91

2.36

2.67
2.42

3.20

2.62

2.60

2.78

2.79

1.73

1.37

2.02
3.11

2.14

1.49

2.52

2.09

1.95

2.01
1.90

1.40

2.07

1.96

KN-307

2.67

1.97

2.57

2.97

2.68

19
2.

2.93

2.24

2.13

2.62

2.24

3.89

2.42

2.65
1.60

2.22

2.50

200

2.99

2.73

1.88

1.15

88
1.

1.92

KN-572

2.18

2.55

2.43

2.82

2.10

1.65

1.53

1.88

1.33

1.43

150

KN-661

1.73

100

2.88

1.03

1.41

0.85

1.87
2.34

2.18

4
.0

1.71
1.53

1
7
1
2.

1.32

1.63

1.32

1.57

1.75

1.76

1.72

1.59

2.57

1.63
2.02

1.51

1.66

1.45

1.45

1.29
1.62

1.66

1.46

1.60

1.09

1.83
2.10

1.51

KN-669

2
1.3

1.89
2.39

1.19

1.15
1.47

1.08

1.33
2.19

2.72

2.14

1.00
1.47

1.19

1.29

1.62

0.78

1.36

1.32

1.32

1.03

1.20

1.59

2.27

1.52

1.47

1.87

KN-506

2.10

2.70

3.76

2.83

KN-590

KN-506

KN-74

2.49

2.68

3.07

2.68

58
2.
31
2.
2.78

1.73

10600 E

10500 E
10500 E

10400 E
10400 E

(April 2006)

Figure 25-2 Cross Section 13,600N


(Looking Mine Grid North)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

Inmet Mining Corporation

10600 E

KN-74

1.13

50

2.04

2.00

1.28

1.08

0.92

1.12

1.49

KN-599

1.86

1.55

1.25

0.96

0.79

1.00

1.17

1.37

1.68
1.54

6
1.0

0.88

0.72

1.67

1.72

1.06

0.89

0.71

1.06

1.35

KN-307

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1.03
1.00

0.89

0.72

1.00

0.88

1.09

0.58

1.15

0.89
0.98

0.99

1.35

0.95

1.59

KN-590

10000 E
10000 E

10100 E
10100 E

10200 E
10200 E

10300 E
10300 E

25-3

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

5400 Elev.

10700 E
10700 E

5400 Elev.

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4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

Zone 19
Zone 20

9800 E

9700 E

9700 E

9600 E

9600 E

Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

Zone 21
Ultimate Pit

9800 E

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

g/t Au

Cut Au Assay Histogram


Cut Au 3 m Composites
Cut Au Intersection Averages

0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

3.23
1.97
2.20

1.84
1.92
1.94

2.23

2.12

3.47

2.19

2.63

2.18

2.19

0.97

2.38

2.24

2.14

2.94

1.97

1.83

2.09

2.17

1.90

1.40

1.07

1.54

1.97

2.90

2.35

2.05

1.82

2.24

2.18

2.93

2.10

2.01

1.97

2.23

1.98

2.17

1.76

1.23
1.61

1.35

1.10

2.87

2.56

2.14

1.90

2.01

2.21

1.93

2.70

2.29

2.03

1.89

2.09

2.14

1.42

1.27
1.45

1.34

1.48

2.88

2.72

2.01

1.78

1.80

2.13

1.61

1.39
1.75
1.36
1.20

1.78
1.76
1.73
1.64

1.48
1.70

1.69

1.94

1.53

1.68

1.52

1.42

50

2.17

2.02

1.60

1.60

1.89

1.60

1.46

1.78

1.29

2.38

1.19

1.26

1.59

1.81

1.43

1.73

1.69

1.60

1.65

0.92

1.80

1.58

1.75

1.84

1.50

1.32

1.21

1.29

1.59

1.59

1.44

1.14

1.31

1.70

1.55

1.50

1.10

1.18

1.77

1.63

1.40

1.51

1.88

1.37

1.35

1.06

0.61

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1.16

1.52

1.56

1.38

1.59

1.73

1.44

1.34

1.58

0.86

0.98

1.55

1.52

1.55

1.15

1.29

1.69

2.34

1.71

1.21
1.05

1.47

1.08

1.25

1.55

1.35

1.41

2.24

1.57

1.36

1.64

1.60

1.16

150

1.02

1.14

1.37

1.52

1.30

1.90

1.77

1.54

2.43

2.71

1.04

1.29

1.47

1.39

1.66

1.93

1.85

1.

1.90

1.97

3.01

1.02

1.09

1.37

1.43

1.71

2.03

2.44

0.97

0.93

0.90

1.11

1.22

1.92

1.29

3.09

3.09

2.30

1.26

1.69

1.67

1.65
1.20

1.28

1.50

0.61

1.18

1.31

0.71

0.83

1.23

1.40

1.60

1.62

1.02

0.86

1.07

1.41

1.37

0.93

1.08

1.28

84
1.

1.81

1.83

1.54

KN-592

1.07

1.08

0.67

0.96

1.27

1.32

2.36

2.05

2.58

2.19

200

0.99

0.98

1.07

1.23

1.57

2.31

2.93

2.58

7.77

1.32

1.28

1.37

1.28

1.40

2.17

1.49

2.02

0.95

2.61

1.55

1.49

1.89

1.80

2.74

3.40

2.38

2.57

2.11

KN-570
1.10

KN-570
42

KN-658

1.45

1.29

1.76

2
1.6

1.42

1.58

1.43

1.77

100

1.11

1.24

1.22

1.82

1.59

1.49

1.47

1.70

1.88

2.14
1.72

2.01

2.64
2.76

2.24

2.39

1.33

1.60

1.47

1.99

2.01

1.76

0.78

1.65

1.78

1.32

1.81

ROSCOE POSTLE ASSOCIATES INC.

2.36

2.03

2.19

1.81

1.61

1.14

1.22
2.23

1.50

0.72

1.15

1.26

-50

1.74
1.81

1.12
1.53

1.19

1.19

10000 E
10000 E

5000 Elev.

10100 E

2.84

1.89

1.65
1.41

1.09
1.20

1.31

1.37

1.26

1.20

1.44

1.35

1.37

1.27

1.22

1.30

KN-75

1.38

1
1.6

1.94

KN-499

1.69

1.24

1.02

1.59

1.89

1.93

Inmet Mining Corporation

(April 2006)

Figure 25-3 Cross Section 13,700N


(Looking Mine Grid North)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

10300 E

5100 Elev.

10200 E

25-4

5400 Elev.

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

10700 E

1.15

1.06

1.51

10100 E
2.31

1.98

1.83

10200 E

5200 Elev.
2.58

10300 E
2.30

10400 E
10400 E

5200 Elev.

KN-499

KN-75

10500 E
10500 E

5300 Elev.

KN-592

9900 E
9900 E

10700 E

5300 Elev.

KN-658

10600 E
10600 E

5400 Elev.

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4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

9700 E

9700 E

9600 E

9600 E

Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

Zone 21
Ultimate Pit

Zone 19
Zone 20

9800 E
9800 E

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

g/t Au

KN-591
KN-652

9900 E
9900 E

Cut Au Assay Histogram


Cut Au 3 m Composites
Cut Au Intersection Averages

0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

KN-663
KN-672

2.41
2.92

2.62

2.64

2.43

2.09

1.67

2.14

2.08

1.84

2.21

2.05

1.98

2.27

2.23

1.72

2.47

2.19

2.91

2.69

2.64

2.24

2.93

2.65

2.16

1.82

1.93

2.21

2.06

2.05

2.03

2.00

2.46

2.15

2.99

2.30

2.49

2.06

2.07

2.05

2.00

2.17

2.19

1.76

2.23

1.60

1.34
1.91

1.33

1.17

2.06

2.58

2.31

2.09

0.88

2.26

2.22

2.25

1.84

1.57

1.11

1.86
1.94
1.91
1.67
1.77
2.44
2.11
2.07

1.51
1.81
1.97
2.00
1.78
1.78
2.17
2.25
2.25

1.65

1.44

50

1.37

2.45

2.20

2.12

1.86

2.16

2.06

1.82

1.94

1.43

1.20

1.62

1.65
1.34

1.91

2.43

2.09

1.75

1.94

1.97

2.05

1.60

1.72

1.76

2.11

1.51

1.56

1.89

1.95

1.33

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0.77

0.74

0.67

0.73

1.60

1.60

1.78

1.48

1.09

0.80

0.71

0.75

1.23

1.95

0.79

0.85

0.79
0.98

0.80

0.87

0.84

0.90

1.07

0.85

0.92

0.98

1.18

150

1.83
1.68

1.60

1.69

1.88

1.71

KN-76

3.17

1.00

1.86

2.03

1.96

2.00

100

2.01

2.18

2.28

1.27

2.22

1.88

2.04

2.08

1.40

1.89

1.52

0.80

0.74

0.78

0.65

0.66

0.81

0.97

1.55

0.72

0.70

0.62

1.25

1.56

0.67

0.99

0.64

0.69

1.57

1.51

0.78

1.42

1.48

1.07

1.01

1.19

1.45

1.73

1.70

1.15

1.47

1.81

1.11

0.79

0.85

94
0. 9
6
0.

1.09
0.67

1.70

1.77

1.35

1.43

1.81

0.83

1.05

1.38

1.36
1.43

0.86
0.93

1.31

2.01
1.26

2.41

0.97

1.52

1.50

0.87

0.93

1.46

1.11
1.65

1.63

2.60

2.05

2.62

KN-652

KN-77

ROSCOE POSTLE ASSOCIATES INC.

1.54

1.52

1.60

1.11
1.72

1.49

1.33

KN-306
KN-76

KN-672

-50

10000 E
10000 E

10200 E
10200 E

10100 E
10100 E

1.12

1.31

2.22

1.06

0.91

1.17

1.62

1.40

1.70

1.77

1.17

1.24

1.53

1.63

1.61

1.55

1.
46

0.95
1.17

0.95
1.03

1.89

1.04

1.86

1.15

1.42

1.30

1.67

1.54

1.47

1.79

1.31

1.56
1.41

1.22
1.63

1.59
1.53
1.80
1.82

2.17
1.40
1.27
1.31

1.13

1.33
1.09

1.19

1.16

2.04
1.95

1.50

1.90

1.90

1.80

1.54

1.50

1.72

0.97

1.03

1.39

1.62

1.69

1.53
2.22

1.17

1.81

2.58

1.25

1.30

1.53

1.63

2.65

4.12

3.48

1.26

1.17

69
1.
KN-77

1.28

1.70

4.47

3.46

3.06

1.76

2.79

2.60

2.36

1.56

1.7

1.51

KN-591

KN-306

4.60

1.31

1.41

1.39

1.57

1.15

0.84

0.78

1.55

1.28

0.85

0.77

1.51

10500 E
10500 E

10400 E
10400 E

Inmet Mining Corporation

0
1.4

1.37

1.50

1.79

2.77

10600 E
10600 E

(April 2006)

Figure 25-4 Cross Section 13,800N


(Looking Mine Grid North)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

1.24

KN-663

200

1.65

16
1.

1.02

2.41
1.45

1.83

1.68

1.47

1.
01

10300 E

1.
62
10300 E

25-5

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

5400 Elev.

10700 E
10700 E

5400 Elev.

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4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

9700 E

9700 E

9600 E

9600 E

Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

Zone 21
Ultimate Pit

Zone 19
Zone 20

9800 E
9800 E

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

g/t Au

9900 E

9900 E

Cut Au Assay Histogram


Cut Au 3 m Composites
Cut Au Intersection Averages

0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

KN-660
KN-676
KN-653
KN-667

KN-630

0.71

0.65

0.66

0.67

0.65

0.66

1.03

0.84

0.91

1.03

1.17

1.82

1.07

0.89

1.00

0.41

0.98

1.49

1.06

1.83

1.13

0.85

0.89

1.12

0
1.47

1.10

1.82

1.02

0.81

0.97

1.27

1.37

1.38

0.67

1.11

1.85

1.29

0.98

0.76

1.15

1.86

1.51

1.29

0.65

1.35

1.41
0.95

1.35

1.72

1.48

0.85

0.53

1.11

1.14

1.39

1.67

0.75
0.66

1.15
0.75

1.19

0.86

0.68

1.01

1.41

1.43

1.08

1.31

1.43

1.13

1.36

0.89

2.03

1.55

0.86

1.23

1.17

1.39

1.19

1.16

1.15

1.24

1.37

1.26

1.23

1.83

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2.16

0.80

1.02

1.55

1.15

1.93
1.47

1.47

1.30

0.88

0.81

1.38

1.18

0.79

0.66

1.49

1.19

1.27

0.69

0.66

0.96

2.17

1.86

1.79

2.22
2.15

2.15

1.96

150

0.78

1.77

2.45

1.85

1.88

1.40

1.90

1.47

1.64

1.61

1.63

1.37

1.
39
KN-660

1.62

1.37

1.3

1.14

1.42

1.04

1.38

KN-667

100

1.15

1.26

1.14

0.93

1.04

3
1.0

1.59

1.44

1.39

2.13
1.30
1.17

1.72

2.26

KN-665

KN-511

KN-676

1.34

0.97

1.32

1.10

0.69

5
1.1

1.98

1.30

0.74

1.19
1.55

50

1.64

1.36

1.29

1.08

0.66

0.86

1.55
1.05

1.43

1.36

1.57

KN-369

ROSCOE POSTLE ASSOCIATES INC.

0.65

1.01

0.81

0.67

0.73

-50

1.04

1.38

1.26
1.24

1.34

1.34

1.26

1.45
1.28

KN-665

10000 E
10000 E

10100 E

10100 E

10200 E
10200 E

1.11

1.11

0.94

0.74

0.93

1.48
1.84
1.37
1.28
1.53
1.27
1.11

1.27
1.40
2.00
1.41
1.36
1.59

1.07

0.90

1.22

2.14

1.49

1.02

1.08

1.19

200

1.06

1.00

1.07

1.23

1.39

1.02

1.57

1.25

1.61
1.18

1.16
1.35

1.43
1.22

1.26

1.07

1.23

1.14

0.86

KN-369

1.23

1.20
0.92

1.24

1.41

1.20

1.04

1.03

1.57

2.15

KN-653

2.02

1.91

10600 E
10600 E

10500 E
10500 E

10400 E
10400 E

(April 2006)

Figure 25-5 Cross Section 13,900N


(Looking Mine Grid North)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

Inmet Mining Corporation

KN-630

KN-511

1.60

1.63

1.90

5
1.3

1.19

8
1.5

1.49

1.08

1.01
1.22

1.07

1.
24

0.
90

10300 E
10300 E

25-6

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

5400 Elev.

10700 E
10700 E

5400 Elev.

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4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

9700 E

9700 E

9600 E

9600 E

Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

Zone 21
Ultimate Pit

Zone 19
Zone 20

9800 E
9800 E

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

g/t Au

9900 E

9900 E

Cut Au Assay Histogram


Cut Au 3 m Composites
Cut Au Intersection Averages

0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

0.64

0.76

0.79
0.74

0.79

0.75

0.73

0.69

0.69

0.69

0.76

1.03
0.97

0.67

0.76

0.70

0.70

0.65

0.70

0.86
0.64

0.68

1.17
1.05

0.79

-50

0.94

0.74

0.92

0.77
0.79

0.86

0.87

0.90

0.77

0.75

1.56

0.66

0.75

0.88

1.34

1.37

0.76

0.87

0.74

0.65

0.71

1.13

1.22

1.27

0.85

0.87

0.73

0.89

0.73

0.69

0.85

1.14

1.32

1.18

1.15

0.62

0.95

0.79

0.96

1.26

1.36

1.37

1.24

0.76
0.85

0.88

0.85

1.09

1.19

1.33

0.95

0.94

0.62

0.84

0.77

1.24

1.07

0.84

0.89

1.05

1.35

1.62

1.26

0.61

0.90

1.63

1.18

0.74

1.09

1.38

1.40

1.49

1.23

1.19
1.18
1.62

1.19
1.18

1.43

1.12
1.33

1.25
1.52

1.20
1.31

1.44

1.18

1.82

1.36

2.26

1.96

2.53

2.01

1.96

1.75

1.50

1.17

1.32

1.58

100

2.36

1.69

1.56

1.07

1.19

1.17

1.27

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4.90

1.84

2.15

1.44

1.03

1.21

0.89

1.11

1.56

1.70

1.39

2.40

2.06

0.64

1.50

0.77

1.04

1.05

1.43

1.36

3.41

0.83

0.91

1.14

1.14

1.13

1.09

1.27

4
1.

2.18

1.00

1.19

1.80
1.53

1.58

1.58

1.52

1.40
1.56

1.32

1.48

1.83

1.59

1.72

1.91

1.81

1.84

1.89

1.43

1.87

1.80

1.64

1.38

1.03

1.02

1.63

1.51

1.43

1.58

1.60

5
1.

1.01

1.18

1.39

1.38

1.18

1.33

1.56

1.68
1.54

1.75

1.37
1.51

1.14

0.65

1.15

1.23

1.46

1.26

1.19

1.70

1.30

1.13

1.41

1.62
1.30
1.28

1.84

1.41

1.19

1.38

1.08

1.12

1.59

1.55

1.51

1.36

1.55

1.61

1.45

1.82

1.76

1.60
1.73

1.65

1.49

1.49
1.55

1.30

0.97

1.03

1.15

1.03

1.09

200

KN-579B

1.59

2.39

1.69

1.03

1.13

1.29

1.22

1.19

1.79

0.73

2.47

1.70

150

KN-673

2.25

1.65

1.32

1.01

1.07

1.06

1.18

1.51

1.71

6
1. 5 6
2.4

1.58

1.35

1.31

1.48

1.62

1.65
1.71
1.63

KN-94

2.17

2.47

1.25

1.50
1.43
1.63

KN-94

1.12

1.31

1.55

1.49

1.55

KN-677

50

1.51

1.03

0.97

4
1.2

1.28

1.41

1.33

7
1 .0

1.41

0.59

0.96
0.61

1.05

1.43

0.94

1.20

1.35

1.34

1.93

1.67

1.84

1.82

1.55

1.37

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0.68

0.69

0.76

0.79

0.79

0.76

0.75

0.79
0.77

0.80

0.67
0.79

0.77

0.92

0.87
0.87

1.04
0.93

1.04

0.98

1.05

1.14
1.16

1.04

0.83

1.13

0.93

0.94

0.76

1.28

0.89
1.12

1.67

1.25

1.35
1.30

1.20

1.40

1.32
1.39

1.59

1.36

KN-512

5300 Elev.

KN-579B
KN-664
KN-673
KN-677

10000 E
10000 E

10100 E
10100 E

1.14
1.17
1.15

1.15
1.07

1.15

0.90

1.15

1.20

1.18

0.98

0.86

1.17

1.28

1.56

0.93

0.99

1.03

1.1

1.00

1.00

1.05

1.30

10600 E

10500 E
10500 E

10400 E
10400 E

Inmet Mining Corporation

10600 E
(April 2006)

Figure 25-6 Cross Section 13,950N


(Looking Mine Grid North)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

KN-512

1.03

0.95

KN-664

0.99

1.09
1.10

1.10

1.37
0.99

1.52

1.42

1.44

1.41

1.41

1.47

1.51

1.78

1.46
0.92

1.47
1.42

1.70

1.16

1.50

1.2
1.49

1.45

0.82

1.42

1.
19

1.
6

10300 E
10300 E

10200 E
10200 E

25-7

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

5400 Elev.

10700 E
10700 E

5400 Elev.

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10600 E

10500 E

10400 E

10300 E

10200 E

10100 E

10000 E

9900 E

9800 E

14200 N

10700 E

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14200 N

TN-32
1.72

1.00

1.34

1.99

1.56

1.54

1.87

1.80

1.28

1.39

1.79

1.83

1.84

1.14

1.28

0.99

2.04

2.45

1.16

1.24

0.99

2.05

1.54

2.38

1.33

1.29

1.51

1.84

1.87

0.97

1.38

1.55

1.14

1.80

1.64

1.29

1.53

1.54

1.13

1.73

1.63

1.30

1.52

1.51

1.13

1.64

1.56

1.23

1.50

1.24

1.55

1.38

0.98

1.26

1.45

KN-654

KN-677

1.28

1.40

1.31

1.15

1.38

1.59

1.46

1.22

1.30

1.34

1.23

1.15

1.63

1.29

1.18

1.31

1.31

1.14

1.14

KN-664

1.29

1.12

1.15

1.20

1.41

1.36

1.81

1.27

1.09

1.14

1.18

1.59

1.32

1.51

1.54

1.12

1.10

1.14

1.42

1.64

1.36

1.54

1.72

1.38

1.05

1.10

1.21

1.46

1.57

1.40

1.50

1.30

1.32

1.20

1.50

1.51

1.53

1.40

1.48

1.50

1.52

KN-630

1.24

KN-369

1.53

1.44

1.47

KN-653

KN-676
KN-667

KN-665

0.86

1.46

KN-663
KN-672
KN-582

KN-306

0.95

1.58

1.04

0.97

1.81

1.75

0.88

0.85

1.75

1.02

0.99

2.13

1.24

1.94

1.05

1.05

1.81

1.04

0.99

1.79

1.86

1.43

1.33

1.36

1.51

1.16

1.62

1.06

1.10

1.75

1.36

1.90

1.07

1.43

1.18

1.29

1.15

1.16

1.13

1.33

1.26

1.08

1.29

1.58

1.33

1.67

2.16

1.50

1.67

1.57

1.42

1.65

1.41

3.09

2.05

1.60

1.41

1.08

1.96

1.59

1.41

1.07

1.75

3.01

1.85

1.59

1.41

1.66

1.19

1.38

1.88

1.14

1.23

2.05

2.51

1.34

1.10

1.03

1.81

2.31

1.15

1.61

1.46

1.11

0.68

1.72

1.99

1.12

1.45

0.67

1.09

2.01

1.13

1.77

2.08

1.35

1.72

1.77

1.93

1.69

1.56

1.41

2.08

2.08

2.02

1.15

2.14

2.52

2.35

0.68

2.16

2.84

2.18

2.13

1.01

2.17

2.92
3.10

2.00

1.69

1.36

1.70

2.17

1.89

1.36

1.65

2.16

1.91

1.44

1.61

2.19

1.80

1.52

13700 N

KN-75

2.19

2.87

13800 N

1.17

KN-510

3.29

1.05

1.45

1.42

KN-508
KN-570
KN-498KN-509
KN-506
KN-74
KN-307
1.41

1.15

1.01

1.43

1.37

1.34

1.42

1.77

1.43

2.09

1.58

2.34

1.62
1.67

1.91

1.43

2.22

1.95

1.55

1.60

2.18

1.82

2.05

1.48

1.58

2.19

1.28

2.30

1.91

KN-367

2.88

2.40

1.50

3.28

2.59

2.24

1.73

4.26

2.63

1.79

1.86

1.28

5.81

2.58

1.02

1.87

1.30

5.77

2.78

1.32

2.12

4.25

2.73

2.09

3.44

2.85

1.75

3.05

2.78

1.57

2.73

2.47

KN-505

2.54

1.75
1.99 2.28

2.04
KN-496

2.97

2.67

1.87

13600 N

2.57

1.36

2.05

1.56

1.39

2.11

1.76

KN-497

13500 N
KN-85

KN-504
KN-321

2.10

1.76

2.24

1.91

1.70

2.24

1.75

1.35

2.42

1.63

1.55

1.67

KN-632

KN-319 KN-633
KN-87

KN-649

1.30

2.46

1.47

1.49

1.64

2.25

1.45

1.91

1.46

1.65

2.11

1.45

1.80

1.52

1.49

1.95

1.50

1.23

1.80

1.58

1.12

1.98

1.46

1.22

1.81

1.61

0.94

2.05

1.46

1.22

1.79

1.55

1.22

1.83

1.54

1.23

1.75

1.44

1.19

1.64

1.37

1.19

KN-626
KN-648

KN-625
1.56
1.49

13300 N

1.45

13200 N

0.96

1.68

1.50

1.44

1.49

1.32

1.47

1.22

1.26

KN-88

1.41

1.24

0.86

1.15

1.27

1.22

0.83

1.15

1.21

1.15

0.90

1.13

1.09

1.12

0.97

1.13

1.19

1.01

1.11

1.48

1.03

1.03

1.48

1.05

1.27

1.49

1.06

1.43

1.54

1.06

1.62

1.73

1.80

1.91

1.73

1.06

13200 N

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

Cut Au Assay Histogram


Cut Au 3 m Composites
Cut Au Intersection Averages

10600 E

10500 E

KN-615

g/t Au
0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

13300 N

KN-622

KN-634

10200 E

9900 E

1.25

1.07

200
10100 E

150
10000 E

100

1.30

KN-320

10300 E

KN-671

13400 N

1.43

1.51

10400 E

KN-655

KN-674B

9800 E

1.66

1.03

1.46

1.80

KN-659

Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

1.08

0.93

1.86

1.47

KN-675

Zone 21
Ultimate Pit

1.07

KN-77

1.70

1.09

2.01

Zone 19
Zone 20

0.99

1.06

1.64

KN-631

50

1.25

KN-501

1.16

1.65

KN-495

1.09

0.87

1.80

2.08

-50

0.97

1.11

1.50

1.93

KN-650

13400 N

1.24
1.35

0.99

2.33

KN-668KN-656

KN-594

1.19

KN-511 KN-193
1.11

1.98

1.98

KN-627

1.01

0.84

2.04

2.02

13500 N

1.09

1.13

0.91

1.42

2.02

KN-593

1.18

1.22

1.24

1.19

1.35

KN-651
KN-657

1.30

1.35

1.49

1.32

2.04

1.42

KN-590

1.46

13900 N

1.09

2.80

KN-662

KN-661
KN-669

1.04

1.17

KN-500

1.50

KN-628

1.08

2.34

13600 N

KN-583
KN-572

1.31

0.80

2.30

1.38 1.88

KN-670
KN-599

1.55

0.80

1.98

KN-499

1.01

1.09

1.86

KN-658

1.30

1.18

1.00

2.04

KN-592
KN-575

1.28

1.28

1.32

1.65

1.95

KN-666

1.35

1.41

1.61

KN-368A

1.31

13700 N

1.15

1.61

KN-652
KN-76

KN-624

1.28

1.61

1.09

13800 N

KN-512

1.31

2.05

KN-629
KN-591

1.20

2.24
1.41
1.16
0.7
1.4
15
1.46
1.6
1.73
9

0.98

KN-581

1.64

KN-29

1.61
1.40

1.75

13900 N

1.38

14000 N

KN-513

0.73

KN-579B

1.22

10700 E

KN-673
KN-660

1.13

1.36

0.83

TN-31

1.32

1.40

1.39

1.40

KN-94

1.47

1.55

KN-305

1.58

KN-580

2.31

14000 N

1.19

1.66 1.39
1.54

KN-40

KN-399

1.42

1.53

1.51

1.32

1.82

1.40

1.10
1.63

1.23

1.33

1.50
1.14

2.03

14100 N

1.84

14100 N

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10500 E

10400 E

10300 E

10200 E

10100 E

10000 E

9900 E

9800 E

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14200 N

10700 E

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14200 N

TN-32

0.91

1.18

1.01

0.90

1.18

1.16

1.03

1.07

0.90

1.37

1.02

1.07

1.07

0.89

1.11

1.37

1.06

1.09

0.88

1.01

1.34

1.06

1.11

1.28

0.88

1.02

1.35

1.03

1.22

1.28

0.87

1.03

1.37

1.21

1.20

0.89

1.20

1.24

1.15

1.10

1.04

0.96

1.11

1.20

1.00

0.95

1.18

1.13

1.20

1.02

1.05

2.02

1.02

1.12

1.50

1.45

1.02

1.67

1.29

1.63

1.33

1.08

1.16

1.00

1.05

1.70

1.16

1.07

1.11

1.06

1.04

1.84

1.71

1.05

1.14

1.13

1.01

1.34

1.73
1.65

1.33

1.68

1.35

1.50

1.12

1.57
1.66
1.58
1.43

KN-672

KN-652

KN-582

KN-76
KN-663

1.44

0.70

1.27

3.84

2.04

1.32

3.42

1.91

1.45

1.28

2.56

1.61

1.67

1.37

1.12

1.80

1.41

1.72

1.44

1.71

0.57

0.95

1.03

1.51

0.68

0.70

1.03

1.15

0.67

1.07

1.18

1.19

0.76

1.09

1.20

1.04

0.90

1.37

0.99
1.18
1.38

2.06

13300 N

-50

50

100

150

200

1.25

1.21

1.22

1.04

1.18

1.29

1.57

1.11

1.28

0.83

0.96

0.99

0.97

1.02

1.95

1.36

1.80

1.33

1.74

1.79

2.05

1.60

2.03

1.90

2.07

1.62

1.78

2.07

2.30

1.96

2.11

1.46

1.90

2.21

1.98

2.03

1.04

1.81

1.70

1.98

2.27

2.07

2.03

2.01

1.71

2.03

1.98

2.05

1.97

1.74

2.40

1.85

1.82

1.80

1.80

2.57

1.63

1.71

1.73

1.61

1.49

1.89

1.85

1.87

1.91

2.37

1.46

1.66

1.84

2.04

2.07

3.17

1.45

1.54

1.76

2.59

1.41

1.20

1.77

2.64

1.74

1.38

1.79

2.76

2.76

1.94

1.48

1.63

2.63

2.83

1.96

1.48

1.69

2.42

2.90

2.01

1.48

1.65

2.08

3.01

2.09

1.48

1.66

1.68

3.27

2.09

1.46

1.66

1.48

3.63

2.11

1.45

1.74

1.71

3.21

2.17

1.47

1.79

1.96

2.99

2.13

2.56

2.51

2.63

1.52

2.22

1.65
1.73

1.83

2.84

2.40

1.94

1.52

2.71

2.87

1.42

1.50

2.34

2.67

1.32

1.81

2.25

1.57

1.86

2.27

2.47

1.50

1.46

2.28

2.41

1.45

1.25

2.21

1.34

2.16

1.34

2.03

2.23

KN-649

1.53

1.28

1.52
1.41

1.42
1.42

KN-499

KN-498

13600 N

KN-590
1.58

KN-497

13500 N
KN-627 KN-496

KN-504
KN-633

KN-495
KN-632

KN-631
2.46

1.46

2.37

13400 N
KN-626

1.44

2.34

1.40

1.38

1.18

1.83

2.33

0.93

1.37

1.40

1.18

1.71

2.42

0.75

1.37

1.41

1.22

1.59

1.78

1.38

1.40

1.24

1.27

1.38

1.37

1.25

1.25

1.39

1.38

1.27

1.21

1.38

1.32

1.18

1.35

1.33

1.24

1.35

13700 N

1.32

1.27

KN-500

1.37

1.74

2.35

2.41

1.29

0.99

2.02

2.21

1.38
1.25

1.26

2.26

2.85

1.12

1.46

1.29

2.08

0.96

1.35

1.26

1.79

1.30

1.05

1.52

1.46

1.39

13800 N

0.93

1.32

1.23

1.97

1.20

1.33

1.37

KN-628

1.33

1.47

1.33

1.38

1.42

1.25

1.51

1.41

1.62

1.63
1.46

KN-624

1.77

1.36

1.38

2.79

2.06

1.73

1.53

1.95

2.42

1.37

1.44

1.65

2.14

2.63

1.62

1.55

1.86
1.84

1.18

KN-671

1.09

1.25

1.94

1.97

KN-674B

1.05

1.16

1.11

1.84

1.98

1.36

1.28

1.15

1.17

2.14

KN-656

KN-659 KN-648KN-655

1.12

1.00

1.81

KN-668

13400 N

0.93

1.81

KN-593

KN-675

1.08

1.37

KN-651

KN-650

1.22

1.47

2.36

KN-594

1.10

1.32

2.26

1.01

0.76

1.24

KN-662

1.26

KN-591

1.47

KN-669

13500 N

1.52

KN-501

KN-629

1.23

1.37

13900 N

0.92

1.48

1.26

0.78

1.14

0.96

KN-630

0.79

1.37

KN-661KN-583

KN-657

1.06

2.00

2.09

13600 N

0.94

1.78

KN-658

KN-572

1.11

0.66

3.50

KN-592

KN-670
KN-599

0.94

1.40

0.77

1.25

0.68

0.61

KN-575

KN-666

0.76

0.69

1.49

1.47

13700 N

1.26

1.27

1.76

0.81

1.33

1.47

1.38

1.28

1.23

1.95

1.34

1.43

1.45

1.25

2.49

13800 N

1.47

1.47

1.93

0.69

1.37

0.92

3.01

0.94

KN-676 KN-667

1.46

KN-664

KN-665
KN-581

1.25

1.42
1.19
2.04

13900 N

1.47

1.75

1.35

1.09

1.38

14000 N

1.53

KN-654

1.70

1.68
1.35

KN-579B
KN-653
1.42

1.20

2.27
0.90

KN-660

1.00

1.17

1.42

1.02

1.19 1.24

KN-673

1.02

1.09

1.16

1.07

KN-677
1.11

1.04

1.17

1.40

TN-31

1.02

1.16

0.97

1.50

KN-94

1.03

1.26

1.46

14000 N

14100 N

1.44

0.91

1.46

0.76

1.45
0.94

1.10

KN-580

1.45

0.91

1.62

0.91

0.89

0.75

0.89

0.85

14100 N

KN-625

13300 N

1.35

1.50

1.23

1.35

1.06

1.38

1.35

1.32

1.22

1.50

1.27

1.35

1.10

1.33

1.53

1.20

KN-634

1.19

Zone 19
Zone 20
Zone 21
Ultimate Pit
Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

g/t Au
0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

Cut Au Assay Histogram


Cut Au 3 m Composites
Cut Au Intersection Averages

10700 E

10600 E

10500 E

10400 E

10300 E

10200 E

10100 E

9900 E

10000 E

13200 N

9800 E

13200 N

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10400 E

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TN-32

0.59
1.07

0.60

0.62

0.57

0.95

0.91

0.61

0.57

0.60

0.95

1.22

0.61

0.61

0.58

0.91

1.27

0.58

0.68

0.59

0.97

1.37

1.30

0.94

0.97

1.37

1.32

0.64

0.95

1.37

1.31

0.58

1.37

1.27

1.01

1.16

1.24

1.16

1.22

0.61

0.94

0.61

1.23

0.96

0.60

1.20

0.97

1.21

2.73

1.27

0.72

1.09

1.40

2.46
2.37

1.56

2.84

1.25

1.54

1.28

1.14

1.28

1.59

1.46

1.67

1.23

1.47

1.81

1.41

1.25

1.41

1.21

1.58

2.04

0.90

1.65

1.26

1.62

1.98

1.12

1.43

1.12

1.58

1.96

1.43

1.10

1.48

1.77

1.50

1.04

1.32

1.57

KN-660

1.38

1.54

KN-667

13800 N

1.19

0.95

1.67

1.84

2.36

1.66

1.60

1.01

0.93

1.34

1.23

1.59

1.01

0.93

1.24

1.40

1.74

1.03

0.91

1.23

1.56

1.53

1.03

0.90

1.22

1.42

0.92

0.98

1.66

1.27

0.87

1.02

1.23

1.79

1.22

0.79

1.12

1.44

1.73

1.73

1.14

0.97

1.32

1.59

1.67

1.74

1.15

0.99

1.47

1.75

1.67

1.81

1.15

1.31

1.50

1.86

2.01

1.64

1.50

0.76

1.79

1.43

1.43

1.45

1.99

2.00

1.62

1.47

0.80

1.76

1.40

2.00

1.95

1.69

1.60
1.60

1.52

1.90

1.90

1.68

1.47

1.69

1.74

1.67

1.66

13400 N

1.39

1.33

3.19

1.36

1.58

2.12

2.47

1.36

1.29

1.47

1.49

1.61

1.96

2.09

1.44

1.24

1.43

1.24

1.52

1.64

1.84

1.22

1.20

1.91

1.46

1.18

1.49

1.66

1.70

1.82

1.31

1.19

1.46

1.69

1.48

1.81

1.22

1.21

1.48

1.41

1.71

1.41

1.85

1.10

1.19

1.39

1.34

1.70

1.44

1.79

KN-583

1.31

1.24

1.70

1.78

1.99

1.68

1.32

1.78

2.35

1.84

1.20

1.88

2.63

1.93

1.22

1.89

2.84

1.94

1.32

1.22

0.91

1.22

1.90

2.94

1.83

1.35

1.21

0.91

1.22

1.90

2.95

1.81

1.54

1.17

0.92

1.15

1.89

2.85

1.50

1.63

1.32

0.91

1.06

1.84

2.72

1.65

1.80

1.57

1.03

1.01

1.59

2.47

1.07

0.96

1.70

0.83

0.94

2.16

1.52

1.88

1.10

1.00

1.38

2.04

2.20

1.06

1.02

1.10

2.02

2.33

1.02

1.08

2.19

2.29

1.06

1.07

0.88

2.10

2.15

1.24

1.02

1.01

1.86

1.97

1.39

1.03

1.11

1.91

1.84

1.90

1.74

1.58

1.64

1.42

1.96

1.19

1.19

1.28

1.55

1.60

1.25

1.15

1.36

1.16

1.31

1.67

1.23

1.20

1.67

1.22

1.51

1.50

1.65

1.27

1.06

1.53

1.67

1.60

1.34

1.27

1.63

1.70

1.56

1.40

1.29

1.66

1.72

1.52

1.43

1.33

0.84

1.54

1.69

1.48

1.67

1.23

0.68

0.80

1.26

1.50

1.79

1.21

0.71

0.82

1.23

1.50

1.18

0.78

0.81

1.23
1.22

KN-671

13300 N

1.14

0.84

0.87

0.83

0.87

0.93

0.91

0.99

1.19

1.19

1.37

0.93

1.02

1.28

1.39

1.37

0.95

1.10

1.36

1.39

1.19

1.11

1.36

1.36

1.61

1.07

1.41

1.41

1.61

1.17

1.39

1.17

1.26

1.44

1.03

1.41

1.29

13700 N

KN-592

KN-572

13600 N

2.11

KN-593

13500 N

KN-651

KN-650

KN-495

KN-655

13400 N

KN-631

KN-648

1.34

1.01

1.02

1.86

1.16

1.15

1.50

1.77

1.60

KN-674B

1.06

1.49

1.40

1.45

0.82

1.38

1.06

KN-659
0.79

1.53

1.82

1.02

1.46

2.17

1.54

1.48

1.07

1.32

1.59

1.17

1.17

1.60

13800 N

KN-652
KN-663

1.22

1.24

1.68

0.76

KN-575

1.54

KN-657

1.53

0.80

1.59

0.92

0.92

1.83
2.37

1.62

1.47

4.46

2.37

1.00

KN-656

1.49

KN-675

1.40

2.35

1.74

1.09

KN-668
KN-594

3.27

2.05

1.50

1.03

13500 N

1.65

1.76

2.46

KN-661

13900 N

KN-630
KN-665

1.63

1.11

KN-669

KN-653

1.18

13600 N

KN-579B

1.23

KN-581

1.44

KN-599

1.99

1.42

1.98

KN-658

KN-670

2.36

0.92

KN-582
KN-76

KN-666

14000 N

1.04

1.19

KN-672

13700 N

1.31

0.93

1.27

1.09

0.87

0.70

1.05

1.30

0.81

0.63

2.06

1.15

KN-676

13900 N

0.61

0.60

0.60

KN-94

1.40
0.94

KN-580

1.44

KN-673
1.16

14100 N

1.01

0.62

0.97

0.98

1.09

0.94

1.56 1.83

KN-677

0.94

0.56

0.58

1.03

1.07

TN-31

1.37

2.46

14000 N

0.60

0.94

1.04

14100 N

KN-649

13300 N

1.31

0.89

1.13

1.36

1.39

1.20

1.36

1.34

1.40

1.44

1.35

1.34

1.41

1.25

1.35

1.41

1.24

1.11

1.21

1.32
1.38

1.47

13200 N

13200 N

Zone 19
Zone 20
Zone 21
Ultimate Pit
Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

g/t Au
0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

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10600 E

10500 E

10400 E

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200
10200 E

150

10100 E

100

9900 E

50

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10500 E

10400 E

10300 E

10200 E

10100 E

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14200 N

0.75

14100 N

0.80

0.79

0.80

0.79

0.80

0.76

0.67

0.80

0.68

0.65

0.76

0.69

0.67

0.92

0.74

0.80

0.92

0.73

0.79

0.78

0.80

0.98

0.89

0.66

0.79

0.78

0.80

0.95

0.82

1.69

0.80

0.78

0.80

0.96

1.27

1.49

0.67

0.66

0.80

0.78

0.80

0.98

0.78

0.80

0.86

1.32

0.79

0.78

0.80

1.04

1.06

1.50

2.12

0.78

0.80

0.96

1.45

1.78

0.74

0.80

0.93

1.47

0.65

0.77

1.19

1.05

0.78

0.76

1.27

1.19

0.85

0.95

1.27

1.26

0.86

0.90

0.87

1.05

0.89

0.87
0.89

0.93
0.81

1.01

1.31

KN-580

0.80

1.04

1.48
1.49

2.82

KN-677

1.24

0.95
1.01

0.88

0.78

0.87

1.02

0.92

0.79

0.91

0.97

1.47

1.10

1.14

1.27

0.89

0.98

1.51

1.45

1.22

0.91

0.98

1.53

1.22

0.92

0.98

1.48

1.24

0.94

1.09

1.48

1.23

0.80

1.14

1.56

1.32

0.81

1.21

1.46

0.74

1.27

1.11

0.81

1.31

1.53

1.23

1.40

1.76

2.19

1.64

1.48

1.77

2.21

2.22

1.95

1.49

1.82

2.30

1.76

2.26

1.86

2.17

1.54

2.28

1.73

2.96

2.30

1.69

1.47

2.16

2.67

2.81

2.19

1.69

1.67

2.16

2.63

2.79

2.11

1.63

2.14

2.42

2.77

1.75
1.79

1.80

2.08

2.67

2.81

1.23

1.50

2.09

1.92

2.02

2.63

3.19

1.22

1.50

2.17

1.97

2.05

2.56

1.21

1.72

2.21

2.03

2.01

2.47

1.20

1.71

2.28

2.06

1.92

2.33

2.11

1.75

2.41
2.63

0.96

1.49

1.00

1.23

2.24

2.10

0.94

1.10

2.04

2.06

1.78

2.07

0.90

1.05

1.89

2.03

1.88

2.18

0.82

0.83

1.71

2.02

1.44

1.94

1.46

1.06

0.73

0.88

1.57

1.86

0.68

0.90

1.51

1.70
1.67

1.06

1.59

0.67

0.95

1.52

0.72

0.85

1.39

0.82

1.32

1.53

1.76

1.54

1.57

1.54

1.54

1.09

0.80

0.78

1.28

1.55

1.12

0.82

0.82

1.27

1.55

1.09

0.84

0.87

1.28

0.92

0.77

1.08

0.92

1.06

1.06

1.00

1.04

13800 N
KN-582

2.77
2.79

1.97

KN-658

13700 N

2.10

KN-669

13600 N
KN-657

1.28
1.31

1.58

1.24

1.56

1.31

1.54

KN-668

13500 N

1.09
1.4
1.916

1.16

KN-76

2.11

1.03

0.65

1.12

1.71

KN-670

1.18

1.21

2.08

KN-666

1.19

1.20

2.11

1.90

1.51

1.15

1.75

2.77

1.97

1.19

1.70

2.04

KN-581

KN-672

2.60

2.00

1.21

1.94

2.19

2.44

1.22

1.60

1.91

2.21

1.80

2.15

1.74

1.60

2.22

1.77

2.03

1.54

2.27

1.76

1.49

1.60

13500 N

2.17

1.56
1.66

1.75

0.75

13900 N

1.62

1.60

1.21

1.52
1.49

KN-667

0.71

0.76

1.35

1.60

KN-599

1.14

1.41

1.48

1.14

1.60

KN-673

1.36

1.60

13800 N

0.99

0.94

2.02

1.59

1.13

0.93

KN-676

1.45

13700 N

0.90

1.44

1.08

1.29

14000 N

2.42

1.08

13900 N

13600 N

14100 N
0.67
0.68

1.24

TN-31

0.80

0.80

1.15

0.80

14000 N

0.81

1.10

1.00

1.31

1.80

1.10

1.08

1.27

1.79

KN-656

KN-594
KN-675
1.19

1.28

1.27

1.06

1.20

1.26

0.91

1.33

1.33

0.69

1.43

1.25

1.44

1.25

0.61

0.66

0.80

1.29

1.07

1.27

0.67

0.63

0.61

0.68

1.33

1.13

1.20

1.37

0.92

0.54

0.66

0.69

1.20

1.14

1.25

1.12

0.67

0.65

0.70

1.25

1.06

0.67

1.26

1.09

0.64

0.70

1.08

0.91

1.03

0.67

0.62

0.70

0.77

0.66

0.68

0.60

0.71

0.77

0.68

0.59

0.71

0.77

0.60

0.71

1.16

0.62

0.70

1.15

2.00

0.70

1.18

2.00

1.40

0.70

1.39

2.01

1.40

0.69

0.86

2.02

0.68

0.68

1.08

1.40

0.73

1.18

1.28

1.50

1.09

1.20

1.33

1.55

1.21

1.41

1.57

1.21

1.49

1.74

1.32

1.57

2.05

2.10

1.08

KN-674B

13300 N

1.23

1.07

1.13

0.69

13400 N

1.03

1.17

KN-659

13400 N

KN-671

13300 N

13200 N

13200 N

Zone 19
Zone 20
Zone 21
Ultimate Pit
Indicated Limit
Inferred Limit

g/t Au
0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

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10500 E

10400 E

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10200 E

150

10100 E

100

9900 E

50

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Hole
Number

Count

Z87 UNDERGROUND COMPOSITE CONTROL INTERVALS - DECEMBER 2005


Inmet Mining Corporation
Horizontal
Length Thickness*
Au
(m)
(m)
(g/t Au)

From
(m)

To
(m)

283.00
382.00
341.00
225.00
477.00
620.00
465.00
554.00
596.00
302.95

291.00
392.00
368.00
245.00
503.00
640.00
485.00
570.00
614.00
309.33

8
10
27
20
26
20
20
16
18
6.38
17

9
12
31
23
31
21
24
19
20
7
20

202.55
230.00
269.25
334.00
318.00
305.00
276.00
221.00
260.10
267.30
258.00
288.00
279.00
214.45
272.00
302.00
344.00
198.00
293.00
272.00
239.00
254.00
188.00
194.00
176.00
197.00
159.00
201.00
233.00
224.00
504.00
442.00
476.00
496.00
504.00
536.00
476.00
346.00
411.00
402.00
416.00
572.00
576.00
1.50
411.00
290.00
318.00
394.00
396.00
412.00
440.00
399.00
243.00
484.00
410.00
504.00
463.00

221.55
249.00
287.73
370.40
357.00
341.65
310.00
260.20
289.90
297.10
309.00
325.10
291.80
223.45
290.00
326.00
374.00
261.00
356.00
317.00
272.00
287.00
212.00
224.00
218.00
236.00
192.00
225.00
266.00
248.00
532.00
498.00
510.00
524.00
532.00
568.00
518.00
394.00
461.00
472.00
452.00
610.00
610.00
17.00
445.00
310.00
356.00
416.00
448.00
446.00
458.00
416.00
257.00
512.00
432.00
526.00
491.00

19
19
18.48
36.4
39
36.65
34
39.2
29.8
29.8
51
37.1
12.8
9
18
24
30
63
63
45
33
33
24
30
42
36
33
24
33
24
28
56
34
28
28
32
42
48
50
70
36
38
34
15.5
34
20
38
22
52
34
18
17
14
28
22
22
28

22
22
21
41
45
42
45
51
35
35
60
42
15
11
22
27
35
67
73
51
36
39
29
35
50
44
38
26
37
28
33
65
40
32
32
36
49
57
59
83
41
39
36
21
41
27
51
26
62
40
21
23
19
37
29
29
32

Cut Au**
(g/t Au)

Cu
(%)

Ag
(g/t Au)

Easting
(m)

Northing
(m)

Elevation
(m)

0.83
1.69
1.46
2.05
1.62
1.16
0.75
1.01
2.10
1.40
1.44

0.83
1.69
1.46
2.05
1.62
1.16
0.75
1.01
2.02
1.40
1.43

0.18
0.25
0.14
0.01
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.10
0.12
0.07
0.10

2.84
3.69
1.56
0.58
1.72
1.00
1.31
1.73
1.43
1.18
1.55

10,334
10,283
10,277
10,318
10,251
10,030
10,262
10,216
10,121
10,309

13,835
13,792
13,750
13,760
13,784
13,448
13,744
13,783
13,832
13,795

5,138
5,065
5,065
5,119
5,002
4,775
5,046
4,936
4,823
5,107

1.29
2.09
1.42
1.14
1.20
2.25
1.99
1.43
2.28
2.34
1.41
2.80
1.51
1.63
1.75
3.41
1.38
1.38
2.57
1.41
0.73
1.39
1.37
2.31
3.39
2.04
1.25
1.35
1.19
1.32
1.04
1.19
1.50
0.98
1.05
1.56
4.13
1.88
1.46
1.42
2.13
1.09
1.06
1.17
2.98
1.09
1.55
2.04
2.04
1.95
1.24
2.49
1.60
1.18
1.32
1.86
1.97

1.29
2.04
1.42
1.14
1.16
2.19
1.99
1.43
2.28
2.34
1.41
1.58
1.51
1.63
1.75
2.80
1.38
1.38
1.84
1.41
0.73
1.39
1.37
2.31
3.25
2.04
1.25
1.35
1.19
1.32
1.04
1.19
1.50
0.98
1.05
1.56
2.06
1.88
1.46
1.42
2.13
1.09
1.06
1.17
2.24
1.09
1.55
2.04
2.04
1.75
1.24
2.49
1.60
1.18
1.32
1.86
1.97

0.13
0.16
0.11
0.21
0.12
0.22
0.21
0.19
0.17
0.23
0.18
0.39
0.16
0.13
0.33
0.26
0.14
0.17
0.16
0.22
0.11
0.18
0.24
0.25
0.38
0.26
0.12
0.18
0.21
0.19
0.10
0.14
0.41
0.16
0.14
0.09
0.18
0.16
0.16
0.14
0.21
0.10
0.08
0.35
0.27
0.15
0.25
0.27
0.29
0.18
0.14
0.31
0.40
0.08
0.18
0.16
0.24

2.17
1.96
3.73
1.79
1.45
1.15
1.13
1.02
1.24
1.16
1.66
3.80
2.45
2.68
2.03
1.44
0.70
1.04
1.47
1.65
1.25
0.92
1.67
1.41
2.64
1.49
1.32
1.72
2.03
3.80
1.55
1.87
3.21
2.43
2.06
1.78
3.36
1.51
2.10
1.91
1.77
1.26
1.23
4.18
2.89
2.05
1.91
1.76
1.93
8.25
1.50
1.89
3.49
1.40
2.42
0.85
2.20

10,312
10,305
10,273
10,259
10,251
10,232
10,248
10,274
10,244
10,247
10,251
10,263
10,271
10,281
10,225
10,227
10,210
10,229
10,246
10,240
10,273
10,254
10,277
10,259
10,273
10,250
10,281
10,275
10,293
10,293
10,151
10,203
10,187
10,156
10,149
10,132
10,144
10,202
10,211
10,184
10,159
10,014
10,028
10,308
10,224
10,234
10,230
10,209
10,199
10,221
10,237
10,183
10,286
10,106
10,158
10,115
10,147

14,044
13,838
13,996
13,980
13,794
13,593
13,395
13,352
13,439
13,557
13,734
13,892
14,039
14,102
13,420
13,500
13,550
13,650
13,700
13,750
13,860
13,493
13,557
13,602
13,662
13,653
13,758
13,875
13,951
14,024
13,598
13,735
13,953
14,024
13,857
13,765
13,665
13,588
13,788
13,693
13,496
13,450
13,603
13,327
13,746
13,300
13,368
13,461
13,664
13,855
13,916
13,397
13,224
13,344
13,335
13,421
13,519

5,205
5,176
5,143
5,080
5,102
5,103
5,135
5,163
5,139
5,134
5,139
5,112
5,130
5,203
5,100
5,104
5,078
5,096
5,080
5,112
5,135
5,154
5,177
5,148
5,167
5,123
5,166
5,170
5,147
5,170
4,957
4,998
4,972
4,927
4,936
4,893
4,957
5,074
5,038
5,028
5,002
4,811
4,813
5,195
5,074
5,115
5,106
5,068
5,042
5,052
5,036
5,044
5,156
4,948
5,030
4,946
4,976

Lens 19
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Averages

KN-193
KN-306
KN-500
KN-510
KN-591
KN-594
KN-624
KN-663
KN-672
KN-77

Lens 20
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57

KN-110
KN-193
KN-29
KN-305
KN-306
KN-307
KN-319
KN-320
KN-321
KN-367
KN-368A
KN-369
KN-399
KN-40
KN-495
KN-496
KN-497
KN-498
KN-499
KN-500
KN-501
KN-504
KN-505
KN-506
KN-508
KN-509
KN-510
KN-511
KN-512
KN-513
KN-572
KN-575
KN-579B
KN-580
KN-581
KN-582
KN-583
KN-590
KN-591
KN-592
KN-593
KN-594
KN-599
KN-622
KN-624
KN-625
KN-626
KN-627
KN-628
KN-629
KN-630
KN-631
KN-634
KN-648
KN-649
KN-650
KN-651

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TABLE 26-1

Count
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
Averages

Hole
Number
KN-652
KN-653
KN-654
KN-655
KN-656
KN-657
KN-658
KN-659
KN-660
KN-661
KN-662
KN-663
KN-664
KN-665
KN-666
KN-667
KN-668
KN-669
KN-670
KN-671
KN-672
KN-673
KN-674B
KN-675
KN-676
KN-677
KN-74
KN-75
KN-76
KN-77
KN-85
KN-87
KN-88
TN-31
TN-32

Z87 UNDERGROUND COMPOSITE CONTROL INTERVALS - DECEMBER 2005


Inmet Mining Corporation

From
(m)
444.00
484.00
404.00
478.00
526.00
521.00
500.00
484.00
504.00
514.00
484.00
482.00
468.00
464.00
574.00
520.00
560.00
516.00
556.00
528.00
528.00
532.00
584.00
522.00
546.00
552.00
213.16
229.67
479.57
235.00
217.73
207.00
217.08
645.00
404.00

To
(m)
480.00
510.00
446.00
506.00
550.00
549.00
546.00
516.00
530.00
546.00
526.00
524.00
484.00
488.00
596.00
556.00
584.00
560.00
588.00
548.00
570.00
542.00
602.00
574.00
582.00
566.00
242.18
280.22
526.20
271.00
251.96
243.03
223.28
654.00
410.00

181.30
226.63
307.00
245.50
194.10
191.00
182.00
438.00
450.00
378.00
382.00
418.00
506.00
514.00
609.00

194.05
259.12
325.00
259.60
201.40
203.00
212.00
450.00
460.00
398.00
394.00
444.00
522.00
526.00
630.00

Horizontal
Length Thickness*
Au
(m)
(m)
(g/t Au)
36
42
0.94
26
31
0.90
42
49
1.10
28
37
1.91
24
27
1.50
28
32
1.53
46
52
1.62
32
40
0.92
26
29
1.31
32
37
2.19
42
49
2.09
42
50
0.69
16
19
1.19
24
29
2.29
22
23
2.17
36
40
1.03
24
26
1.03
44
49
1.32
32
34
1.90
20
24
1.60
42
46
1.69
10
11
2.46
18
20
0.69
52
55
1.49
36
38
1.15
14
15
1.24
29.02
33
2.58
50.55
57
1.61
46.63
43
1.83
36
40
2.20
34.23
39
0.94
36.03
47
2.03
6.2
8
0.83
9
9
0.66
6
7
1.43
32
37
1.66

Cut Au**
(g/t Au)
0.94
0.90
1.10
1.84
1.50
1.53
1.62
0.92
1.31
2.17
2.09
0.69
1.19
2.27
2.17
1.03
1.03
1.32
1.90
1.60
1.54
2.46
0.69
1.49
1.15
1.24
2.58
1.61
1.83
1.73
0.94
2.03
0.83
0.66
1.43
1.57

Cu
(%)
0.12
0.12
0.28
0.15
0.14
0.08
0.16
0.13
0.14
0.22
0.21
0.09
0.20
0.12
0.17
0.08
0.07
0.12
0.29
0.08
0.09
0.25
0.03
0.06
0.09
0.17
0.26
0.15
0.17
0.17
0.13
0.20
0.10
0.11
0.10
0.18

Ag
(g/t Au)
2.40
1.56
2.90
1.68
1.16
1.94
2.21
17.99
1.98
2.69
2.69
1.34
2.37
2.99
1.38
1.41
1.26
1.98
3.16
1.52
1.49
2.91
0.91
0.96
1.74
2.31
1.36
1.27
1.61
2.56
0.90
1.06
0.66
2.17
2.60
2.10

Easting
(m)
10,177
10,211
10,221
10,126
10,093
10,104
10,120
10,064
10,148
10,130
10,174
10,174
10,231
10,191
10,066
10,115
10,052
10,090
10,053
10,026
10,091
10,125
9,944
10,022
10,078
10,068
10,273
10,282
10,138
10,278
10,276
10,273
10,272
10,011
10,141

Northing
(m)
13,826
13,896
14,004
13,393
13,468
13,553
13,694
13,392
13,905
13,619
13,653
13,785
13,956
13,874
13,750
13,907
13,534
13,620
13,674
13,350
13,830
13,963
13,374
13,437
13,895
13,946
13,598
13,706
13,803
13,799
13,503
13,388
13,298
14,016
14,176

Elevation
(m)
4,992
4,995
5,043
4,970
4,903
4,913
4,919
4,923
4,926
4,927
4,991
4,978
5,032
5,009
4,824
4,886
4,844
4,894
4,836
4,863
4,871
4,886
4,787
4,860
4,842
4,842
5,180
5,150
4,876
5,151
5,172
5,178
5,184
4,734
5,006

1.52
1.90
1.50
2.04
2.09
1.20
1.54
1.46
0.85
1.39
1.63
1.66
1.56
1.07
0.80
1.50

0.11
0.20
0.12
0.31
0.29
0.25
0.16
0.09
0.15
0.22
0.11
0.07
0.13
0.18
0.11
0.16

1.72
2.16
1.30
3.18
6.19
4.03
2.24
1.85
2.46
2.43
9.71
3.76
1.74
2.03
1.56
2.80

10,297
10,249
10,237
10,250
10,267
10,263
10,269
10,155
10,123
10,193
10,197
10,197
10,112
10,051
10,002

14,045
13,996
13,983
14,040
14,101
13,951
14,024
13,953
14,026
13,915
14,004
13,955
13,963
13,947
14,015

5,223
5,170
5,109
5,156
5,218
5,190
5,200
5,009
4,972
5,079
5,071
5,062
4,905
4,877
4,762

Lens 21
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Averages

KN-110
KN-29
KN-305
KN-399
KN-40
KN-512
KN-513
KN-579B
KN-580
KN-630
KN-654
KN-664
KN-673
KN-677
TN-31

12.75
32.49
18
14.1
7.3
12
30
12
10
20
12
26
16
12
21
17

15
38
20
16
9
13
34
14
11
24
14
31
18
12
20
23

1.52
2.16
1.88
2.04
2.09
1.20
1.54
1.46
0.85
1.39
1.63
2.04
1.56
1.07
0.80
1.60

* Gemcom approximate horizontal thickness estimates based on mineralization attitude of 360/-56W for Lens 19, Lens 20 north of 13,435N, and
Zone 21, and 360/-48W for Zone 20 south of 13,435N.
** High gold assays cut to 10 g/t Au.

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1. 2

0
4

1. 4

1 6

0.000
0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000

1. 3

1. 2

1.

1. 3

1. 2

KN-674
1

1. 1

KN-671
.
2
.

KN-655
2
KN-650
2
KN-659 . 1 . 7
1

2. 1

1.

1. 2

1.

1.

-50

1. 6

1.

KN-572
1 5

1.

KN-669
1

1. 1

KN-599
1

KN-498
1

1. 5

KN-661
2
1. 8

1. 8

2. 3 2 . 4
2. 2

KN-509
2

1
2.
2. 0

50

1.

1
1.

100

KN-670
2

KN-658
2

KN-583
2

KN-662
2

9
1.

KN-628
2 KN-592

1. 8

KN-499
2

4
1.

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0. 8

5.

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1.

KN-591
1

1. 4

KN-306
1

1. 0

1. 2

KN-652
1

1.

1. 3

150

1
2.

KN-666
2

200

KN-501
1

KN-629
2

1. 7
.6

.4

KN-369
2

KN-630
1

.6

KN-660
1

KN-665
2 KN-653

KN-581
1

1.

.2

1.

KN-579
1

1.

5 1.

KN-673
2

KN-677
1

KN-29
1

1. 4

1.
1. 7

TN-31
1

1. 3

KN-580
1

1. 4

KN-399
2

KN-513
1

KN-654
1

KN-305
1

KN-664
1
1. 2

1. 2

1.

1.
.

Inmet Mining Corporation

KN-676
1

KN-667
1

1 .

KN-512
1

KN-40
2

TN-32
1

14200 N

(April 2006)

Figure 26-1 Cut Gold Contours


Longitudinal Section (Looking Mine Grid West)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

KN-582
2
KN-76
KN-672
2
2

KN-663
1

1. 3

1. 5

KN-624
2

. 6

KN-500
1
1 1.

KN-575
1
1
4

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1. 3

KN-657
2

KN-307
2
KN-497 KN-590
1
1. 9
2

KN-668
1

1. 5

6
1.

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2. 1
2. 0

KN-367
2

KN-77
2

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

G/T AU

1. 1

1. 3

2.

KN-593
2
KN-651
2

KN-656
2

KN-594
1

KN-675
1

KN-496
3

1
7

KN-510
1
KN-75
KN-368
2
1

1. 3

13200 N

13200 N

Inferred

1. 4
1.
1
6

1.

KN-648
1

KN-627
2

1.

KN-508
3

KN-193
KN-511
2
1

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Indicated

1 ..

KN-649
1

KN-631
2

KN-495
2

.8

1. 8

KN-506
2

KN-74
3

KN-110
1
.3

Ultimate Pit

.3

KN-626
2

KN-321
2

KN-85
1
KN-504
1

KN-505
1

1. 2

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

1. 3

1.

9
1

1.

KN-625
1

1. 1

1. 2
1. 3

13400 N
KN-319
2

1
2.

13100 N

5000 Elev.

1.

5100 Elev.

32

1. 3

. 3

1.

1
1 .. 4
3

3
1.

4
1.

1. 3

1. 6

13400 N

1.8

1.
1. 3

1. 4
5

13300 N
.4

13300 N

2.

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4

KN-634
2

0. 9

1. 7

2
2

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2. 4
2. 3

9
1.

1. 8

.8

KN-87
2
KN-320
1

0. 8

1.

1. 0

1. 9

8
1.

13500 N
13500 N

1.

13700 N
2 . 02 . 1

8
1.

1.

13600 N
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13900 N
1

2.
9
1.

2. 0

1. 9 1

8
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1.

1.

1.
1. 1

2.

1.

1.

8
1.

5
1

1.
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1. 4

1.

1. 2

KN-622
1

13800 N
0

1. 3

KN-88
1

5200 Elev.

1. 5

13100 N

1. 3

13600 N

5300 Elev.

1. 7

0. 9

1.

1.

1.
1. 7

14000 N
4
2. 1

2. 0
9
1.

1. 8

1. 9

13700 N

1. 4

1.

1. 4

13800 N

13900 N

0.

1. 3
2
1.

1. 5

14000 N

0.

1.

0.

14100 N

1. 4
1.

1. 5

1.

1. 1

1.

1. 0

0. 7

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1. 6

1.

1.

0.

1.

1. 8
1. 7

2.

1.

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1.

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1. 5

6
1.

1. 8

0
1.
1. 1

1. 7

1.

1.

1.

1. 6

1.

1. 5

1.

1. 6
2. 0

1. 9

1.

2.

1.

1. 4

0. 9

1. 3

1. 9

1. 1

0. 1
2
1

1. 8

1.
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2.
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1. 4
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1. 3

1. 4
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2.
2. 3
2. 2
2 . 10
2.
1 . 9. 8
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1.
1. 6
5
1.

1. 5

14200 N

14100 N
1. 6

1. 0

0. 8
0. 9

1. 5

1. 4

1. 4

1
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1.
1. 1
1. 2

1.

1. 5
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2. 3
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1. 6

1.

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1. 8

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1. 3

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2

1.
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1. 5
1. 4

1.

1.

1.

1. 3

5400 Elev.

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

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5200 Elev.

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2

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KN-648
1

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KN-655
2
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2
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1

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KN-657
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1

56
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100

KN-670
2

36.

6 8. 0

KN-658
2

KN-583
2

KN-662
2

KN-628
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50

KN-669
1

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KN-499
2

60
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KN-575
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KN-666
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.0

KN-581
1

36
0

2.

KN-664
1
28. 0

KN-673
2

20 . 0

KN-579
1

0
16 .

KN-677
1

.0

KN-305
1

28

KN-29
1

16

.0
.0

.0

KN-580
1

TN-31
1

24
.0

40 . 0

KN-654
1

32

.0

KN-399
2

KN-513
1

16

0.

Inmet Mining Corporation

2
6 .. 0
1
0
12

3 6. 0

KN-512
1

TN-32
1

14200 N

(April 2006)

Figure 26-2 Horizontal Thickness Contours


Longitudinal Section (Looking Mine Grid West)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

40

KN-667
1

KN-660
1

KN-676
1

55 University Avenue, Suite 501

40 .

KN-652
1

KN-630
1
KN-665
2 KN-653

KN-629
2

KN-582
2
KN-76
KN-672
2
2

48. 0

KN-663
1

KN-591
1

GEOLOGICAL AND MINING CONSULTANTS

KN-624
2

KN-306
1

KN-369
2

32 .

KN-501
0
3 61

2 8. 0

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.0

KN-661
2

KN-572
1

KN-498
1

44

KN-500
1

13800 N
KN-77
2

0.300
0.800
1.000
1.500
2.000
3.000

KN-594
1

44

.0

52
.0

KN-497 KN-590
1
2

KN-307
2

KN-509
2

4 8. 0

KN-510
1
KN-75
KN-368
2
1

KN-40
2

.0

G/T AU

32

40 . 0

KN-675
1

KN-593
2
KN-651
2

KN-656
2

.0

KN-496
3

KN-367
2

KN-508
3

13900 N
KN-193
KN-511
2
1

KN-110
1

13200 N

13200 N

Inferred

2
.

36

32 . 0

28

KN-627
2

KN-506
2

KN-74
3

0
8 1 2. 0

Indicated

6 .. 0
3

0
24.

KN-649
1

KN-495
2

6.

KN-505
1

8.

1 2. . 0
0

Ultimate Pit

32

KN-321
2

32

2.

4700 Elev.

28. 0

KN-631
2

KN-626
2

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

.0

24. 0

16 . 0

32.

13100 N

5000 Elev.

20

.0

5100 Elev.

3
2

.0

13400 N
3 6 . 0 40 .

28
.

13300 N
KN-625
1

13300 N

36. 0

4 0.
32
.0

KN-85
1
KN-504
1

32 . 0

KN-319
2 44.

40

24

KN-634
2

48

.0

36
.0

32

13500 N
3 6. 0

6 4. 0

72

.0
0

KN-622
KN-88
1
KN-87
1
2
KN-320
1
20. 0

48

44 .

6.

32

2 8.

5200 Elev.

.0

13100 N

36

13400 N

28. 0

44. 0

.0

52

5 2 . 506 . 0
60

4 8. 0

.0

44
.0

32 . 0

.0
32.
0

.0

56

52

13600 N
0

13500 N

36. 0

36. 0

13600 N

28. 0

32.

.0

13700 N

.0

52

. 0
48

.0

36.

52

40 .
0

32

3 2. 0

4.
.

4 0.

.0
40

4.
0

4
.0

. 0

14000 N
.0

.0
0

28 .

24

40 .

13800 N

2
28 0
0

44

.0

2. 0

.0

36 .

.0

0
3

32
0

24 .

44 . 0

0
2
0

.0
0

0
8.

36

.0

32

26-5

.0

36

48

.0

32

.0

28.

.0

28

36
.0
44
.0

2.

0.
8

2.

0
32

24

3
.

24

44. 0
40. 0
36 . 0
28
.0
24

4 4. 0

2 8.

.0

. 0

40

.0

36

44
4

0
4

60. 0

.0
52

6. 0
0

.0

24

0.
0

72

.0 7 0
6 .. 0
0

4 8. 0

72. 0

36 . 0

. 0

16 .

32
.

28
.

13900 N

20. 0

2 8.

56

.0

. 0

3 6. 0

48

.0

24 . 0

24
.0

28

.0

64

32 0

24. 0
20

20 .

3 2.

20

36 .
.0

20 . 0

36

28

24

0
.0

16

2
.0
2 ..

32 .

14100 N
2

36

0
2.

00
4
23
8

.0

14000 N

16. 0

48 .

.0

2.

56.

0
48

0
8.

32 . 0

.0
0.

28.

48.
6

.0

48

12 .

5300 Elev.

.0

44

. 0

28

.0

1
0

44

0
40.

6.
36

68

36 . 0
. 0

44

40. 0

52

32

56

0
64 . 0
.
60

4.0

.0

.0

. 0

40
.

36

56

52

.0

36. 0
36 . 0

32 . 0

40

36

0
2.

2 0. 0
36
.0

16

0.

48

.0
.0

40

24

28 . 0

16 .

14200 N

16

2. 0

14100 N

8.

.0

24

12

24
.

8.

5400 Elev.

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

5400 Elev.

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60

50

0
0

50

KN-599
1

50

70

KN-669
1

KN-661
2

KN-572
1

KN-499
2

KN-658
2

100

60

KN-670
2

90

KN-583
2

KN-662
2

11 0

KN-575
1

50

20

GEOLOGICAL AND MINING CONSULTANTS

40

30

25

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7

KN-624
2

KN-500
1

8
60

KN-306
1

KN-77
2

KN-663
1
40

KN-591
1

KN-629
2

150

KN-666
2

KN-582
2
KN-76
KN-672
2
2

2000

KN-673
2

TN-31
1

15
10

20

KN-580
1

40

30

KN-40
2

14100 N
30

Inmet Mining Corporation

25
00
1

KN-579
1

KN-654
1

KN-399
2

KN-513
1

KN-110
1

TN-32
1

14200 N

(April 2006)

Figure 26-3 Horizontal Thickness x Cut Au Contours


Longitudinal Section (Looking Mine Grid West)

Troilus Mine Underground Project, Quebec

KN-676
1

KN-667
1

KN-660
1

KN-664
1
30
40

KN-29
1

KN-305
1

KN-512
1

KN-677
1

KN-630
1

KN-369
2

KN-665
2 KN-653

KN-581
1

70

KN-652
1

KN-501
1

KN-193
KN-511
2
1

55 University Avenue, Suite 501

KN-510
1
KN-75
KN-368
2
1

KN-628
2 KN-592

KN-498
1

KN-509
2

KN-508
3

13800 N
6

ROSCOE POSTLE ASSOCIATES INC.

-50

KN-668
1

KN-657
2

60

KN-307
2
KN-497 KN-590
1
2

40

KN-593
2
70
KN-651
2

KN-656
2

KN-594
1

50

KN-675
1

KN-367
2

KN-506
2

KN-74
3

13200 N

13200 N

Inferred

15

KN-674
1

30

KN-671
2

80

KN-655
2
KN-650
5 2
KN-659
1

40

10

40

KN-648
1

KN-649
1

KN-631
2

KN-627
2

KN-496
3

60

KN-505
1

10

Indicated

KN-625
1

70

KN-321
KN-319
2
2
0
7
KN-626 0
KN-495
2
2

13500 N
KN-85
1
KN-504
1

15

Ultimate Pit

15

KN-622
KN-88
1
KN-87
1
2
KN-320
1

40

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

30

20

40

13100 N

5100 Elev.

0
4

KN-634
2

20

40

30

13100 N

40

13400 N
60

15

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

80

0
8

13700 N
1 0 0 11210
0

20

90

1 10

1
9 00 0
8

70

13300 N
13300 N

60

20
60

13400 N

70
60
50

50
7

6 0 70

13600 N
6

40

40

26-6
5

30

13500 N

90

70

60

60

14000 N
50

60
0

40

50

30

40

13600 N

80
5

60

80

50

13700 N

9
60

70

70

10 0

40

13800 N

60

60

13900 N
0

30

13900 N

60

60

40

70
60
50

20

20

5
60

70

40

40

60
80

60

70
4

20
10 1 0
0

10

30

50

40

50
50

50

50

30
0

30

10

90

90

30

40

40

40

80
70

70

80
90

60

50

90

4 0

40

70

50

90

1 1

11
0
1 00

80

80

5 0
0

5
5

30

30

0
60

60

12

70
60
50

20

14200 N

15
20

14000 N

20

14100 N

10
15

30
3

5400 Elev.

4700 Elev.

4800 Elev.

4900 Elev.

5000 Elev.

5100 Elev.

5200 Elev.

5300 Elev.

5400 Elev.

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27 APPENDIX 4
VARIOGRAPHY FIGURES
FIGURE 27-1 DOWN HOLE VARIOGRAM - ALL 3 M COMPOSITES
Troilus Underground - 3 m Composites
Down Hole Variogram (090/-60) , 2 m lag, Spread = 20, Variance=1.04

1.500

Gamma (H)

1.000

1) Nugget Effect( 0.30)


0.500

2) Spherical( 4.00, 0.46)

3) Spherical( 14.00, 0.28)


*

0
0

12

16

20

24

28

32

36

40

Range [m]

ROSCOE POSTLE ASSOCIATES INC.


Software By Gemcom

FIGURE 27-2 ALONG STRIKE VARIOGRAM - ALL 3 M COMPOSITES


Troilus Underground - 3 m Composites
Along Strike Variogram (360/-00) , 30 m lag, Spread = 15, Variance=1.04

1.500

Gamma (H)

1.000

1) Nugget Effect( 0.30)

2) Spherical( 60.00, 0.45)

0.500

3) Spherical( 80.00, 0.43)

0
0

20

40

60

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80

100

120

Range [m]

Software By Gemcom

27-1

140

160

180

200

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FIGURE 27-3 ALONG STRIKE VARIOGRAM LENS 20 3 M COMPOSITES


Troilus Underground - 3 m Composites - Z20
Along Strike Variogram (360/-00) ,30 m lag, Spread = 20, Variance=1.05
1.5

Gamma (H)

1.2

0.9

1) Nugget Effect( 0.30)

0.6

2) Spherical( 15.00, 0.32)


3) Spherical( 80.00, 0.54)

0.3

0
0

20

40

60

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Software By Gemcom

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Range [m]

FIGURE 27-4 DOWN DIP VARIOGRAM LENS 20 3 M COMPOSITES


Troilus Underground - 3 m Composites - Z20
Down Dip Variogram (270/-60) , 30 m lag, Spread = 10, Variance=1.05
1.500

Gamma (H)

1.000

1) Nugget Effect( 0.30)


2) Spherical( 55.00, 0.62)

0.500

3) Spherical( 90.00, 0.21)

0
0

30

60

90

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120

150

180

Range [m]

Software By Gemcom

27-2

210

240

270

300

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FIGURE 27-5 ALONG STRIKE VARIOGRAM LENS 20 BLASTHOLES


Troilus Underground - Z20 Blastholes
Along Strike Variogram (360/-00) , 10 m lag, Spread = 10, Variance=1.13

1.500

Gamma (H)

1.000

1) Nugget Effect( 0.40)

0.500

2) Spherical( 15.00, 0.32)


3) Spherical( 125.00, 0.57)

0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Range [m]

ROSCOE POSTLE ASSOCIATES INC.


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FIGURE 27-6 DOWN DIP VARIOGRAM LENS 20 BLASTHOLES


Troilus Underground - Z20 Blastholes
Down Dip Variogram (270/-56) , 10 m lag, Spread = 10, Variance=1.13
1.500

Gamma (H)

1.000

1) Nugget Effect( 0.30)


0.500

2) Spherical( 25.00, 0.41)


3) Spherical( 80.00, 0.42)

0
0

20

40

60

ROSCOE POSTLE ASSOCIATES INC.

80

100

120

Range [m]

Software By Gemcom

27-3

140

160

180

200

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