Tulsequah Project Awarded Project Approval Certificate.Business Editors VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2002 Redcorp Ventures Ltd. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :RDV RDV Rendez-Vous RDV Rendezvous (Buick SUV) RDV Rapid Design Visualization RDV Rice Dwarf Virus RDV Recommended Daily Value RDV Repeatable Digital Validation RDV Reference Dose Values RDV Rotary Drum Vacuum .TO) is pleased to announce that the Province of British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography has today granted Redcorp's wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , Redfern Resources Ltd, a Project Approval Certificate for Redfern's 100% owned Tulsequah Project. Redfern proposes to re-open the Tulsequah Chief mine, an underground gold-silver-copper-zinc mine that operated in northwest BC in the 1950's. Redfern commenced re-exploration and feasibility assessment A basic target analysis that provides an initial determination of the viability of a proposed target for special operations forces employment. Also called FA. of the mine in the early 1980's, and has since spent almost $30 million to define the deposit and design an environmentally responsible re-development plan meeting the stringent environmental standards for mining in British Columbia. The Tulsequah Project incorporates a previously reported reserve estimate of 7.6 million tonnes grading 6.63% zinc, 1.31% copper, 1.24% lead, 105.20 g/tonne silver and 2.51 g/tonne gold. This reserve was estimated in compliance with the former National Policy 2A standard at the time of the updated feasibility study The analysis of a problem to determine if it can be solved effectively. The operational (will it work?), economical (costs and benefits) and technical (can it be built?) aspects are part of the study. Results of the study determine whether the solution should be implemented. in 1997. The feasibility study is based on a 2500 tonne/day underground mine, mill and flotation processing flotation process, in mineral treatment and mining, process for concentrating the metal-bearing mineral in an ore. Crude ore is ground to a fine powder and mixed with water, frothing reagents, and collecting reagents. plant producing a gold-rich gravity concentrate as well as zinc, lead and copper concentrates. Estimated average annual payable metal output, at full production, is 98 million pounds of zinc, 22 million pounds of copper, 10 million pounds of lead, 58,000 ounces of gold and 2.3 million ounces of silver. The reserve contains a total of 610,000 ounces of gold and 25.5 million ounces of silver, or just less than 1 million ounces of gold-equivalent. This is in addition to the significant base metal content of the deposit. The Tulsequah deposit remains open to expansion at depth and laterally. Excellent potential for the discovery of new deposits exists on the property within the favourable host rocks, which extend for over 10 kilometres. The property also includes another past producing mine, Big Bull, which has seen only limited exploration drilling since shutdown shut·down n. A cessation of operations or activity, as at a factory. shutdown Noun the closing of a factory, shop, or other business Verb shut down in 1956. No significant exploration drilling program has been conducted anywhere on the 150 km2 property since the permitting process commenced in 1994. With the Project Approval Certificate now in hand, Redfern intends to carry out a drill program designed to expand the current resource by targeting prospective extensions of the deposit, which remain open. Information from this work will be incorporated within an updated feasibility study, including a revision of the resource and reserve estimates to comply with the current NP 43-101 standards. In addition, work will be conducted in accordance with conditions of the Certificate to advance the design information and operating permits for mine construction and development. Redfern is investigating various avenues for funding the work, including discussions with potential partners. The project initially received a Project Approval Certificate in March of 1998 after a 3.5 year environmental assessment review under the former NDP NDP New Democratic Party (Canada) NDP National Development Plan (Republic of Ireland) NDP National Development Plan NDP National Democratic Party (Barbados) government. Subsequent litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. by the local Taku River The Taku River is a river running from British Columbia, Canada to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska. During the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century, the Taku Indians controlled the trade routes on the river and compelled natives of the Tlingit First Nation resulted in a decision by the BC Supreme Court to quash the Certificate on the basis of deemed procedural errors. The BC Court of Appeal later determined that there had been no procedural errors and ordered the project remitted once again to the BC government for decision on a new Certificate, including consideration of the potential for impacts to the asserted rights and title of the First Nation. In reaching their decision today, the Ministers have specifically identified in the Ministers' Reasons for Decision and the Certificate their consideration of the Tlingits' concerns and have concluded that the Project can be constructed, operated and closed in a manner which minimizes impacts on the environment and accommodates the concerns and asserted rights of the Tlingits. Development of the Tulsequah Chief Mine will bring an estimated $150 million of capital investment, 260 direct high-paying jobs, and an estimated 550 indirect and induced jobs to a region of the province which has endured many years of high unemployment and a severely depressed economy. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF REDCORP VENTURES LTD. AND REDFERN RESOURCES LTD. Terence Chandler, President Redcorp Ventures Ltd. Redfern Resources Ltd. |
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