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00:00In addition to the cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements and imagery,
00:06please see cautionary language on our website at www.trilogymetals.com.
00:13This video shows our future plans to build a mine at Arctic.
00:17It is clearly forward-looking and much work lies ahead to make this a reality.
00:22Trilogy Metals is developing the Ambler Mining District in Alaska to produce copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, and cobalt.
00:38All metals necessary to support our modern way of life.
00:41Alaska feels the effects of climate change more than any other region in the United States.
00:54The Paris Accord on Climate Change identified meaningful actions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and slow down climate change.
01:01Use more alternative forms of energy such as wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, and geothermal.
01:12And, replace the internal combustion engine with electric vehicles.
01:17Both of these transitions will take approximately five times more copper than conventional energy and transportation to achieve.
01:24Copper is essential to building a carbon-free, sustainable energy future.
01:29So, where is copper mined today?
01:32Thirty-five percent comes from Central Africa, where corruption, child labor, and poor working conditions are common.
01:38And, thirty-five percent comes from the Andean Copper Belt of South America, where mines use precious water necessary for farming and other critical applications.
01:47This sometimes causes social unrest and even violent protests.
01:52The Ambler Mining District, located in northwestern Alaska, is another location blessed with abundant copper.
02:02Shortly after Alaska became a state, these lands were chosen specifically to develop their mineral potential by the state of Alaska.
02:10In addition, Nana Regional Corporation also selected lands for the mineral potential as a result of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, or ANCSA.
02:19The Ambler District is rich in copper, zinc, lead, cobalt, gold, and silver.
02:26There are dozens of known deposits in the Ambler District, including Arctic, Sun, Sunshine, Smucker, and Bornite.
02:36To date, billions of pounds of copper have been discovered, and more exploration will likely lead to more discoveries.
02:43Since 2004, Trilogy has expended over $100 million exploring the district.
02:49At Arctic, Trilogy is conducting a feasibility study and readying the project for permitting.
02:55Meanwhile, continued exploration at Boronite is proving up more copper and cobalt resources in the hopes of defining a second world-class deposit.
03:08The Arctic deposit sits under the first set of foothills that make up the Brooks Range.
03:13The rocks that host Arctic are over 350 million years old, deposited on an ancient seafloor.
03:24Drilling at Arctic has identified a probable mineral reserve containing 43 million metric tons grading 2.3% copper, 3.2% zinc, 0.6% lead, half a gram of gold, and over an ounce of silver,
03:40making it one of the highest-grade open-pit copper resources in the world.
03:46A total of 163 drill holes define the extent of mineralization.
03:53In addition, detailed studies on the hydrology, geochemistry, and rock mechanics for pit slope stability studies,
04:00along with extensive environmental baseline information, have been carried out.
04:06Arctic is planned to be mined as an open-pit surface mine.
04:10The strip ratio is expected to be 7 to 1, meaning that 7 tons of unmineralized rock will be mined for every ton of ore.
04:18This ensures maximum recovery of the copper-bearing rock.
04:22Ores will be processed in a mill, while unmineralized rock and tailings will be deposited in a tailings and rock storage facility.
04:30At the end of the mine life, the area will undergo reclamation, as discussed later in this video.
04:36We anticipate that the mining process will start with drilling and blasting to break up the rock into smaller pieces
04:42that can be loaded onto large haul trucks carrying 100 tons of material.
04:47The non-mineralized rock will be hauled to a material storage site located near the head of the valley.
05:05The ore-grade material will be hauled to a crusher for further size reduction.
05:09The crusher and coarse ore stockpile will be housed in buildings to help prevent fugitive dust contamination.
05:16The ore will be fed to a semi-autogenous grinding mill, or a sag mill, followed by further grinding in a ball mill.
05:23The mills will grind the crushed ore fragments into fine, silty material.
05:27Flotation tanks separate the metals into three concentrates.
05:31A copper concentrate, a zinc concentrate, and a lead concentrate containing most of the gold and silver.
05:39The current plans are for the concentrates to be stored in a storage shed,
05:43where they will be loaded into special concentrate containers with locking lids.
05:47This is designed to prevent any loss of concentrate to the environment.
05:51Note that the trucks would not enter the concentrate shed, and therefore will not be contaminated with metal dust.
05:58The containers will then be loaded onto flatbed trucks.
06:03Trilogy intends that concentrates will be hauled along the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road,
06:10also known as AMDAP, a 211-mile private road currently being permitted and planned to be built by the Alaska Industrial Development Export Authority, or ADA.
06:20This proposed road will connect to the Dalton Highway near Coldfoot.
06:25Bridges will be built high enough for traditional river access for hunting and fishing.
06:36During caribou migration season in the fall, trucks will stop to allow the migration to proceed unhindered.
06:43This practice has been demonstrated to be effective over a 30-year operating period at the Red Dog Mine.
06:49At the Dalton Highway, a security gate and guard station will ensure that the AMDAP remains a private road for commercial use only.
06:57No public access for hunting and fishing would be allowed.
07:01Approximately 40 trucks per day will haul concentrates to Fairbanks,
07:07where they will be unloaded and stacked until ready to be reloaded onto flatbed rail cars for the journey to a year-round port in south-central Alaska.
07:17At the port, containers will be unloaded and stacked until they are emptied into bulk shipping carriers.
07:27A special Rotobox mechanism fitted to an overhead crane will pick up the concentrate boxes and lift them into position,
07:34opening the lid and depositing the concentrate directly into the ship hold.
07:39This approach is designed to minimize dust pollution. Approximately half a million tons of concentrate is planned to be shipped per year.
07:47The concentrate will likely be transported to Korea, Japan and China,
07:52where ample smelting capacity exists to process the concentrates into usable metals necessary to sustain our modern lifestyle.
08:00We expect that approximately 450 jobs will be needed at the Arctic mine.
08:13More should the Borneite project be developed.
08:16These jobs include haul truck drivers, mechanics, heavy equipment operators, drillers and blasters,
08:23maintenance and inventory specialists, electricians, millwrights, carpenters, accountants, chefs and caterers, nurses and EMTs,
08:38communications and IT experts, along with engineers, geologists, environmental scientists and managers.
08:48The jobs go beyond the mines. By using the existing infrastructure in Alaska,
08:53there would be jobs all along the transportation route.
08:56For example, 24 people will be needed at three maintenance stations, several more at the security gate,
09:03a dozen in Fairbanks for transport and transfer to the Alaska Railroad,
09:08and finally at the port in south-central Alaska to load the ships bound for Asia.
09:13Developing the Ambler Mining District will create hundreds of jobs throughout Alaska,
09:17and help maintain Alaska's important transportation infrastructure.
09:23In Alaska, mining requires a rigorous permitting process involving state and federal agencies and the Northwest Arctic Borough.
09:31Trilogy plans to initiate this process in 2019.
09:35A detailed reclamation plan is an integral part of the permitting process,
09:39and a multi-million dollar bond will be required to ensure this reclamation work will be completed,
09:45including water treatment and long-term monitoring.
09:49Trilogy is committed to developing the Ambler Mining District in a responsible manner,
09:54with the utmost attention paid to maintaining the subsistence lifestyle of the local Inupiaq and Athabaskan residents,
10:01Alaska's first people.
10:03Copper and cobalt mined in the Ambler District can be used to generate clean, non-carbon forms of energy generation,
10:12or in emission-free electric vehicles.
10:16Alternative energy and electric vehicles are part of the solution to meaningfully address climate change and air pollution,
10:24issues that we all care about and must change for a better future.
10:28This video represents our plan to develop the Arctic deposit.
10:32If you have any questions, please contact us at info at TrilogyMetals.com.
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