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Liberty Mines Inc. is a producer of nickel and is focused on the exploration,
development and production of nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum group metals
from its properties in Ontario, Canada. Around the south and east boundaries of
the Shaw Dome, which is centered about 25 km southeast of Timmins Ontario,
Liberty owns a 100% interest in over 12,000 contiguous mining claims and leases
as indicated in the geophysical magnetic survey below. Pre-production began at
the Redstone nickel mine mid May 2006. The ore was custom milled in Cobalt
Ontario until April 2007 and then stockpiled at the mine site to be processed
at the newly completed Redstone Mill. Commercial production at the Redstone
Mine was declared as of July 1 2007 at a production rate of 200 tonnes per day.
The 1500 tonne per day Redstone Mill was commissioned in July 2007. It will
initially operate at approximately 450 tonnes per day until the McWatters
nickel mine ramps up to full production in mid 2008. The mill contains a
sophisticated flotation circuit to effectively separate nickel sulphides from
the high magnesium hydroxide (talc) component typical of altered komatiite
nickel ores in the Shaw Dome Nickel Belt.
Underground drilling was completed in April at the Redstone Mine from the 213m
level drill drift to enable a National Instrument 43-101 resource calculation
to be done. A measured and indicated resource of 418,931 tonnes grading 2.32%
nickel ("Ni") to and above the 508m level of the mine was released on July 11,
2007. Deep drilling is complete to bring the mineralization below 508m to the
1200m level of the mine into the inferred resource category. Drilling from
within the mine from a drill drift at the 366m level is ongoing to enable the
inferred resource above the 670m level to be brought into the measured and
indicated categories. An updated 43-101 report is expected to be completed in
the second quarter of 2008.
Borehole R06-01 was successfully extended and intercepted 3.45m of 3.9% Ni at
the 675m level. Eight boreholes have been completed from 789m to 1155m below
the surface of the mine. Results produced significant intersections including
4.65m of 3.62% Ni and 8.5m of 2.40% Ni which confirmed the "Inco anomaly" (see
Redstone Project) is certainly a nickel bearing orebody. A decision to build a
shaft at the mine was made in May 2007 and construction began in August 2007.
The shaft will allow an increase in the production rate at a lower mining cost
and enable the inferred resource in the lower sections of the mine to be
brought into a reserve category by definition drilling from within the mine.
Construction began in mid November 2007 at the McWatters nickel mine, located
approximately 9 km to the east of the Redstone Mine. Pre-production from the
upper zone sill development is scheduled for Q2 of 2008. It was decided to mine
the deposit as an underground operation to be able to exploit the rich lower
zone one year sooner than what could be achieved from an open pit operation.
The upper zone will allow 300-500 tonnes of ore per day to be mined from the
sills as they are developed on each level.The mine plan is designed for a 1200
tonne per day operation once the ramp to the bottom level at 130m is complete.
Definition drilling was completed in November 2007 to enable an updated 43-101
resource/reserve report to be released in Q1 2008.
Drilling commenced in March 2007 at the Hart nickel project which is located
about 6 km east of the Redstone Mine. Results of the first boreholes have
confirmed the historical ore grades of about 1% Ni over a 300m strike length to
approximately 205m deep. Recently reported drill results of 27.4m of 1.17% Ni
and 15.55m of 2.15% Ni near the 300m level have confirmed a significant ore
body which is open at depth. A second drill rig is now at the property to
continue to define the channel laterally and at depth. This will enable a
43-101 resource report for this deposit to be completed in Q2 2008. A few
boreholes below 500m are also planned for early 2008. The Hart deposit is a
very prospective candidate for Liberty's third nickel mine.
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