Tulsequah Chief Project

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This is the claim boundary for the Tilsequah Chief Project which is owned and operated by Chieftain Metals Inc, and includes the 2 former producing mines Tulsequah Chief and Big Bull. The Tulsequah Project is located in northwestern British Columbia on the Tulsequah River near its junction with the Taku River, approximately 100 kilometres south of the town of Atlin, British Columbia and 65 kilometres northeast of Juneau, Alaska.

The Tulsequah Chief Deposit is located at an elevation of approximately 110 metres above sea level. The Tulsequah Project covers a total area of approximately 14,220 hectares and is comprised of 13 mineral claims and 25 Crown-granted claims.

The Tulsequah Project is at an advanced development stage and covers two previously producing mines, the Tulsequah Chief deposit and the Big Bull Deposit, which were last operated by a predecessor of Teck Resources Limited in the period from 1951 to 1957. The two mines were underground operations with conventional mining processing methods with well understood coarse-grained metallurgy.

More recently, exploration work was conducted by Redfern beginning in 1989 which culminated in the completion of a feasibility study in 2007 by Wardrop Engineering Inc. on behalf of Redcorp Ventures Ltd. Our principal focus will be to develop an underground mine at the Tulsequah Chief Deposit while continuing to pursue exploration at both the Tulsequah Chief Deposit and the Big Bull Deposit.

The two mines of the Tulsequah Project were last operated by a predecessor of Teck in the period 1951 to 1957. During this period, both were underground mines, which based on the Tulsequah Technical Report produced an aggregate of 935,536 tonnes of ore.

Reference for information:
www.chieftainmetals.com/tulsequah-chief.php