- The Company has a 50% interest in the 172,674-hectare Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (“UKMP”) which hosts numerous areas containing high grade volcanogenic massive sulphide and carbonate replacement style polymetallic zones of mineralization.
- The UKMP hosts some of the highest-grade copper deposits in the world including the high-grade, feasibility stage, Arctic copper-zinc-lead-gold-silver project which has an after-tax net present value of US$1.1 billion. The Arctic Project hosts grades of over 4% copper equivalent.
- The adjacent Bornite Project, also within the UKMP, contains approximately 6.4 billion pounds of copper and 77 million pounds of cobalt. Cobalt has been designated as a critical metal by the United States government. If developed, Bornite would be the only cobalt mining operation in the United States.
Trilogy Metals has all the right attributes that shareholders look for when investing in high-quality exploration and development companies.
Assets
Partners
- Trilogy also has a joint venture with South32 Ltd. which contributed US$145 million in cash into the joint venture. South32 is an Australia-based metal mining company with a market capitalization of approximately US$10 billion.
- The Company has strong partnership with the State of Alaska which is home to numerous world-class mining operations.
- Trilogy also has a partnership with NANA Regional Corporation which is a native corporation that owns the Red Dog Mine (operated by Teck Resources), the largest zinc producer in the world.
Jurisdiction
- The UKMP is in Alaska, which is ranked by the Fraser Institute as 4th of 76 mining jurisdictions for Investment Attractiveness. There is considerable support from all levels of government.
People
- Trilogy is led by Tony Giardini who has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry including most recently as the President of Ivanhoe Mines and, before that, as Chief Financial Officer for Kinross Gold Corp.
- Elaine Sanders, Trilogy’s Chief Financial Officer, has more than 20 years of experience in audit, finance, and accounting with public and private companies.
- Richard Gosse, the Company’s Vice President Exploration, is a highly seasoned exploration geologist with 35 years of experience, including 15 years at the Vice President level.