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Amongst the world's largest Cu-Ni-PGM polymetallic sulphide deposits with contained metals (using a 0.3% Cu cut-off) of Indicated 8.0 Billion lbs copper, 2.5 Billion lbs nickel, and 12.1 Million ozs palladium+platinum+gold (TPM)1 and Inferred 13.5 Billion lbs copper, 4.6 Billion lbs nickel, and 15.8 Million ozs TPM 1.
Using a base case 0.3% Cu cut-off, AMEC estimated Indicated Resource of 726 million tons2 and Inferred Resource of 1.37 billion tons on the three deposits (Birch Lake, Maturi and Spruce Road) which are approximately 11% of the Twin Metals property block.
In addition to the stated Indicated and Inferred mineral resource tons, AMEC highlights additional Exploration Target areas surrounding Maturi estimating an additional potential of between 1.4 and 2.4 billion tons. These Exploration Target areas represent approximately 12% of the Twin Metals property block.
Within the three zones for which resources are estimated, there exists significant continuous mineralization at higher grades than the global resource.
This new Mineral Resource Estimate reports an increase in tonnage and metal that is approximately double the estimate used in Duluth Metal's Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) of January 8, 2009