Copper production in Canada4 of the 5 biggest copper producers are in British Columbia on trend with Kodiak Copper. The fifth is Kidd Creek in ontario which has only a few tears of mine life left.
1. Highland Valley Copper Mine, BC, TECK, 114 K tons, through 2040
2. Gibraltar Mine, BC, Taseko, 52 K tons, through 2045
3. Copper Mountain Mine, BC, Hudbay, 40 K tons. through 2054
4. Mount Milligan Mine, BC, Cemterra Gold, 30 K tons, through 2033
5. Kidd Creek Mine, Ontario, Glencore, 27 K tons, through 2026
Kodiak could become another BC copper mine. Just have to add more high grade mineralization and do a resource study. Gate/Prime is high grade and large and has a gold kicker. Adit is near surface and may be part of bigger system including 1516 and South which are being drilled this year. There are many other targets on the property. Total Resource on the two contiguous mines are
Copper Mountain to the south 307 MT 0.24% Cu & 0.10g/t Au, and Highland Valley to the north 367 MT 0.31% Cu. Gate /Prime has double the copper grade and double the gold of Copper Mountain. More work to do, 2024 program may add a lot. Goal is to continue to explore the propetry and move toward a robust resource estimation at the right time. And become one of the 10-20 new copper mines that need to come on-line in next 10-20 years.