Preliminary Geology of the Nimpkish Map Area ( NTS 092 L / 07 ) , Northern Vancouver Island , British Columbia

North ern Van cou ver Is land is richly en dowed in a va ri ety of base and pre cious-metal de pos its. For ex am ple, the Cu-Mo-Au por phyry de posit at the for mer Is land Cop per mine (1971–1994) pro duced ap prox i mately 345 mil lion tonnes of ore with av er age head grades of 0.41 wt% Cu, 0.017% Mo, 0.19 g/t Au and 1.4 g/t Ag (Perello et al., 1995). Other por phyry de pos its are known to ex ist in the re gion (e.g., Hushamu [MINFILE oc cur rence 92L 240] and Red Dog [92L 200]; MINFILE, 2005) and, thanks to a re cent surge in metal prices, the po ten tial for bring ing these and fu ture dis cov er ies into production is currently high.