/C O R R E C T I O N -- Pacific Booker Minerals, Inc./
28 Février 2009 - 1:27AM
PR Newswire (US)
In the news release, Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. Announces
Positive Feasibility Study for the Morrison Copper/Gold Project,
issued 27-Feb-2009 by Pacific Booker Minerals, Inc. over PR
Newswire, we are advised by the company that the third bullet point
under the second table should read "Recovered metal is 1,370.104
million lb Cu, 658,090 oz Au and 10.047 million lb Mo:" rather than
"Recovered metal is 1,370,104 million lb Cu, 658,090 oz Au and
10,047 million lb Mo:" as originally issued inadvertently. The
complete, corrected release follows: VANCOUVER, British Columbia,
Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (NYSE: PBM), (CDNX:BKM.V) Pacific
Booker Minerals Inc. is pleased to announce the results of an
independent Feasibility Study on the Company's 100% owned Morrison
Copper/Gold Project located in Central British Columbia, Canada.
The Feasibility Study was completed by Wardrop Engineering Inc., a
Tetra Tech Company, with technical support of a team of other
consultants. The study describes the scope, design features and
financial viability of a conventional open pit mine with a 30,000
tonnes per day mill. The results of the Feasibility Study are: --
The resource was announced in a News Release in Vancouver, BC,
April 13, 2007 and is included in the Feasibility Study as below:
Measured + Indicated Cut-off Tonnes > Average Grade % Eq Cu
Cut-off Cu EQ (%) Cu (%) Au (g/t) Mo (%) 0.15 281,652,590 0.40 0.34
0.17 0.005 0.20 265,954,503 0.41 0.35 0.17 0.005 0.25 238,475,426
0.44 0.37 0.18 0.005 0.30 206,869,448 0.46 0.39 0.20 0.005 0.35
170,772,241 0.49 0.42 0.21 0.005 0.40 133,351,540 0.52 0.44 0.22
0.005 Inferred Tonnes > Average Grade Cut-off Cu EQ (%) Cu (%)
Au (g/t) Mo (%) 87,806,392 0.38 0.33 0.16 0.004 81,798,181 0.40
0.34 0.17 0.005 61,661,854 0.45 0.38 0.19 0.004 56,524,341 0.47
0.40 0.21 0.005 47,875,646 0.50 0.42 0.22 0.005 38,587,285 0.53
0.45 0.23 0.005 CuEq=Cu+Au*0.303+Mo*3.18 -- The total mineable
reserve included in the measured and indicated resource, classified
as proven and probable, at Net Smelter Return (NSR) cut-off-value
of $CDN5.60/t, is 224.25Mt with an average grade of 0.330% Cu,
0.163g/t Au and 0.004% Mo. Cut-off $5.60 NSR TOTAL ROM (TONNES) Cu
% Au g/t Mo % Proven 115,121,000 0.355 0.173 0.004 Probable
109,130,000 0.304 0.152 0.004 Subtotal 224,251,000 0.330 0.163
0.004 Inferred 7,381,000 0.225 0.102 0.003 -- The overburden and
waste total is 184.12 Mt for a strip ratio of 0.82:1; -- Recoveries
are Cu 84.0%, 56.0% Au and 50.0% Mo. -- Recovered metal is
1,370.104 million lb Cu, 658,090 oz Au and 10.047 million lb Mo: --
Mine life of 21 years; -- Capital cost is estimated at CDN$516.68
million (including a CDN$59.92 million contingency allocation). --
A projected exchange rate of C$1.00/ US$0.87; -- Operating cost of
CDN$8.15 per tonne milled over the life of the mine; -- Pre-Income
Tax Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 20.05%, based on metal prices
of (four year trailing average as of January 12, 2009) Cu $2.75, Au
$658.32 and Mo $29.23: -- Net Present Value (NPV) at 8.0% discount
rate is CDN$495.9M; and -- Payback period on capital is 4.2 years.
Note: Silver was not included in the financial analysis; however,
there is an opportunity for improved economic performance if silver
credits are received from the treatment and refining of the copper
concentrate. Metallurgical test-work to date has reported silver
present in the concentrate. The mineral reserve estimates have been
prepared and classified in accordance with CIM Classification
established under National Instrument 43-101 of the Canadian
Securities Administrators. The reserve estimate takes into
consideration all geologic, mining, milling and economic factors
and is stated according to Canadian Standards (NI 43-101). (Under
US standards no reserve declaration is possible until financing and
permits are acquired.) The qualified person responsible for the
mineral reserve estimate is John. W. Nilsson, M.Sc. P.Eng., Nilsson
Mine Services Ltd. The contents of this News Release have been
reviewed by Wardrop Engineering Inc., a Tetra Tech Company. The NI
43-101 Technical Report for the Morrison Copper/Gold Feasibility
Study Report will be filed on SEDAR within 45 days of the date of
this news release and will also be posted on the Pacific Booker
Minerals Inc. web-site at http://www.pacificbooker.com/. Contact:
Gregory R. Anderson President & CEO PBM 1-800-747-9911
1-800-234-3680 DATASOURCE: Pacific Booker Minerals, Inc. CONTACT:
Gregory R. Anderson, President & CEO of PBM, 1-800-747-9911 or
1-800-234-3680 Web Site: http://www.pacificbooker.com/
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