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F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 2 0 www.resourceworld.com 17 days to less than 12 hours of daylight makes it impossible for running two 12-hour drill shifts. So, the exploration program becomes highly inefficient and costly." "We plan to move our drill camp to the toe of the Treaty Creek Glacier, and have access to the drill areas with track-mounted quads and ATVs as well as utilizing self- propelled track-mounted rigs and rod carriers" said Konkin. "Helicopters will still be required but we'll not be dependent on them for crew changes specifically. The idea is to reduce the helicopter dependency for drill support and improve ground access from camp to drill sites to greatly extend our drill season and cut costs." "Clearly, getting better access would be a major game changer for both major and small companies. The Volcano Creek Road was the ultimate game changer for the Eskay Creek Mine that changed logistics greatly and aided in lowering the cost of extracting ore – unlike other projects up in the Triangle," said Konkin. Konkin said that with this road now in place, cost sharing of maintenance and road improvements will give smaller companies a big advantage and enable them to put more exploration dollars in the ground rather than logistics support. "Companies can cut down on helicopter costs by getting much closer to the drill targets by utilizing this road and sharing the maintenance costs – much more cost effective," he said. "We plan to use this road to stage to our Eskay North property for transportation of supplies to Treaty Creek. Furthermore, we have advanced infrastructure in the area such as power lines – also a game changer – and having two sea ports nearby including the Port of Stewart for shipping concentrate, as well as the container shipping port at Prince Rupert…all these aid logistical aspects enormously." "These are all critical components that facilitate the building of mines for the entire Golden Triangle. Another aspect I rarely hear mentioned is the Bob Quinn airstrip located 30 km north of our property bound- ary. In the past this airstrip had scheduled daily commercial flights from Terrace and KEN KONKIN