Rocky Creek
Coking Coal Mine
The Rocky Creek Metallurgical Coal Project is located in a strategic coal mining district with multiple producing coal mines, well developed infrastructure such as transportation road, rail loadout, railways, coal ports, power supply, natural gas supply and water supply.
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Exploration Drilling Program
CTI Plus plans to develop the property as an open pit mine. In 2020, CTI Plus completed an extensive drilling program in the property, including about 60 cored holes, 20 rotary drillholes, and over 30 trenches. About 300 coal samples were tested for coal quality, washability, and petrography. All drillholes were geophysical logged with selected drillholes underwent televiewer logging, and are completed as hydrogeological testing and monitoring wells. Geotechnical and geochemical logging, sampling, and testing were completed on cores of selected core holes.
Supported by a sufficient database, a 3D geological and mining model were built. Four pits are identified, coal resources in the pit shells are 28.5 million tonnes with about 80% measured resources and 20% indicated resources. The average strip ratio 6.0:1. The results of coal quality and washability test, as well as petrography analysis, indicate the Rocky Creek property can produce high quality Hard Coking Coal (HCC) and Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) coal products. NI 43-101 report is completed by a well-known independent consulting firm.
Example of coal seam outcrop exposed during a drill pad preparation.
Example of coal core extracted from a HQ core hole.
Large Diameter Core Drilling Program
In the summer of 2023, CTI Plus completed the Large Diameter Core Drilling Program for bulk coal sampling. A total of fourteen 9-inch core holes were drilled, and 240m 9-inch core was retrieved, of which mostly are coal seam cores. A near to 100% core recovery rate was achieved.
Currently, coal core samples, along with roof, floor, and parting samples are undergoing lab testing. The bulk samples are expected to be sufficient to provide washability data for Coal Washing Plant design and coal quality data for metallurgical coal product specification estimate.
