Copper Fox Metals : Fact Sheet - April 2025
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Van Dyke
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Arizona
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DESERT FOX VAN DYKE CO. is located in Gila County's Town of Miami, Arizona. Copper Fox Metals Inc., thru its subsidiary Desert Fox Van Dyke Co., is working to re-establish copper production from the historic Van Dyke copper mine. Recent studies show that the Van Dyke deposit has the potential to be a mid-tier in-situ copper recovery (ISCR) mine producing 85Mlb of copper per year in the United States.
The project plans to recover copper using a process known as ISCR the same process that is being used at the Florence copper project, located in Florence, Arizona. The Florence deposit is scheduled for rst production in late 2025. The ISCR method has several distinct environmental, social, and operational benets over conventional open pit mining.
ISCR involves injecting a very weak acidic solution into the deposit to leach the copper minerals in veins and fractures. Copper bearing solutions are recovered to surface by a series of recovery wells and then using an SX-EW plant to recover the copper from the solution, all without moving any rock. It is cost eective and environmentally friendly.
Once an area is leached, the wells are ushed with water to remove any remaining leaching solution. At the end of leaching operations, all facilities would be removed and the lands restored to pre-mining conditions, allowing it to be used for any purpose in the future. Copper Fox is adopting a unique approach to Van Dyke, the plan is to develop the deposit as an underground ISCR operation.
Historically two, fully permitted, successful, ISCR test projects were previously completed on the Van Dyke project, producing more than 4 million pounds of copper.
In-Situ Copper Recovery
Van Dyke supports approximately 450 well-paid jobs for Arizonans, while generating billions of dollars in economic activity, wages, contracts, expenditures, and government revenues during operations.
Mineralized Fracture
Malachite, azurite and chrysocolla in fractured Pinal Schist at 294.5 meters in drillhole M-3
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In 2023, the decision was made to advance the project to the Preliminary Feasibility Study (PFS) stage that includes a production test facility to demonstrate to federal and state regulators, and the public, that the ISCR process at Van Dyke is safe, environmentally sound and operationally ecient.
A portion of the PFS includes a planned ISCR production test intended to demonstrate:
sources of drinking water consistent with
Geological Surfaces & Proposed UG
EPA guidelines
Hydraulic control of solutions injected into the deposit
Compliance with the conditions established in permits issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) and other
regulatory agencies
Desert Fox Van Dyke Co. has strived to be
On receipt of all federal and state permits, it is estimated that the construction
a good corporate citizen in Miami and the
phase would take 24 months at an estimated cost of US$298 million. Van Dyke
surrounding communities, participating in
supports approximately 450 well-paid jobs for Arizonans, while generating
social and public functions since 2013. We
billions of dollars in economic activity, wages, contracts, expenditures, and
look forward to building strong relationships
government revenues during operations.
with all stakeholders in the area.
Over the projected 17-year operating life, the project would:
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Contribute ~$3 billion to Arizona's economy (Gross State Product)
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Generate ~$800 million in employment income for Arizonans
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Generate ~$225 million in state taxes
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Contribute ~$105 million in tax revenues to the Town of Miami
Generate ~$5 million in annual capital expenditures
Elmer B. Stewart, M.Sc., P.Geo.
Van Dyke plans to train and support the development of hundreds of sta and
President and Chief Executive Ocer
Lynn Ball
skilled tradespeople who can apply their professional experience in the Miami
area and elsewhere in the mineral industry.
Vice President Corporate Aairs
Compared to traditional mining operations, the ISCR process at Van Dyke
has several important environmental and social benets, including:
Small environmental footprint (less than a square mile)
All statements included herein, including without limitation, statements
regarding potential mineralization and exploration results, production
Low energy and water use, low carbon footprint per pound of copper
timing and cost estimates and timing of future plans, actions, objectives and
achievements of Copper Fox Metals Inc. are "forward-looking statements" as
produced
such term is used in applicable Canadian and US securities laws. These
Avoids known aquifers
statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on
forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and
Minimal surface land disturbance, minimal waste rock, no large pits
assumptions of management at the time the statements were made. Actual
results may dier materially from those currently anticipated. Investors are
No blasting, excavations completed underground
cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertain-
ties. The forward-looking statements contained herein are expressly qualied
Rock stays in place
by this cautionary statement. Elmer B. Stewart, MSc. P. Geol., President of
No tailings ponds
Copper Fox, is the Company's nominated Qualied Person pursuant to
Section 3.1 of National Instrument 43-101,
and has reviewed and approved the
Safer for mine workers and surrounding communities, no dust
technical information disclosed herein.
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