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Advanced Exploration Projects Graphite Creek Graphite • Prefeasibility study initiated in 2019 with expected completion in 2021 • $363 million in projected capital costs • 370 potential production jobs Livengood Gold • Placer mining began in 1914, lode exploration in 2003 • 11.4 million ounces of gold measured and indicated resource • Announced optimization work to update prefeasibility study with expected completion in 2021 • 330 potential production jobs Niblack Copper, gold, silver, and zinc • $43 million in exploration spending since 2009 • Restart of Phase 1 exploration program in 2020 with further drilling (surface and underground) planned for 2021 Palmer Copper, zinc, silver, gold, and barite • Defining a multi-deposit Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide district • Preliminary Economic Assessment completed for underground mining, moving toward Feasibility Study • More than $50 million invested since 2006 • Began lode gold exploration upstream of Porcupine placer deposits Manh Choh Gold • Kinross Alaska acquired 70% interest in October 2020 • Project in scoping phase with plans to start production in 2024 • High-grade ore is expected to be trucked to Fort Knox mine for processing Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (Arctic and Bornite) Copper, zinc, gold, and silver • $147 million spent on exploration since 2011 • 2020 drilling season program delayed due to COVID-19 • Robust drilling program planned at Arctic and Bornite in 2021 • Baseline environmental monitoring ongoing (Arctic) • Final Environmental Impact Statement Joint Record of Decision and Wetlands Permit completed for the Ambler District Industrial Access Project
Projects in Permitting Donlin Gold Gold • Discovered in 1988, continued exploration since 1995
Kensington Gold • 2019 production was 127,914 ounces of gold • Celebrated the mine’s tenth year of production in 2020 • Second largest private sector employer in Southeast Alaska in terms of payroll; over $55 million in wages and benefits in 2019 • Second largest payer of property tax in the City and Borough of Juneau • Over $450,000 in total 2020 community donations, including significant support toward education and COVID-19 efforts • 386 employees in 2020 Northern Star Pogo Gold • Discovered in 1994, producing since 2006 • Eighth largest gold producer in the U.S. • Acquired by Northern Star Resources Limited in 2018 • Poured 4 millionth ounce in 2020 • Approximately 515 employees in 2020 Red Dog Zinc, lead, and silver • Largest lead concentrate and zinc concentrate producer in the U.S. • Discovered in 1968, producing since 1989 • Mine life expected until 2032 • Second largest silver producer in the U.S. in 2016 • Largest source of revenue to Northwest Arctic Borough and one of the largest borough employers • Approximately 630 employees (including 111 contractor employees) in 2020 Usibelli Coal Coal • In continuous production since 1943 • Fuels 32% of Interior Alaska’s electrical generation • Approximately 102 employees in 2020
• Permitting process began in 2012; final Environmental Impact Statement and Joint USACE and BLM Record of Decision in 2018 • Up to 80% Calista shareholder hire at its camp operation in 2020 • Up to 1,000 expected production jobs, depending on the production timeline Pebble Copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and rhenium • Discovered in 1987 on State of Alaska land • Ongoing exploration, engineering, and environmental studies since 2002 • World class discovery of copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and rhenium • Approximately 850 potential production jobs Large Producing Mines Fort Knox Gold • Alaska’s largest producing gold mine; poured 8 millionth ounce in 2019 • Now in its 24th year of production • Largest single property taxpayer in the Fairbanks North Star Borough • 645 employees, plus 124 on-site contractors in 2019 • Completed construction of its second heap leach facility to stack and process ore from Gilmore Greens Creek Silver, zinc, gold, and lead • Largest silver producer in the U.S. and in the top 10 producers worldwide • Discovered in 1975, producing from 1989 to 1993, and continuously since 1996 • Largest payer of property tax in the City and Borough of Juneau • Largest Southeast Alaska for-profit employer, in terms of payroll • Approximately 440 employees in 2020
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