LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The EV supply chain in Canada should begin with the development of Windy Craggy, North America’s largest undeveloped cobalt-copper deposit. Though it was shuttered in a park for political reasons over 30 years ago when cobalt technology was not as robust as today, this deposit should be reviewed. The Champagne Aishihik First Nation in whose traditional territory this deposit occurs would now have rights to the metal in the ground via United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and British Columbia’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA).

Approximately $50 million has been spent resulting in a 1992 non-NI 43-101 compliant historical resource estimate of 297,400,000 tonnes: 1.38% Cu, 0.069% Co, 0.20 g/t Au, 3.83 g/t Ag using a 0.5% copper cut-off grade. This estimate should be considered a minimum, as a new zinc-rich zone was discovered at the end of latest drilling campaign in 1990. This deposit and surrounding area remain open for further exploration.

I have been involved with the Windy Craggy project since 1975 and was project geologist from 1989 to 1992. I have been engaged with Mr. James Allen (former chief of Champagne Aishihik First Nation) since 2011 regarding this project. This deposit can be developed via a mineral park and is a solution to the EV supply chain and subsequent decarbonization.

Bruce Downing, MSc, P Geo, FGC, FEC (hon)