Catface

The Catface copper/molybdenum property is located on Catface Peninsula, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, west of Port Alberni, British Columbia. The property consists of 145 contiguous two-post claims of which 117 have been legally surveyed into a mining lease with a total area of 3,957 hectares. The Catface Peninsula can be reached by floatplane, helicopter or boat from Tofino, a distance of 13 kilometres. Infrastructure can be accessed towards Port Alberni to the east. There is no infrastructure on the peninsula other than logging roads accessing numerous clear cut areas.

Imperial did not conduct exploration in 2011 and does not have plans to conduct field work in 2012.

Catface was acquired by Imperial through the November 2009 merger with Selkirk Metals Corp. Prior to Selkirk's exploration of the Catface deposit, Falconbridge Limited worked on the property from discovery in 1960 through 1989 and included extensive surface exploration and several phases of surface and underground diamond drilling from an 825 metre adit through the centre of the deposit. This exploration resulted in the discovery of three zones of mineralization (Cliff, Irishman Creek and Hecate Bay zones) that are thought to reflect a larger porphyry system.

Catface Open Pit Mineral Resource Estimate* [43-101 compliant]
  Indicated Inferred
Ore Type Tonnes 000's Cu % Tonnes 000's Cu %
Sulfide 43,968 0.41 230,063 0.38
Mixed 12,895 0.38 32,386 0.40
Total 56,863 0.40 262,448 0.38


Technical information: 43-101 Technical Report - Catface Copper Project; Mineral Resources Estimate - August 2009  

*refer to cautionary note