Micon International Limited (Micon) was retained in August, 2009 by Rusoro Mining Ltd.  (Rusoro) to complete a feasibility study for an expansion of the existing processing facility to permit treatment of 20,000 t/d of mainly hard rock from the Choco 10 and Increible 6 deposits. Exploration prior to 2009 had identified additional mineralised deposits and, in 2008, a preliminary assessment was conducted which examined the possibility of increasing the 5,000 t/d mill capacity (Buchanan et. al., 2009). A number of options were investigated and increasing the total plant throughput to 20,000 t/d was found to be the most economically viable.

This feasibility study evaluates the construction of additional processing facilities to treat material from the existing Choco 10 mine and the nearby Increible 6 property as an expansion of the existing Choco 10 plant. With the exception of the construction of a new tailings storage facility, the expanded facilities will be essentially located within the site of the existing Choco 10 operation and represent a brownfields expansion <...>

Ivanhoe Australia Limited (Ivanhoe) commissioned SRK Consulting (Australasia) Pty Ltd (SRK) to prepare a Technical Report in line with Canadian and internationally recognised National Instrument 43-101 reporting standards and Form 43-101F1, for mining activities at the Osborne Open Pit, Osborne Underground and Kulthor Underground deposits.
Ivanhoe is an Australian-based Resource company listed on both the Australian Securities Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange as IVA. It has assembled a significant package of Mineral Resources in the highly mineralised Cloncurry district, near Mt Isa, Queensland. Exploration success so far has revealed a portfolio of copper, molybdenum, rhenium and gold Mineral Resources. This report considers only the copper and gold assets which include the Osborne deposits and Kulthor deposit.
Ivanhoe purchased the Osborne copper-gold assets from Barrick in 2010 <...>

NI 43-101 is a rule that governs how issuers disclose scientific and technical information about their mineral projects to the public. To assist mining industry participants and their advisors in understanding and applying NI 43-101, we compiled a summary of questions and CSA staff responses (Frequently Asked Questions or FAQs) that was first published on October 19, 2001 and was revised on February 8, 2002. Attached to this notice is an update to the FAQs.

We update the summary of FAQs from time to time to assist in the interpretation and application of NI 43-101 as new issues arise. We continuously update this summary of FAQs rather than create supplemental summaries in order to retain one repository of interpretative guidance for the rule. We intend to publish another comprehensive update later this year.

National Instrument 43-101 (the "NI 43-101" or the "NI") is a national instrument for the Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects within Canada. The Instrument is a codified set of rules and guidelines for reporting and displaying information related to mineral properties owned by, or explored by, companies which report these results on stock exchanges within Canada. This includes foreign-owned mining entities who trade on stock exchanges overseen by the Canadian Securities Administrators, even if they only trade on Over The Counter (OTC) derivatives or other instrumented securities.

Many publicly held Canadian mineral exploration and mining companies list on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) or the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Some of these companies may also have listings on stock exchanges outside Canada, such as Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Australian Securities Exchange and London Stock Exchange.

Disclosures covered by the NI 43-101 code include press releases of mineral exploration reports,reporting of resources and reserves, presentations, oral comments, and websites. The NI 43-101 covers metalliferous, precious metals and solid energy commodities as well as bulk minerals, dimension stone, precious stones andmineral sands commodities.