Swamp Point Project - Minerals North
Swamp Point Project - Minerals North
Swamp Point Project - Minerals North
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ASCOT RESOURCES LTD.<br />
SWAMP POINT PROJECT<br />
MINERALS NORTH<br />
APRIL 2005
ASCOT RESOURCES LTD.<br />
Suite 900 – 475 Howe Street<br />
Vancouver, BC<br />
V6C 2B3<br />
Phone (604) 684-8950<br />
8950<br />
www.ascotresources.ca<br />
Directors:<br />
Officers:<br />
Ken Carter<br />
Robert A. Evans<br />
Ron F. Nichols<br />
John A. Toffan<br />
Bonnie L. Whelan<br />
John A. Toffan<br />
Robert A. Evans<br />
President & CEO<br />
Secretary & CFO<br />
TSX Venture Exchange<br />
Symbol AOT
SWAMP POINT LOCATION
SWAMP POINT LOCATION
SWAMP POINT PROJECT<br />
Proposed <strong>Project</strong><br />
• 3 million tonnes per year sand and gravel pit<br />
• Screen, crush and wash plant<br />
• Stockpiles<br />
• Ship loader<br />
• Warehouse and office<br />
• Ancillary structures
2005 Exploration
2005 Exploration<br />
13 holes – 596 metre<br />
monitoring well<br />
pump test well
2005 Exploration
FIRST NATIONS<br />
Nisga’a<br />
Nass Wildlife Area<br />
Tsimshian<br />
Metlakatla<br />
Lax Kw’alaams
SWAMP POINT PROJECT<br />
• Environmental Baseline Started<br />
• Water quality and flow<br />
• Fisheries<br />
• Terrestrial Ecosystem<br />
• Marine Ecosystem<br />
• Hydrology and Hydrogeology<br />
• Soils<br />
• Rare and Endangered Species (2005)<br />
• Archaeological Assessment (2005)
<strong>Swamp</strong> <strong>Point</strong> looking NE
SWAMP POINT<br />
Proposed Loading Area
South Beach Creek
South Beach Creek
South Beach Creek
South Beach Creek
Donahue Creek
Donahue Creek
Donahue Tributary
Weather Station
Soils Assessment
Pulling the Plug
APRIL 2005
66 Million Tonne Inferred Resource
50% Sand; 45 % Gravel; 5% Silt
• California<br />
Potential Markets<br />
• Consumes 250 million tons annually<br />
• Shortage of local permitted reserves<br />
• Lower Mainland<br />
• Reserves are Declining<br />
• Local Markets<br />
• <strong>North</strong> Coast Communities<br />
• Alaska
SWAMP POINT PROJECT<br />
• Feasibility Started – planned completion<br />
summer 2005<br />
• Environmental Baseline Started<br />
• Environmental Assessment Started April 2005<br />
• Construction Planned Summer 2006
Earls Creek Pit
Ship Loader
Additional 3 ships per month in the<br />
Portland Canal
SWAMP POINT PROJECT<br />
Potential Employment<br />
25 to 35 Full Time Positions<br />
Office Workers<br />
•Pit and Plant Superintendents<br />
•Mobile Mobile Equipment Operators<br />
•Wash Wash and Screen Plant Operators<br />
•Mechanics<br />
•ElectricianElectrician<br />
•Labourers<br />
•Camp Camp Staff<br />
•Quality Quality Control Technicians
<strong>Swamp</strong> <strong>Point</strong>
<strong>Swamp</strong> <strong>Point</strong> – Winter 2005
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