Mr. Elmer Stewart reports
COPPER FOX REPORTS 2011 ANNUAL FINANCIAL RESULTS AND A CORPORATE UPDATE
Copper Fox Metals Inc. has released its operating results for the 2011 fourth quarter
and year-end. During the year, Copper Fox acquired additional
mineral tenures around the Schaft Creek project, completed a large
Titan-24 DCIP and MT survey, purchased shares in Liard Copper Mines,
completed metallurgical testwork on the mineralization from the
Paramount zone and completed a 22-hole diamond drilling program of
various purposes totalling 9,662.3 metres at Schaft Creek.
During the quarter, Copper Fox also made considerable progress toward
completing the feasibility study. Copper Fox incurred a net loss for
the fourth quarter of $692,576 (zero-cent loss per share) and a loss of
$3,882,381 (one-cent loss per share) for the year ended Oct. 31, 2011.
Copies of the financial statements and notes, and related management's
discussion and analysis may be obtained on SEDAR, the company's website or by contacting the company directly.
Highlights
Schaft Creek -- An emerging porphyry copper district
The 2011 program demonstrated that the Schaft Creek property has the
potential to host a number of porphyry-style plus or minus
gold-silver-molybdenum deposits. The intersection of significant
copper-gold-silver-molybdenum mineralization located 1,200 m north of
the Paramount zone associated with a large Titan-24 chargeability
anomaly and the intersection of copper-gold-silver-molybdenum
mineralization in a geotechnical hole located 300 m east of the
Paramount in an interpreted leakage zone support the mineral
potential of the Schaft Creek property. These mineralized intervals in
conjunction with the technical aspects of the Schaft Creek mineral
trend strongly indicate considerable potential to host additional
deposits at Schaft Creek.
Feasibility study
Tetra Tech WEI Inc. (formerly Wardrop), the main contractor on the Schaft
Creek feasibility study, is working to complete this study by the end
of March of 2012. Feasibility studies are complex and require a
substantial amount of detailed engineering work with very narrow
estimation limits. Copper Fox holds a 100-per-cent working interest in the
Schaft Creek property subject to a 30-per-cent net-proceeds interest held by
Liard Copper Mines. The option agreement between Copper Fox
and Teck Resources Ltd. requires Copper Fox to deliver Teck a feasibility study to earn the 78-per-cent interest in Liard Copper Mines held
by Teck and start the 120-day period for Teck to make its election
regarding participation in the Schaft Creek project. Tetra Tech WEI
is currently working on a detailed mine plan, including the first
five years of mining operations. The mine plan includes, for example,
detailed estimates of material movement, haulage distances and waste
dumping locations. Mine planning is a fundamental part of the
feasibility study and has a significant impact on the economics of the
Schaft Creek deposit. Until this work is completed, completion of the
feasibility study is not possible. Work related to all other aspects
of the feasibility study, except the economic sensitivity analysis,
has essentially been completed.
Quantec Titan-24 DCIP and MT survey
During the quarter, a total of 38.8 kilometres of a Titan-24 DCIP and MT
survey were completed over an area extending from the north end of the
Paramount zone to the ES zone (a distance of three kilometres) and an
800 m long portion of the GK zone. This survey located large
chargeability anomalies on the Mike, ES and GK zones, and has extended
the chargeability signature of the Paramount zone to the north along
the mineralized corridor referred to as the Schaft Creek mineral trend.
Diamond drilling program in 2011
During the fourth fiscal quarter, four diamond drills worked on the
Schaft Creek property collecting geotechnical data for the feasibility
study and delineating the zone of higher-grade mineralization in the
Paramount zone. At the end of the 2011 drilling program, two
significant aspects of the Schaft Creek project are notable: the
size of the zone of high-grade mineralization in the Paramount zone has
not yet been defined; and a new zone of copper mineralization that
correlates with a chargeability anomaly approximately 1,200 m north of
the Paramount zone has been located. To provide an example of the
potential size of the Paramount zone, DDH CF415-2011, located 280 m
north of the previous drilling on the Paramount zone, intersected a
582 m interval of mineralization including a 67 m interval that averaged
1.10 per cent copper-equivalent.
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Net (loss) Net (loss)/income per
share -- basic and diluted
2011
Fiscal year $ (3,882,381) $ (0.01)
Fourth quarter $ (642,576) $ 0.00
Third quarter $ (502,944) $ 0.00
Second quarter $ (2,378,650) $ (0.01)
First quarter $ (358,211) $ 0.00
2010
Fiscal year $ (1,614,027) $ 0.00
Fourth quarter $ (421,346) $ 0.00
Third quarter $ (436,792) $ 0.00
Second quarter $ (309,067) $ 0.00
First quarter $ (446,822) $ 0.00
Liquidity and capital resources
Copper Fox operates in a capital-intensive industry in which the demands
for capital to finance exploration and development of mineral
properties, as well as its corporate overheads generally occur far in
advance of projects being put in production and generating cash flow.
The company's working capital deficit, defined as current assets less
current liabilities, was $1,811,392 at Oct. 31, 2011.
During the year, the company raised a total of $18,685,671 from the
completion of private placements totalling $15,038,046, 2,235,000
options exercised for total proceeds of $1,053,750 and 1,828,500
warrants exercised for total proceeds of $2,593,875. In addition, a
director loaned $3.9-million to the company. The loan is unsecured,
bears no interest and there are no fixed terms of repayment. In
October, 2011, the company issued 1,851,852 shares for repayment of
$2.5-million of this debt. Subsequent to year-end, in January, 2012, the
company issued 1,272,727 for repayment of the balance of this loan of
$1.4-million.
At Dec. 31, 2011, the company had spent $74.2-million of qualifying
expenditures toward the feasibility study. The company will require
additional capital to complete this study and to provide for the
administration of its Vancouver and Calgary offices. The company
believes that it will be able to raise the capital required through the
continued exercise of its outstanding options and warrants or through
the public market. Although management has been successful in raising
capital in the past, there is no assurance that these initiatives will
be successful in the future. Circumstances that could affect liquidity
include early positive or negative results from the feasibility study,
the general state of the equity markets for junior exploration
companies and the overall state of the economy.
We seek Safe Harbor.
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