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Press Release - Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CUM)

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“The vision of Copper Mountain is to develop into major copper producer with precious metal credits by 2010. We are going to do that by developing an open pit operation that will produce plus a hundred million pounds of copper per year in British Columbia. In addition, we are also going to investigate the potential of identifying a deep major copper-gold porphyry deposit at depth that could provide for an even larger project down the road.” - Rodney A. (Rod) Shier, CA (CUM) (Interview published October 26, 2007)

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2007 REVIEW AND FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

Vancouver, B.C., February 26 2008 [UTF-8?]– Copper Mountain Mining Corporation [UTF-8?](“CMMC” or [UTF-8?]“Copper [UTF-8?]Mountain” or the [UTF-8?]“Company) would like to announce its key achievements of the [UTF-8?]Company’s first full year of activities with its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007.  Copper Mountain was founded in 2006 with the vision of building a mid-tier copper producer within 4 years. 

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2007:

 

  • On December 22, 2006 the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Similco Mines Ltd., a former producer of just under 2 Billion pounds of Copper. 
  • Copper Mountain was successful in retrieving over 400,000 meters of historical drilling, and converted this into a digital geological database. 
  • A diamond drill program was immediately initiated in January 2007 and with successful results was expanded to 44,000 meters - one of the largest exploration drill programs in British Columbia.
  • Drilling confirmed continuity of mineralization between existing pits and an interim independent NI43-101 compliant resource estimate was completed in September, 2007, based on drilling up to July 20th (see news release Sept 6, 2007). 
  • A Summary of this interim resource is:

        Measured and Indicated resources, based on a 0.25% Cu cut-off grade, are 163 million tons grading 0.43% Cu containing 1.4 billion pounds of copper.*

        Inferred resources at 0.25% Cu cut-off grade are 113 million tons grading 0.37% Cu containing 0.8 billion pounds of copper.*

        Gold and silver grades were not reported on, however, historical production records indicate that approximately 12% of the concentrate value was from silver and gold credits and data from the current exploration program suggests that future production will have similar credits. 

        A Preliminary Assessment Report [UTF-8?](“PA [UTF-8?]Report”) completed by Merit Consultants International Inc confirmed the Super-Pit concept and contained production parameters, operating costs, capital costs and financial projections.

        The PA Report has attractive economics with anticipated production of more than 100 million lbs Cu per year with production beginning in late 2010

        The PA Report base case pretax net present value (NPV) with a capital cost of $366 million, a long term copper price of US$1.80/lb, and a 5% discount rate over the 15 year mine life is Cdn$406 million.  The pre tax internal rate of return (IRR) is 25.56% for the project with a capital payback of 2.69 years and the project exceeded the [UTF-8?]Company’s investment hurdle rate. 

        In November Hatch Engineering was contracted to complete a detailed Feasibility Study as recommended by the PA Report which is expected to be completed in early 2008. 

        A deep penetration geophysical survey completed near year end identified several large chargeability anomalies, both near surface and at depth.   These anomalies provide large [UTF-8?]“Blue [UTF-8?]Sky” targets which will be drill tested starting in early 2008.

 

 

 

Financial Results

 

All of the expenditures relating to the acquisition and exploration of the Copper Mountain Project have been deferred during the year.  A total of $7,244,592 in exploration expenditures on the property were incurred during the year ended, December 31, 2007, as compared to $1,224,361 in acquisition and exploration expenditures for the prior period. The Company now has total assets of $18.9 million at year end December 31, 2007 as compared to $7 million for the comparative period.  The Company recorded a loss of $837,560 or $0.05 per share for the period ended December 31, 2007 as compared to a loss of $236,593 for the comparative period last year.  The increase in loss is attributable to the increased activity at head office that has lead to the significant advancement of the Copper Mountain Project during 2007.  At year end the Company had a working capital of $5.4 million as compared to $3.3 million for the comparative period.  The [UTF-8?]Company’s financial statements are now posted on Sedar and the [UTF-8?]Company’s web page for further viewing.

 

 About Copper Mountain Mining Corp.:

CMMC is a new public BC resource company.  The Company owns 100% of the Copper Mountain Project located 15 km south of the town of Princeton in southern British Columbia.  The developed infrastructure, substantial resource, and extensive historical data base provides an exceptional project.  Copper Mountain Mining [UTF-8?]Corporation’s shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol CUM.  Additional information is available on the [UTF-8?]Company’s web page at www.CuMtn.com

 

On behalf of the Board of

COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING CORPORATION

 
“Rod [UTF-8?]Shier”

 

Rodney A. Shier

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Contact Don Graham Director Investor Relations 604 682 2992 ext. 224 for further information.

Or

B&D Capital 604-685-6465

 

 

* Regulatory Requirements

“The resource estimated was prepared by Giroux Consultants Ltd. of Vancouver British Columbia, an independent qualified person as defined by Canada’s National Instrument 43-101.  Methods used in determining and reporting the resources are consistent with CIM Best Practices Guidelines for the estimation of mineral resources and mineral [UTF-8?]reserves”. 

Note:  This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results.  Readers are referred to the documents, filed by the Company on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, specifically the most recent reports which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.  The Company undertakes no obligation to review or confirm [UTF-8?]analysts’ expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements.




    

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