Page 45 Contd from pg 44 NE E D AFFO RD ABLE S T O R A G E SP ACE W E UNDER ST A N D M egaDome i s t h e a f fo r d a b l e s o l u t i o n to p r ote c t m a te r i a l s a n d a c t i v i t i e s f r o m t h e e l e m e n t s D e s i g n e d w i t h s a fe t y a n d f u n c t i o n in mind M ega D ome s t r u c t u r e s p r ov i d e a c l e a r s p a n wo r k i n g s p a c e to f a c i l i t ate m a c h i n e r y o p e r at i o n a n d c o m e w i t h a r a n g e of hea v y dut y op tions t o sustain y e ar s of use Me g a D o m e is D e s i g n e d a n d m a n u f a c t u r e d b y a C a n a d i a n c o m p a ny p i o n e e r i n membrane co v e red st eel struct ures M a d e o f s t r u c t u r a l s t e e l a n d ov a l t u b i n g f o r s u p e r i o r r e s i s t a n c e a n d load c a pacit y 1 8 6 6 6 1 0 0 3 7 0 megadomebuildings c o m ploration and deposit appraisal expen ditures were spent in the area covered by the Plan Nord which primarily consists of the CoteNord and Nord duQuebec regions It is estimated that exploration and de posit appraisal activities create more than 2200 direct jobs and more than 1600 indirect jobs throughout much of Quebec In the copper and zinc sector Globex Mining Enterprises carried out a drill ing program to assess the Lac T o m showing on the T onnancour property in the Lebelsur Quevillon area Hole GT1 101 intersected near the surface massive to semimassive sulphides with grades of 523 Cu 1312 Zn 41 gt Ag and 0718 gt Au over 455 m A stripping and channel sampling program by Cartier Resources on the site of the polymetallic Langlade Zn CuAgAu deposit revealed dissemi nated to massive sulphides near the Inuit community of Aupaluk Channel No 7 returned 10 Cu 13 Zn 80 gt Ag and 05 gt Au over 32 m In the Barraute area a drilling pro gram intended to increase resources and reserves on the AbcourtBarvue ZnAg Abcourt Mines property intersected Zone 1 88 m 1555 gt Ag and 229 Zn hole AB1012 and Zone 2 58 m 10856 gt Ag and 581 Zn hole AB1 147 The objective for Abcourt Mines on the V e ndome property near Barraute historical data for the V e ndome Bar vallee and Belfort volcanogenic mas sive sulphide ZnCuAgAu depos its for which historical resources have been calculated Hole V1 104 inter sected 1 105 Zn 032 Cu 067 gt Au and 1688 gt Ag over 36 m In the Chibougamau region Cogitore Resources announced a new resource estimate for eight lenses and two zones of mineralized veinlets on the Lac Scott property totalling 53 Mt 11 Cu 47 Zn 03 gt Au and 35 gt Ag South of Lac Chibougamau W estern T roy Capital Resources intersected 24 Cu over 33 m in a hole drilled into a copper silver goldmolybde num porphyrytype system on the Lac Chibougamau Copper property Donner Metals and Xstrata Canada Corporation Zinc jointly published measured resources for the PD1 de posit of 06 Mt 434 Zn 083 Cu 1959 gt Ag and 012 gt Au from 25 to 100 m below surface This deposit is located 314 km west northwest of Matagami As part of its Carheil Project Explo the Ag1 Zone from surface to a depth of 600 m Hole CA201 124 intersect ed 443 Zn 138 Cu 030 gt Au 1069 gt Ag and 021 Pb over 20 m In the vicinity of lens 1617 on the Coulon property V ir ginia Mines hole CN1 1223 intersected 386 Zn 07 Cu and 7509 gt Ag over 44 m at a vertical depth of 350 metres This intersection is interpreted as a new lens called Lens 223