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U4*6366 attaw^MuSEfil ] 1 LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION- 4M LBONOTON *VBWt Htm romt tv. n. t. LEAD ffiODOCTOTI AHP ESCOUCES Of CUtADAO f. L. Halil*, AMt. Cooptroller The Consolidated tuning And Smelting Co, Of Caneds, ltd* According to the Dominion Bureau of Statistic*, daring 1951 ths pro duction of mv load fren Canadian ora*, L, a. primary laad In baa* bullion produced plus tha recoverable laad In oraa exported, at approximately 158,000 tons, was the saallest raecrdad line* 19(iU. This output was li.Bf bale* that for 1950 and about 3&f under the record production of 256,000 tons In 1912, Tbs aliveraised-line nines of British Coluabla produce the liajor portion of Canada's lead. This Provinee, together with tha Tukon Territory, account for approximately 6Jjf of tha nation's annual new laad production. Of tha balance, Newfoundland accounts for approximately Ilf and the remaining St la attributed to the tinc-laad Bines in the Province of Quebec, while there may be alight variations in tha aforecxntlooed proportions from year to year no major fluctuations are anticipated in the near future. Although actual mine output of laad was below that for 1950 tha total value increased, reflecting tha higher average price for lead during 1951, further, the tonnage cir.ed was up but grade rag lower, undoubtedly due to operators talcing advantage of high eetal prices to dne lower grade ores. In the lot* run this will prove beneficial as it undoubtedly has tended to increase that overall lead ora reserves of our mines and thus extend their productive life. At this point it will perhaps be of Interest to rstwine more closely each of the lead producing areas of tha country. Spurred on by demand and resulting higher prices, prospecting and aiming activity with respect to beee metals has bean at a high level throughout the length and breadth ef Presented at the 2J<th Amual Meeting, Lead Industries Association, April 15-19, 1952, Chicago, Illinois f 4* I N 3321 mmm SSPfSPSSSjpl LlAK>367 g8..-jw -~^,TyiMjnTi^jMyaKjg33BUL_ . r. u uni* t. the country. While no eajor discovery of nsw lead deposit has been cede, much work has been don# an lead-tine deposits both new and old. In aort uases line la the predominant eetal and aany new sllvsx>-laad-tino and tino- lead are being brought Into product! on. In addition, aany old proper-- ilea previously thought to be worked out and abandoned are being rehabilitated and brought Into production again. In British Coluabda the Sullivan Bine of The Cacao11dated Blning and Saelting cespeny of Canada United situated near Uaberley In tbe last Kootenay Dietrlet, la tha major factor contributing to tha supremacy of that Provlnoe ee Canada<e leading lead producing area. In 1951 the Sullivan nine prcAioed 2,533,000 tone of lead-alno ore, dam lightly free tbe tonnage extracted during the previous year. The grads was also eoaeahst loser than in 1950 due to the wintng of acre low grade ore and to dilution resulting froe the alnlng of sore pillar ora. The introduction of a Sink Float plant In recent yaare has enabled the Sullivan Concentrator to treat considerably greater tonnages of lower grade aaterlal without Increasing the flotation section of the alll. Preparation for open cut nlning of a portion of the Sullivan ore body near the surface was coexisted In 1951 and mining froe that area cnape need la Dec:*b#r last. In addition, Coelnco will bring Into production two acre B. C. proportlet during 1952. Production of lead and sine concentrates from s 500 ton sill on the Bluoball proparty coamncod this w. ek. The Blueboll Is situated at glondsi on the east eido of Kootenay Lake about 90 alios froe Trail. Before tho end of this year Coalnco also expects to eoaaunco alnlng and Billing operations with a 1,000 ton dll at the H.B. sine-lead aino near Salao, B. C., about 35 alios fron Trail. While tha latter is primarily a line proporty It will also produce a lead concentrate &a well os tine. Furthor, production at tho Tulsoquoh Chief and Big dull ; tines of Coninco cocaoneed In the letter part of 1951. The com plex gold-silvcr-cop'per-eine-lead ores from these two adnee arc being treated in a 250 txi pill situated on tho Tulsequah Hirer In northern British Coluahla. As these mines are situated In the vxtroae northern part of British Coluahla transportation of tho production out and supplies and materials In la a major problem. During the past several years there hoe bean considerable activity throughout tbe Salao-fkrad d1 Oreille area of British Coluabis. This district is lmediately north of the United Statee-Canadian border fron the Jetallne district of Washington. Tlgorous exploration nos occurred la this section sad within the past three years two now sine-lead properties have been brought Into production. Those are the Jrsy Itlne of the Canadian Exploration Conpacgr, Limited, with a mill capacity of 750 ti>ne end the Reeves-BeeDoneld with e mill currently treating between 600 and 900 tone per day. Beoeuee of favourable results froa devolopaont work the foraer ccmptnj la oonelderlng increasing their 3 mill capacity te 2,000 Lons per i-itty irt*ii a a a iie a a h i*la d M iiiiiiiM ilia M ^^ mm, k . LIA16368 0 r ( r. u bkIIm I j itI !i 3 In the Slocan nil ..lororth dlatrlcta ft niabar of old bl' vor-ltftd-ftinc minas bar* been re-oponcd and brought into produtlon one* again. W'.# moot of ttae# ar* nail, la tha *r~r*S*t* th* additional tonn*,,: of or* boir.g s-fied aA *allod la quit* aubetantlal. is la mo*t other section* tho prsdninaat u. tol la line although s11tut and locd value* ar* pr***nt In varying dagrooa at all of th* proparti**. In th* Xa.Tt Kootenay th* Sullivan li no longer th* only operating alia. T^ards the ond of 1951 Estolla Mine* L1*1tod Coononcod nlnlng and Killing < or* tlona at a till >-ith a capacity of 1$0 ton*. Sore again line 1* th* prtxWiinant lnarel but th* l*al content of th* or* 1* appreciable. Iootanay B*a lletal* Halted have Juat become tbo third producer 'f lead and tine concectrcte* lr. thi* field, further north at Spilllairheen, Giant iiaecot a near lend producer la 1951 la preparing for expansion. In eontraat to noat of the other operation*. lead la the predominant natal at thi* cine. Following Coraldre 1* activity during tho post year or two throughout th* {s Kovalatoke and north central aruas of the Provinco. production of line-lead ore t lb la expected during 1952 from aeverol pr>pcrtlea In theae areea. In aoat cose* lino la onca again the main constituent with load and diver contributing sobetanttally ; to th* total value of th* oro*. * Tra* th* foregoing It 1* evident that progress In aiding activity In 9rltlah Columbia during 1951 wa* chiefly notablo for tho broalonlng of tho activity to scar area*. Relatively this woa of aero importance than th* Increaao In the value of f the production becauee tMi irxroiaj wna due to the ehar.ly higher avorago prlcoe for lead and ainc rather than to the lncroasu In the quor. title* of notala produced. To *oao extent thi* activity vill undoubtedly bo ruflactod In lncreaaod production In 1952. but moro particularly ovor tho next four or flvu yoers. 7o'*-rd ti end of 1952 or early 1953 it la expaetod that the dally capacity of a111a within th* Province to treat allv*r-lead-*inc ore alone *111 hr.ve boon lnrraoaod by 2,000 too* er noro. .a provloualy stated tine le tho predominant alnoral proaont In aoat of th.ee new Brltlah Cnlualla ores but lerd la deo an important constituent, with the rcault tiat tho 1952 production of load fro* Brltlah Coined* eru* aay well be hlghor than durln ary of thi laet eovon or alght year*. l To tho north of Brltlah Coluabla In th* Tukon Territory the United Coco I Rill Kino* Halted near Kayo continue* to b* the najor producer although email ahlpaonta of high grad* tllvor-lo*d oro were aade fro* other propurtloc. Tho lead line ratio of th* oro fro* Onltod Kono'a Kino, tho Hector. 1* approximately 2 to 1 with high liver value*. Indication* are that other mlnea In thi# grotv My aboe a aonwrhat higher lino coctant. Beoaua* of it* geographical looetlon tranaportatlon and labour ar*. of cwn, tho aayor problaao. r -i UT iin MTMTfmiihinrir-t mu PPiiiSSil LI A 16369 " ''-J-(^;||1>|!-. o T. U Ball** -k - Tha nut largest load producing province In Canada la Newfoundland with lta Buchans Ulna, Production during 1951 was about 26,000 ton* of laad caooant-- rataa together with substantial tonnage* of both coprar and line eoncentratea. Particularly favourable result* froa dorclopaent work during tba part several years have addad considerably to tha expected Ufa of thla old producer. Pro duction fra tha now ora bodlea la expected to coacxence In 1952 and it la mnticlpatad that production of ora froa all sources will ba increased to approximately >3,000 tone par aor.th. In wliieh eaaa tha annual production cf raoovaraol# load frc Newfoundland ora* aay ba ineraaaad ac*a*l*t above tha 16,000-19,000 tea average for tha part eevaral years. r tv In tha Province of Quabao, tha fourth largest producer, lead In eaaparativcly alncr quantities la alnoat always asaodatad with nr.c or copper or both. Production at about 7,600 tona cf reoove ruble lead vaa far bjlcw tba ton nage of ilno and copper produced fren Quebec ninea. The two largeat producers of lead are tha inacon Lead kina* Halted, which C0Bpaayrls working the eld Tetrtault line about 70 dies vast of Quaboo City, and tba New Caluact kbcoe United whica operates on Calunet Island In the Ottawa liver about 70 alloc voir*, of Ottawa, trjJa see- furtner c-uantttles of lead are found in conjuretlca with oopper and tint, pr-l'nt indie,- tl-rj are that the production of lead In Quebec will retain between 7,500 and 6, OX tona of nocvereula setal annually, is lead Biy be con sidered a by-pr duct of the Quebee circs its continued production depends on the cactinuad extraction of copper and tine area rather than lead alone. Active exploration for baae aetals 1* continuing at an aeoelarated P pace in that vaat untreckwd w.LJercmse, tha *crthwaat Territories, Prior to the last several years exploration in this area was alaert entirely confined to searching for occurrence* of gold. In tha last several years several interesting base Btal properties have been uncovered. One of tha sore iaportant discoveries is that Bade by Ccolneo on the Pin# Point Concer-slcn situated on the south shore I i of Great Slava Laics. To data dlaaond drilling has Indicated tha proed.ee of a - large deposit of tine-lead ore. Because of its location, however, aajcr expen ditures will be required to continue the dsrelopoont and possibly equip the pro perty for production. Before leaving sine prodcuticn perhaps sum referenoe should ba Mde to Canada*a lead are rcsorves. Beoulon tha present rate of ndne production, present and prospective or* reserve* of Canada indioat* a life of 35 to 60 yaar*. Hwtnr, r no cm in tha dining industry seriously believe* that this represent* the ultimate extent of Canada's lead resource*. However, it is worttsrhile noting that despite the greatly increased activity in tha search for baa* aetals throughout tha country during the past few years, the additions to our lead ora reserve* have not quit* rsplaoad tha lead extracted during the aaa* period. All of the Canadian laad pro ducing alnaa have a distinct advantage in the fact that laad is always associated s' I LIA16370 nj-wK'Mi rfSXWhMti T. L. Kalian -5 with other sdnerale, Zinc, and to ft lesser extent copper, end varying eaowr.te o' precious natals, are the oonaonly associated adnerals. As a result of theae other ctal raises, lead does not hare to bear all cf the cost of airing and p-ocescirg. This is of particular benefit to our load air-jpg industry during periods cf lersr aetal prloas. Turning rxnr to the production of refined lead, we find the* the Trail Saelter of The Consolidated Mining and Sadting Cuapany of Can*.-U United is the only proAieer of refined lead in Canada. The 1951 production free ttos Cce-ery1 ajulter and electrolytic lead refinery, including that recordr>*d frm the trea'woNt of Irporteo 1ad oree, totalled liS2,700 tens, a drop of li-l 'if froa that re.-ertled for 19/-0. Praotlctlly all of the leed-eilvwr ores and eoncar.l'atee froa British CoVnhia and tha Tulcon, together with part of the lead conoor crates produced la Eastern Canada, era saelted and refined at Trail. The balance of our total nine production, or sobs 19,600 tons of recoverable lead, was exported as concentrates to the United States and Europe. At present considerable revision 1s talcing piece at tha Troll Lead Saelter. The new blast furnace baghouse cane into operation la 1951 and construction of the new sintering plant is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Construction of a new receiving and storage plsnt will follcw. While oonsuaptlon of lead in Canada is practically double that prior to World Tar II, It rtill only accounts for about 1/3 rd of tbt total refined load produced. The balance Is exported In approximately equal quantities to the United States and the United Klngdoa with cooperatively alnor amounts to other countries. The Min uses of load In Canada are in tha aarmfacturo of storage batteries, coble coverings, solders and alloys and pigment* with alnor quantities being used in the sanufecturs of fall, collapsible tubes, saaunltlon and other slseellaseous products. Wow before closing, what about the future outlook of lead production In Canada? At this stage it appears that tha sine production of lead will con tinue at about the snae or perh-po slightly higher level of the past few years. Present indications are that the 1952 production will be In the neighbourhood of 175.000 to 150,000 tons of recovereblt lead or sosnrhst higher than that for tht year 195D. This will represent a gain of about 101 over the 1951 production. Sines all of the land ained in Canada is associated to a greater or leaeer degree with other netals, chiefly tine, at least part of tha future dne production will depend on a continuing daaand and prosperity for tha white aetal. With respect to refined lead, the presont outlook indicate* a Canadian production of approximately 170.000 for 1952. This will bo about the sane at that in 1950 and about over that for last year. Continued production of refined lead at thia or greater rate will depend to sene extent on the srailability of foreign load ores and concentrates. i -rd. ;** LI A16371 r. u aaiM 6 Fortunately, In Canada, produoere of non-ferrous aetala have soaped the hulk at tha chaotic and confusing regulations which have plagued prodvcere in mot* other countries. During 1751 tha distribution of lead la Canadr., aa .<1 a. ith'C etals, wag offid ally plaoad orvlar Oaveraaant control to enauxv ca czt-'.uav* ju^oiy for the nenufsoturo of eunitiona and for use by ether aaaantla.1 lndu.tries. How ever, no actual prlca controls were lepoeed and haring fulfilled dawotlo rc<;uire- Barrta, lieencae for tha export of lead ore* and oonoantratea and natal to ether 5 C aerfcets ware not unduly withhold. In tha field of taxation tho Canadian einlng induatr- haa hot q^ita fairly treated and favourable allowancaa hare bean grantod In rrdor to promu; can r flirt t a healthy growth of the industry, ill new bate metal ainea era exeept l*'- 'Vainiac inooaa tax for tha firat 3 years of operation. In addition, all Um* catal producers receive a gaaerous depletion allowance baaed on profit*. They era aieo allowed to deduct total expenditures an exploration end development in currod In Ccncda during the taxation pear, Thus, eoepared with the ebaotio and `anfuj.'-r.g raetriotlona and the sonatina onerous taxation policies lapeecd e the eialrg irduatry in other countries, we in Canada ftal fortunate that to date ae hero o~en faced only with the mini ram amount of restriction and interference. I j i i I I rc ft I . e-mwmew .i ,jmi jj^iipgwwa^ap^pmfw^fpgijnj.ilim.iii