MANAGING A 70,000 TONNE FAILURE WITHOUT INJURIES OR DAMAGES In order to better understand and monitor a wedge failure in their open pit molybdenum mine, Thompson Creek Mining Company leased GroundProbe’s Slope Stability Radar (SSR) in July 2008. Thompson Creek Mine (located in central Idaho) is owned by the Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., which is one of the largest publicly listed, pure molybdenum producers in the world. The Company also owns a metallurgical roasting facility in Langeloth, Pennsylvania and a 75% share of the Endako open-pit mine, mill and roasting facility in northern British Columbia. The open-pit Thompson Creek Mine has produced molybdenum since 1982. The mine has an estimated minimum 10-year mine life based upon proven and probable mineral reserves as

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