Fact Sheet-Myra Falls

Myra Falls Mine Canada

OVERVIEW Fast Facts The Myra Falls mine has a long history of reserve placement and promising exploration potential. There have been over 100 years of LOCATION: British Columbia, Canada mineral exploration activity in central Vancouver Island and mining MINE TYPE: underground multi-metal mine has been carried out at Myra Falls since 1966. PRODUCTS: zinc, copper and lead concentrates, silver The mine operations started in 1969. Formation hosts a and gold as by-products geologically diverse collection of mineralized body with the STATUS OF OPERATION: under suspension principal minerals being sphalerite, pyrite and chalcopyrite with minor galena, bornite, tennantite and locally signiﬁ cant secondary copper.

Operation at a glance The Myra Falls mine is located in a provincial park in central Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The site is approximately 90 km from the local coastal town of Campbell River and its port, on the north-east side of Vancouver Island.

PRODUCTION PROCESS AT MYRA FALLS

Drill & Blast Haulage UG Crushing Hoisting MINE

Copper Lead Zinc Surface Rod Mill Ball Mill Tails Crushing Float Float Float MILL

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Copper Gold Flake Lead Zinc Product (Silver) Concentrate Concentrate Concentrate PRODUCTS Myra Falls, and the world of Nyrstar

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MINING METALS PROCESSING HEADQUARTERS

1 Auby, France 4 Clarksville, USA 7 Hoyanger, Norway 10 Myra Falls, Canada

2 Balen/Overpelt, Belgium 5 East Tennessee Mines, USA 8 Langlois, Canada 11 Port Pirie, Australia

3 Budel, The Netherlands 6 Hobart, Australia 9 Mid Tennessee Mines, USA 12 Zurich, Switzerland

THE WORLD OF NYRSTAR HISTORY The Myra Falls mine has been in production since 1966 under a number Nyrstar Myra Falls is part of Nyrstar, a global multi-metals business, with of different company ownerships. Nyrstar purchased the Myra Falls a market leading position in zinc and lead, and growing positions in mine in 2011 from Breakwater Resources and operated the mine until other base and precious metals, which are essential resources that are June 2015 when mining/milling ceased, and was fully suspended in fuelling the rapid urbanisation and industrialisation of our changing October 2015. In February 2017, Nyrstar announced that it would world. Nyrstar has mining, smelting, and other operations located in review options to restart operations. Europe, the Americas and Australia and employs approximately 4,300 people. Nyrstar is incorporated in Belgium and has its corporate ofﬁ ce in Switzerland. Nyrstar is listed on Euronext Brussels under the symbol NYR.

Nyrstar is committed to providing a safe environment for our employees, minimising our smelters’ and mines’ impact on the environment and contributing to the communities in which we operate.

Contact Information

Nyrstar Myra Falls P.O. Box 8000 Campbell River, BC V9W 5E2 Canada Tel: +1 250 287 8337 For more information please visit www.nyrstar.com or email [email protected]. Learn about career opportunities at nyrstar.com/careers