Langlois was considered to be in commercial production effective July 1, 2007.  On November 2, 2008, the Company temporarily suspended operations at the Langlois mine. The operation is being maintained on a care and maintenance basis.  This decision was precipitated by the decline in the commodity prices and the general deterioration of the economic outlook globally, which mitigated the overall operational improvements in production and costs at Langlois.

Langlois Mine Video [.wmv]

The Langlois mine is located in northwestern

Québec, approximately 48 kilometres northeast of the town of Lebel-Sur-Quévillon and 213 kilometres northeast of Val d’Or. The Company acquired the Langlois zinc/copper mine effective May 1, 2000 for US$19.8 million, which included approximately US$0.9 million of working capital.

The mine facilities include a headframe, a paste backfill plant, mechanical and electrical shops, a service building, a zinc/copper concentrator and a tailings pond.