new estimate at a 0.2% CuEq cutoff has increased the total pounds of copper to 4.45 billion pounds in the combined measured and indicated categories contained in 502 million tons grading 0.49 CuEq and 3.30 billion pounds in the inferred category, contained in 481 million tons grading 0.38% CuEq. This represents an increase of more than 175% from the September 2008 independent NI 43-101 resource estimates.