Principal Issues: Whether the particular deposit will qualify as a mineral resource.
Position: Yes.
Reasons: Based on an opinion from Natural Resources Canada who provided a certification that the principal mineral is an industrial mineral contained in a non-bedded desposit.
XXXXXXXXXX 2011-039278 Fiona Harrison
February 7, 2011
Dear XXXXXXXXXX :
Re: Certification of mineral resource
This is in reply to your letter of January 13, 2011, wherein you requested certification pursuant to subparagraph (d)(i) of the definition of "mineral resource" under subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act (the "Act") with respect to the XXXXXXXXXX .
XXXXXXXXXX (the "Property") is located in XXXXXXXXXX . It covers XXXXXXXXXX grouped in the following claims:
Claim Number: XXXXXXXXXX .
XXXXXXXXXX
Yours truly,
for Director
Reorganizations and Resources Industry Division
Income Tax Rulings Directorate
Legislative