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"Introductory Notes
"Corporate Structure
"General Development of the Business
"Description of the Business
"Principal Products
"Competitive Conditions
"Operations
"Environmental Policy
"Risk Factors
"Technical Information
"Red Lake Gold Mines, Canada
"Pe asquito Project, Mexico
"Alumbrera Mine, Argentina
"San Dimas Mine, Mexico
"Nukay Mine, Mexico
"Los Filos Project, Mexico
"Marlin Mine, Guatemala
"Pueblo Viejo Project, Dominican Republic
"Other Mineral Projects
"El Sauzal Mine, Mexico
"Porcupine Mine, Canada
"Musselwhite Mine, Canada
"Peak Mine, Australia
"Marigold Mine, United States
"Amapari Mine, Brazil
"La Coipa Mine, Chile
"San Martin Mine, Honduras
"Wharf Mine, United States
"L onore Gold Project, Qu bec
"Cerro Blanco Project,Guatemala
"El Lim n Project, Mexico
"South Arturo Project, United States
"Imperial Project, United States
"San Nicolas Project, Mexico
"Dividends
"Description of Capital Structure
"Trading Price and Volume
"Directors and Officers
"Interest of Management and Others in Material Transactions
"Transfer Agent and Registrar
"Material Contracts
"Interests of Experts
"Audit Committee
"Additional Information
"Schedule A Audit Committee Charter

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Exhibit 1
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AMENDED ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006
March 27, 2007
Suite 3400, 666 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8

 



 

 
GOLDCORP INC.
ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006
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INTRODUCTORY NOTES
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
     This annual information form contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the future price of gold, silver and copper, the estimation of mineral reserves and resources, the realization of mineral reserve estimates, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital expenditures, costs and timing of the development of new deposits, success of exploration activities, permitting time lines, currency exchange rate fluctuations, requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining operations, environmental risks, unanticipated reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims and limitations on insurance coverage. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Goldcorp Inc. to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: risks related to the integration of acquisitions; risks related to international operations; risks related to joint venture operations; actual results of current exploration activities; actual results of current reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of gold, silver and copper; possible variations in ore reserves, grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled “Description of the Business – Risk Factors” in this annual information form. Although Goldcorp Inc. has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Goldcorp Inc. does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Currency Presentation and Exchange Rate Information
     This annual information form contains references to United States dollars and Canadian dollars. All dollar amounts referenced, unless otherwise indicated, are expressed in United States dollars and Canadian dollars are referred to as “Canadian dollars” or “C$”.
     The high, low, average and closing exchange rates for Canadian dollars in terms of the United States dollar for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, as quoted by the Bank of Canada, were as follows:
                         
    Year ended December 31        
    2006     2005     2004  
High
  C$ 1.1726     C$ 1.2841     C$ 1.3968  
Low
    1.0990       1.1507       1.1774  
Average (1)
    1.1341       1.2118       1.3018  
Closing
    1.1653       1.1659       1.2036  
 
(1)   Calculated as an average of the daily noon rates for each period.
     On March 26, 2007, the closing exchange rate for Canadian dollars in terms of the United States dollar, as quoted by the Bank of Canada, was US$1.00 = C$1.1617.

 



 

Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc Prices
Gold Prices
     The high, low, average and closing afternoon fixing gold prices in United States dollars per troy ounce for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, as quoted by the London Bullion Market Association, were as follows:
                         
    Year ended December 31  
    2006     2005     2004  
High
  $ 725     $ 537     $ 454  
Low
    525       411       375  
Average
    604       445       410  
Closing
    632       513       436  
     On March 26, 2007, the closing afternoon fixing gold price in United States dollars per troy ounce, as quoted on the London Bullion Market Association, was $663.
Silver Prices
     The high, low, average and closing afternoon fixing silver prices in United States dollars per troy ounce for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, as quoted by the London Bullion Market Association, were as follows:
                         
    Year ended December 31  
    2006     2005     2004  
High
  $ 14.94     $ 9.23     $ 8.29  
Low
    8.83       6.39       5.50  
Average
    11.55       7.32       6.67  
Closing
    12.90       8.83       6.82  
     On March 26, 2007, the closing afternoon fixing silver price in United States dollars per troy ounce, as quoted on the London Bullion Market Association, was $13.26.
Copper Prices
     The high, low, average and closing official cash settlement copper prices in United States dollars per pound for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, as quoted on the London Metal Exchange, were as follows:
                         
    Year ended December 31  
    2006     2005     2004  
High
  $ 3.99     $ 2.11     $ 1.49  
Low
    2.06       1.39       1.13  
Average
    3.05       1.67       1.30  
Closing
    2.85       2.08       1.49  
     On March 26, 2007, the closing official cash settlement copper price in United States dollars per pound, as quoted on the London Metal Exchange, was $3.11.

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Lead Prices
     The high, low, average and closing official cash settlement lead prices in United States dollars per pound for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, as quoted on the London Metal Exchange, were as follows:
                         
    Year ended December 31  
    2006     2005     2004  
High
  $ 0.816     $ 0.518     $ 0.474  
Low
    0.416       0.374       0.318  
Average
    0.583       0.442       0.401  
Closing
    0.774       0.489       0.474  
     On March 26, 2007, the closing official cash settlement lead price in United States dollars per pound, as quoted on the London Metal Exchange, was $0.866.
Zinc Prices
     The high, low, average and closing official cash settlement zinc prices in United States dollars per pound for each of the three years ended December 31, 2006, as quoted on the London Metal Exchange, were as follows:
                         
    Year ended December 31  
    2006     2005     2004  
High
  $ 2.088     $ 0.862     $ 0.569  
Low
    0.868       0.524       0.428  
Average
    1.480       0.626       0.475  
Closing
    1.946       0.862       0.569  
     On March 26, 2007, the closing official cash settlement zinc price in United States dollars per pound, as quoted on the London Metal Exchange, was $1.464.

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CORPORATE STRUCTURE
     Goldcorp Inc. (“Goldcorp” or the “Corporation”) is a corporation governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario). Effective December 1, 2006, the Corporation amalgamated with Glamis Gold Ltd. (“Glamis”).
     The Corporation’s head office is located at Suite 3400, Park Place, 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 2X8 and its registered office is located at Suite 2100, 40 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3C2.
     The following chart illustrates the Corporation’s principal subsidiaries (collectively, the Subsidiaries), together with the governing law of each company and the percentage of voting securities beneficially owned or over which control or direction is exercised by the Corporation, as well as the Corporation’s principal mineral properties. As used in this annual information form, except as otherwise required by the context, reference to “Goldcorp” or the “Corporation” means, collectively, Goldcorp Inc. and the Subsidiaries.

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GOLDCORP PRINCIPAL SUBSIDIARIES AND PRINCIPAL MINERAL PROPERTIES
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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS
     Goldcorp is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of precious metal properties. The principal products and sources of cash flow for Goldcorp are derived from the sale of gold, silver and copper. Goldcorp’s principal mineral properties are as follows:
    a 100% interest in the Red Lake gold mine comprised of the Red Lake Complex and the Campbell Complex (the “Red Lake Gold Mines”) in Canada, one of the highest-grade gold deposits in the world;
 
    a 100% interest in the Peñasquito gold project (the “Peñasquito Project”) in Mexico;
 
    a 37.5% interest in the Bajo de la Alumbrera gold-copper mine (the “Alumbrera Mine”) in Argentina;
 
    a 100% interest in each of the San Dimas gold-silver mine (the “San Dimas Mine”) and the Nukay gold-silver mine (the “Nukay Mine”) in Mexico (the San Dimas Mine and the Nukay Mine herein referred to collectively as the “Luismin Mines”);
 
    a 100% interest in the Los Filos gold project (the “Los Filos Project”) in Mexico;
 
    a 100% interest in the Marlin gold-silver mine (the “Marlin Mine”) in Guatemala; and
 
    a 40% interest in the Pueblo Viejo gold development stage project (the “Pueblo Viejo Project”) in the Dominican Republic.
     Goldcorp also has interests in the following mineral properties:
    a 100% interest in the El Sauzal gold mine (the “El Sauzal Mine”) in Mexico;
 
    a 51% interest in the Porcupine gold mine (the “Porcupine Mine”) in Canada;
 
    a 68% interest in the Musselwhite gold mine (the “Musselwhite Mine”) in Canada;
 
    a 100% interest in the Peak gold mine (the “Peak Mine”) in Australia;
 
    a 66 2/3% interest in the Marigold gold mine (the “Marigold Mine”) in the United States;
 
    a 100% interest in the Amapari gold mine (the “Amapari Mine”) in Brazil;
 
    a 50% interest in the La Coipa gold-silver mine (the “La Coipa Mine”) in Chile;
 
    a 100% interest in the San Martin gold mine (the “San Martin Mine”) in Honduras;
 
    a 100% interest in the Wharf gold mine (the “Wharf Mine”) in the United States;
 
    a 100% interest in the Éléonore gold project (the “Éléonore Project”) in Québec;
 
    a 100% interest in the Cerro Blanco gold project (the “Cerro Blanco Project”) in Guatemala;
 
    a 21.2% interest in the El Limón gold exploration project (the “El Limón Project”) in Mexico;
 
    a 40% interest in the South Arturo gold exploration project (the “South Arturo Project”) in the United States;

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    a 100% interest in the Imperial gold exploration project (the “Imperial Project”) in the United States; and
 
    a 35% interest in the San Nicolas zinc-copper exploration project (the “San Nicolas Project”) in Mexico.
     Goldcorp also owns approximately 49% of Silver Wheaton Corp. (“Silver Wheaton”), a mining company with 100% of its revenue from silver production which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) and the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “SLW”.
Sale of Peak and Amapari Mines
     On February 19, 2007, Goldcorp announced that it has signed a letter of intent to sell the Peak Mine and the Amapari Mine to GPJ Ventures Ltd. (“GPJ”), a TSX Venture Exchange-listed company, which will change its name to Peak Gold Ltd. (“Peak Gold”) in connection with the transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Goldcorp will receive from Peak Gold $200 million in cash and $100 million payable through the issuance of Peak Gold common shares. Upon completion of the sale, Goldcorp will own approximately 22% of Peak Gold.
     In connection with the transaction, Julio Carvalho, Goldcorp’s Executive Vice President, Central and South America, will become President and Chief Executive Officer of Peak Gold, Jim Simpson, General Manager of the Peak Mine, will become the Chief Operating Officer of Peak Gold and the initial Peak Gold board of directors will be comprised of Ian Telfer, Frank Giustra, Gordon Keep and Julio Carvalho. Completion of the transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including the execution of definitive agreements, requisite regulatory approvals, completion by GPJ of a C$326.25 million equity financing and approval by disinterested shareholders of GPJ.
Sale of San Martin Mine, Mexico
     On January 31, 2007, Goldcorp completed the sale of the San Martin mine in Mexico to Starcore International Ventures Ltd. (“Starcore”) for $24,000,000 and 4,729,000 common shares in the capital of Starcore.
Glamis Acquisition
     On November 4, 2006, Goldcorp completed its acquisition of Glamis (the “Glamis Acquisition”). In connection with the Glamis Acquisition, each Glamis share was exchanged for 1.69 Goldcorp shares and $0.0001 in cash, resulting in former Glamis shareholders holding approximately 40% of the total issued and outstanding common shares (the “Common Shares”) of Goldcorp and Goldcorp shareholders holding approximately 60% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of Goldcorp. The assets acquired by Goldcorp included a 100% interest in the Peñasquito Project, a 100% interest in the Marlin Mine, a 66 2/3% interest in the Marigold Mine, a 100% interest in the El Sauzal Mine and a 100% interest in the San Martin Mine. Effective November 15, 2006, in connection with the Glamis Acquisition, Ian Telfer, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Goldcorp, was appointed Chairman of Goldcorp, C. Kevin McArthur, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Glamis, was appointed a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Goldcorp, Charles Jeannes, former Executive Vice President, Administration, General Counsel and Secretary of Glamis, was appointed Executive Vice President, Corporate Development of Goldcorp, and Douglas Holtby, former Chairman of Goldcorp, was appointed Vice Chairman and Lead Director of Goldcorp. Also effective November 15, 2006, the board of directors of Goldcorp was reconstituted with six members from the board of directors of Goldcorp (Ian Telfer, Douglas Holtby, John Bell, Lawrence Bell, Beverley Briscoe and Peter Dey) and four members from the board of directors of Glamis (C. Kevin McArthur, P. Randy Reifel, A. Dan Rovig and Kenneth F. Williamson). The Corporation filed a business acquisition report dated January 17, 2007 relating to the Glamis Acquisition and a copy of such report is available under the Corporation’s profile at www.sedar.com.
Warrant Transaction
     In June 2006, Goldcorp received proceeds of more than $450 million upon the early exercise of five series of listed common share purchase warrants. These proceeds were subsequently used to repay credit facilities drawn down to fund the acquisition of Placer Dome (CLA) Limited (“Placer CLA”).

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Placer CLA Acquisition
     On May 12, 2006, Goldcorp acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Placer CLA from Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”) for a purchase price of approximately $1.6 billion (the “Placer CLA Acquisition”). The assets acquired by Goldcorp included a 100% interest in the Campbell Complex, a 50% interest in the La Coipa Mine, a 40% interest in the Pueblo Viejo Project, a 51% interest in the Porcupine Mine and a 68% interest in the Musselwhite Mine. Goldcorp used a portion of its then current cash balances and existing credit facilities to fund the Placer CLA Acquisition. The Corporation filed a business acquisition report dated July 26, 2006 relating to the Placer CLA Acquisition and a copy of such report is available under the Corporation’s profile at www.sedar.com.
Acquisition of Virginia Gold Mines Inc.
     On March 31, 2006, Goldcorp completed the acquisition of Virginia Gold Mines Inc. and retained the Eléonore project in the James Bay region of Québec, pursuant to a plan of arrangement. Goldcorp is continuing aggressive exploration and development on the Éléonore property, with resource and scoping studies being initiated throughout 2006.
Wheaton Merger
     On April 15, 2005, Goldcorp completed its merger (the “Wheaton Merger”) with Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. (“Wheaton”). The Corporation filed a business acquisition report dated April 5, 2005 relating to the Wheaton Merger and a copy of such report is available under the Corporation’s profile at www.sedar.com.
Silver Wheaton Investment
     On October 15, 2004, Wheaton (now Goldcorp) entered into a silver purchase agreement (the “Silver Purchase Agreement”) with Chap Mercantile Inc. (since renamed Silver Wheaton), Luismin, S.A. de C.V. (“Luismin”), Silver Wheaton (Caymans) Ltd. (“Silver Wheaton Caymans”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Silver Wheaton, and Goldcorp Trading (Barbados) Limited (formerly Wheaton Trading (Caymans) Ltd.) (“Goldcorp Trading”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goldcorp, pursuant to which Silver Wheaton agreed to purchase 100% of the silver produced by Luismin from its Mexican mining operations for an upfront payment of C$46 million in cash and 108 million common shares of Silver Wheaton, plus a payment equal to the lesser of (a) $3.90 per ounce of delivered refined silver (subject to an inflationary price adjustment after October 15, 2007); and (b) the then prevailing market price per ounce of silver (the “Silver Wheaton Transaction”).
     Goldcorp Trading has agreed to sell to Silver Wheaton Caymans a minimum of 120 million ounces of silver (the “Luismin Minimum Amount”) within a period of 25 years following the closing of the Silver Wheaton Transaction (the “Luismin Guarantee Period”). If at the end of the Luismin Guarantee Period, the total number of ounces of silver sold by Goldcorp Trading to Silver Wheaton Caymans is less than the Luismin Minimum Amount, Goldcorp Trading will be required to pay a penalty to Silver Wheaton Caymans equal to the Luismin Minimum Amount less the number of ounces of silver actually sold during the Luismin Guarantee Period, multiplied by $0.50. Further, Silver Wheaton was obligated to pay 50% of any capital expenditures made by Luismin at its mining operations in excess of 110% of the projected capital expenditures outlined in the agreement.
     On March 30, 2006, Goldcorp and Silver Wheaton amended the Silver Purchase Agreement, increasing the minimum number of ounces of silver to be delivered over the 25 year contract period by 100 million ounces, to 220 million ounces, and waiving any capital expenditure contributions previously required to be paid by Silver Wheaton. In consideration for these amendments, Silver Wheaton issued to Goldcorp 18 million common shares, representing approximately 9.8% of the then outstanding shares of Silver Wheaton, and a $20 million one year non-interest bearing promissory note, due March 31, 2007.
     Goldcorp has a pre-emptive right until October 15, 2007, whereby so long as Goldcorp owns, directly or indirectly, at least 20% of the outstanding Silver Wheaton common shares, it has the right to maintain its pro-rata interest in Silver Wheaton should Silver Wheaton issue or sell any common shares or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common shares pursuant to an equity financing or an acquisition, merger, corporate

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reorganization or similar transaction for the fair market value of the equity securities issued pursuant to the financing or other transaction.
     Silver Wheaton has an option to purchase a 49% interest in production, development or exploration properties acquired by Goldcorp in Mexico until October 15, 2007. In connection with the Glamis Acquisition, Silver Wheaton waived its right to acquire an interest in any of Glamis’ Mexican projects and Goldcorp agreed to negotiate exclusively with Silver Wheaton, until May 3, 2007, for the potential purchase by Silver Wheaton of a portion of the future production of silver to be mined, produced or otherwise recovered from the Peñasquito Project. If Silver Wheaton and Goldcorp are not successful in entering into a silver purchase agreement on the Peñasquito Project during such time, Silver Wheaton will retain a right of first refusal on any future silver purchase agreements based on the Peñasquito Project, for so long as Goldcorp maintains at least a 20% interest in Silver Wheaton.
     In connection with the Silver Wheaton Transaction, Wheaton (now Goldcorp) entered into an administration and management services agreement (the “Silver Wheaton Services Agreement”) with Silver Wheaton whereby Silver Wheaton has agreed to pay a monthly fee to Wheaton (now Goldcorp) for use of a portion of its office facilities and the services of its personnel. In connection with the Wheaton Merger (see “Wheaton Merger” above), Goldcorp has assumed Wheaton’s responsibilities under the Silver Wheaton Services Agreement.
     On December 7, 2006, Goldcorp sold 18 million common shares of Silver Wheaton pursuant to a public offering for proceeds to Goldcorp of approximately C$217.9 million. The Corporation currently owns approximately 49% of Silver Wheaton.
 
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS
     Goldcorp is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of precious metal properties. The Corporation continues to investigate and negotiate the acquisition of additional precious metal mining properties or interests in such properties. There is no assurance that any such investigations or negotiations will result in the completion of an acquisition.
 
Principal Products
     The Corporation’s principal product is gold. As a result of the Wheaton Merger, in addition to gold, the Corporation also produces silver and copper. As a result of the Glamis Acquisition, the Corporation is expected to be a future producer of lead and zinc from the Peñasquito Project. There is a worldwide gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc market into which the Corporation can sell and, as a result, the Corporation will not be dependent on a particular purchaser with regard to the sale of the gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc which it produces.
 
Competitive Conditions
     The precious metal mineral exploration and mining business is a competitive business. The Corporation competes with numerous other companies and individuals in the search for and the acquisition of attractive precious metal mineral properties. The ability of the Corporation to acquire precious metal mineral properties in the future will depend not only on its ability to develop its present properties, but also on its ability to select and acquire suitable producing properties or prospects for precious metal development or mineral exploration.
 
Operations
Raw Materials
     The Corporation has (i) gold mineral reserves at the Red Lake Gold Mines, the Nukay Mine, the El Sauzal Mine, the Porcupine Mine, the Musselwhite Mine, the Marigold Mine, the Amapari Mine, the San Martin Mine and the Wharf Mine; (ii) gold and silver mineral reserves at the San Dimas Mine, the Los Filos Project, the Marlin Mine and the La Coipa Mine; (iii) gold and copper mineral reserves at the Alumbrera Mine; (iv) gold, silver, copper and zinc mineral reserves at the Pueblo Viejo Project; (v) gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc mineral reserves at the Peak Mine; and (vi) gold, silver, lead and zinc mineral reserves at the Peñasquito Project.

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Environmental Protection Requirements
     The Corporation’s mining, exploration and development activities are subject to various levels of federal, provincial and state laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, including requirements for closure and reclamation of mining properties. See disclosure regarding environmental matters under the respective descriptions of the Corporation’s mineral projects herein for further details.
Employees
     As at December 31, 2006, the Corporation had the following employees and contractors:
                                 
Location   Full-Time Salaried     Hourly (Non-Union)     Hourly (Union)     Contractors  
Vancouver Office
    39       0       0       1  
Toronto Office
    11       0       0       0  
Reno Office
    30       0       0       0  
Sydney Office
    3       0       0       1  
Rio de Janeiro Office
    19       0       0       0  
Red Lake Gold Mines
    296       219       0       723 (1)
Peñasquito Project
    152       0       0       123  
Luismin Mines (2)
    297       0       655       2,326  
Marlin Mine
    869       0       0       252  
El Sauzal Mine
    285       0       0       0  
Porcupine Mine
    169       190       227       185  
Musselwhite Mine
    363       0       0       118  
Peak Mine
    218       0       0       41  
Marigold Mine
    26       165       0       0  
Amapari Mine
    473       0       0       398  
San Martin Mine
    229       0       0       0  
Wharf Mine
    22       98       0       0  
Éléonore Project
    8       27       0       51  
 
                       
 
    3,509       699       882       4,218  
 
(1)   Goldcorp has contracted the underground portion of the Red Lake Gold Mines to Dynatec Corporation (“Dynatec”) of Richmond Hill, Ontario. Under the terms of the agreement, expiring on December 31, 2007, Dynatec provides all mining services.
 
(2)   Includes the Los Filos Project and the Nukay Mine.
Foreign Operations Risks
     The Corporation currently owns 37.5% of the Alumbrera Mine in Argentina, the Peñasquito Project, the Luismin Mines, the El Sauzal Mine, the Los Filos Project and 21.2% of the El Limón Project in Mexico, the Amapari Mine in Brazil, the Peak Mine in Australia, the La Coipa Mine in Chile, the Marlin Mine in Guatemala, the San Martin Mine in Honduras and the Pueblo Viejo Project in the Dominican Republic. Any changes in regulations or shifts in political attitudes in such foreign countries are beyond the control of the Corporation and may adversely affect its business. Future development and operations may be affected in varying degrees by such factors as government regulations (or changes thereto) with respect to the restrictions on production, export controls, income taxes, expropriation of property, repatriation of profits, environmental legislation, land use, water use, land claims of local people and mine safety. The effect of these factors cannot be accurately predicted. See “Description of the Business — Risk Factors — Foreign Operations” and “Description of the Business — Risk Factors — Foreign Subsidiaries.
 
Environmental Policy
     Goldcorp has implemented an environmental policy which states that the Corporation and its subsidiaries are committed to the protection of life, health and the environment for present and future generations. Resources will be focused to achieve shareholder profitability in all operations without neglecting Goldcorp’s commitment to sustainable development. The needs and culture of the local communities will be respected. All employees are responsible for incorporating into their planning and work the actions necessary to fulfill this commitment.

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          To meet these responsibilities, Goldcorp and its subsidiaries will provide its employees with the necessary resources to:
    Design, construct, operate and close the Corporation’s facilities to comply with applicable local regulations and laws and to meet international guidelines.
 
    Promote employee commitment and accountability to this policy and enhance their capabilities in its implementation through the use of integrated management systems.
 
    Promote the development and implementation of effective, realistic systems to minimize risks to health, safety and the environment.
 
    Be proactive in community development programs so the communities are not reliant on the mines for their future.
 
    Communicate openly with employees, local stakeholders and governments on the Corporation’s plans, programs and performance.
 
    Work cooperatively with government agencies, local communities, educational institutions and suppliers to achieve safe handling, use and disposal of all of the Corporation’s materials, resources and products.
 
    Use the best technologies to continuously improve the safe, efficient use of resources, processes and materials.
 
Risk Factors
          The operations of the Corporation are speculative due to the high-risk nature of its business which is the acquisition, financing, exploration, development and operation of mining properties. These risk factors could materially affect the Corporation’s future operating results and could cause actual events to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements relating to the Corporation.
Exploration, Development and Operating Risk
          Although Goldcorp’s activities are primarily directed towards mining operations and the development of mineral deposits, its activities also include the exploration for and development of mineral deposits.
          Mining operations generally involve a high degree of risk. Goldcorp’s operations are subject to all the hazards and risks normally encountered in the exploration, development and production of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc including unusual and unexpected geologic formations, seismic activity, rock bursts, cave-ins, flooding and other conditions involved in the drilling and removal of material, any of which could result in damage to, or destruction of, mines and other producing facilities, damage to life or property, environmental damage and possible legal liability. Although adequate precautions to minimize risk will be taken, milling operations are subject to hazards such as equipment failure or failure of retaining dams around tailings disposal areas which may result in environmental pollution and consequent liability.
          The exploration for and development of mineral deposits involves significant risks which even a combination of careful evaluation, experience and knowledge may not eliminate. While the discovery of an ore body may result in substantial rewards, few properties which are explored are ultimately developed into producing mines. Major expenses may be required to locate and establish mineral reserves, to develop metallurgical processes and to construct mining and processing facilities at a particular site. It is impossible to ensure that the exploration or development programs planned by Goldcorp or any of its joint venture partners will result in a profitable commercial mining operation. Whether a mineral deposit will be commercially viable depends on a number of factors, some of which are: the particular attributes of the deposit, such as size, grade, metallurgy and proximity to infrastructure; metal prices which are highly cyclical; and government regulations, including regulations relating to prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, land use, importing and exporting of minerals and environmental protection.

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The exact effect of these factors cannot be accurately predicted, but the combination of these factors may result in Goldcorp not receiving an adequate return on invested capital.
     There is no certainty that the expenditures made by Goldcorp towards the search and evaluation of mineral deposits will result in discoveries of commercial quantities of ore.
Environmental Risks and Hazards
     All phases of Goldcorp’s operations are subject to environmental regulation in the various jurisdictions in which it operates. These regulations mandate, among other things, the maintenance of air and water quality standards and land reclamation. They also set forth limitations on the generation, transportation, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Environmental legislation is evolving in a manner which will require stricter standards and enforcement, increased fines and penalties for non-compliance, more stringent environmental assessments of proposed projects and a heightened degree of responsibility for companies and their officers, directors and employees. There is no assurance that future changes in environmental regulation, if any, will not adversely affect Goldcorp’s operations. Environmental hazards may exist on the properties on which Goldcorp holds interests which are unknown to Goldcorp at present and which have been caused by previous or existing owners or operators of the properties.
     Government approvals and permits are currently, and may in the future be, required in connection with Goldcorp’s operations. To the extent such approvals are required and not obtained, Goldcorp may be curtailed or prohibited from continuing its mining operations or from proceeding with planned exploration or development of mineral properties.
     Failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations and permitting requirements may result in enforcement actions thereunder, including orders issued by regulatory or judicial authorities causing operations to cease or be curtailed, and may include corrective measures requiring capital expenditures, installation of additional equipment, or remedial actions. Parties engaged in mining operations or in the exploration or development of mineral properties may be required to compensate those suffering loss or damage by reason of the mining activities and may have civil or criminal fines or penalties imposed for violations of applicable laws or regulations.
     Amendments to current laws, regulations and permits governing operations and activities of mining and exploration companies, or more stringent implementation thereof, could have a material adverse impact on Goldcorp and cause increases in exploration expenses, capital expenditures or production costs or reduction in levels of production at producing properties or require abandonment or delays in development of new mining properties.
     Production at certain of Goldcorp’s mines involves the use of sodium cyanide which is a toxic material. Should sodium cyanide leak or otherwise be discharged from the containment system then Goldcorp may become subject to liability for clean up work that may not be insured. While all steps will be taken to prevent discharges of pollutants into the ground water and the environment, Goldcorp may become subject to liability for hazards that it may not be insured against.
Environmental Risks at the Alumbrera Mine
     Despite design considerations at the Alumbrera Mine, a seepage plume, characterized by elevated concentrations of calcium and sulphate, has developed in the natural groundwater downstream of the tailings facility, currently within the Minera Alumbrera Limited (“MAL”) concession. A series of pump back wells have been established to capture the seepage. It will be necessary to augment the pump back wells over the life of the mine in order to contain the plume within the concession and to provide for monitoring wells for the Vis Vis River. Based on the latest ground water model, the pump back system will need to be operated for several years after mine closure.
     The concentrate pipeline at the Alumbrera Mine crosses areas of mountainous terrain, significant rivers, high rainfall and active agriculture. Although various control structures and monitoring programs have been implemented, any rupture of the pipeline poses an environmental risk from spillage of concentrate.

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     Goldcorp did not obtain any indemnities from the vendors of its 37.5% interest in the Alumbrera Mine against any potential environmental liabilities that may arise from operations, including, but not limited to, potential liabilities that may arise from the seepage plume or a rupture of the pipeline.
Environmental Risks at the Red Lake Gold Mines
     A seepage plume from the tailings storage facility at the Campbell Complex was identified in the mid 1990s. Leakage of tailings impoundment water could cause environmental damage. Goldcorp conducts ongoing monitoring of the groundwater downgradient of the tailings facility and reports the results to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (the “MOE”). In addition, a leachate contingency program has been implemented, as submitted to the MOE in 2005. No additional remediation has been required by the MOE at this time and the Corporation is following the conditions outlined in the contingency program.
     Other risks include the management of arsenic trioxide and Balmer Lake. Arsenic trioxide stored underground at Campbell could leach into groundwater when dewatering of the mine is no longer required at closure. The current mine life at the Red Lake Gold Mines is 13 years; however financial assurance has been set aside for up to 100 years post closure to maintain water levels below arsenic trioxide storage facilities. Currently a pilot scale arsenic trioxide recovery project is in progress to remove the arsenic from the underground workings prior to closure.
     Balmer Lake was used historically as a tertiary polishing pond by both Red Lake and Campbell complexes since the 1940s. In September 1999, the MOE issued a Control Order to the Red Lake and Campbell mines to conduct technical investigations to obtain an improved understanding of then recent elevated arsenic concentrations in Balmer Lake. These studies have been ongoing to understand the current ecosystem in the lake and to develop a long-term management plan for the watershed.
     Should remediation associated with the above liabilities be required, and should Goldcorp be unable to fund fully the cost of remediating an environmental problem, Goldcorp may be required to suspend operations or enter into interim compliance measures pending completion of required remediation, which could have a material adverse effect on Goldcorp.
Luismin Tailings Management Risks
     Although the design and operation of tailings containment sites in the San Dimas district complies with existing permits and legal requirements in Mexico, existing tailings containment sites do not comply with international guidelines. Tailings containment sites which existed at the time of acquisition were not subjected to comprehensive geotechnical investigation before construction, normal safety factors in dam design, seepage monitoring or control, nor controls on public or wildlife access to cyanide solution ponds or pumping installations. These are being addressed by Luismin and investments are currently being made to upgrade the containment structures and tailings operations to bring them in line with accepted practices. Enforcement of regulatory requirements in Mexico is becoming more stringent and can be expected to become more aligned with international guidelines in the future. See “Description of the Business – Luismin Mines, Mexico – Environmental”.
     Goldcorp will be required to make further expenditures to maintain compliance with applicable environmental regulations. Goldcorp may incur environmental liability for mining activities conducted both prior to and during its ownership of the Luismin operations. To the extent that Goldcorp is subject to uninsured environmental liabilities, the payment for such liabilities would reduce funds otherwise available and could have a material adverse effect on Goldcorp. Should Goldcorp be unable to fund fully the cost of remedying an environmental problem, Goldcorp may be required to suspend operations or enter into interim compliance measures pending completion of required remediation, which could have a material adverse effect on Goldcorp.
     Goldcorp did not obtain any indemnities from the vendors of Luismin against any potential environmental liabilities, including, but not limited to, those that may arise from possible failure of the San Antonio tailings dam.

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Peñasquito Development and Marketing Risk
     The Peñasquito Project is currently at the construction stage of its development. Construction and development of the project is subject to numerous risks, including, but not limited to, delays in obtaining equipment, material and services essential to completing construction of the project in a timely manner; changes in environmental or other government regulations; currency exchange rates; labour shortages; and fluctuation in metal prices. There can be no assurance that the construction will continue in accordance with current expectations or at all.
     Concentrates containing combinations of gold, silver, lead and zinc will be produced in large quantities at Peñasquito and loaded onto highway road vehicles and/or rail cars for transport to in-country smelters or to sea ports for export to foreign smelters in markets such as Asia, Europe and North America. This type of process incurs a high level of environmental and financial risk. Goldcorp could be subject to potential significant increases in road and maritime transportation charges and refinery charges. Transportation of such concentrate is also subject to numerous risks including, but not limited to, delays in delivery of shipments, road blocks, terrorism, weather conditions and environmental liabilities in the event of an accident or leak. Goldcorp could be subject to limited smelter availability and capacity and could also face the risk of a potential interruption of business from a third party beyond its control, which in both cases could have a material adverse affect on Goldcorp operations and revenues. There is no assurance that smelting, refining or transportation contracts for the Peñasquito products will be entered into on acceptable terms or at all.
Environmental Risks at Marigold Mine and the South Arturo Project
     The old milling operations at Goldcorp’s Marigold Mine and South Arturo Project (acquired in connection with the Glamis Acquisition) have tailing impoundments that have known leakage as detected by monitoring wells. Leakage of heap leaching solutions could cause environmental damage. Goldcorp does not believe that groundwater resources have been affected and Goldcorp has successfully completed remediation measures to halt the leakage as approved by the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection. However, should Goldcorp be unable to fund fully the cost of remedying an environmental problem, Goldcorp may be required to suspend operations or enter into interim compliance measures pending completion of required remediation, which could have a material adverse effect on Goldcorp.
Permitting
     Goldcorp’s operations in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the United States are subject to receiving and maintaining permits from appropriate governmental authorities. Although Goldcorp’s mining operations currently have all required permits for their operations as currently conducted, there is no assurance that delays will not occur in connection with obtaining all necessary renewals of such permits for the existing operations, additional permits for any possible future changes to operations, or additional permits associated with new legislation. Prior to any development on any of its properties, Goldcorp must receive permits from appropriate governmental authorities. There can be no assurance that Goldcorp will continue to hold all permits necessary to develop or continue operating at any particular property.
Infrastructure
     Mining, processing, development and exploration activities depend, to one degree or another, on adequate infrastructure. Reliable roads, bridges, power sources and water supply are important determinants, which affect capital and operating costs. Unusual or infrequent weather phenomena, sabotage, government or other interference in the maintenance or provision of such infrastructure could adversely affect Goldcorp’s operations, financial condition and results of operations.
Business Interruption Risks at the Alumbrera Mine
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     The Alumbrera Mine is located in a remote area of Argentina. On average, more than 2,000 people are transported by road and more than 1,200 people are transported by air, to and from the mine site every month. A serious accident involving a bus or plane could result in multiple fatalities. The disruption of these services could also result in significant disruption to the operations of MAL and have an adverse effect on the financial condition and operations of Goldcorp.
Uncertainty in the Estimation of Ore/Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources
     The figures for Ore/Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources contained in this annual information form are estimates only and no assurance can be given that the anticipated tonnages and grades will be achieved, that the indicated level of recovery will be realized or that Ore/Mineral Reserves could be mined or processed profitably. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating Ore/Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources, including many factors beyond Goldcorp’s control. Such estimation is a subjective process, and the accuracy of any reserve or resource estimate is a function of the quantity and quality of available data and of the assumptions made and judgments used in engineering and geological interpretation. Short-term operating factors relating to the Ore/Mineral Reserves, such as the need for orderly development of the ore bodies or the processing of new or different ore grades, may cause the mining operation to be unprofitable in any particular accounting period. In addition, there can be no assurance that gold, silver or copper recoveries in small scale laboratory tests will be duplicated in larger scale tests under on-site conditions or during production.
     Fluctuation in gold, silver, copper, zinc or lead prices, results of drilling, metallurgical testing and production and the evaluation of mine plans subsequent to the date of any estimate may require revision of such estimate. The volume and grade of reserves mined and processed and recovery rates may not be the same as currently anticipated. Any material reductions in estimates of Ore/Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources, or of Goldcorp’s ability to extract these Ore/Mineral Reserves, could have a material adverse effect on Goldcorp’s results of operations and financial condition.
Uncertainty Relating to Inferred Mineral Resources
     Inferred mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Goldcorp’s Luismin Mines’ life of mine plans run from 10 to 20 years which include approximately 68% of production based on inferred mineral resources. Due to the uncertainty which may attach to inferred mineral resources, there is no assurance that inferred mineral resources will be upgraded to proven and probable mineral reserves as a result of continued exploration.
Need for Additional Ore/Mineral Reserves
     Because mines have limited lives based on proven and probable ore/mineral reserves, Goldcorp must continually replace and expand its ore/mineral reserves as its mines produce gold, silver and copper. The life-of-mine estimates included in this annual information form for each of Goldcorp’s operating mines may not be correct. Goldcorp’s ability to maintain or increase its annual production of gold, silver and copper will be dependent in significant part on its ability to bring new mines into production and to expand ore/mineral reserves at existing mines.

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     Goldcorp’s operating mineral properties have the following estimated mine lives:
     
Property   Estimated Mine Life
Red Lake Gold Mines
  13 years
Alumbrera Mine
  10 years
San Dimas Mine
  20 years
Nukay Mine
  10 years
Marlin Mine
  9 years
El Sauzal Mine
  4 years
Porcupine Mine
  14 years
Musselwhite Mine
  7 years
Peak Mine
  8 years
Marigold Mine
  11 years
Amapari Mine
  5 years
La Coipa Mine
  4 years
San Martin Mine
  1 year
Wharf Mine
  2 years
Commodity Prices
     The price of the Common Shares, Goldcorp’s financial results and exploration, development and mining activities have previously been, or may in the future be, significantly adversely affected by declines in the price of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc. Gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc prices fluctuate widely and are affected by numerous factors beyond Goldcorp’s control such as the sale or purchase of metals by various central banks and financial institutions, interest rates, exchange rates, inflation or deflation, fluctuation in the value of the United States dollar and foreign currencies, global and regional supply and demand, and the political and economic conditions of major metals-producing countries throughout the world. The price of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc has fluctuated widely in recent years, and future serious price declines could cause continued development of and commercial production from Goldcorp’s properties to be impracticable. Depending on the price of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc, cash flow from mining operations may not be sufficient and Goldcorp could be forced to discontinue production and may lose its interest in, or may be forced to sell, some of its properties. Future production from Goldcorp’s mining properties is dependent on gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc prices that are adequate to make these properties economic.
     Furthermore, reserve calculations and life-of-mine plans using significantly lower gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc prices could result in material write-downs of Goldcorp’s investment in mining properties and increased amortization, reclamation and closure charges.
     In addition to adversely affecting Goldcorp’s reserve estimates and its financial condition, declining commodity prices can impact operations by requiring a reassessment of the feasibility of a particular project. Such a reassessment may be the result of a management decision or may be required under financing arrangements related to a particular project. Even if the project is ultimately determined to be economically viable, the need to conduct such a reassessment may cause substantial delays or may interrupt operations until the reassessment can be completed.
     Copper concentrate from the Alumbrera Mine is shipped to smelters in Europe, India, the Far East, Canada and Brazil. Lead and zinc concentrates will also be shipped from the Peñasquito Project. Transportation costs of metal concentrates could increase substantially due to an increase in the price of oil or a shortage in the number of vessels available to ship concentrate to smelters.
Commodity Hedging
     Currently Goldcorp’s policy is to not hedge future gold sales, however, this policy may change in the future. Goldcorp has entered into copper hedging instruments to manage exposure to fluctuations in copper prices.

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     There is no assurance that a commodity-hedging program designed to reduce the risk associated with fluctuations in metal prices will be successful. Hedging may not protect adequately against declines in the price of the hedged metal. Although hedging may protect Goldcorp from a decline in the price of the metal being hedged, it may also prevent Goldcorp from benefiting fully from price increases.
Exchange Rate Fluctuations
     Exchange rate fluctuations may affect the costs that Goldcorp incurs in its operations. Gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc is sold in United States dollars and Goldcorp’s costs are incurred principally in Canadian dollars, Mexican pesos, Argentine pesos, Brazilian reals and Australian dollars. The appreciation of non-United States dollar currencies against the United States dollar can increase the cost of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc production in United States dollar terms. Goldcorp has a policy to transact currency hedging to reduce the risk associated with currency fluctuations, however, Goldcorp has not entered into such types of transactions. There is no assurance that its hedging strategies will be successful. Sudden fluctuations in currencies could result in margin calls that could have an adverse effect on Goldcorp.
Land Title
     Although the title to the properties owned and proposed to be acquired by Goldcorp were reviewed by or on behalf of Goldcorp, no formal title opinions were delivered to Goldcorp and, consequently, no assurances can be given that there are no title defects affecting such properties. Title insurance generally is not available, and Goldcorp’s ability to ensure that it has obtained secure claim to individual mineral properties or mining concessions may be severely constrained. Goldcorp has not conducted surveys of the claims in which it holds direct or indirect interests and, therefore, the precise area and location of such claims may be in doubt. Accordingly, Goldcorp’s mineral properties may be subject to prior unregistered liens, agreements, transfers or claims, including native land claims, and title may be affected by, among other things, undetected defects. In addition, Goldcorp may be unable to operate its properties as permitted or to enforce its rights with respect to its properties.
     Portions of Goldcorp’s mineral reserves come from unpatented mining claims in the United States. There is a risk that any of Goldcorp’s unpatented mining claims could be determined to be invalid, in which case Goldcorp could lose the right to mine mineral reserves contained within those mining claims. Unpatented mining claims are created and maintained in accordance with the General Mining Law of 1872. Unpatented mining claims are unique to United States property interests, and are generally considered to be subject to greater title risk than other real property interests due to the validity of unpatented mining claims often being uncertain. This uncertainty arises, in part, out of the complex federal and state laws and regulations under the General Mining Law of 1872. Unpatented mining claims are always subject to possible challenges of third parties or contests by the federal government. The validity of an unpatented mining claim, in terms of both its location and its maintenance, is dependent on strict compliance with a complex body of federal and state statutory and decisional law.
     In recent years, the United States Congress has considered a number of proposed amendments to the General Mining Law of 1872. If adopted, such legislation, among other things, could impose royalties on gold production from unpatented mining claims located on United States federal lands, result in the denial of permits to mine after the expenditure of significant funds for exploration and development, reduce estimates of mineral reserves and reduce the amount of future exploration and development activity on United States federal lands, all of which could have a material and adverse affect on Goldcorp’s cash flow, results of operations and financial condition.
Competition
     The mining industry is competitive in all of its phases. Goldcorp faces strong competition from other mining companies in connection with the acquisition of properties producing, or capable of producing, precious and base metals. Many of these companies have greater financial resources, operational experience and technical capabilities than Goldcorp. As a result of this competition, Goldcorp may be unable to maintain or acquire attractive mining properties on terms it considers acceptable or at all. Consequently, Goldcorp’s revenues, operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

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Additional Capital
     The mining, processing, development and exploration of Goldcorp’s properties, may require substantial additional financing. Failure to obtain sufficient financing may result in delaying or indefinite postponement of exploration, development or production on any or all of Goldcorp’s properties or even a loss of property interest. There can be no assurance that additional capital or other types of financing will be available if needed or that, if available, the terms of such financing will be favourable to Goldcorp. Low gold prices during the five years prior to 2002 adversely affected Goldcorp’s ability to obtain financing, and low gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc prices could have similar effects in the future.
Government Regulation
     The mining, processing, development and mineral exploration activities of Goldcorp are subject to various laws governing prospecting, development, production, taxes, labour standards and occupational health, mine safety, toxic substances, land use, water use, land claims of local people and other matters. Although Goldcorp’s mining and processing operations and exploration and development activities are currently carried out in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations, no assurance can be given that new rules and regulations will not be enacted or that existing rules and regulations will not be applied in a manner which could limit or curtail production or development. Amendments to current laws and regulations governing operations and activities of mining and milling or more stringent implementation thereof could have a substantial adverse impact on Goldcorp.
Foreign Operations
     The majority of Goldcorp’s foreign operations are currently conducted in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the United States, and as such Goldcorp’s operations are exposed to various levels of political, economic and other risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties vary from country to country and include, but are not limited to, terrorism; hostage taking; military repression; expropriation; extreme fluctuations in currency exchange rates; high rates of inflation; labour unrest; the risks of war or civil unrest; expropriation and nationalization; renegotiation or nullification of existing concessions, licenses, permits and contracts; illegal mining; changes in taxation policies; restrictions on foreign exchange and repatriation; and changing political conditions, currency controls and governmental regulations that favour or require the awarding of contracts to local contractors or require foreign contractors to employ citizens of, or purchase supplies from, a particular jurisdiction.
     Changes, if any, in mining or investment policies or shifts in political attitude in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the United States may adversely affect Goldcorp’s operations or profitability. Operations may be affected in varying degrees by government regulations with respect to, but not limited to, restrictions on production, price controls, export controls, currency remittance, income taxes, expropriation of property, foreign investment, maintenance of claims, environmental legislation, land use, land claims of local people, water use and mine safety.
     Failure to comply strictly with applicable laws, regulations and local practices relating to mineral right applications and tenure, could result in loss, reduction or expropriation of entitlements, or the imposition of additional local or foreign parties as joint venture partners with carried or other interests.
     The occurrence of these various factors and uncertainties cannot be accurately predicted and could have an adverse effect on Goldcorp’s operations or profitability.
Labour and Employment Matters
     While Goldcorp has good relations with both its unionized and non-unionized employees, production at the Luismin mining operations and at the Alumbrera and Peak mines is dependant upon the efforts of Goldcorp’s and MAL’s employees. In addition, relations between Goldcorp and its employees may be impacted by changes in the scheme of labour relations which may be introduced by the relevant governmental authorities in whose jurisdictions Goldcorp carries on business. Adverse changes in such legislation or in the relationship between Goldcorp or MAL

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with its employees may have a material adverse effect on Goldcorp’s business, results of operations and financial condition.
Dependence on Dynatec
     Goldcorp has outsourced a portion of its needs for underground mining personnel at the Red Lake Complex under a contract with Dynatec which expires on December 31, 2007. During development of the mine in 1999 and 2000, Dynatec was the underground development and construction contractor and, since completion, has continued as the underground mining services contractor. Under the contract, Dynatec will receive incentive payments for achieving specified levels of tonnage production. Goldcorp relies exclusively on Dynatec to bring ore at the Red Lake Gold Mines to the surface for processing. Any interruption in, or problems with, the mining services provided by Dynatec could lead to a partial disruption of mining operations at the Red Lake Gold Mines and adversely affect Goldcorp’s gold production.
Economic and Political Instability in Argentina
     The Alumbrera Mine is located in Argentina. There are risks relating to an uncertain or unpredictable political and economic environment in Argentina.
     In response to the political and economic instability in Argentina, in January 2002, the government announced the abandonment of the one to one peg of the Argentina peso to the U.S. dollar. During the economic crisis, Argentina defaulted on foreign debt repayments and, from November 2002 to January 2003, Argentina defaulted on the repayment on a number of official loans to multinational organizations. In January 2003, the International Monetary Fund agreed to reschedule certain debt owed by Argentina and approved a short term credit line to repay debts to multinational organizations that could not be postponed.
     There is the risk of political violence and increased social tension in Argentina as a result of the economic performance and Argentina has experienced an increase in civil unrest, crime and labour unrest. In addition, the government has also renegotiated or defaulted on contractual arrangements. Roadblocks (piqueterou) by members of the local communities, unemployed people and unions can occur on most national and provincial routes without notice. There have been some minor disruptions to access routes near the mine site which did not affect the supply of goods to the mine. Although there has not been any recurrence of disruptions in the past year, there is no assurance that disruptions will not occur in the future which will affect the supply of goods.
     Certain events could have significant political ramifications to MAL in Argentina. In particular, serious environmental incidents such as contamination of groundwater and surface water downstream of the tailings dam due to uncontrolled migration of the sulphate plume or other events, may occur which would constitute a major breach of Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) commitments.
     The Alumbrera mining prospects are owned by YMAD, a quasi-governmental mining company, pursuant to an Argentine mining law which granted YMAD such rights. YMAD has granted a mining lease to MAL pursuant to the UTE Agreement (see “Description of the Business — Alumbrera Mine, Argentina — Property Description and Location” for details regarding the UTE Agreement). Significant political changes in Argentina which impact foreign investment and mining in general, or YMAD or MAL’s rights to the Alumbrera mining prospects in particular, could adversely impact MAL’s ability to operate the Alumbrera Mine.
     Certain political and economic events such as: (i) the inability of MAL to obtain U.S. dollars in a lawful market of Argentina; (ii) acts or failures to act by a government authority in Argentina; and (iii) acts of political violence in Argentina, could have a material adverse effect on MAL’s ability to operate the Alumbrera Mine.
Foreign Subsidiaries
     Goldcorp is a holding company that conducts operations through foreign (Antiguan, Australian, Argentinian, Barbadian, Bermudian, Brazilian, Chilean, Cayman Island, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican and American) subsidiaries, joint ventures and divisions, and substantially all of its assets are held in such entities. Accordingly, any limitation on the transfer of cash or other assets between the parent corporation and such entities,

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or among such entities, could restrict Goldcorp’s ability to fund its operations efficiently. Any such limitations, or the perception that such limitations may exist now or in the future, could have an adverse impact on Goldcorp’s valuation and stock price.
Insurance and Uninsured Risks
     Goldcorp’s business is subject to a number of risks and hazards generally, including adverse environmental conditions, industrial accidents, labour disputes, unusual or unexpected geological conditions, ground or slope failures, cave-ins, changes in the regulatory environment and natural phenomena such as inclement weather conditions, floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. Such occurrences could result in damage to mineral properties or production facilities, personal injury or death, environmental damage to Goldcorp’s properties or the properties of others, delays in mining, monetary losses and possible legal liability.
     Although Goldcorp maintains insurance to protect against certain risks in such amounts as it considers to be reasonable, its insurance will not cover all the potential risks associated with a mining company’s operations. Goldcorp may also be unable to maintain insurance to cover these risks at economically feasible premiums. Insurance coverage may not continue to be available or may not be adequate to cover any resulting liability. Moreover, insurance against risks such as environmental pollution or other hazards as a result of exploration and production is not generally available to Goldcorp or to other companies in the mining industry on acceptable terms. Goldcorp might also become subject to liability for pollution or other hazards which may not be insured against or which Goldcorp may elect not to insure against because of premium costs or other reasons. Losses from these events may cause Goldcorp to incur significant costs that could have a material adverse effect upon its financial performance and results of operations.
Acquisition Strategy
     As part of Goldcorp’s business strategy, it has sought and will continue to seek new mining and development opportunities in the mining industry. In pursuit of such opportunities, Goldcorp may fail to select appropriate acquisition candidates or negotiate acceptable arrangements, including arrangements to finance acquisitions or integrate the acquired businesses and their personnel into Goldcorp. Goldcorp cannot assure that it can complete any acquisition or business arrangement that it pursues, or is pursuing, on favourable terms, or that any acquisitions or business arrangements completed will ultimately benefit Goldcorp’s business.
Joint Ventures
     Goldcorp holds an indirect 37.5% interest in the Alumbrera Mine, the other 12.5% and 50% interests being held indirectly by Northern Orion, and Xstrata, respectively. Goldcorp holds an indirect 51% interest in the Porcupine Mine, an indirect 68% interest in the Musselwhite Mine and an indirect 50% interest in the La Coipa Mine, the remaining interest in each of these mines being held by Kinross Gold Corporation. Goldcorp holds an indirect 40% interest in the Pueblo Viejo Project, an indirect 66 2/3% interest in the Marigold Mine and an indirect 40% interest in the South Arturo Project, the remaining interest in each of these properties being held by Barrick. Goldcorp’s interest in these properties is subject to the risks normally associated with the conduct of joint ventures. The existence or occurrence of one or more of the following circumstances and events could have a material adverse impact on Goldcorp’s profitability or the viability of its interests held through joint ventures, which could have a material adverse impact on Goldcorp’s future cash flows, earnings, results of operations and financial condition: (i) disagreement with joint venture partners on how to develop and operate mines efficiently; (ii) inability of joint venture partners to meet their obligations to the joint venture or third parties; and (iii) litigation between joint venture partners regarding joint venture matters.
Market Price of the Corporation’s Securities
     The Common Shares and the common share purchase warrants of the Corporation (the “Warrants”) are listed on the TSX and the NYSE. Securities of mining companies have experienced substantial volatility in the past, often based on factors unrelated to the financial performance or prospects of the companies involved. These factors include macroeconomic developments in North America and globally and market perceptions of the attractiveness of particular industries. The price of the Common Shares and the Warrants are also likely to be significantly

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affected by short-term changes in gold, silver or copper prices or in its financial condition or results of operations as reflected in its quarterly earnings reports.
     As a result of any of these factors, the market price of the Common Shares and the Warrants at any given point in time may not accurately reflect Goldcorp’s long-term value. Securities class action litigation often has been brought against companies following periods of volatility in the market price of their securities. Goldcorp may in the future be the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and damages and divert management’s attention and resources.
Future Sales of Common Shares by Existing Shareholders
     Sales of a large number of Common Shares in the public markets, or the potential for such sales, could decrease the trading price of the Common Shares and could impair Goldcorp’s ability to raise capital through future sales of Common Shares. Goldcorp has previously completed private placements at prices per share which are lower than the current market price of the Common Shares. Accordingly, a significant number of shareholders of Goldcorp have an investment profit in the Common Shares that they may seek to liquidate. Substantially all of the Common Shares can be resold without material restriction either in the United States, in Canada or both.
Key Executives
     Goldcorp is dependent on the services of key executives, including its President and Chief Executive Officer and a small number of highly skilled and experienced executives and personnel. The loss of these persons or Goldcorp’s inability to attract and retain additional highly skilled employees may adversely affect its business and future operations.
Conflicts of Interest
     Certain of the directors and officers of Goldcorp also serve as directors and/or officers of other companies involved in natural resource exploration and development and consequently there exists the possibility for such directors and officers to be in a position of conflict. In particular, Lawrence Bell and Douglas Holtby, directors of the Corporation, are also directors of Silver Wheaton. Any decision made by any of such directors and officers involving Goldcorp will be made in accordance with their duties and obligations to deal fairly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of Goldcorp and its shareholders. In addition, each of the directors is required to declare and refrain from voting on any matter in which such directors may have a conflict of interest in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and other applicable laws.
 
Technical Information
CIM Standards Definitions
     The estimated mineral reserves and mineral resources for the Red Lake Gold Mines, the Peñasquito Project, the San Dimas Mine, the Nukay Mine, the Los Filos Project, the Marlin Mine, the Pueblo Viejo Project, the El Sauzal Mine, the Porcupine Mine, the Musselwhite Mine, the Marigold Mine, the La Coipa Mine, the San Martin Mine, the Wharf Mine, the Cerro Blanco Project, the El Limón Project, the South Arturo Project, the Imperial Project and the San Nicolas Project have been calculated in accordance with the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“CIM”) — Definitions Adopted by CIM Council on December 11, 2005 (the “CIM Standards”) which were adopted by the Canadian Securities Administrators’ National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). The following definitions are reproduced from the CIM Standards:
     The term “Mineral Resourcemeans a concentration or occurrence of natural, solid, inorganic or fossilized organic material in or on the Earth’s crust in such form and quantity and of such grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade, geological characteristics and continuity of a Mineral Resource are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge. Mineral Resources are sub-divided, in order of increasing geological confidence, into Inferred, Indicated and Measured categories.

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     The term “Inferred Mineral Resourcemeans that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity and grade or quality can be estimated on the basis of geological evidence and limited sampling and reasonably assumed, but not verified, geological and grade continuity. The estimate is based on limited information and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes.
     The term “Indicated Mineral Resourcemeans that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics, can be estimated with a level of confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic parameters, to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonably assumed.
     The term Measured Mineral Resourcemeans that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape, physical characteristics are so well established that they can be estimated with confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic parameters, to support production planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity.
     The term Mineral Reservemeans the economically mineable part of a Measured or Indicated Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a Preliminary Feasibility Study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction can be justified. A Mineral Reserve includes diluting materials and allowances for losses that may occur when the material is mined.
     The term Probable Mineral Reservemeans the economically mineable part of an Indicated Mineral Resource and, in some circumstances, a Measured Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a Preliminary Feasibility Study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction can be justified.
     The term Proven Mineral Reservemeans the economically mineable part of a Measured Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a Preliminary Feasibility Study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction is justified.
JORC Code Definitions
     The estimated ore reserves and mineral resources for the Alumbrera Mine, the Peak Mine and the Amapari Mine have been calculated in accordance with the current (1999) version of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (the “JORC Code”), the Australian worldwide standards. The JORC Code has been accepted for current disclosure rules in Canada under NI 43-101. The following definitions are reproduced from the JORC Code:
     The term “Mineral Resourcemeans a concentration or occurrence of material of intrinsic economic interest in or on the Earth’s crust in such form and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade, geological characteristics and continuity of a Mineral Resource are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge. Mineral Resources are sub-divided, in order of increasing geological confidence, into Inferred, Indicated and Measured categories.
     The term “Inferred Mineral Resourcemeans that part of a Mineral Resource for which tonnage, grade and mineral content can be estimated with a low level of confidence. It is inferred from geological evidence and assumed but not verified geological and/or grade continuity. It is based on information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes which may be limited or of uncertain quality and reliability.

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     The term “Indicated Mineral Resourcemeans that part of a Mineral Resource for which tonnage, densities, shape, physical characteristics, grade and mineral content can be estimated with a reasonable level of confidence. It is based on exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes. The locations are too widely or inappropriately spaced to confirm geological and/or grade continuity but are spaced closely enough for continuity to be assumed.
     The term Measured Mineral Resourcemeans that part of a Mineral Resource for which tonnage, densities, shape, physical characteristics, grade and mineral content can be estimated with a high level of confidence. It is based on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes. The locations are spaced closely enough to confirm geological and/or grade continuity.
     The term Ore Reservemeans the economically mineable part of a Measured or Indicated Mineral Resource. It includes diluting materials and allowances for losses which may occur when the material is mined. Appropriate assessments, which may include feasibility studies, have been carried out, and include consideration of and modification by realistically assumed mining, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social and governmental factors. These assessments demonstrate at the time of reporting that extraction could reasonably be justified. Ore Reserves are sub-divided in order of increasing confidence into Probable Ore Reserves and Proved Ore Reserves.
     The term Probable Ore Reservemeans the economically mineable part of an Indicated, and in some circumstances Measured Mineral Resource. It includes diluting materials and allowances for losses which may occur when the material is mined. Appropriate assessments, which may include feasibility studies, have been carried out, and include consideration of and modification by realistically assumed mining, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social and governmental factors. These assessments demonstrate at the time of reporting that extraction could reasonably be justified.
     The term Proved Ore Reservemeans the economically mineable part of a Measured Mineral Resource. It includes diluting materials and allowances for losses which may occur when the material is mined. Appropriate assessments, which may include feasibility studies, have been carried out, and include consideration of and modification by realistically assumed mining, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social and governmental factors. These assessments demonstrate at the time of reporting that extraction could reasonably be justified.
     The foregoing definitions of Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources as set forth in the JORC Code have been reconciled to the definitions set forth in the CIM Standards. If the Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources for the Alumbrera Mine, the Peak Mine and the Amapari Project were estimated in accordance with the definitions in the CIM Standards, there would be no substantive difference in such Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources.
Cautionary Note to United States Investors Concerning Estimates of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources
     This section uses the terms “Measured”, “Indicated” and “Inferred” Resources. United States investors are advised that while such terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize them. “Inferred Mineral Resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of Inferred Mineral Resources may not form the basis of feasibility or other economic studies. United States investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of Measured or Indicated Mineral Resources will ever be converted into Mineral Reserves. United States investors are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource exists, or is economically or legally mineable.

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Average Total Cash Costs
     “Average total cash costs” figures are calculated in accordance with a standard developed by The Gold Institute, which was a worldwide association of suppliers of gold and gold products and included leading North American gold producers. The Gold Institute ceased operations in 2002, but the standard is the accepted standard of reporting cash costs of production in North America. Adoption of the standard is voluntary and the cost measures presented herein may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Costs include mine site operating costs such as mining, processing, administration, royalties and production taxes, but are exclusive of amortization, reclamation, capital, development and exploration costs. These costs are then divided by ounces sold to arrive at the total cash costs of sales. The measure, along with sales, is considered to be a key indicator of a company’s ability to generate operating earnings and cash flow from its mining operations. This data is furnished to provide additional information and is a non-GAAP measure. It should not be considered in isolation as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP and is not necessarily indicative of operating costs presented under GAAP.
Summary of Ore Reserve/Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates
Ore Reserve/Mineral Reserve Estimates
     The following table sets forth the estimated gold, silver and copper Ore Reserves/Mineral Reserves for the Red Lake Gold Mines, the Peñasquito Project, the Alumbrera Mine, the San Dimas Mine, the Nukay Mine, the Los Filos Project, the Marlin Mine, the Pueblo Viejo Project, the El Sauzal Mine, the Porcupine Mine, the Musselwhite Mine, the Peak Mine, the Marigold Mine, the Amapari Mine, the La Coipa Mine, the San Martin Mine and the Wharf Mine as of December 31, 2006, except for the Alumbrera Mine which is estimated as of June 30, 2006:

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Proved/Proven and Probable Gold, Silver and Copper Ore/Mineral Reserves (1)(19)
                                                             
                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Gold     Silver     Copper     Gold     Silver     Copper  
        (millions)     (grams     (grams     (%)     (millions     (millions     (millions  
                per tonne)     per tonne)             of ounces)     of ounces)     of pounds)  
Red Lake Gold Mines (2)
  Proven     1.16       41.48                   1.55              
 
  Probable     6.09       18.57                   3.64              
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     7.25       22.24                   5.19              
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Peñasquito Project (3)
  Proven     267.92       0.60       35.4             5.18       305.3        
Mill
  Probable     209.01       0.60       30.2             4.01       203.0        
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     476.93       0.60       33.2             9.19       508.3        
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Peñasquito Project (3)
  Proven     68.24       0.27       24.2             0.59       53.0        
Heap Leach
  Probable     18.81       0.33       22.4             0.20       13.5        
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     87.06       0.28       23.8             0.79       66.5        
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Alumbrera Mine (4)
  Proved     134.85       0.48             0.45       2.10             1,343  
(Goldcorp’s 37.5% interest)
  Probable     8.63       0.43             0.42       0.12             80  
 
                                             
 
  Proved + Probable     143.47       0.48             0.45       2.21             1,423  
 
                                             
 
                                                           
San Dimas Mine (5)
  Proven     1.57       6.10       410.2             0.31       20.7        
 
  Probable     2.75       5.53       375.6             0.49       33.2        
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     4.32       5.73       388.2             0.80       53.8        
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Nukay Mine (6)
  Proven     1.18       7.00                   0.27              
 
  Probable     2.43       5.56                   0.44              
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     3.62       6.03                   0.70              
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Los Filos Project (7)
  Proven     25.16       0.88       2.8             0.71       2.3        
(with Bermejal)
  Probable     177.48       0.66       6.2             3.79       35.6        
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     202.65       0.69       5.8             4.50       37.9        
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Marlin Mine (8)
  Proven     4.00       4.78       102.1             0.62       13.1        
 
  Probable     12.36       3.96       90.7             1.57       36.0        
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     16.36       4.16       93.5             2.19       49.2        
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Pueblo Viejo Project (9)
  Proven (Gold)     7.67       3.01                   0.74              
(Goldcorp’s 40%
  Proven (Silver/Copper)     3.93             20.3       0.11             2.6       10  
interest)
  Probable     64.04       3.16       15.8       0.10       6.51       32.5       134  
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable (Gold)     71.71       3.14                   7.25              
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable (Silver/Copper)     67.98             16.1       0.10             35.1       144  
 
                                             
 
                                                           
El Sauzal Mine (10)
  Proven     11.24       1.90                   0.69              
 
  Probable     2.48       3.02                   0.24              
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     13.73       2.11                   0.93              
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Porcupine Mine (11)
  Proven     13.51       1.40                   0.61              
(Goldcorp’s 51%
  Probable     17.89       2.03                   1.17              
 
                                             
interest)
  Proven + Probable     31.40       1.76                   1.78              
 
                                             

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                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Gold     Silver     Copper     Gold     Silver     Copper  
        (millions)     (grams     (grams     (%)     (millions     (millions     (millions  
                per tonne)     per tonne)             of ounces)     of ounces)     of pounds)  
Musselwhite Mine (12)
  Proven     2.70       5.88                   0.51              
(Goldcorp’s 68%
  Probable     3.21       6.73                   0.70              
 
                                             
Interest)
  Proven + Probable     5.91       6.34                   1.21              
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Peak Mine (13)
  Proved     0.95       6.70       5.3       0.85       0.20       0.2       18  
 
  Probable     1.13       6.39       3.6       0.54       0.23       0.1       13  
 
                                             
 
  Proved + Probable     2.08       6.53       4.4       0.68       0.44       0.3       31  
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Marigold Mine (14)
  Proven     30.23       0.74                   0.72              
 
  Probable     31.59       0.68                   0.70              
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     61.82       0.71                   1.42              
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Amapari Mine (15)
  Proved     0.81       2.52                   0.07              
 
  Probable     5.32       2.45                   0.42              
 
                                             
 
  Proved + Probable     6.13       2.46                   0.49              
 
                                             
 
                                                           
La Coipa Mine (16)
  Proven     7.00       1.43       84.5             0.32       19.0        
(Goldcorp’s 50% Interest)
  Probable     3.13       1.08       86.9             0.11       8.8        
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     10.14       1.32       85.3             0.43       27.8        
 
                                             
 
                                                           
San Martin Mine (17)
  Proven     2.46       0.76                   0.06              
 
  Probable     1.97       0.73                   0.05              
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     4.43       0.75                   0.11              
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Wharf Mine (18)
  Proven     3.21       1.13                   0.12              
 
  Probable     0.95       0.82                   0.03              
 
                                             
 
  Proven + Probable     4.16       1.06                   0.15              
 
                                             
 
                                                           
Total
  Proved/Proven                                     15.36       418.6       1,380  
 
  Probable                                     24.39       362.7       227  
 
                                                     
 
                                                           
 
  Proved/Proven + Probable                                     39.75       781.4       1,607  
 
                                                     
 
(1)   All Mineral Reserves or Ore Reserves have been calculated in accordance with the CIM Standards or the JORC Code. The JORC Code has been accepted for current disclosure rules in Canada under NI 43-101. All Mineral Reserves and Ore Reserves have been reported as of December 31, 2006, with the following exceptions:
    Mineral Reserves for the Peñasquito Project are as reported by Glamis in its press release dated June 21, 2006
 
    Mineral Reserves for the Alumbrera Mine are reported as of June 30, 2006
 
    Mineral Reserves for the Pueblo Viejo Project are as reported by Barrick in its press release dated February 22, 2007
 
    Mineral Reserves for the El Limón Project are reported as of November 3, 2004
 
(2)   The Mineral Reserves for the Red Lake Gold Mines set out in the table above have been estimated by Stephane Blais, P.Eng. at the Red Lake Gold Mines who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Red Lake Gold Mines, Ontario — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(3)   The Mineral Reserves for the Peñasquito Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James S. Voorhees, P.Eng., formerly at Glamis, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Peñasquito Project, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(4)   The Ore Reserves for the Alumbrera Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Luis Rivera, MAusIMM at MAL who is a qualified person under NI 43-101 and a competent person under the JORC Code. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proved and probable, and are based on the JORC Code. See “Description of the Business — Alumbrera Mine, Argentina — Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(5)   The Mineral Reserves for the San Dimas Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Velasquez Spring, P.Eng at Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited (“WGM”) who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM

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    Standards. See “Description of the Business — Luismin Mines, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(6)   The Mineral Reserves for the Nukay Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Reynaldo Rivera, MAusIMM at Luismin who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Luismin Mines, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(7)   The Mineral Reserves of the Los Filos Project set out in the above table have been estimated by Michael G. Hester, FAusIMM of Independent Mining Consultants, Inc. (“IMC”) and Reynaldo Rivera, MAusIMM at Luismin who are qualified persons under NI 43- 101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business – Los Filos Project, Mexico – Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(8)   The Mineral Reserves for the Marlin Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Bob H. Bryson at Goldcorp and audited by Neil B. Prenn, P.Eng. at Mine Development Associates who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Marlin Mine, Guatemala — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(9)   The Mineral Reserves for the Pueblo Viejo Project set out in the table above have been estimated by Rick Allan, Director, Engineering and Mining Support at Barrick, Jacques McMullen, Vice President, Metallurgy and Process Development at Barrick and Rick Sims, Manager Corporate Reserves at Barrick who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(10)   The Mineral Reserves for the El Sauzal Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Bob H. Bryson at Goldcorp and audited by Neil B. Prenn, P.Eng. at Mine Development Associates who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(11)   The Mineral Reserves for the Porcupine Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Stephen Price, P.Geo., Alastair Still, P.Geo. and Imola Götz, P.Eng., all at the Porcupine Mine, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(12)   The Mineral Reserves for the Musselwhite Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Andrew Cheatle, P.Geo. and Tim Sanford, P.Eng., each at the Musselwhite Mine, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(13)   The Ore Reserves for the Peak Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Eric Strom, P.Eng. and Rex Berthelsen, MAusIMM, each at PGM, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101 and competent persons under the JORC Code. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proved and probable, and are based on the JORC Code.
 
(14)   The Mineral Reserves for the Marigold Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Bob H. Bryson at Goldcorp and audited by Neil B. Prenn, P.Eng. at Mine Development Associates who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(15)   The Ore Reserves for the Amapari Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Trevor Jones, MAIG at Mineração Pedra Branca do Amapari Ltda. who is a qualified person under NI 43-101 and a competent person under the JORC Code. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proved and probable, and are based on the JORC Code.
 
(16)   The Mineral Reserves for the La Coipa Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Andrés Guaringa, MAusIMM at Compañia Minera Mantos de Oro who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(17)   The Mineral Reserves for the San Martin Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Bob H. Bryson at Goldcorp and audited by Neil B. Prenn, P.Eng. at Mine Development Associates who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(18)   The Mineral Reserves for the Wharf Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Michael Kociumbas, P.Geo. and G. Ross MacFarlane, P.Eng., each at Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited (“WGM”), who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(19)   Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

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     The following table sets forth the estimated lead and zinc Ore Reserves/Mineral Reserves for the Peñasquito Project, the Pueblo Viejo Project and the Peak Mine as of December 31, 2006:
Proved/Proven and Probable Lead and Zinc Mineral Reserves (1)(5)
                                             
                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Lead     Zinc     Lead     Zinc  
        (millions)     (%)     (%)     (millions of     (millions of  
                                pounds)     pounds)  
Peñasquito Project (2)
  Proven     267.92       0.38       0.81       2,267       4,758  
Mill
  Probable     209.01       0.31       0.70       1,416       3,224  
 
                                 
 
  Proven + Probable     476.93       0.35       0.76       3,683       7,982  
 
                                 
 
                                           
Peak Mine (3)
  Proved     0.95       0.10       0.08       2       2  
 
  Probable     1.13       0.18       0.22       5       5  
 
                                 
 
  Proved + Probable     2.08       0.14       0.16       7       7  
 
                                 
 
                                           
Pueblo Viejo Project (4)
  Proven     7.67             0.86             146  
(Goldcorp’s 40% interest)
  Probable     64.04             0.68             961  
 
                                 
 
  Proven + Probable     71.71             0.70             1,108  
 
                                 
 
                                           
Total
  Proved/Proven                             2,269       4,906  
 
  Probable                             1,420       4,191  
 
                                       
 
                                           
 
  Proved/Proven + Probable                             3,690       9,097  
 
                                       
 
(1)   All Mineral Reserves or Ore Reserves have been calculated in accordance with the CIM Standards or the JORC Code. The JORC Code has been accepted for current disclosure rules in Canada under NI 43-101. All Mineral Reserves and Ore Reserves have been reported as of December 31, 2006, with the following exceptions:
    Mineral Reserves for the Peñasquito Project are as reported by Glamis in its press release dated June 21, 2006
 
    Mineral Reserves for the Pueblo Viejo Project are as reported by Barrick in its press release dated February 22, 2007
 
(2)   The Mineral Reserves for the Peñasquito Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James S. Voorhees, P.Eng., formerly at Glamis, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Peñasquito Project, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(3)   The Ore Reserves for the Peak Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Eric Strom, P.Eng. and Rex Berthelsen, MAusIMM, each at PGM, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101 and competent persons under the JORC Code. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proved and probable, and are based on the JORC Code.
 
(4)   The Mineral Reserves for the Pueblo Viejo Project set out in the table above have been estimated by Rick Allan, Director, Engineering and Mining Support at Barrick, Jacques McMullen, Vice President, Metallurgy and Process Development at Barrick and Rick Sims, Manager Corporate Reserves at Barrick who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(5)   Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
Mineral Resource Estimates
Cautionary Note to United States Investors Concerning Estimates of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources
     This section uses the terms “Measured”, “Indicated” and “Inferred” Resources. United States investors are advised that while such terms are recognized and required by Canadian regulations, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize them. “Inferred Mineral Resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of Inferred Mineral Resources may not form the basis of feasibility or other economic studies. United States investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of Measured or Indicated Mineral Resources will ever be converted into Mineral Reserves. United States investors are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an Inferred Mineral Resource exists, or is economically or legally mineable.

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     The following table sets forth the estimated gold, silver and copper Mineral Resources for the Red Lake Gold Mines, the Peñasquito Project, the Alumbrera Mine, the San Dimas Mine, the Nukay Mine, the Los Filos Project, the Marlin Mine, the Pueblo Viejo Project, the El Sauzal Mine, the Porcupine Mine, the Musselwhite Mine, the Peak Mine, the Marigold Mine, the Amapari Mine, the La Coipa Mine, the San Martin Mine, the Cerro Blanco Project, the El Limón Project, the South Arturo Project, the Imperial Project and the San Nicolas Project as of December 31, 2006, except for the Alumbrera Mine which is reported as of June 30, 2006:
Measured, Indicated and Inferred Gold, Silver and Copper Mineral Resources (1)(23)(24)
(excluding Proved/Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves)
                                                             
                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Gold     Silver     Copper     Gold     Silver     Copper  
        (millions)     (grams     (grams     (%)     (millions     (millions     (millions  
                per tonne)       per tonne)           of ounces)     of ounces)     of pounds)  
Red Lake Gold Mines (2)
  Measured     0.69       23.29                   0.51              
 
  Indicated     2.51       16.14                   1.30              
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     3.19       17.68                   1.81              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     2.94       26.34                   2.49              
 
                                                           
Peñasquito Project (3)
  Measured     114.30       0.32       26.4             1.18       96.9        
Mill
  Indicated     156.90       0.29       26.0             1.45       131.2        
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     271.20       0.30       26.2             2.62       228.1        
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     2,404.60       0.18       11.0             13.76       849.3        
 
                                                           
Peñasquito Project (3)
  Measured     16.10       0.13       13.6             0.07       7.1        
Heap Leach
  Indicated     21.10       0.14       17.4             0.10       11.8        
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     37.20       0.13       15.8             0.16       18.9        
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     172.0       0.07       5.8             0.39       31.8        
 
                                                           
Alumbrera Mine (4)
  Measured     7.50       0.36             0.37       0.09             61  
(Goldcorp’s 37.5%
  Indicated                                          
 
                                             
interest)
  Measured + Indicated     7.50       0.36             0.37       0.09             61  
 
                                             
 
  Inferred                                          
 
                                                           
San Dimas Mine (5)
  Measured                                          
 
  Indicated                                          
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated                                          
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     17.27       3.17       320.8             1.76       178.1        
 
                                                           
Nukay Mine (6)
  Measured                                          
 
  Indicated     0.26       5.78                   0.05              
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     0.26       5.78                   0.05              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     4.09       5.61                   0.74              
 
                                                           
Los Filos Project (7)
  Measured     10.19       0.70       4.0             0.23       1.3        
(with Bermejal,
  Indicated     79.61       0.61       5.1             1.55       13.0        
 
                                             
Bermejal U/G and
  Measured + Indicated     89.80       0.62       5.0             1.78       14.3        
 
                                             
4P)
  Inferred     71.49       0.62       5.4             1.42       12.4        
 
                                                           
Marlin Mine (8)
  Measured     0.64       0.85       16.7             0.02       0.3        
 
  Indicated     2.72       2.27       84.4             0.20       7.4        
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     3.36       2.00       71.5             0.22       7.7        
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     20.09       1.56       27.5             1.01       17.8        
 
                                                           
Pueblo Viejo Project (9)
  Measured     0.30       2.90       12.7       0.05       0.03       0.1       1  
(Goldcorp’s 40%
  Indicated     9.57       2.68       9.5       0.05       0.82       2.9       11  
 
                                             
interest)
  Measured + Indicated     9.87       2.69       9.6       0.05       0.85       3.0       12  
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     19.67       2.82       4.2       0.03       1.78       2.7       13  

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                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Gold     Silver     Copper     Gold     Silver     Copper  
        (000s)     (grams     (grams     (%)     (millions     (millions     (millions  
                per tonne)       per tonne)           of ounces)     of ounces)     of pounds)  
El Sauzal Mine (10)
  Measured     4.97       0.69                   0.11              
 
  Indicated     1.38       0.76                   0.03              
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     6.35       0.70                   0.14              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     60.35       0.26                   0.50              
 
                                                           
Porcupine Mine (11)
  Measured     3.56       2.02                   0.23              
(Goldcorp’s 51%
  Indicated     36.21       1.72                   2.00              
 
                                             
interest)
  Measured + Indicated     39.78       1.75                   2.24              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     26.10       1.89                   1.59              
 
                                                           
Musselwhite Mine (12)
  Measured     0.86       5.42                   0.15              
(Goldcorp’s 68%
  Indicated     1.42       5.64                   0.26              
 
                                             
interest)
  Measured + Indicated     2.28       5.56                   0.41              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     2.35       6.89                   0.52              
 
                                                           
Peak Mine (13)
  Measured     1.24       3.86       6.1       0.99       0.15       0.2       27  
 
  Indicated     2.11       4.03       7.1       1.28       0.27       0.5       60  
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     3.35       3.96       6.7       1.17       0.43       0.7       87  
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     1.99       6.50       5.0       0.53       0.42       0.3       23  
 
                                                           
Marigold Mine (14)
  Measured     12.7       0.67                   0.27              
 
  Indicated     18.24       0.71                   0.42              
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     30.94       0.70                   0.69              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     122.53       0.43                   1.68              
 
                                                           
Amapari Mine (15)
  Measured     0.29       2.31                   0.02              
 
  Indicated     6.70       3.01                   0.65              
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     6.98       2.98                   0.67              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     1.92       2.47                   0.15              
 
                                                           
La Coipa Mine (16)
  Measured     7.23       0.87       31.5             0.20       7.3        
(Goldcorp’s 50%
  Indicated     4.23       1.19       25.7             0.16       3.5        
 
                                             
interest)
  Measured + Indicated     11.47       0.99       29.3             0.36       10.8        
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     0.42       0.79       35.6             0.01       0.5        
 
                                                           
San Martin Mine (17)
  Measured     3.60       0.79                   0.09              
 
  Indicated     2.87       0.76                   0.07              
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     6.47       0.78                   0.16              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     10.82       0.26                   0.09              
 
                                                           
Cerro Blanco Project (18)
  Measured                                          
 
  Indicated     2.52       15.64       72.0             1.27       5.8        
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     2.52       15.64       72.0             1.27       5.8        
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     1.35       15.31       59.6             0.67       2.6        
 
                                                           
El Limón Project (19)
  Measured                                          
(Goldcorp’s 21.2%
  Indicated                                          
 
                                             
interest)
  Measured + Indicated                                              
 
                                                 
 
  Inferred     6.50       3.27                   0.68              
 
                                                           
South Arturo Project (20)
  Measured                                          
(Goldcorp’s 40%
  Indicated     7.21       2.11                   0.49              
 
                                             
interest)
  Measured + Indicated     7.21       2.11                   0.49              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     0.40       2.07                   0.03              
 
                                                           
Imperial Project (21)
  Measured     67.88       0.59                   1.29              
 
  Indicated     14.88       0.51                   0.24              
 
                                             
 
  Measured + Indicated     82.76       0.58                   1.53              
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     43.83       0.40                   0.56              

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                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Gold     Silver     Copper     Gold     Silver     Copper  
        (000s)     (grams     (grams     (%)     (millions     (millions     (millions  
                per tonne)       per tonne)           of ounces)     of ounces)     of pounds)  
San Nicolas Project (22)
  Measured     0.66       0.96       46.5       0.73       0.02       1.0       11  
(Goldcorp’s 35%
  Indicated     27.33       0.47       28.6       1.34       0.41       25.1       809  
 
                                             
interest)
  Measured + Indicated     27.99       0.48       29.0       1.33       0.43       26.1       819  
 
                                             
 
  Inferred     2.46       0.37       23.8       1.28       0.03       1.9       69  
 
                                                           
Total
  Measured                                     4.66       114.3       99  
 
  Indicated                                     11.76       201.2       893  
 
  Measured + Indicated                                     16.42       315.4       992  
 
  Inferred                                     30.28       1,097.4       106  
 
(1)   All Mineral Resources have been calculated in accordance with the CIM Standards or the JORC Code. The JORC Code has been accepted for current disclosure rules in Canada under NI 43-101. All Mineral Resources have been reported as of December 31, 2006, with the following exceptions:
    Mineral Resources for the Peñasquito Project are as reported by Glamis in its press release dated June 21, 2006
 
    Mineral Resources for the Alumbrera Mine are reported as of June 30, 2006
 
    Mineral Resources for the Pueblo Viejo Project are as reported by Barrick in its press release dated February 22, 2007
 
    Mineral Resources for the El Limón Project are reported as of November 3, 2004
 
    Mineral Resources for the Cerro Blanco Project are as reported by Glamis in its press release dated December 1, 2005
 
    Mineral Resources for the Imperial Project are reported as of January 1, 1997
 
    Mineral Resources for the San Nicolas Project are reported as of December 1, 2001
 
(2)   The Mineral Resources for the Red Lake Gold Mines set out in the table above have been estimated by Anthony Stechishen, P.Geo. for the Campbell Complex and Dean Crick, M.Sc., P.Geo. for the Red Lake Complex, each at the Red Lake Gold Mines, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Red Lake Gold Mines, Ontario — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(3)   The Mineral Resources for the Peñasquito Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James S. Voorhees, P.Eng., formerly at Glamis, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Peñasquito Project, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(4)   The Mineral Resources for the Alumbrera Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Luis Rivera, MAusIMM at MAL who is a qualified person under NI 43-101 and a competent person under the JORC Code. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured and indicated, and are based on the JORC Code. See “Description of the Business — Alumbrera Mine, Argentina — Ore Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(5)   The Mineral Resources for the San Dimas Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Velasquez Spring, P.Eng at WGM who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Luismin Mines, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(6)   The Mineral Resources for the Nukay Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Reynaldo Rivera, MAusIMM at Luismin who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Luismin Mines, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(7)   The Mineral Resources for the Los Filos Project set out in the table above have been estimated by Michael G. Hester, FAusIMM at IMC and Reynaldo Rivera, MAusIMM at Luismin who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Los Filos Project, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(8)   The Mineral Resources for the Marlin Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Bob H. Bryson at Goldcorp and audited by Neil B. Prenn, P.Eng. at Mine Development Associates who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Marlin Mine, Guatemala — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(9)   The Mineral Resources for the Pueblo Viejo Project set out in the table above have been estimated by Rick Allan, Director, Engineering and Mining Support at Barrick, Jacques McMullen, Vice President, Metallurgy and Process Development at Barrick and Rick Sims, Manager Corporate Reserves at Barrick who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Pueblo Viejo Project, Dominican Republic — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(10)   The Mineral Resources for the El Sauzal Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Bob H. Bryson at Goldcorp and audited by Neil B. Prenn, P.Eng. at Mine Development Associates who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(11)   The Mineral Resources for the Porcupine Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Stephen Price, P.Geo., Alastair Still, P.Geo. and Imola Götz, P.Eng., all at the Porcupine Mine, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(12)   The Mineral Resources for the Musselwhite Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Andrew Cheatle, P.Geo. and Tim Sanford, P.Eng., each at the Musselwhite Mine, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.

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(13)   The Mineral Resources for the Peak Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Eric Strom, P.Eng. and Rex Berthelsen, MAusIMM, each at PGM, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101 and competent persons under the JORC Code. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the JORC Code.
 
(14)   The Mineral Resources for the Marigold Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Bob H. Bryson at Goldcorp and audited by Neil B. Prenn, P.Eng. at Mine Development Associates who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(15)   The Mineral Resources for the Amapari Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Trevor Jones, MAIG at Mineração Pedra Branca do Amapari Ltda. who is a qualified person under NI 43-101 and a competent person under the JORC Code. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the JORC Code.
 
(16)   The Mineral Resources for the La Coipa Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Andrés Guaringa at Compañia Minera Mantos de Oro who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(17)   The Mineral Resources for the San Martin Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Bob H. Bryson at Goldcorp and audited by Neil B. Prenn, P.Eng. at Mine Development Associates who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(18)   The Mineral Resources for the Cerro Blanco Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James S. Voorhees, P.Eng., formerly at Glamis, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(19)   The Mineral Resources for the El Limón Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James N. Gray, P.Geo. and Al N. Samis, P.Geo., both at Teck Cominco Ltd., who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(20)   The Mineral Resources for the South Arturo Project set out in the table above have been estimated by Rick Sims, Manager Corporate Reserves at who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(21)   The Mineral Resources for the Imperial Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James S. Voorhees, P.Eng., formerly at Glamis, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(22)   The Mineral Resources for the San Nicolas Project set out in the table above have been estimated by Paul Bankes, P.Geo. at Teck who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(23)   Mineral Resources are not known with the same degree of certainty as Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
 
(24)   Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
     The following table sets forth the estimated lead and zinc Mineral Resources for the Peñasquito Project, the Pueblo Viejo Project and the Peak Mine as of December 31, 2006:
Measured, Indicated and Inferred Lead and Zinc Mineral Resources (1)(6)
(excluding Proved/Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves)
                                             
                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Lead     Zinc     Lead     Zinc  
        (millions)     (%)     (%)     (millions of     (millions of  
                                pounds)     pounds)  
Peñasquito Project (2)
  Measured     114.30       0.25       0.67       632       1,676  
Mill
  Indicated     156.90       0.29       0.62       990       2,129  
 
                                 
 
  Measured + Indicated     271.20       0.27       0.64       1,622       3,805  
 
                                 
 
  Inferred     2,404.60       0.10       0.29       5,389       15,638  
 
                                           
Peak Mine (3)
  Measured     1.24       0.15       0.18       4       5  
 
  Indicated     2.11       0.14       0.24       7       11  
 
                                 
 
  Measured + Indicated     3.35       0.14       0.22       11       16  
 
                                 
 
  Inferred     1.99       0.07       0.08       3       4  
 
                                           
Pueblo Viejo Project (4)
  Measured     0.30             0.21             1  
(Goldcorp’s 40%
  Indicated     9.57             0.15             31  
 
                                 
interest)
  Measured + Indicated     9.87             0.15             32  
 
                                 
 
  Inferred     19.67             0.02             10  
 
                                           
San Nicolas Project (5)
  Measured     0.66             3.60             52  
 
  Indicated     27.33             1.80             1,085  
 
                                 
 
  Measured + Indicated     27.99             1.84             1,137  
 
                                 
 
  Inferred     2.46             1.43             78  
 
                                           
Total
  Measured                             636       1,735  
 
  Indicated                             997       3,256  
 
                                       
 
  Measured + Indicated                             1,633       4,990  
 
                                       
 
  Inferred                             5,392       15,729  

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(1)   All Mineral Resources have been calculated in accordance with the CIM Standards or the JORC Code. The JORC Code has been accepted for current disclosure rules in Canada under NI 43-101. All Mineral Resources have been reported as of December 31, 2006, with the following exceptions:
    Mineral Resources for the Peñasquito Project are as reported by Glamis in its press release dated June 21, 2006
 
    Mineral Resources for the Pueblo Viejo Project are as reported by Barrick in its press release dated February 22, 2007
 
(2)   The Mineral Resources for the Peñasquito Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James S. Voorhees, P.Eng., formerly at Glamis, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Peñasquito Project, Mexico — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(3)   The Mineral Resources for the Peak Mine set out in the table above have been estimated by Eric Strom, P.Eng. and Rex Berthelsen, MAusIMM, each at PGM, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101 and competent persons under the JORC Code. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the JORC Code.
 
(4)   The Mineral Resources for the Pueblo Viejo Project set out in the table above have been estimated by Rick Allan, Director, Engineering and Mining Support at Barrick, Jacques McMullen, Vice President, Metallurgy and Process Development at Barrick and Rick Sims, Manager Corporate Reserves at Barrick who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards. See “Description of the Business — Pueblo Viejo, Dominican Republic — Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates” for further details.
 
(5)   The Mineral Resources for the San Nicolas Project set out in the table above have been estimated by Paul Bankes, P.Geo. at Teck who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(6)   Numbers may not add up due to rounding.

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Red Lake Gold Mines, Canada
     The Red Lake Gold Mines is comprised of the Red Lake complex (“Red Lake Complex”) and the Campbell complex (“Campbell Complex”).
     At the request of the Corporation, Dean Crick, M.Sc., P.Geo, Stephane Blais, P.Eng and Anthony Stechishen, P.Geo. prepared a technical report dated November 17, 2006 entitled “The Red Lake Gold Mines Property — Red Lake Mining Division” (the “Red Lake Gold Mines Report”). Dean Crick, Stephane Blais and Anthony Stechishen are each “Qualified Persons” within the meaning of NI 43-101.
     The following description of the Red Lake Gold Mines has been summarized from the Red Lake Gold Mines Report and readers should consult the Red Lake Gold Mines Report to obtain further particulars regarding the Red Lake Gold Mines. The Red Lake Gold Mines Report is available for review on the SEDAR website located at www.sedar.com under the Corporation’s profile.
Property Description and Location
     The Red Lake Gold Mines cover approximately 2,335 hectares located in the Red Lake Mining Division within the District of Kenora in northwestern Ontario. The Red Lake Gold Mines are located in the Canadian Shield, approximately 180 kilometres north of Dryden. Red Lake consists of 89 patented claims covering 1,254 hectares and Campbell consists of 77 patented mineral claims covering 1,084 hectares. The Red Lake Gold Mines have been legally surveyed for all of the patented claims.
Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography
     The Red Lake area is accessible by Highway 105, which joins the Trans Canada Highway at Vermilion Bay, 175 kilometres south and 100 kilometres east of Kenora. Commercial air services from Thunder Bay and Winnipeg to the community are available several times a day.
     The climate at the Red Lake Gold Mines is typically northern continental boreal climate with warm summers and cold winters.
     The Red Lake Gold Mines are located in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Red Lake municipality is comprised of five towns, Madsen and McKenzie Island, Red Lake, Cochenour and Balmerstown, the home of Red Lake and Campbell. The Red Lake municipality has a population of 5,500. Other industries in the Red Lake municipality include logging and tourism. Local infrastructure is well developed in the Red Lake area, with all the amenities needed for the Red Lake Gold Mines available locally. Potable water is supplied by the municipality. Process water is taken from Balmer Lake and Sandy Bay. Ontario Hydro supplies power. Each mine has 30 megawatts of transformer capability but is limited to 26 megawatts by the incoming line. There are multiple transformers throughout the sites, which step voltage down to 4,160, 2,300 and 575 volts.
     Red Lake Gold Mines has topography typical of the Canadian shield with irregular hummocky hills and discontinuous ridges created by glaciofluvial material and till. These are separated by depressions and hollows occupied by lakes, ponds and muskeg. Much of the Red Lake region is still untouched and is accessible only by air or canoe. The natural vegetation is predominantly black spruce, fir, tamarack and pine. In the better drained elevated areas this changes to poplar, birch, willow, alder and mountain ash with a variety of shrubs.
     Bedrock outcrops are scattered and consist of less than 5% of the surface area. Soil in the vicinity of Red Lake and Campbell is characterized by a 30 to 50 centimetre layer of topsoil overlying compact sand with traces of clay, gravel, scattered cobbles and boulders. Low-lying areas contain silty-clay sediments that were deposited in glacial lakes.

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History
Red Lake Complex
     Red Lake was first staked during the Red Lake Gold Rush in 1926. In 1944, the property was re-staked and Dickenson Red Lake Mines Limited was incorporated. Production mining began in 1948 at a rate of 125 tons per day and increased to 500 tons per day in the 1970s, with grades varying between 0.45 and 0.61 ounces of gold per ton. In the early 1980s, the mill capacity was increased to 1,000 tons per day and long-hole stoping was introduced which resulted in a severe drop in production grade. Cut-and-fill mining was subsequently re-introduced and production was increased to about 1,000 tons per day by 1993/4 with the grade ranging from 0.25 and 0.34 ounces of gold per ton. The average recovery rate was 82%. An exploration diamond drilling program initiated in 1995 within the lower levels of the mine resulted in the discovery of a cluster of high grade gold veins between the 30 and 39 levels of the mine (the “High Grade Zone”).
     Between June 1996 and late 1999, operations were suspended due to a strike. Mine staff and outside contractors maintained essential services and supported the exploration program on the property. In September 1998, the feasibility of mining the High Grade Zone Mineral Reserves through a combination of existing mine infrastructure, new development and a new processing facility purchased from Cameco was studied. An operating plan was developed to mine the Mineral Reserves by the mechanized cut-and-fill stop method at a rate of 6,000 tons per day or 219,000 tons per year.
     Mining from the High Grade Zone began in early 2000 and test milling in July. By year-end, full rated production was achieved with a small stockpile of several thousand tons of crushed ore remaining on surface. Since production restarted in 2000, the exploration to increase resources has focused on the High Grade Zone.
     Since the beginning of operations in 1948 until the end of 2005, 9.82 million tons has been processed from Red Lake.
Campbell Complex
     The first recorded prospecting in the Red Lake district was carried out by the Northwestern Ontario Exploration Company in 1887, but gold was not discovered in the district until 1922 and the Campbell claims were not staked until 1926. Subsequent to the gold discovery, there was a period of claim cancellations and restaking of the area. In, 1944, George and Colin Campbell restaked the area. In this period, Campbell Red Lake Mines was incorporated and Dome Mines purchased an option that eventually resulted in a 57% ownership interest in the company.
     In 1946, after further exploration had been carried out, a four-compartment shaft with four levels was sunk to a depth of 182 metres. Mill construction began in 1948 and went into operation the following year reaching a capacity of 300 tons per day soon after the beginning of operations. By 1953, the shaft was further deepened to 655 metres and soon after a deeper higher grade zone was discovered at the 14th level. The next thirty years of production at Campbell remained consistent.
     A new phase of investment began following the merger between Campbell, Dome and Placer Development to form Placer Dome Inc. (“Placer Dome”). This led to autoclaving, replacing the roasting at the Campbell mill, a decline from levels 27 to 30, a mill flotation circuit upgrade, construction of paste fill plant and the commissioning of the Reid Shaft in 1999, which enabled the discovery and development of the DC Zone.
     Since the beginning of operations in 1949 until the end of 2005, 19.7 million tons at a grade of 0.58 ounces per ton has been produced at Campbell.
Geological Setting
Regional Geology
     The Red Lake greenstone belt is situated in the western portion of the Uchi Subprovince, a typical Achaean

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granite-greenstone terrain containing eastward trending belts of volcanic and sedimentary rocks and syn-volcanic intrusives. The rocks consist of volcanic and sedimentary assemblages representing magmatic and erosional events occurring over a period of approximately 300 million years.
     The Red Lake greenstone belt outcropping is defined by an east-northeast orientated bow tie shaped, anticline, roughly 40 kilometres in its long dimension and 20 kilometres across. Two perpendicular axes of mirror symmetry trend east-northeast and southwest defining the bow tie and intersecting at the Dome Stock near Red Lake. The most prominent axis trends east-northeast defining a broad antiform with older rocks of the Balmer Assemblage occupying the hinge flanked by younger rocks of the Huston and Confederation assemblages on its northern and southern flanks. Between the oldest and youngest assemblages is a regional unconformity, overlain by the Huston conglomerate. At each end of the anticline, late-orogenic plutons stope up into the greenstone; the Killala-Baird batholith in the west., and the Walsh Lake pluton and Cat Island pluton in the east.
     The Balmer assemblage, predominantly tholeiitc and komatiitic mafic to ultramafic extrusive rocks, hosts the Red Lake Gold Mines and constitutes over 50% of the Red Lake greenstone belt rocks. The sequence is disconformably overlain by a volcaniclastic/clastic sequence, the Bruce Channel assemblage prominent in the east and the Slate Bay assemblage in the southwest. The Trout Bay assemblage is characterized by predominantly mafic tholeiitic extrusive rocks. A laterally extensive polymict conglomerate belonging to the Huston assemblage marks an angular unconformity between Mesoarchean and Neoarchean strata and is overlain by dominantly calc-alkalic felsic volcanic rocks belonging to the Confederation assemblage.
     Large-scale folding and steep fault systems dominate the eastern part of the Red Lake greenstone belt. Northeast trending synclines and anticlines occur northeast of McKenzie Island to the west of East Bay. On the eastern side of East Bay, a major fold with a northwest trending fold axis occurs in Bateman and Balmer Townships. In Red Lake Mines system, horizons of ultramafics within the basalt-dominated stratigraphy created complex geometries through competency contrast during the mechanical interaction of folding.. High strain corridors characterized by pervasive foliation and cleavage development along mafic, ultramafic contacts are clearly distinguishable features using surface mapping and geophysics.
     Quartz-carbonate veining and alteration began developing at this stage focused around mafic-ultramafic contacts, particularly fold hinges and in the damage zones of small and large displacement fault/shear zones. Continued shortening and foliation development caused rotation of conjugate shear zones towards parallelism with F2 fold axial surface orientations, producing strong deformation and strain partitioning. Further shortening resulted in strong near-vertical extension and locally the development of reverse faults.
     Auriferous, siliceous, sulphidic alteration and quartz veining, overprinting earlier quartz-carbonate veins, began to develop at this stage, apparently after the bulk of strain and displacements on major fault systems. Minor strike slip movements on fault systems, reflecting at least local changes in the orientation of stress axes, contributed to the dilation and replacement, particularly in ultramafic/mafic defined fold hinge zones abutting fault system.
Metamorphism
     Owing to the volume of late tectonic granitic plutons, a complex history of metamorphic events exists which arises from episodes of burial, crustal thickening, thrusting, baking by felsic intrusions of all sizes and ages, and late hydrothermal alterations focussed along shear zones. Within the Red Lake belt the alteration is characterized by greenschist metamorphic mineral assemblages, but with amphibolite facies mineral assemblages in areas close to the major plutons.
Local Geology
     The gold bearing zones of the Red Lake Gold Mines occur on the eastern flank of a D2, high strain corridor, known locally as the Cochenour-Gullrock Lake deformation zone or Red Lake Mines trend. These units are subparallel to a regional foliation that strikes from 100° to 120° azimuth         , dipping southwest from 65° to 80°.
     At broad scales the Red Lake Gold Mines system appears to be hosted by a steeply plunging reclined F2 fold system with south-southwest-dipping axial surface, outlined by the Bruce Channel contact to the north, south

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and east, and cored by the Balmer mafic-ultramafic assemblage. This fold system has undergone significant modification by a system of steeply-to-moderately southwest dipping fault zones which are interpreted to have developed during D2 deformation, a northeast-southwest oriented shortening.
     The D2 event comprised of progressive northeast-southwest shortening resulted in the dismemberment of the F2 folds along axial planar shear structures, displacing the steeply plunging parasitic mafic/ultramafic fold hinges into discrete litho-structural domains.
Site Geology
     The Red Lake Gold Mines property is underlain mainly by tholeiitic basalt and locally by komatiitic basalt of the Balmer assemblage. The mine sequence is completed by peridotitic komatiite, rhyolite and associated mafic intrusions of the Balmer assemblage. The steeply plunging south-southwest folded package is unconformable overlain by felsic volcaniclastics, clastic and chemical sedimentary rocks of the Bruce Channel assemblage defining an enveloping syncline anticline couplet based on younging directions, with the synform hinge located on the northside of the Campbell Complex, east of the HG Young shaft underneath Balmer Lake and the anticlinal hinge in the south central portion of the former partywall boundary and east at the Red Lake Gold Mines. The prominent fabric at the mine site is the S2 cleavage, trending northwest-southeast, axial planar of the F2 folding, plunging steeply to the south-southwest.
     The major mineralized zones, although hosted in basalt, are associated with a central ultramafic unit, which is a highly carbonatized and altered unit, believed to be either volcanic or plutonic in origin.
     Hydrothermal alteration at the Red Lake Gold Mines can be subdivided into three main phases: (1) an early alteration subdivided into (a) carbonatization and pervasive biotite (potassic) alteration and (b) early silicification and aluminosilicate-bearing alteration; (2) main-stage vein phase of barren dolomite to ankerite, cockade breccias and sheeted veinlet zones with chloritic alteration; and (3) a mineralization phase with quartz-sericite +/- cordierite alteration and a late episode of veinlet controlled biotite +/- tourmaline alteration.
     The Red Lake Gold Mines mineralized system is a wedge-shaped zone above roughly 27 level which widens upwards and is constrained by bounding fault structures on the northeast and southwest flanks. This wedge is defined by steeply south-dipping and south to South-southwestern plunging litho-structural packages of ultramafic and rhyolitic bodies, enveloped mainly by metabasalts. These bodies outline dismembered folds which also plunge steeply to the south to south-southwestern. Fold hinges are preserved between a series of steeply south-dipping and north-west to west-northwest-striking fault zones separating the detached folds, these major curviplanar fault/shear zones developed in fold limb positions and are approximately axial plane parallel.
Exploration
     Despite a prolific mining history since 1949 at the Red Lake Gold Mines, minimal exploration activity and development were focused in proximity to the former boundary which appears to transect the centroid of the ore body. Recently developed inter-mine connections provide operational flexibility and staging platforms for exploration of the internal property boundary targets. Deep exploration depends heavily upon critical development away from the ore body for quality evaluation of highly sought after high grade vein structures to depth.
     The current high priority exploration targets include the High Grade Zone and associated footwall sulphides, the Deep Campbell zone, the internal property boundary opportunities, the upper Red Lake sulphides, and surface, bulk mining opportunities. The exploration targets are characterized by relatively smaller high grade vein structures and laterally extensive footwall, lower grade, sulphide ore structures.
Mineralization
     In general, there are three types of mineralization zones encountered at the Red Lake Gold Mines, namely vein type ore, disseminated sulphide ore and replacement ore. Structures at the mine exhibit three trends: conformable northwest, north-south and east-west. The conformable structures are most common and are sub-parallel to the foliation. The vein systems follow these structures. Complex vein arrays are those which also include

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the north-south and east-west components. The arrays are most common near high angle mafic-ultramafic contacts. The High Grade Zone occurs in such an environment where enhanced dilatency developed and was sustained over a long period of time. Its geometry will combine both conformable and complex vein arrays overprinted by replacement mineralization.
     The ore veins are normally structurally controlled; averaging 1.5 to 1.8 metres in width and extending over strike lengths ranging from 30 to 300 metres. Sulphide replacement zones vary from 3 to 12 metres in width and extend over a strike length of 120 to 180 metres. Gold mineralization zones in the Balmer assemblage of the Red Lake Gold Mines system can be broadly subdivided into two morphological groups: planar to curviplanar zones and plunging zones.
Drilling
     Diamond drilling has been carried out at the Red Lake Gold Mines since the beginning of its operations. Over the years, various lithological descriptions have been developed for each of the complexes and these have continued to develop and change. Since the merger of Campbell and Red Lake, the Corporation has developed a new lithological coding system that incorporates both the old systems.
     On an annual basis at the Red Lake Gold Mines, in excess of 500,000 feet of definition, delineation and exploration diamond drilling is conducted.
Red Lake Complex
     The Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves at and above the 30 level are based on over 21,000 surface and underground drill holes. Currently, the below 30 level database for the High Grade Zone and the sulphide zones contains about 5,300 diamond drill holes totalling more than 2.5 million feet of drilling.
     Exploration drill core is transported to the core facility in sealed boxes. Upon arrival it is marked up by a geologist and then geologically logged while wet. All drill core is logged using computer codes for the various rock types, mineralization, alteration characteristics and structural/geotechnical data. The shear structures containing the various mineralized zones are logged in detail to establish the zone width and sampling interval. Sections of core with high grade visible mineralization are transferred into safe locked storage to ensure that no core is lost or replaced, prior to shipping for assay.
Campbell Complex
     The Campbell drill hole database consists of a total of 23,761 diamond drill holes, drilled from underground and surface. The channel sample database consists of a total of 81,074 channel cuts. Drill core sample security is maintained throughout the year with geological supervision of transport of the core from the underground/surface drill site, through to the logging facility and to the in-house assay laboratory.
     All drill hole collars are surveyed by mine surveyors, and down hole surveys are taken either with a Maxibore survey instrument at 5 foot intervals or an acid test/Tropari every 100 feet. Most of the drill holes greater than 400 feet are surveyed using the Maxibore method. All stopes will have channel sampling taken every 8-15 feet to fill in the gaps from diamond drill intercepts. More recently, Reflex and Ranger electronic compass single-shot survey tests are conducted every 100-150 feet down the hole, especially for drill holes exceeding 500 feet in length.
     Half of the core is kept for the majority of exploration and all grassroots exploration drill programs. All holes are logged for lithology, alteration, structure and veining/mineralization and RQD where applicable.
Sampling and Analysis
     Rigorous sampling is done during production for grade control and correlation with Mineral Reserves estimates and production at the Red Lake Gold Mines. At Red Lake, muck and chip sampling is performed on a blast by blast basis by the production geology team, while muck sampling at Campbell is done by the miner during the mucking process. Muck samples are used to provide a general guide and back-up information for day-to-day

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operations, while test holes are required to ascertain that no mineralization is missed in the walls of the stope.
     The reconciled grade on a stope-by-stope basis is variable between reserves and actual production, but shows reasonable correlation over a longer period of time through averaging of several cut and fill lifts or multiple long-hole blocks in the same ore lens.
Sample Preparation, Analyses and Security
     Drilling, sampling, analysis, data stewardship, ore body modeling and mine planning are carried out in accordance with NI 43-101 industry standards. Regular internal auditing of the Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimation processes and procedures are conducted. The sampling and analytical methods are believed to be appropriate for the style and type of mineralization. Mine geological staff has verified all databases used to generate the geological models and Mineral Resource estimates.
     As a general rule, exploration drilling, especially in new areas of potential or Inferred Mineral Resources, are sampled by taking half core using a diamond saw. Geologists mark the core saw cut using a lumber crayon. The remaining half core is saved for future reference, part of which may be used for metallurgical testing. The remaining portion of the core is stored on site. However, delineation and definition drill holes are sent as whole core for assaying.
     Sample lengths are typically in the one to three foot range, and usually shorter in the higher grade sections. Low-grade rock and waste were typically sampled over two to three foot lengths, averaging 2.20 feet, while very high grade sections were sampled over 0.5 to 2.0 foot intervals with an average of 1.60 feet. The sampling strategy is conducted diligently striking a balance between approaching a consistent sampling interval for improved population statistics while maintaining respect for geologic boundaries.
     Standard fire assay procedures with a gravimetric or AA finish (depending on the anticipated grade of the sample) are carried out on all assays of production samples. Process, most definition, muck and chip data assays are generated using the in-house assay laboratory. A constant monitoring of quality assurance/quality control practices/procedures are conducted on a regular basis to ensure low assay contamination and consistent data accuracy. Overflow sampling and the majority of exploration and surface channel, blast hole and diamond drill hole assays are analyzed at the SGS Lab at Red Lake or the ALS Chemex Lab in Vancouver, British Columbia.
     Metallic screen assay methods are done at SGS in Red Lake for samples with visible gold or for samples where fire assay results reported more than 20 ounces of gold per ton. However, there appears to be no significant difference in results between metallic screen and regular assay methods.
     Exploration assay checks (duplicates and re-runs) are conducted regularly on the pulps and rejects and at the discretion of the geologist submitting the samples where assays did not match physical observations of mineralization.
     All samples have barcode tags and are scanned into the computer at sample receiving. Upload of assays is conducted by electronic transfer of certified assay data. Hard copy, official assay certificates are archived.

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Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates
     The following table sets forth the estimated Mineral Reserves for the Red Lake Gold Mines as of December 31, 2006:
Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves (1)(2)(3)
                         
Category   Tonnes   Grade   Contained Metal
    (millions)   (grams per tonne)   (millions of ounces)
Proven
    1.16       41.48       1.55  
Probable
    6.09       18.57       3.64  
 
                       
Proven + Probable
    7.25       22.24       5.19  
 
                       
 
(1)   The Mineral Reserves for the Red Lake Gold Mines set out in the table above have been estimated by Stephane Blais, P.Eng. at the Red Lake Gold Mines, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(2)   Based on a gold price of $450 per ounce and an exchange rate of 1.15.
 
(3)   The average, diluted, cut-off grade for Mineral Reserves is 0.35 ounces per tonne (12.00 grams per tonne), but ranges from 0.20 ounces per tonne (6.85 grams per tonne) to 0.40 ounces per tonne (13.71 grams per tonne) depending on the zone and mining method. Resource models are diluted to minimum horizontal widths of 7 to 9 feet (2.12 to 2.74 metres) at a zero grade.
     The following table sets forth the estimated Mineral Resources for the Red Lake Gold Mines as of December 31, 2006:
Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(excluding Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves)
                         
Category   Tonnes   Grade   Contained Metal
    (millions)   (grams per tonne)   (millions of ounces)
Measured
    0.69       23.29       0.51  
Indicated
    2.51       16.14       1.30  
 
                       
Measured + Indicated
    3.19       17.68       1.81  
 
                       
Inferred
    2.94       26.34       2.49  
 
(1)   The Mineral Resources for the Red Lake Gold Mines set out in the table above have been estimated by Anthony Stechishen, P.Geo. for the Campbell Complex and Dean Crick, M.Sc., P.Geo. for the Red Lake Complex, each at the Red Lake Gold Mines, who are qualified persons under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(2)   Based on a gold price of $525 per ounce and an exchange rate of 1.15.
 
(3)   The average, diluted, cut-off grade for Mineral Resources is 0.30 ounces per tonne (10.28 grams per tonne), but ranges from 0.20 ounces per tonne (6.85 grams per tonne) to 0.40 ounces per tonne (13.71 grams per tonne) depending on the zone. The in situ block model has been diluted to minimum horizontal widths of 4 to 6 feet (1.22 to 1.83 metres).
 
(4)   Mineral Resources are not known with the same degree of certainty as Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
 
(5)   Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing
Red Lake Complex
     The original Red Lake mill was built in 1948 and was dismantled in early 2000. Construction of a new mill took place during 2000. The new process facilities consist of three separate plants: the crushing plant, the processing plant and the paste fill plant. Commissioning of the crushing plant began in February 2000, the processing plant’s commissioning phase commenced in early July 2000 with the first gold bar being poured on August 1, 2000 and commissioning of the paste fill plant began in August 2000. Commercial production began on January 1, 2001.
     Unit operations in the processing plant include grinding, gravity concentrating, cyanidation, carbon-in-pulp, carbon elution and reactivation, electrowinning, bullion smelting/refining, cyanide destruction, flotation and concentrate handling. Three types of gold occur in the Red Lake Gold Mines ore requiring these various unit operations.

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Campbell Complex
     The Campbell mill was designed to treat free milling and refractory gold ore at a rate of 360 tonnes per day in 1949. The throughput has been gradually increased over the years to the current 1,850 tonnes per day.
     Conventional crushing and grinding is followed by gravity concentration to recover free milling gold. Refractory gold, finely disseminated in the arsenopyrite and pyrite matrix, is recovered by flotation followed by pressure oxidation, neutralization and CIL.
Mining Methods
     The mining methods currently in use at the Red Lake Gold Mines are grouped into four categories: overhand cut and fill, underhand cut and fill, pillar recovery and longhole. The methods were chosen for, among other things, the following reasons: (a) to selectively mine high variable and complex ore structures, allowing for full production geology control of each ore blast; (b) to reduce dilution in order to make the most of the limited available hoisting capacity by optimizing the grade of the ore hoisted; (c) to mitigate the potential for and damage from seismic events by controlling the open mining span, providing better control of the mining sequence and minimizing the creation of sill pillars; (d) to maximize ore recovery; and (e) to develop methods that could be applied to future mine expansion at depth.
Environmental Considerations and Permitting
     Red Lake Gold Mine operates under the Corporation’s sustainability policy which commits the operation to a defined standard of environmental stewardship. Red Lake Gold Mine has developed a series of management programs for environmental activities, tailings management and occupational health and safety that enable the Corporation to reach its commitments.
     All requisite permits have been obtained for the mining and continued development of the mine site and are in good standing. All requisite permits have been obtained for the mining and continued development of the mine site and are in good standing. Federal and provincial environmental legislation is recognized through policies and practices on the site that ensure compliance. The most comprehensive on-site environmental program covers the tailings effluent monitoring. A mine closure plan has been submitted to the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines and the technical portion of the document has been accepted. The tailing ponds are situated on the surface rights in Balmer Township.
     Campbell dealt with the negative environmental consequences of arsenopyrite contamination in waste rock and tailings pond discharge by constructing a nine hectare wetland. Copper, ammonia and low levels of other contaminants are removed through naturally occurring water treatment as the discharge water moves through the wetlands during the ice-free season. This process made Campbell one of the first gold mines in Ontario to harness natural, microbial forces to produce a non-toxic discharge. This system is being introduced to the Red Lake Gold Mines.
     The tailings management facility is currently undergoing modifications to address current mill and mine effluent to ensure discharge water continues to meet all provincial and federal regulations.
 
Peñasquito Project, Mexico
     M3 Engineering & Technology Corp. (“M3”) prepared a feasibility report dated July 31, 2006 entitled “Peñasquito Feasibility Study: 100,000 MTPD NI 43-101 Technical Report” (the “Peñasquito Report”). The following description of the Peñasquito Project has been summarized, in part, from the Peñasquito Report and readers should consult the Peñasquito Report to obtain further particulars regarding the Peñasquito Project. The Peñasquito Report is available for review on the SEDAR website located at www.sedar.com under Glamis’ profile.

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Property Description, Location and Accessibility
     The Corporation owns, through its wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary, Minera Peñasquito, S.A. de C.V. (“Minera Peñasquito”), 100% of the mineral rights to a large area covering approximately 39,000 hectares located in the north-eastern portion of the State of Zacatecas in north-central Mexico (the “Peñasquito Property”). The closest major town is Conception del Oro which lies approximately 27 kilometres west of the Peñasquito Property on Mexican highway 54, a well maintained, paved highway which links the major cities of Zacatecas (in the state of Zacatecas), approximately 250 kilometres to the southwest with Saltillo (in the state of Coahuila) approximately 125 kilometres to the northeast.
     Investigations on the Peñasquito Property have identified several major sulphide mineralization zones with significant values of silver, gold, zinc and lead. The Peñasquito Report considers the economic development of two zones, the Peñasco (the “Peñasco Zone”) and the Chile Colorado (the “Chile Colorado Zone”), which have been the subject of most of the geological and metallurgical investigations to date (collectively the “Peñasquito Project”). Preliminary resource investigation has been performed on two additional zones, Azul Breccia and El Sotol, but no development plan has yet been evaluated for these zones. In addition to the sulphide mineralization, the Peñasco Zone and the Chile Colorado Zone also have substantial oxide ore and mixed ore (oxide/sulphide transition material) caps which contain recoverable gold and silver. The gold and silver recovered from the oxide and mixed ores have been included in the Peñasquito Project economic evaluation.
     The following table lists the mineral claims associated with the development of the Peñasquito Project. This table is not a complete list of Minera Peñasquito’s mineral interests associated with the Peñasquito Property.
List of Pertinent Claims — Peñasquito Project
                             
Claim   Type   Title   File No.   Area (Hectares)     Date Issued   Expiry Date
EL PEÑASQUITO
  Exploitation   196289   43/885     2.000     1993-07-16   2011-07-11
LA PEÑA
  Exploitation   203264   07/1.3/547     58.000     1996-06-28   2046-06-27
LAS PEÑAS
  Exploitation   212290   8/1.3/00983     40.000     2000-09-29   2050-09-28
ALFA
  Exploitation   201997   7/1.3/485     1100.000     1995-10-11   2045-10-10
BETA
  Exploitation   211970   8/1.3/01137     2054.761     2000-08-18   2050-08-17
SEGUNDA RED. CONCHA
  Exploration   218920   8/2/00018     23304.691     2006-11-22   2050-11-06
MAZAPIL 3 F. I
  Exploration   217001   007/13852     1950.702     2002-06-14   2008-06-13
MAZAPIL 10
  Exploration   223327   93/26975     1073.555     2004-10-02   2010-10-01
     A 2% net smelter return royalty is owed to Royal Gold, Inc. (as a result of its acquisition of Kennecott Canada Explorations Inc. (“Kennecott”) in 2006) on production from the Peñasquito Project.
     There is no previous mine development of any form in the immediate area of the Peñasco Zone and the Chile Colorado Zone and as such no environmental liabilities are attached to the Peñasquito Project.
Physiography, Climate and Infrastructure
Physiography
     The Peñasquito Project area lies within a wide valley bounded to the north by the Sierra El Mascaron and the south by the Sierra Las Bocas. Except for one small outcrop, the area is covered by up to 30 metres of alluvium. The terrain is generally flat, rolling hills. Vegetation is mostly scrub, with cactus and coarse grasses. The prevailing elevation of the Peñasquito Project is approximately 1900 metres above sea level.
Climate
     The climate in the area of the Peñasquito Project is generally dry with precipitation being limited for the most part to a rainy season of June and July. Annual precipitation for the area is approximately 700 millimetres, most of which falls in the rainy season. Temperatures range between 20 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Celsius in

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the summer and 0 degrees Celsius to 15 degrees Celsius in the winter.
Access and Infrastructure
     An adequate network of road and rail services exists in the region to support the Peñasquito Project. Road access to the Peñasquito Project is presently gained west out of Conceptión del Oro. The road is very steep immediately west of Concepción del Oro with numerous tight switch-backs. It is either paved or cobbled and maintained to approximately 6 kilometres from the Peñasquito Project, where the road becomes a well-maintained gravel road. The Chile Colorado Zone is within two kilometres of this main road and the Peñasco Zone lies adjacent to the road. There is one railhead approximately 100 kilometres to the west.
     A new road is being constructed by the State of Zacatecas from just east of the Peñasquito Project to Highway 54 approximately 25 kilometres south of Concepción del Oro. This road will provide good access to the Peñasquito Property. The road is approximately 70% complete with about 2.5 kilometres yet to be completed over a mountain pass. Construction of the road has been halted for lack of government funds. The final portion of the road must be completed before the start of construction at the Peñasquito Project and it is anticipated that Glamis will need to fund approximately $2 million of construction costs. Use of this new road will eliminate the rather steep switchback sections of the current cobblestone road just west of Concepción del Oro and the town of Concepción del Oro itself.
     Negotiations for a high voltage power line right-of-way are in progress.
     Given the mining experience in the area and the high unemployment rate, there is expected to be an adequate pool of mining personnel available.
     There is adequate space for development of the process facilities and the tailings and waste areas. The tailings disposal will be constructed as a four-sided containment area using mine waste for a starter dam and tailings for raising the embankment. In general, this is a very favourable site for development.
Surface Rights
     Surface rights covering the Peñasquito Project are held by one private individual and three Ejidos. Minera Peñasquito is currently in negotiations to finalize surface rights to the land required for the project. Signatures indicating agreement to the granting of access to Minera Peñasquito have been obtained from the Ejidos and the private owner.
     An Ejido is a communal ownership of land recognized by the federal laws in Mexico. While mineral rights are administered by the federal government through federally issued mining concessions, an Ejido controls surface rights over communal property through a board of directors which is headed by a president. An Ejido may also allow individual members of the Ejido to obtain title to specific parcels of land and thus the right to rent or sell the land. Negotiations with individual members of the Ejido regarding their specific parcels are in progress at this time. Relations with the Ejidos remain positive.
Water
     A study has been conducted to confirm adequate water capacity for the Peñasquito Project and a report was submitted to the applicable Mexican authorities on December 15, 2004. Typically, the multi-department review takes between 8 to 12 months. Upon completion of the review, the report and associated findings are published in the official Diary of the Federation. A letter of intent was prepared for a concession to pump up to 10 million cubic metres of water per year to be used for the Peñasquito Project. This letter was submitted in April 2005. The Mexican authorities have given a preliminary indication that they will permit an allocation of 5 million cubic metres of water per year for the Peñasquito Project. Additional drilling is ongoing to support an application for the remaining 5 million cubic metres of water per year needed to support the production at the Peñasquito Project.

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History
     The region in which the Peñasquito Property is located has a strong tradition of mining going back to the mid 1500s when silver mining first started in the region and the city of Zacatecas was founded. Up until the 19th century, 20% of all silver mined in the world was reportedly mined from the region surrounding the City of Zacatecas. Mining remains active in the State of Zacatecas.
     Some limited exploration of the Peñasquito Project area was carried out during the 1950s, however, it was not until 1994 when Kennecott initiated a comprehensive exploration program in the project area that the size and potential of the mineralized system were recognized.
     Western Silver acquired 100% of the Peñasquito Project from Kennecott in March 1998. On August 24, 2000, Western Silver optioned the Peñasquito Property to Mauricio Hochschild & Cia Ltda. (“Hochschild”), a Peruvian company. During the fourth quarter of 2000, Hochschild completed a 14 hole, 4,601 metre drill program, with 11 holes drilled in the Chile Colorado Zone and adjacent area. However, Hochschild returned the property to Western Silver after spending more than $1 million on drilling and land payments.
     In 2002, Western Silver began actively drilling the Peñasquito Property and continued to do so up until May of 2006 when Glamis acquired Western Silver. Exploration drilling has recently focused on the Peñasco Zone.
Geological Setting
     The local geology is dominated almost entirely by the rocks of the Mexico Geosyncline, a 2.5-kilometre thick series of marine sediments deposited during the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods and consisting of a 2,000-metre thick sequence of carbonaceous and calcareous turbidic siltstones and interbedded sandstones underlain by a 1,200-metre thick limestone sequence.
     A large granodiorite stock is believed to underlie the entire area and the sediments of the Mexico Geosyncline are cut by numerous intrusive dykes, sills and stocks of intermediate to felsic composition.
     Both the sediments of the Mexico Geosyncline and the granodiorite are believed to have been intruded along the western and southern margins of the granodiorite by one or two quartz-feldspar porphyry stocks. The porphyry stocks did not reach surface but are at depth. They are represented at the bedrock surface by two hydrothermal diatreme breccia pipes, the Azul Breccia Pipe and the Outcrop Breccia Pipe. There is a single outcrop of silicified breccia of the Outcrop Breccia Pipe which is associated with the Peñasco Zone. It is the only outcrop on the property.
     Both breccia pipes are believed to have erupted and breached the surface. Their eruption craters and ejecta aprons have since been eroded away, and the current bedrock surface at the Peñasquito Property is estimated to be on the order of 50-75 metres below the paleo-eruption surface. Both of the breccia pipes sit within a hydrothermal alteration shell of propylitic alteration that has largely been overprinted by weak phyllic alteration that intensifies at depth.
Mineralization
     Sulphide mineralization occurs in the Chile Colorado Zone and the Peñasco Zone that are hosted in the Outcrop Breccia Pipe and it occurs in association with other breccias located on the property.
     The Peñasco Zone is in the east half of the Outcrop Breccia Pipe directly above the projected throat of the breccia pipe. In plan view, the Peñasco Zone is ovoid in shape, is at least 500 metres wide in an east-west direction and is 1000 metres long in a north-south direction. It has formed around a complex series of small quartz-porphyry stocks and dikes with some felsite dikes. It is composed of disseminations and veinlets of medium to coarse-grained sphalerite-galena-argentite, other unidentified silver sulfosalts, minor tetrahedrite-polybasite and common gangue of calcite-rhodochrosite-quartz-fluorite.
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north and south contacts of the Outcrop Breccia Pipe. At the south contract, it extends upwards in the mixed clast breccia adjacent to the northwest faults that cut the breccia pipe.
     The most common mineral host is the intrusive hydrothermal breccia. This breccia is the dominant rock below the 1,600-metre level. It also is widely distributed as a halo around the porphyry stocks and dikes. The porphyry often appears to brecciate into the intrusive hydrothermal breccia as it passes upwards. Mineralization is present in the upper mixed clast breccia along the south contact, the quartz-feldspar porphyry intrusive breccia and, to a lesser extent, the quartz-porphyry dikes. The felsite dikes are at times also good mineral hosts.
     The mineralization of the Chile Colorado Zone normally occurs as both veining and narrow fracture filling, hosted in weakly silicified sandstone, siltstone or shale. The mineralization has been interpreted to represent stockworks, localized by a north-south trending fracture zone.
     Sphalerite and galena associated with carbonate and pyrite occur as massive veins. Pyrite, sphalerite and galena have also been observed as discrete crystals and disseminations within sandstone units. Late state carbonates and pyrite fracture fillings occur throughout the sediments.
Exploration
     Kennecott completed numerous air and ground based geophysical surveys on the Peñasquito claim groups between 1994 and 1997. The aeromagnetic survey of the region defined an 8 kilometres by 4 kilometres, north-south trending magnetic high centered roughly on the Outcrop Breccia. Drilling during 1996 resulted in the discovery of the Chile Colorado Zone.
     Kennecott completed an extensive rapid air blast (“RAB”) drilling campaign across much of the Peñasquito Project area after the discovery of the Chile Colorado Zone. This program, designed to systematically test the entire project area, consisted of 250 holes. The holes penetrated the extensive overburden cover and collected chip samples from anomalies, which had been discovered during the numerous geophysical surveys as well as outlining other, previously unknown anomalies. Twenty-eight of the RAB holes in this campaign by Kennecott were drilled within and immediately adjacent to the Peñasco Zone. The geochemical survey results indicated that further exploration was warranted in this area. Exploration drilling results have subsequently confirmed significant mineralization in the Peñasco Zone.
     During 1998 Western Silver completed nine core holes (3,185 metres) and 13.4 line kilometres of geophysical surveying. Most of the work was focused on the Chile Colorado Zone and the adjacent area. In 2004, Western Silver initiated additional geophysical surveys that extended coverage on the older lines, and extended coverage to the east of the pre-existing coverage. The geophysical database for the Peñasquito Project area now provides a detailed electric cross-section that images changes in geology, and appears to identify specific targets of interest.
Drilling
     The Peñasquito Property has been drilled by different operators over several campaigns and phases beginning in 1995. Drilling has focused on the exploration of three principal areas: the Chile Colorado Zone, the Azul Zone (Azul Breccia, Azul NE and Luna Azul) and the Peñasco Zone, including El Sotol adjacent to the Peñasco Zone. Work is presently concentrated on both in-fill and step-out exploration drilling of the Peñasco Zone.
     The following table summarizes drilling performed and assayed to date on the Peñasquito Property. This data has been used in the preparation of the resource estimates used in the Peñasquito Feasibility Study. Additional extensive drilling is ongoing.

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Summary of Project Drilling at the Peñasquito Project — Through to June 30, 2006
                         
    Number of   Metres of   Average Hole
Calendar Year   Drill Holes   Drilling (1)   Length (metres)
1994-1997 Drilling (Kennecott)
    71       23,929       337  
1998 Drilling (Western Silver)
    9       3,185       354  
2000 Drilling (Hochschild)
    14       4,601       329  
2002 Drilling (Western Silver)
    45       19,795       440  
2003 Drilling (Western Silver)
    99       26,695       270  
2004 Drilling (Western Silver)
    120       57,051       475  
2005 Drilling (Western Silver)
    138       91,220       661  
2006 Drilling to June 30 (Western Silver and Glamis)
    32       22,944       717  
 
                       
Drilling Total
    528       249,420       473  
 
(1)   15,135 metres are reverse circulation drilling; the balance are diamond core.
Sampling, Analysis, Security and Data Verification
     Due to the alluvial cover, the vast majority of resource sampling at the Peñasquito Project has been done using either reverse circulation or diamond core drilling. All drilling in 2004 and most other drilling has been primarily large size core drilling, but narrower diameter core was used at depth in the longer holes.
     Minera Peñasquito has sampled drill holes from bedrock to final depth. The standard sample interval is 2.0 metres. Some samples are limited to geological boundaries and are less than 2.0 metres in length. A senior geologist examined the core, defined the primary sample contacts, and designated the axis along which to cut the core. Special attention in veined areas was taken to ensure representative splits were made perpendicular and not parallel to veins.
     Geological logging is very detailed and follows the geological legend on a regional scale. Once the core was measured, marked, photographed, and logged geotechnically and geologically, the core boxes were brought to the diamond saw cutting stations. The core was sawed in half, One-half of every sample was placed into a heavy plastic bag that the splitter’s helper had previously marked with the drill hole and sample number and the sample tag was inserted into the plastic bag. Standard Reference Material samples and blanks were inserted into the sample stream going to the assay laboratory in a documented sequence on a frequency of approximately 1 in 20 samples.
     A Minera Peñasquito truck transported the sacks to the ALS Chemex Laboratories (“ALS”) in Guadalajara, Mexico approximately once per week, where the samples were prepped and pulped. Pulps were then sent to ALS in Vancouver, British Columbia where they were assayed and checked. Almost all of the drilled intervals are assayed for gold, silver, lead and zinc. At present ALS is Minera Peñasquito’s primary assay lab. Check samples were also sent to Acme Laboratories of Vancouver. Both ALS and Acme are ISO9002-certified laboratories and both use industry standard sample preparation procedures.
     The sample preparation procedures on site before shipment to the laboratory have been independently reviewed and deemed secure and adequate. An independent sampling, preparation and assaying audit has not been performed.
     QA/QC procedures employed by Minera Peñasquito have been independently reviewed by IMC and no significant concerns were noted.
     Based on a review of Minera Peñasquito’s sample preparation, analysis, security, and QA/QC procedures to date with respect to database verification, the database used for the resource estimates is deemed in the Peñasquito Feasibility Study to be accurately compiled and maintained, and is suitable for use in mineral resource estimation. Approximately 90% of the data base assays were run on Minera Peñasquito samples.
     The Peñasquito Feasibility Study states that no significant problems were identified during reviews of the drilling data, that the holes appear to have been properly located and downhole-surveyed and to have recovered an

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adequate sample (core recovery during the later Minera Peñasquito campaigns averaged 97.8%).
     Several thousand gold, silver, lead and zinc check assays run by a check laboratory (usually Acme) on pulps prepared by the primary laboratory that ran the data base assays (usually Chemex) are available for the Kennecott campaign and for Minera Peñasquito Drilling Phases 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. These assays act as a check on the analytical procedures used by the primary lab. A few hundred gold, silver, lead and zinc assays run by a check lab (Acme, M3/Hazen Research or Davis Metallurgical Laboratories) on fresh pulps prepared by the check lab are available for Minera Peñasquito Drilling Phases 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. These assays act as a check on both the analytical and the sample preparation procedures used by the primary lab. No check assays are available for the Hochschild, 1998 and Minera Peñasquito Phase 4 campaigns, and as of the time of writing the Peñasquito Feasibility Study, check assaying for Minera Peñasquito Phases 15, 16, and 17 was in progress.
     The Peñasquito Feasibility Study states that the check assay comparisons show generally acceptable overall agreement between the primary and check labs for all of the campaigns/phases for which check assays are available. Standard and blank assaying results also appear to be generally acceptable. It is reported in the Peñasquito Feasibility Study that there are indications that some of the data base silver assays run by Chemex during the later Minera Peñasquito phases may be biased 5-15% low as a result of analytical factors, but this bias cannot presently be confirmed, and the errors introduced into net smelter return value estimates would be minimal even if it did exist.
     The check assay data was supplemented by performing numerous paired comparisons of grades from different drilling and assaying campaigns, including those for which no check assays are available. The results show no evidence to indicate that any of the Minera Peñasquito and Kennecott data base assays are affected by large analytical or sample preparation biases. However, they do suggest that the Hochschild grades are quite heavily high-biased relative to the Kennecott and Minera Peñasquito grades for gold, silver, and zinc. No Hochschild samples were available for re-assay, so the precautionary decision was taken not to use the Hochschild assays when estimating grades in the resource model. The paired-comparison reviews did not detect any biases between core and reverse circulation drilling. (About 10% of the exploration drilling is reverse circulation.)
Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates
     The following table sets forth the estimated Mineral Reserves for the Peñasquito Project as of December 31, 2006:
Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves (1)(2)(3)(4)
                                                                             
                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Gold     Silver     Lead     Zinc     Gold     Silver     Lead     Zinc  
        (millions)     (grams     (grams     (%)     (%)     (millions     (millions     (millions     (millions  
                per     per                     of ounces)     of ounces)     of pounds)     of pounds)  
                tonne)     tonne)                                                  
Peñasquito Project
  Proven     267.92       0.60       35.4       0.38       0.81       5.18       305.3       2,267       4,758  
Mill
  Probable     209.01       0.60       30.2       0.31       0.70       4.01       203.0       1,416       3,224  
 
                                                         
 
  Proven + Probable     476.93       0.60       33.2       0.35       0.76       9.19       508.3       3,683       7,982  
 
                                                         
 
                                                                           
Peñasquito Project
  Proven     68.24       0.27       24.2                   0.59       53.0              
Heap Leach
  Probable     18.81       0.33       22.4                   0.20       13.5              
 
                                                         
 
  Proven + Probable     87.06       0.28       23.8                   0.79       66.5              
 
                                                         
 
(1)   The Mineral Reserves for the Peñasquito Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James S. Voorhees, P.Eng., formerly at Glamis, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Reserves are classified as proven and probable, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(2)   Based on a gold price of $450 per ounce, a silver price of $7 per ounce, a lead price of $0.30 per pound and a zinc price of $0.60 per pound.
 
(3)   The average, diluted, cut-off grade for Mineral Reserves is 0.35 ounces per tonne (12.00 grams per tonne), but ranges from 0.20 ounces per tonne (6.85 grams per tonne) to 0.40 ounces per tonne (13.71 grams per tonne) depending on the zone and mining method. Resource models are diluted to minimum horizontal widths of 7 to 9 feet (2.12 to 2.74 metres) at a zero grade.

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(4)   Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
     The following table sets forth the estimated Mineral Resources for the Peñasquito Project as of December 31, 2006:
Measured, Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
(excluding Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves)
                                                                             
                Grade     Contained Metal  
Deposit   Category   Tonnes     Gold     Silver     Lead     Zinc     Gold     Silver     Lead     Zinc  
        (millions)     (grams     (grams     (%)     (%)     (millions     (millions     (millions     (millions  
                per     per                     of ounces)     of ounces)     of pounds)     of pounds)  
                tonne)     tonne)                                                  
Peñasquito Project
  Measured     114.30       0.32       26.4       0.25       0.67       1.18       96.9       632       1,676  
Mill
  Indicated     156.90       0.29       26.0       0.29       0.62       1.45       131.2       990       2,129  
 
                                                         
 
  Measured + Indicated     271.20       0.30       26.2       0.27       0.64       2.62       228.1       1,622       3,805  
 
                                                         
 
  Inferred     2,404.60       0.18       11.0       0.10       0.29       13.76       849.3       5,389       15,638  
 
                                                                           
Peñasquito Project
  Measured     16.10       0.13       13.6                   0.07       7.1              
Heap Leach
  Indicated     21.10       0.14       17.4                   0.10       11.8              
 
                                                         
 
  Measured + Indicated     37.20       0.13       15.8                   0.16       18.9              
 
                                                         
 
  Inferred     172.0       0.07       5.8                       0.39       31.8                  
 
(1)   The Mineral Resources for the Peñasquito Project set out in the table above have been estimated by James S. Voorhees, P.Eng., formerly at Glamis, who is a qualified person under NI 43-101. The Mineral Resources are classified as measured, indicated and inferred, and are based on the CIM Standards.
 
(2)   Based on a gold price of $648 per ounce, a silver price of $10.08 per ounce, a lead price of $0.43 per pound and a zinc price of $0.86 per pound.
 
(3)   The average, diluted, cut-off grade for Mineral Resources is 0.30 ounces per tonne (10.28 grams per tonne), but ranges from 0.20 ounces per tonne (6.85 grams per tonne) to 0.40 ounces per tonne (13.71 grams per tonne) depending on the zone. The in situ block model has been diluted to minimum horizontal widths of 4 to 6 feet (1.22 to 1.83 metres).
 
(4)   Mineral Resources are not known with the same degree of certainty as Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
 
(5)   Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
Proposed Mining Operations
Mine Plan
     The mine plan for the Peñasquito Project provides for sulphide ore to be processed by a mill — flotation plant that will produce two concentrates for sale: a lead concentrate and a zinc concentrate. The mine plan provides for oxide and mixed ores to be processed by a heap leaching facility that will produce a silver and gold doré.
     The mine plan provides for a combined production schedule for both sulphide and oxide ores from both the Peñasco and Chile Colorado Zones. The start of mining operations is expected to begin in calendar year 2008, and is taken as Year 0 in the mining schedule. It is planned that half way through Year 1, sufficient sulphide ore will be available such that the mill operation can begin under a 6-month startup and commissioning mode. Commercial mill production is scheduled to begin in Year 2 and is planned to continue through Year 3 at an annual mining rate of 18.2 million tonnes of sulphide ore per year. Starting in Year 4, it is planned that production of sulphide mill ore will increase to a rate of 36.5 million tonnes per year. The mine plan provides for the total material mined per year to increase over the first 5 years to peak at 179.0 million tonnes per year (511,430 tonnes per day).
     The current ore reserves are 476.9 million tonnes of sulphide ore, 87.1 million tones of leach ore with a life of mine waste to ore ratio of 2.76:1. Commercial sulphide production is scheduled for 17 years.
Environmental Permitting
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Peñasquito Project. The permits and approvals granted include the primary project permit, the high voltage transmission line, construction permits, water permits and electrical power permits.
Metallurgical Testing
     Metallurgical test work initiated since the completion of a pre-feasibility study in 2004 includes comminution testing, flotation testing, modal analyses, and gravity testing, all for the sulphide process. For the oxide process, bottle roll and column leach tests have been performed. Additional work is in progress for both the sulphide and oxide mineralization. Samples from both the Chile Colorado and the Peñasco Zones are being tested. Most of the work now in progress and planned for the near future utilizes metallurgical diamond drill hole (“DDH”) samples produced in late 2004 and early 2005. A program consisting of 13 DDKs was completed in February 2005. The program produced approximately 3,400 metres of PQ (83 millimetres) and 600 metres of HQ (64 millimetres diameter) core. The core from the sulphide zone was shrink-wrapped to prevent oxidation. Crushed sulphide samples are also being stored in freezers until they can be tested. Additionally, bulk samples for run-of-mine testing of the oxide ore were extracted from four hand-dug wells in the Peñasco Zone.
Economics
     The following are the current projected economic parameters for the Peñasquito Project as set out in the Peñasquito Feasibility Study:
         
Mine life (years)
    17  
Mill throughput (tonnes per day)
  100,000 (50,000 initial)
Initial capital cost (millions)
  $ 882  
Sustaining capital (millions)
  $ 327  
 
       
Average Annual Payable Metal:
       
Gold (troy ounces)
    387,500  
Silver (troy ounces)
    22,846,000  
Lead (tonnes)
    71,125