Table 3.35
Reserves of selected major metals

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Reserves of selected major metals
  Copper Nickel Lead Zinc Gold Silver
  thousands of tonnes
1977 16,471 7,070 8,954 26,953 0.5 31.0
1978 15,840 7,245 8,930 26,721 0.5 31.0
1979 16,405 7,304 8,992 26,581 0.6 32.1
1980 16,831 8,013 9,637 27,742 0.8 33.8
1981 15,815 7,581 9,380 26,833 0.9 32.1
1982 17,022 7,339 9,139 26,216 0.8 31.2
1983 16,170 7,340 9,054 26,450 1.2 30.2
1984 15,970 7,222 8,887 26,204 1.2 31.5
1985 14,384 7,047 8,012 23,747 1.3 28.8
1986 13,331 6,704 7,167 22,423 1.5 26.7
1987 12,939 6,606 6,694 20,636 1.7 25.6
1988 12,683 6,279 6,969 21,116 1.9 27.0
1989 12,258 6,133 6,941 21,688 1.7 26.8
1990 11,203 5,792 6,317 20,091 1.5 23.2
1991 11,115 5,691 4,956 16,448 1.4 19.1
1992 10,818 5,605 4,348 15,067 1.4 16.3
1993 9,784 5,408 4,152 14,213 1.3 15.7
1994 9,533 5,334 3,861 14,514 1.5 19.1
1995 9,250 5,832 3,660 14,712 1.5 19.1
1996 9,667 5,623 3,450 13,660 1.7 18.9
1997 9,032 5,122 2,344 10,588 1.5 16.7
1998 8,402 5,683 1,845 10,159 1.4 15.7
1999 7,763 4,983 1,586 10,210 1.3 15.4
2000 7,419 4,782 1,315 8,896 1.1 13.9
2001 6,666 4,335 970 7,808 1.1 12.6
2002 6,774 4,920 872 6,871 1.0 11.2
2003 6,037 4,303 749 6,251 1.0 9.2
2004 5,546 3,846 667 5,299 0.8 6.6
2005 6,589 3,960 552 5,063 1.0 6.7
2006 6,923 3,940 737 6,055 1.0 6.9
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 153-0020, 153-0021, 153-0023, 153-0025, 153-0027 and 153-0028.
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