Imperial Metals Corporation (“Imperial”) (TSX:III) common shares and senior unsecured notes due 2019 comprise 5.4% of Fund assets. We first bought Imperial after observing Murray Edwards develop Canadian Natural Resources Limited – particularly its massive Horizon oil sands project – into a world-class energy producer. We believe that Imperial’s Red Chris mine is a replay of low-cost Horizon, but with one of the largest copper resources and the seventh largest gold deposit in the world. Imperial posted record production results in 2015, and we expect the company to weather the current commodity cycle while preparing for the next upswing.
From Bruce Berkowitz (Trades, Portfolio)'s 2015 Annual Letter for the Fairholme Fund.
