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Exploration in British Columbia

2020 in Review

MAIN MAP: B.C. MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES / CARTOGRAPHY: HOLLY ARNOLD The year 2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the pandemic, ex… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Bruce Northcote

  • Features
  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining
  • porphyry
  • precious metals

Exploration in British Columbia

2019 in review

MAIN MAP: B.C. MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES / CARTOGRAPHY: HOLLY ARNOLD Petroleum Resources Mineral Development Office (British]() Preliminary reports… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Bruce Northcote

  • Features
  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining
  • porphyry
  • precious metals

Exploration in British Columbia

2018 in review

Preliminary reports from the Ministry of Energy, Mines]() and Petroleum Resources Mineral Development Office (British Columbia Geological Survey) and regional geologists i… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Bruce Northcote

  • Features
  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining
  • porphyry
  • precious metals

Exploration in British Columbia

2017 in Review

Preliminary reports from Ministry of Energy and Mines and Petroleum Resources regional geologists and the Mineral Development Office indicate exploration activity in 2017 ha… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Bruce Northcote

  • Features
  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining
  • porphyry
  • precious metals

Exploration in British Columbia

2016 in Review

Preliminary reports from regional geologists with the B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines indicate exploration activity in 2016 steadied or recovered slightly, stabilizing a do… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Bruce Northcote

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  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining
  • porphyry

Wrangellia Terrane

Small-scale mining in coastal British Columbia goes back beyond written records: native copper, for example, was used before European settlement. Industrial-scale mining, h… Read More

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Bruce Northcote

  • Features
  • British Columbia geology
  • Canadian Cordillera
  • Kuroko-type volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits
  • Moresby Island
  • Mount Sicker Group
  • prophyry
  • regional geology
  • Texada Island
  • Wrangellia terrane

Exploration in British Columbia

2015 in Review

Regions monitored by regional geologists from the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Preliminary reports from regional geologists deployed across British Columbia by the Ministry… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Bruce Northcote

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  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining
  • porphyry

Exploration and Development in B.C.

2014 in Review

Preliminary reports from regional geologists deployed across the province by the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines indicate that exploration slowed in 2014, conti… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Bruce Northcote

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  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining
  • porphyry

B.C. Exploration & Development

2013 in review

Operating Mines and Selected Major Exploration projects in British Columbia 2013 Exploration activity in British Columbia was predictably off the peak seen in 2012, when junio… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Bruce Northcote

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  • Mining

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