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Newmont Goldcorp, Newcrest Sign B.C. Deals

"Many multinationals are looking at B.C. as a place to invest," says AME chair McLeod

Many multinationals are looking at B.C. as a place to invest,” says AME chair McLeod Mineral exploration and development in B.C. is starting to show a definite spring in its step, w… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Peter Caulfield

  • Features
  • economy
  • industry
  • Mining
  • project development

A Silver Lining

The historic Dolly Varden silver camp

Gateway to Dolly Varden: The former boom town of Alice Arm | TOM SCHROETER Following a very rich silver discovery made in 1910, the remote Alice Arm area at the northeast end of Obser… Read More

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Ed Kimura

  • Camps of Fame
  • Features
  • Alice Arm
  • Camps of Fame
  • history
  • Kitsault River
  • mineral exploration
  • Nick Carter
  • Observatory Inlet
  • past producers
  • prospecting
  • ruby silver

The Green and the Brown

There's plenty of opportunity in both new and old B.C. mineral exploration regions

Site view of Pretium Resources Inc.’s Brucejack project The British Columbia mineral exploration and development industry appears to be emerging from its long, silent h… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Peter Caulfield

  • Features
  • economy
  • Financing
  • industry
  • Investment
  • Mining
  • SEDEX

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

Southeastern B.C.

The unique geology of southeastern British Columbia has long been of interest for the mineral resources it contains. Not only does the region host good mineral potential, but the… Read More

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Fiona Katay

  • Features
  • British Columbia geology
  • Kimberley
  • massive sulphide replacement deposits
  • Mining
  • Purcell Supergroup
  • regional geology
  • seafloor hydrothermal zinc-lead-(copper) sulphide deposit
  • SEDEX
  • tax revenue

A Tale of Two Mines

Exploration, discovery, and development of Babine copper-gold deposits

Drill rig on the move, Copper Island, summer 1929. As early as 1898, pioneer prospectors trudged across the Bulkley Valley in west-central British Columbia. This group included… Read More

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Ed Kimura

  • Camps of Fame
  • Features
  • Bulkley Valley
  • exploration
  • history
  • porphyry
  • project development

B.C.’s Best

The top 10 mineral deposit discoveries in the last 35 years

Top-10 lists are frequently contentious to compile, and this holds true for this assessment of the 10 greatest mineral deposit discoveries in British Columbia in the 35 years of M… Read More

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Libby Sharman

  • Features
  • development
  • history
  • mineral exploration
  • prospecting

The Golden Triangle

Northwest B.C. hosts a multitude of diverse exploration projects

Gold at the end of the rainbow: Seabridge Gold Inc.’s KSM project. Northwestern British Columbia is a large, diverse area with a large, diverse mineralogy. Sometimes referred to… Read More

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Peter Caulfield

  • Features
  • infrastructure
  • mine development
  • porphyry deposits
  • vein deposits
  • volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits

Red Mountain

IDM Mining announces positive exploration results

Vancouver-based IDM Mining Ltd. recently announced surface sampling results from its Red Mountain underground gold project in northwestern British Columbia. IDM began surfa… Read More

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Peter Caulfield

  • Features
  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining

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 Jim Britton

  • Features
  • development
  • exploration
  • industry
  • Mining

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