Exploration and Mining in 2017 North Central and Northeast...

Exploration and Mining 2017North Central and Northeast

John DeGraceRegional Geologist

Exploration and Mining in 2017North Central and Northeast

RegionsBritish Columbia

Exploration and Mining in 2017North Central and Northeast

RegionsBritish Columbia

John DeGrace, M.Sc., P.Eng./P.Geo.Regional Geologist, North Central and NortheastMinistry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

John DeGrace, M.Sc., P.Eng./P.Geo.Regional Geologist, North Central and NortheastMinistry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources

Mine Supervisor Certification – NEW!

A new provision, added in February 2017 to the Code, was the reintroduction of a Supervisor’s Certification.

This requirement comes into force on June 1, 2018.Applies to anyone supervising 6 or fewer persons on an

active mine operation (including exploration sites).

The link to the Mine Supervisor Certification was made available on April 16.

For information:https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/mineral-

exploration-mining/health-safety/certifications



North Central and Northeast BC Terrane Map

Ancestral North America

Cassiar Terrane

Quesnel Terrane

Slide Mountain Terrane

Cache Creek Terrane

Stikine Terrane



Northeast BC active coal mines and projects

Wolverine Mine

Brule Mine

Willow Creek

Flatbed

Murray River



BC Mine Production, 1997-2017

Conuma Coal Resources Ltd.•Reopened Wolverine and Brule Mines in 2017

•Wolverine: 8.8 Mt reserves, 1.14 Mt in 2017•Brule: 16.3 Mt reserves, 2.33 Mt in 2017•Both produce metallurgical (bituminous) coal

Wolverine Mine

E & M, 2018 John DeGrace, Regional Geologist

Brule Mine



Northeast BC coal:Proposed mine, and

“care and maintenance”

Willow Creek

Murray River

Trend



Conuma Coal Limited

Willow Creek Mine (July 2018 ?)

Coal stockpile at Willow Creek Inspecting the Bird Seam



HD Mining International Ltd.

• Would produce 4.8 Mt of saleable coal over a 25-year mine life.

• Underground Bulk sample program ( see right) completed in 2015.

• In December 2017, Federal Environmental Assessment approval granted subject to conditions, including a limit on greenhouse gas production during mining. Mines Act permit issued 5 April 2018.

Murray River



Trend Mine (on “care and

maintenance” since 2014)

Anglo American PLC



Trend Mine (on “care and

maintenance” since 2014)

Anglo American PLC

Honkin’ Big TruckHonkin’ Big Truck



Colonial Coal International Corp.

• Explored for flat-lying coal at depth near Anglo Am erican’s “care and maintenance” Trend Mine south of Tumbler Ridge

• 5 vertical holes, approx. 1,800 m centres, total 2, 830 m• Encountered Gates Formation coal at about 700 m dep th• NI 43-101 Inferred resource 298 Mt mineable undergr ound



Number of projects, by exploration classification

North Central Region

7

247

5



Exploration expenditure by exploration classification,

per cent distribution

North Central Region

5022

26

2



North Central: ~ $ 31 millionNortheast: ~ $ 2.5 millionProvincial: ~ $ 246 million

2017: Exploration Expenditures



North Central Region2017 Producing

Mines

Mt. Milligan

Ogden Mountain

Fireside



Ogden Mountain

Jade boulders cut for evaluation

• Shipped 38,800 T in 2017• Shipped 20,000 kg in 2017

Ogden Mountain

Fireside Barite

Green Mountain Jade Inc.

Fireside Minerals Ltd.



• Copper-gold porphyry deposit• Measured and indicated resource contains 717.7 Mlb Cu, 1.77 Moz Au• 2017 average daily milling to produce concentrate, about 59,600 tonnes/day• Expected mine life of 22 years• Exploration to expand the resource is ongoing

Mt. Milligan Mine

Centerra Gold Inc.



Blackwater

Giscome

Wapiti East

Aley

Kemess Underground

Proposed Mines and Quarries



Existing KS facilities

Proposed tailings disposal

KUG location

Centerra Gold Inc.(purchased from Aurico Metals)

Kemess Underground (KUG)

• Copper-gold porphyry deposit• Application to Major Mines

Permitting Office, 31 Aug. 2017• Would use Kemess South (KS)

facilities, and former open pit for tailings

• Projected 24,600 t/d ore production, 24 year mine life

• Proven + probable reserves: 107.4 Mt @ 0.27% Cu, 0.54 g/t Au, 1.99 g/t Ag



Taseko Mines Ltd.Aley Project

Aley

Williston Lake

• Niobium -bearing carbonate deposit: Nb is used to alloy wit h stainless steel and other metals for added strength - in pipeline constr uction, jet engines

• One of the largest niobium deposits in the world• Proposed 24,600 t/d open pit ore production, 12 yea r mine life• Proven + probable reserves 83.8 Mt @ 0.5% Nb2O5



Graymont Western Canada Inc.Giscome Quarry and Lime Plant

• High-purity limestone deposit S.E. of Giscome• Over 100 Mt deposit, producing 600,000 t/y• Vertical lime kilns to be constructed at Giscome

CN rail load out, 198,000 t/y of lime• 50+ year project life, startup in 2019 or 2020

Fertoz International Inc.Wapiti East

• Sedimentary phosphate deposit S. of Tumbler Ridge

• Rock to be crushed and sold as direct application fertilizer

• Max. 75,000 t/y production over 20+ year mine life



New Gold Inc.Blackwater

• Gold-Silver complex epithermal deposit• Environmental Assessment proposal under review• Proposed 60,000 t/d ore production, 17 year mine li fe• Proven + probable reserves: 344.4 Mt @ 0.74 g/t Au, 5.5 g/t Ag



Ancestral North America Exploration Projects

Akie

Cap Claims

Longworth




Akie

Akie camp

Mottled-textured high-grade sphalerite and galena, hole A17-137, approx. 529 m

Canada Zinc Metals Inc.

• Sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) deposit north of Williston Lake

• Zinc, lead, silver• Indicated resource 22.7 Mt @

8.3% Zn, 1.1% Pb, 14.1g/t Ag• 2017: 8 drill holes totalling 4,700

m on “Cardiac Creek zone,” all of which intersected mineralization and two of which expanded the resource




CAP claimsArctic Star Exploration Corp.

Project geologist Patrik Schmidt examining

carbonatite in outcrop

Limestone bed disrupted during emplacement of

carbonatite

• A new carbonatite discovery, about 80 km N.E. of Prince George

• 2017: 4 drill holes, total 647.5 m, + surface mapping and sampling

• Up to 3 km maximum dimension at surface, at least 138.5 m intersected by drilling

• In drill hole: 85.24 m to 95.66 m, 0.35% Nb2O5 including 2.26 m of 0.63% Nb2O

• 136.1 m to 138.5 m, 0.81% Total Rare Earth element Oxides (TREOs)



View of the “Snow Zone” white-weathering quartzite exposures

MGX Minerals Inc.

• Near the north end of the Robson Valley

• High-purity (average 99.5% SiO2)

• 2017: 3 shallow (total 186 m) holes to test the “Snow Zone."


Longworth



Quesnel TerraneExploration Projects

Mt. Milligan on -lease

Milligan West

Kwanika



Quesnel Terrane

Kwanika Copper Corp.65% Serengeti Resources Inc.

35% Daewoo Minerals Canada Corp.

• In October 2017 Serengeti and Daewoo concluded and agreement to develop the Kwanika property through a jointly-c reated company.

• Copper-gold-silver porphyry deposit with two mineable “zones,” Central and South

• Proposed open pit and underground mine, with 15-year mine life and 15,000 t/d milling rate.



Quesnel Terrane

Serengeti Resources Inc. 56%Fjordland Exploration Inc. 44%

• Located just to the west of Mt. Milligan mine, prospective for copper-gold porphyry deposits

• 2017: 3-hole, 1,220 m drill program

• Further work planned

Milligan West



Quesnel Terrane

Centerra Gold Inc.Mt. Milligan on -lease

• Cu-Au-Ag alkalic porphyry, producing mine

• 2017: 13 drill holes, total 6,100 m close to open pit, to help define and possibly extend the ore body

• 2017 geophysics south and southeast of open pit: 68.6 line km of IP, 320 line km of ground magnetics



Stikine TerraneExploration Projects

Groundhog and Panorama

Kemess East



Stikine Terrane

Atrum Coal Corp.Groundhog and Panorama

• Anthracite coal projects north of Smithers (Panorama about 15 km SW of Groundhog).

• Groundhog: about 1,600 Mt in situ; Panorama still at an early stage of exploration.

• 2017 Groundhog: Environmental monitoring ongoing, otherwise “on hold.”

• 2017 Panorama: 5 wide-spaced drill holes, total 1,228 m. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) entered a farm -in agreement in 2016.

PanoramaPanorama

GroundhogGroundhog



Stikine Terrane

Aurico Metals Inc.Kemess East

• About 1 km east of Kemess Underground

• For mine evaluation purposes, treated as a stand-alone project; but would share facilities with Kemess Underground

• Indicated resources of 113.12 Mt at 0.38% Cu, 0.46 oz/t Au, 1.94 g/t Ag

• Still being explored. In 2017: 10 holes totalling 13, 923 m



Cache Creek Terrane Exploration Projects

Decar

Snowbird

3Ts

Nechako Gold



Cache Creek Terrane

FPX Nickel Corp.

• Finely-disseminated awaruite (nickel-iron alloy) in serpentinized ultramafic rock

• A very large, low -grade nickel deposit• 2013 Indicated resource: 1,160 Mt at 0.124% Ni• 2017: 8 holes total 1,197 m supported expansion of

Baptiste deposit by 650 m to southeast

Baptiste Zone

Decar



Cache Creek Terrane

Omineca Gold Ltd.Gitennes Exploration Inc.

• Epithermal gold in quartz veins

• 2017: 6 holes in Main and North Zones, total 1,212 m.

• 50 line km of ground magnetics, mapping, sampling

Snowbird

Stewart Lake



Cache Creek Terrane

Tower Resources Ltd.Nechako Gold

• Epithermal gold-silver vein deposit target under th ick overburden

• In 2017, IP survey defined a previously unexplored target 500 m x 1,000 m

• Followed-up with a 38-hole program to explore till and top of bedrock.

• ...results pending



Cache Creek Terrane

Independence Gold Corp.3Ts

• Gold-silver epithermal vein deposit, in several vei ns• Indicated resource: 5,452 Mt at 2.53 g/t Au, 71.5 g /t Ag• Extensive exploration over several years. In 2017: Soil

survey identified new drill targets; probably inact ive in 2018.



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