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Featured, North Central, Prince George, What we're mining
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The 9th Annual Northern BC Natural Resources Forum http://www.bcnaturalresourceforum.com/is scheduled for January 11 and 12 in Prince George, BC. This event is combined with the Business and Technology Show highlighting the business ventures of Northern BC. No longer covering just forestry companies, this event looks at mining, oil & gas, electricity, power and technology [...]
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Featured, Fort St James, Mackenzie, Prince George
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Serengeti Resources (TSX-V:SIR) has started prelimary research work for their Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) study on the higher grade portion of the copper-gold resource at the Company’s 100% owned Kwanika project located in British Columbia. The study will investigate a 15,000 tonne per day, combined open pit and underground operation with a 10 to 15 [...]
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Coal, Dawson Creek, Fort St John, Mackenzie, North Central, North East BC, Prince George, What we're mining
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
Tumbler Ridge on verge of rebirth as companies bet on a bright future Vancouver Sun The mine, located about 20 kilometres south of the town in northeastern BC, was closed in 2000 after operating since 1982 and Teck is now in the final phase of a feasibility study to get it up and running again. [...]
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Featured, Mining Feeds, North Central, Prince George, Quesnel
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
May 10, 2011, Vancouver, BC – Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO; NYSE Amex: TGB) (“Taseko” or the “Company”) announces an 80% increase in mineral reserves from 445 million tons to 802 million tons at its Gibraltar Copper-Molybdenum mine near Williams Lake, British Columbia. The reserve evaluation maintained a 0.20% copper cut-off, incorporating a $2.25/lb pit [...]
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Mining Feeds, Prince George, Vanderhoof
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Silver Quest Reports Significant Geochemical Results from Capoose Project, BC Vancouver, BC – Silver Quest Resources (TSX.V: SQI) (“Silver Quest” or “the Company”) is pleased to report the discovery of a significant gold-in-soil anomaly, referred to as Rusty Creek, at the Capoose Project, located approximately 185 km southwest of Prince George, British Columbia. The Rusty [...]
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Fort St James, Mackenzie, Mining Feeds, North Central, Prince George
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (“Company” or “Thompson Creek”), a growing, diversified North American mining company, today announced that it has completed a $132 million equipment financing facility with Cat Financial Services Limited (“Cat Financial”), pursuant to which Cat Financial has agreed to underwrite up to $132 million in mobile fleet equipment financing for Thompson [...]
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Mackenzie, North Central, Prince George
Monday, March 28th, 2011
Stikine Energy (TSXV-SKY) recently removed 500 tonnes of samples from the Frac Sand Project near Bear lake, which is 60 km north of Prince George, BC on Highway 97. The samples were removed in early March 2011 and trucked to the the pilot plant operation in Abbotsford BC. The material will be processed and utilized [...]
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Featured, Fort St James, North Central, Prince George
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Timberspan Timberspan Wood Products has recently increased production of Douglas Fir Bridge Timbers for the Mount Milligan Mine. Timberspan Wood Products is currently supplying Douglas Fir bridge timbers measuring 8 inches x10 inches x 16 feet for the road construction for the mine entrance. Working with Formula Contractors of Prince George, Timberspan Wood Products is [...]
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Featured, Prince George, Quesnel
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Barker Minerals (TSXV-BML) reports that a heavy mineral stream sediment program completed on its Tasse Diamond project has identified widespread kimberlite indicator minerals indicating the presence of multiple kimberlite sources on the Property. The 100% owned project is located 180 km south of Prince George and 84 km northeast of Williams Lake. The company feels [...]
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Prince George
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Teck Resources has recently earned a 51% interested in the Lorraine Copper Project located in the Quesnel Terrane region approximately 250 km northwest of Prince George, BC. Teck originally optioned the property in 2005 and has the ability to increase it’s share up to 65%. This project is approximately 100 km northwest of the Milligan [...]
