Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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Porphyry projects that ended in gold-copper mineralization. Grassroots programs included International Samuel Exploration Corp. at the Frog property where copper-silvergold anomalies were outlined at the Forax and Whoa prospects, and Stratton Resources Inc. identified a copper-gold anomaly at the Lunar project. AuRico Gold Inc. released a positive feasibility study for the Kemess Underground ( KUG) project t hat included a 24,600-tonne-per-day block cave operation with a 12-year mine life and utilization of existing infrastructure from the former Kemess South mine. Drilling resumed outside reserves at Kemess East, returning strong QSP alteration and intercepts up to 1.5 g/t Au, 3.0 per cent Cu and 0.018 per cent Mo at depth. In the Quesnel Terrane, the $1.6billion Mt. Milligan mine construction project became an operating mine. Commercial production of copper-gold concentrate began in the fourth quarter. As a greenfield Cu-Au porphyry project that moved through exploration into production, it stands as an encouraging example. Elsewhere in the Quesnel Terrane, Kiska Metals Corp. conducted ground geophysical surveys, core re-logging and mapping at the Kliyul project to validate targets and define geological controls in the Kliyul zone where 2006 drilling intersected a promising coppergold target. Serengeti Resources Inc. announced a positive preliminary economic assessment at the Kwanika project for a 15,000-tonne-per-day operation with open pits at the Central and South zones, and two block cave areas below the Central zone. The mine would produce copper, gold, silver and molybdenum over a 13.5-year life. Geochemical data analysis indentified a deep porphyry target northwest of the Central zone. Orestone Mining Corp. reported significant copper-gold intersections in late 2012 drilling at Captain. Followup ground magnetic surveys outlined nine drill targets and the Admiral and East Magnetic areas were drilled. Additional grassroots-level programs in the Omineca region included BC Gold Corp. at Rainbow; Canasil Resources Inc. at Lil and Vega; Chumar Exploration at Koko; Doubleview Capital Corp. at Mt. Milligan North; Photographs : Government of British Columbia p78-103_BCExploration.indd 89 (top) Serengeti Resources Inc.'s copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project was the subject of a positive preliminary environmental assessment; (middle) Drilling at the Deep Kerr at the copper-goldrich zone at Seabridge Gold's KSM project; (bottom left) 2013 saw the return of drilling to Canasil Resources Inc.'s Brenda project in the Toodoggone; (bottom right) Tungsten intersection from Happy Creek Minerals Ltd.'s Fox property. w i n t e r 2 0 1 3 89 13-11-27 10:13 AM