Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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coal Coal highlights (clockwise from bottom right): Drilling at Teck's Coal Mountain; View of Burnt Ridge at Teck's Line Creek property; Anglo American plc's program at Roman Mountain; Drilling at Window Pit, part of Teck's Quintette (Babcock) program; Little Windy Pit at Quintette (Babcock). 13-11-01 10:26 AM clean coal over 31 years. A data review of the Flatbed underground prospect identified three target areas for initial exploration. Anglo American Exploration Canada Ltd. did regional reconnaissance work south to north across the coalfield at the Onion, Wolverine North/South and Willow South projects. Canadian Kailuan Dehua Mines Co. Ltd. received permitting approval for a 100,000-tonne bulk sample and surface facility site preparation at Gething, but no work was planned for 2013. In the East Kootenay coal fields, near Fording River, Teck plans to drill the Henretta project late in the year. Near the Greenhills Operations, Teck drilled at the Swift area and also continues to drill the Cougar North expansion. Teck Coal received conditional approval from the Environmental Assessment Office for the Phase 2 mine expansion at Line Creek that will include development of the Burnt Ridge North and Mount Michael areas. The expansion will provide approximately 52 million Photographs : Government of British Columbia p78-103_BCExploration.indd 101 13-11-08 3:37 PM tonnes of clean coal and extend the mine life by an estimated 18 years. Also in the Elk Valley Coal Field and south of Line Creek, Jameson Resources Limited released a resource estimate of 90 million tonnes for the Crown Mountain project. In addition, a preliminary economic assessment was completed, supporting a low-cost metallurgical coal mining operation. Drilling was completed at the North and South blocks. Teck drilled reverse circulation and large-diameter reverse flood holes at the Marten Wheeler to better delineate geology prior to a bulk sample, and also drilled at the Coal Mountain project late in the year. CanAus completed exploration and sonic core hole drilling at its Loop Ridge, Tent Mountain and Michel Head properties in the Michel Creek drainage. Based on the results of coal analysis and geological modelling, further exploration drilling is proposed. In the Crowsnest coal field east of Fernie and west of the Coal Mountain mine, Crowsnest Pass Coal Mining Ltd. focused on geochemical modelling, quality and resource work at Coal Creek. The area has potential for underground mining of coking coal. Moving much farther westward, Coalmont Energy Corporation commenced production at its Basin thermal coal mine near Princeton in June, working towards a production target of 350,000 tonnes per year in 2014. On Vancouver Island, Hillsborough Resources Ltd. continued mine-site exploration drilling at its Quinsam thermal coal mine in 2013, targeting the No. 3 seam with the objective of developing the 4 South and proposed 6 South mines. Early in the year, Compliance Energy Corporation submitted its application for environmental certification of the Raven underground metallurgical coal project with the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. The EAO found the application did not contain all required information. The company expects to submit a revised application in 2014. w i n t e r 2 0 1 3 101 13-11-27 10:13 AM