Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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Gold Projects (clockwise from bottom right) Underground drilling in the Valley of the Kings at Pretium Resources Inc.'s Brucejack property; Drilling into a vein at Independence Gold Corp.'s 3Ts project; Silicified lattice at the 3Ts project; Banks Island Gold portal preparation at Yellow Giant; Mineralization at Thor up close. including drilling at Capoose, Van Tine, Van Tine South, Fawnie, Emma, Blackwater South/East and Auro. Elsewhere on the Nechako Plateau, Independence Gold Corp. followed up on gold and silver drill results at 3Ts and drilled the Ted-Mint gap area, Ted vein, and the Larry and Tommy veins. Grassroots and magnetic survey work continued. At Big Bear, Parlane Resource Corp. reported mineralized intercepts at the Black Bear anomaly. At Trout, Venerable Ventures Ltd. reported on drilling and trenching in the Camp zone. At Blackwater West, RJK Explorations reported anomalous 82 p78-103_BCExploration.indd 82 w i n t e r silver-copper-zinc-lead values in the West Grid 4 target area and a ground IP and magnetic survey followed. At Aspen East, Redhill Resources Corp. drilled IP anomalies while grassroots work continued on the northern part of the property. At Key, Troymet Exploration Corp. reported on reverse circulation drilling that tested four target areas. Tower Resources Ltd. conducted geophysical surveys at its Baez property aimed at defining the scale of the Camp, Clusko and Boulder Ridge South targets. Geoscience BC purchased recent Galileo and Hubble airborne magnetic data from Amarc, extending the TREK dataset west 2 013 and northwest. The TREK project will deliver updated geophysical, geochemical and geological data for 20,000 square kilometres of the Nechako Plateau. In the Cariboo, Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. drilled a series of reverse circulation holes in the centre of its Spanish Mountain sediment-hosted gold deposit near Likely to test whether this method of drilling could yield more accurate grades. Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. resumed public trading in October and reported activity at its Cow Mountain, Island Mountain and Barkerville Mountain areas as well as its Bonanza Ledge deposit. Photographs : Government of British Columbia 13-11-27 10:12 AM Stantec C