Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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AM between Red Chris and North ROK . West Cirque Resources Ltd. partnered with Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. to drill the Castle project and undertake early-stage work at the Tanzilla project. Prosper Gold Corp. optioned the Sheslay property from Firesteel Resources Inc. and drilled for copper-gold porphyry mineralization deeper than previous workers. The GJ joint-venture project between Teck Resources Ltd. and NGEx Resources Inc. was also drilled. Teck bolstered its commitment to exploration and development in northwestern B.C. by executing a 75 per cent back-in option at the Schaft Creek project with Copper Fox Metals Inc. In addition, Teck completed a resource drilling program in the Legacy zone at the Galore Creek project, which remains jointly owned with Novagold Resources Inc. In the Stewart area, Seabridge Gold Inc. drilled the Deep Kerr and Iron Cap zones at the KSM project. Copper-gold SCS Diamond.indd 1 p78-103_BCExploration.indd 87 grades were significantly higher than current reserves for the project. An application for an environmental assessment certificate is underway with a decision due in early 2014. Northwest of the Sulphurets Camp, Romios Gold Resources Inc. reported a discovery at its Newmont Lake project where 100 chip samples, averaged over an area of several hundred square metres, indicate a porphyry copper-gold target at Burgundy Ridge. To the south, along a hypothetical extension of the Sulphurets fault, Brigade Resources Ltd. and joint venture partner Teuton Resources Corp. completed a substantial drill program at the Tide – Tennyson properties. Ascot Resources Ltd. reported more auriferous drill results from both the Martha Ellen and Premier project areas while Banks Island Gold Corp. continued to reinvestigate the Red Mountain property with surface work and drilling. Production at Imperial Metals' Huckleberry Mine, co-owned with the Japan Group (Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Furukawa Co. & Dowa Mining Co. Ltd.), continues simultaneously with the Main Zone Optimization plan and constant amalgamation of historic data to generate future exploration targets. Just eight kilometres south of Huckleberry operations, Gold Reach Resources Ltd. drilled the Ox and East Seel targets at the Ootsa project, attaining positive copper-gold-molybdenumsilver results: for example, 160 metres grading 0.44 per cent Cu + 0.53 g/t Au from 30 metres depth, and 158 metres grading 0.42 per cent Cu + 0.45 g/t Au from 32 metres depth at East Seel. Avanti Mining Corp. has received a conditional environmental assessment certificate for the past-producing K itsault molybdenum mine. Construction is anticipated once additional permits and funding are in place. In the Toodoggone district, Canasil Resources Inc. drilled a deep hole at Brenda to extend 2007 drilling w i n t e r 2 0 1 3 87 12-11-08 3:59 PM 13-11-27 10:13 AM