Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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78 W I N T E R 2 0 1 4 PRECIOUS METALS In 2014, Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. started mining at Bonanza Ledge, trucking ore to its QR mill. Spanish Mountain Gold Ltd. drilled reverse- circulation holes in the Main zone of its Spanish Mountain sediment-hosted gold deposit to refine resource estimates. Baseline environmental studies continue as the company prepares for formal environmental review. In December 2013, Ximen Mining Corp. acquired Brett, an epithermal gold property that has seen intermittent exploration since its discovery in 1985. Following compilation and review of his- torical data, new mapping and geophysi- cal surveys identified targets, which were drilled in the fall. Westhaven Ventures Inc. drilled the Tower zone on its Shovelnose gold-silver property. Six holes encoun- tered anomalous gold and extended the area of known mineralization. At the Elk project, Gold Mountain Mining Corporation continued work on an open-pit bulk sample. PORPHYRY (COPPER-GOLD, COPPER-MOLYBDENUM, MOLYBDENUM) PROJECTS The tailings dam breach and resultant spill at Mount Polley led Imperial Metals Corporation to place the mine on care and maintenance. Copper Mountain Mining Corporation installed a new crusher at the Copper Mountain mine, and Teck Resources Limited commissioned a new mill at Highland Valley. Most projects in the pre-application stage of environmental review made progress. Taseko Mines Limited's New Prosperity copper-gold project was rejected a second time by a federal review panel. Fjordland Exploration Inc. and Sumac Mines Ltd. expanded their drill pro- gram on the Dillard porphyry copper- gold project. Sunrise Resources Ltd. announced plans to drill the Man-Prime property. Copper Mountain Mining Corporation optioned the Axe property from Westar Resources Corporation. Teck Resources Limited continued to explore targets near its Highland Valley copper-molybdenum mine, with a focus on the Valley and Bethlehem pits. KGHM International continued engi- neering and baseline studies to advance the Ajax porphyry copper-gold project. The company expects to enter federal and provincial environmental review processes in the second quarter of 2015. THOMPSON-OK ANAGAN-CARIBOO