Mineral Exploration

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Alcock Whitewater Kutcho Jade Swamp Point Perry Creek Trend-Roman Wapiti East Heart Peaks Kemess East Cassiar Jade Willow Creek Galore Creek Harper Creek Kutcho Creek Schaft Creek Murray River Cariboo Gold Lac La Hache River Jordan Black Crystal Ogden Mtn Jade Mount Brussilof Tulsequah Chief Prince George SE Bonanza Ledge (Au) Gibraltar (Cu±Mo±Au) Yellow Giant (Au-Ag) Raven Monroe Quinsam Sechelt Van Anda Apple Bay Brucejack Gold Drop Polar Jade Referendum Yuen North Benson Lake Gillies Bay Cox Station Earle Creek Cirque East Copper King Mount Meager Dolly Varden Kettle Valley Sumas Mountain Moberley Silica Garibaldi Pumice Grand Forks Slag Burnco Aggregate Blackjack Mineral Horse Creek Silica Kemess Underground Kwanika East-Smoke Driftwood Magnesite Mount Polley (Cu-Au) Mt. Milligan (Cu-Au) Red Chris (Cu±Mo±Au) Myra Falls (Cu-Pb-Zn) Slocan Silver Huckleberry (Cu±Mo±Au) Pipeline Road (all pits) X W # X W # é é !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É !É ÛÚ X W X W X W X W Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì ÛÚ Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì 110°W 120°W 120°W 130°W 130°W 140°W 55°N 55°N 50°N 50°N Primary commodity Metallic Coal Industrial Mineral Coal Carbonatites Niobium Alkalic intrusion- associated Au Au-Ag Polymetallic Ag-Pb-Zn Cu-Pb-Zn Cu±Mo±Au Mo (Low F-type) Porphyry-related Au Subvolcanic Cu-Ag-Au (As-Sb) Zn-Pb, Zn-Pb-Ag, Pb-Zn Tungsten Tholeiitic intrusion-hosted Ni-Cu Au-quartz, Cu±Ag quartz veins Polymetallic veins Ag-Pb-Zn±Au Au Au, Ag Ni, Co X W Diatomaceous earth X W Phosphate X W Jade X W Basalt X W Dimension stone X W Limestone X W Marble X W Pumice X W Silica X W Gypsum X W Graphite X W Bentonite X W Magnesite X W Shale X W Barite X W Glacial clay X W Slag ÛÚ Aggregate Epithermal Manto Massive sulphide Porphyry Sediment-hosted Aggregate Skarn Ultramafic/Mafic Vein, breccia, and stockwork Unknown (sorted by deposit type) Ajax Decor Maggie Red Lake Ashcroft Lucky Mike Pavilion Quarry New Afton (Cu-Au) Highland Valley Copper (Cu±Mo±Au) Bonaparte Property !É !É !É ÛÚ Ì X W Ì X W Ì X W Ì Ì Ì 121°W 121°W 51°N 51°N 50°30'N 50°30'N Bud Basin Shovelnose Aspen Grove Treasure Mountain Copper Mountain (Cu-Au) !É !É Ì Ì X W Ì Ì 4J Sully Elkview Greenhills Line Creek Coal Creek Loop Ridge Bingay Creek Coal Mountain Fording River Kootenay West Cro Phosphate Crown Mountain Gallowai Bul River Coal Mountain Phase II X W # !É !É !É X W X W Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Ì Selected exploration projects and operating mines in British Columbia, 2015 1:8,000,000 0 100 200 50 Km Geologic terranes Gordon Clarke, Bruce Northcote, Paul Jago, Fiona Katay, and Jeff Kyba (modified from Nelson et. al., 2013) Ì Mine, Care and Maintenance Mine, Proposed É Exploration Project Mine, Development Ì Mine, Operating Property status (property status symbols are coloured by commodity) Younger volcanic rocks Overlap Post accretionary Outboard Pacific Rim Crescent Chugach Insular Alexander Wrangellia Coast Plutonic complex Intermontane Bridge River Cache Creek Methow Cadwallader Chilliwack-Harrison Okanagan Stikine Quesnel Yukon-Tanana-Nisling Slide Mountain Ancestral North America Cassiar North America, craton and cover North America, basin strata North America, platformal strata 0 20 Km 0 20 Km G E O L O G I C A L S U R V E Y B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A Inset 2 Inset 1 Inset 3 Inset 3 Inset 2 Inset 1 0 20 Km 120°W 121°W 121°W 50°N 49°30'N 49°30'N 115°W 115°W 116°W 50°N 50°N 49°30'N Cartography by Holly Arnold Exploration in British Columbia 2015 IN REVIEW by bruce Northcote, Paul Jago, FioNa Katay, JeFF Kyba aNd adriaN hicKiN regioNal geologists, british columbia miNistry oF eNergy aNd miNes P reliminary reports from regional geologists deployed across British Columbia by the Ministry of Energy and Mines indicate that explora- tion continued to slow in 2015. The trend started with a decrease in small and early-stage projects in 2011 and was followed by a slowdown in lar- ger, more advanced projects by 2013. Nonetheless, explorers continued to define or expand porphyry and porphyry-related copper-gold and copper-molybdenum deposits; gold deposits of various types; and deposits of stratiform base metals, specialty metals, industrial minerals and coal. Regions monitored by regional geologists from the Ministry of Energy and Mines. Selected exploration projects and mines, 2015. NOTE: "Mine, Operating" includes operations with production in 2015; "Mine, Care and Maintenance" entered that status within the past three years; "Mine, Development" underwent construction activity during the year; and "Mine, proposed" includes projects active in the mine-permitting or environmental assessment processes.

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