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W I N T E R 2 0 1 5 Photograph : GW R Re source s Inc .
PORPHYRY (COPPER-GOLD, COPPER-
MOLYBDENUM AND MOLYBDENUM)
PROJECTS
The Thompson-Okanagan-Cariboo
region hosts three copper-gold mines:
New Gold Inc.'s New Afton mine,
Copper Mountain Mining Corporation's
Copper Mountain mine and Imperial
Metals Corporation's Mount Polley
mine, where limited production resumed
in August 2015, one year after a major
tailings dam breach.
After four years of exploration,
environmental studies and engineer-
ing studies, KGHM Ajax Mining Inc.
applied for environmental certification
with the BC Environmental Assessment
Office and the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Agency. Ajax is a proposed
60,000-tonne-per-day open-pit mine
with a projected 20-year lifespan, on the
outskirts of Kamloops. The company is
a joint venture between KGHM Polska
Miedź S.A. and Abacus Mining and
Exploration Corporation.
WestKam Gold Corp. followed
up on 2013 and 2014 geophysical
THOMPSON-OK ANAGAN-CARIBOO
Drill core from the Aurizon South breccia zone
at GWR Resources Inc.'s Lac La Hache project.
