Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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52 W I N T E R 2 0 1 5 Photograph : Government of British Columbia POLYMETALLIC BASE AND PRECIOUS METALS Canada Zinc Metals Corp. focused on downdip resource expansion and infill of the Cardiac Creek deposit with a drilling program at its Akie project. Preliminary results of an airborne gravity gradi- ometry survey flown in 2014 and 2015 identified new target areas at Akie, Yuen North and Mt. Alcock. At its Cirque project, Teck Resources Limited resumed drilling at South Cirque to verif y and step out from historic drilling results, and to improve resource definition. A ground-based gravity geophysical survey was completed on the Cirque, Elf and optioned proper- ties from Canada Zinc Metals Corp. (Pie and Yuen). Preliminary results of an airborne gravity gradiometry survey were also received for the same proper- ties, including the optioned Cirque East. Soil sample grids were expanded on Pie and Yuen, and mapping and prospecting continued on Pie, Yuen and Cirque. M i n f o c u s E x plor at ion C or p. re-established a historical trench and geo- chemical survey grid at the Coral project. Mineralized rock chip samples were col- lected, and diamond drilling is planned. SPECIALTY METALS AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS Fireside Minerals Ltd. has mined out the Bear pit and pre-stripped overbur- den at the Moose pit in preparation for the 2016 seasonal Fireside barite mine. Exploration and definition drilling identified adequate vein extensions to keep mining for several years. Barite is crushed, milled and bagged on site and trucked to a drilling mud supplier in Fort St. John. Taseko Mines Limited continued in-house engineering, metallurgical test work and environmental baseline data gathering for the Aley niobium project as it advances through environmental assessment. An open-pit mine with a 10,000-tonne-per-day processing plant and ferroniobium converter is proposed. Graymont Western Canada Inc. con- tinued engineering and environmental OMINECA AND NORTHE AST Quartz-chalcopyrite-vein at Pacific Empire Minerals Corp.'s Col-Later property.