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The environmental assessment review for Graymont Western
Canada's Giscome lime production project is in place, and the
Mines Act permit process is underway. Initially, up to 600,000
tonnes of limestone would be quarried annually, with the crushed
stone moved by conveyor to vertical lime kilns near Giscome,
and the product transported by existing rail lines to service
mining and pulp and paper operations in northern B.C.
Fertoz International Inc. continued progress on its Mines
Act permit for the Wapiti phosphate project in northeastern
B.C. The permit would allow a seasonal, shallow, open-pit
mine, with a 20-year life, producing up to 75,000 tonnes
of phosphate per year for organic agriculture. In 2017,
the company focused on completing infrastructure.
MGX Minerals Inc., in partnership with Electra Stone
Ltd. and Zimtu Capital Corp., drilled nine holes at 50-metre
intervals on its Longworth project, exploring a near-surface,
high-purity silica target in orthoquartzites. Four silicon dioxide
zones were identified along a 7,000-metre strike length.
Green Mountain Jade Inc. continued exploration
and mining for jade at Ogden Mountain.
Coal
Colonial Coal International Corp. explored for coal at depth by
drilling four holes at 1,800-metre centres on its Flatbed project
in the Gates Formation near the Trend Mine (now on care and
maintenance). Drilling encountered flat-lying coal units at depths
of 700 metres that, if developed, would be mined underground.
Atrum Coal NL extracted anthracite samples from its
Groundhog deposit for testing in North Asian steel mills.
Environmental baseline studies continued, but a bulk sample
permit application was put on hold. Nearby, at the Panorama
project, Atrum drilled five boreholes totalling 1,228 metres and
conducted mapping that identified coal seams at surface.
PHOTOS: GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Conglomerate overlying "D" coal seam
in Gates Formation at Colonial Coal
International Corp.'s Flatbed project.
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