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W inte r 20 17 5 contents WINTER 2017 We welcome your comments on Mineral Exploration magazine. Please write to us at the address below. Mineral Exploration magazine is published four times a year by Canada Wide Media Limited for AME. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without written permission of the publisher. For subscription enquiries, call 604.299.1023 or toll-free 1.800.663.0518, or email mineralexplorationsubs@ canadawide.com. ISSN: 1911-0138. Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement No. 40065475. Send change-of-address notices and covers of undeliverable copies to: Mineral Exploration c/o AME, 800-889 West Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3B2. The statements and points of view expressed in this magazine are those of the authors, and are not necessarily those of the Association for Mineral Exploration, the publisher, editor or Canada Wide Media Limited. 230, 4321 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby British Columbia, Canada, V5C 6S7 MAIN 604.299.7311 | FAX 604.299.9188 CHAIRMAN, CEO Peter Legge, o.b.c., ll.d (hon) PRESIDENT Samantha Legge, mba DIRECTOR OF EDITORIAL AND CUSTOM PUBLISHING Michael McCullough VICE-PRESIDENT OF SALES Rebecca Legge (on leave) EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR Rick Thibert DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION Kim McLane Volume 37 | Number 4 The Ožicial Publication of the Association for Mineral Exploration EDITOR Jonathan Buchanan EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Tižany Sloan ART DIRECTOR Scott Laurie EDITORIAL BOARD Kylie Williams, Chair; Robert McLeod, Vice-Chair; Darcy Baker; Joe Mazumdar; John Murray; Christine Ogryzlo; Libby Sharman; Ian Talbot PRODUCTION MANAGERS Kristina Borys, Kirsty Senior IMAGING TECHNICIAN Mandy Lau ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Allie Davison ACCOUNT MANAGER – ADVERTISING Alexander Sugden 604.473.0358 asugden@canadawide.com 13 19 Cover Photo: James Fraser and Manny Sidler soil sampling for DeCoors Mining Corp. at the Crine veins of the UM property, now owned by Gray Rock Resources Ltd., near Atlin, B.C. Photo: Matt Fraser. Grand prize winner, 2017 AME photo contest. Contents Photos: (pg. 13) Using helicopters flying at just 80 metres above the ground is helping to ensure high quality data from Geoscience BC's new Search Phase III project. Photo: Geoscience BC. (pg. 19) MineralsEd Rockhounds at AME's Roundup 2017 conference. Photo: Velour Productions/AME FEATURES 13 DATA MINING Freely accessible earth science information boosts grassroots exploration. By Kylie Williams 15 KING COPPER From solar panels to electric cars, B.C.'s red metal is fuelling a global clean energy transition. By Kylie Williams and Christine Ogryzlo 16 OLD CAMPS, NEW TRICKS New growth from historical resources in the Cariboo and Golden Triangle. By Michael Schwartz 19 AME ROUNDUP PREVIEW Your guide to AME's Roundup 2018 conference. 36 EXPLORATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 2017 in review. By Gordon Clarke, John DeGrace, Adrian Hickin, Fiona Katay and Bruce Northcote, British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources DEPARTMENTS 7 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Reflecting on the past two years at AME. 9 PRESIDENT & CEO'S MESSAGE On AME's annual work plan. 11 NEWS Experts tell all at AME Speaker Series. 11 CALENDAR A look at upcoming events. 56 CAMPS OF FAME The Granite Creek gold rush: from boom to bust in the Similkameen. By Ed Kimura 62 PROFILE A career in exploration and mining has taught Mike Cathro to be fearless. By Ryan Stuart