The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
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British Columbia's Golden Triangle is poised for a mining boom that raises the bar when it comes to achieving the higher environmental, social, and guidance expectations for companies that produce the gold, silver, copper, and other metals the world needs and wants. While this mineral district in BC's northwest corner is famed for its rich stores of copper, gold, and silver – and to a lesser degree, nickel, cobalt, platinum group metals, and other critical minerals – the ESG...
The increasing number of electric vehicles charged with renewable energy, connected to 5G networks, and boasting the computing power of 200 laptops to autonomously traverse global highways is creating a meteoric rise in demand for the minerals and metals critical to clean energy and high-tech. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the foremost authority on lithium battery supply chains, estimates that more than 300 new mines will need to come online by 2035 – just to produce the c...
An updated preliminary economic assessment for Seabridge Gold Inc.'s KSM project provides a first look at the economic and environmental advantages of incorporating the recently expanded, higher grade Iron Cap gold-copper deposit into the mine plan. "The benefits of incorporating Iron Cap into mine plans at an early stage have exceeded the upper end of our expectations, not only for the improvements in projected economics but also for the reduction in environmental impact,"...
With the four main deposit at KSM – Kerr, Sulphurets, Mitchell and Iron Cap – advanced to the mine feasibility stage, Seabridge Gold Inc. June 18 said it is focusing its 2019 exploration program on discovery targets beyond the vast copper-gold resources delineated so far across this property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The four KSM deposits host 2.98 billion metric tons of measured and indicated resources averaging 0.52 grams per metric ton (49.7 million oun...
Seabridge Gold Inc. Sept. 24 reported that following delays caused by adverse weather and an unprecedented fire season in British Columbia, the company is back on track to meet its 2018 exploration goals at the KSM gold-copper project in the Golden Triangle. "Weather conditions were far different this year than what we have experienced at KSM over the past decade, forcing us to make program adjustments on the fly. Also, the unprecedented fire activity throughout the province...
Seabridge Gold Inc. June 5 announced the start of a C$19.7 million exploration program at its KSM copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia. Two rigs are currently turning on the property and three will be added when snow conditions permit. In total, Seabridge plans to complete 28,000 meters of drilling and surface work at KSM this year. The primary objective of this program is to expand Iron Cap, a large gold- and copper-rich deposit that is gaining a prominent...
With the four main deposit at KSM – Kerr, Sulphurets, Mitchell and Iron Cap – advanced to the feasibility stage, Seabridge Gold Inc. shifted the focus of its 2019 exploration on discovery targets beyond the vast copper-gold resources delineated so far across this property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. A prefeasibility study completed in 2016 detailed a mine for KSM that would produce an average of 540,000 oz gold, 156 million lb copper, 2.2 million oz silver, and 1.2...
In 1918, the Premier gold mine opened a few miles north of Stewart, a mining town that is the southern gateway to British Columbia's famed Golden Triangle. Over the ensuing 34 years, this underground operation churned out some 2 million ounces of gold and 45 million oz of silver, making it the largest gold producer in North America during that era. A century later, Premier continues to be in play and modern exploration is unveiling the vast mineral potential that northern...
Continuing its founding strategy of building ounces of gold in the ground per share on the market, Seabridge Gold Corp. had drills turning this year at its projects in British Columbia, Northwest Territories and Nevada. With 45.3 million ounces of gold, 10.2 billion pounds of copper, 183 million oz of silver and 207 million lb of molybdenum in reserves at its KSM and Courageous Lake projects, plus much more gold and other metals in resource categories across its portfolio, Sea...
Results from water sampling show that the immediate environmental impacts of an estimated 14.5 million cubic meters of tailings and water released from a facility at Imperial Metals Corp.'s Mount Polley Mine in central British Columbia are isolated primarily to the area immediately below the breached dam. But the extent of the spill's longer term damage to the reputation of the mining sector in B.C. and beyond rests largely on the response of industry and regulators. Leading...
