May 23, 2012

May 23, 24 & 25, 2012Burns Lake, BC

Y2 Minerals North 2012 - Burns Lake, BC www.mineralsnorth.ca May 23, 24 & 25, 2012

On behalf of the residents of Burns Lake and the Lakes District, I am pleased to welcome you to our community for the Minerals North 2012 Conference. Burns Lake is a diverse community with numerous business opportunities, industrial activities, and supporting busi-ness amenities. We are surrounded with a wealth of natural resources, beautiful outdoor surroundings, exciting recreational activities and events, and we pride our unique and diverse First Nations culture.

The Village of Burns Lake is

open for business and our Council is committed to supporting eco-nomic development in the com-munity.

The municipality works closely with the Regional District of Bulk-ley-Nechako to facilitate business expansion and retention for the Lakes District. The Village Revi-talization Tax Exemption Bylaw offers five full years of tax dis-counts to encourage industrial de-velopments that utilize local wood fibre, employ local residents and is an excellent way to offset start-up costs.

This bylaw is just one of the ways that we are promoting busi-

ness development in our commu-

nity. Monthly Mayor’s Business

Roundtable meetings are held to

discuss opportunities, challenges,

and to share ideas among local

business owners and operators.

Many local businesses have ex-pressed interest in the opportunity to provide services to the Mining industry and are actively explor-ing options for expansion into this area.

The opportunity to provide ser-vices is complemented by our local College of New Caledonia Campus which offers hands-on training in mining and safety training to en-sure that qualified individuals are

readily available for work in the industry.

The Lakes District has many commercial and industrial proper-ties that are among the lowest cost in the Province, and certainly an added incentive for investors to the area.

The fully functioning Baker Air-port located just 15 minutes from the town of Burns Lake provides a convenient form of transportation with a fully lit 5000 ft runway to accommodate commercial, camp

transfer, and recreational flights. Burns Lake is conveniently located on Highway 16 which is a major trading route for imports and ex-ports from the shipping port at Prince Rupert. We also boast rail services that provide bulk ship-ping capacity to all destinations in North America.

Year round recreation opportu-nities ensure that citizens always have something to do and promote a healthy and a well balanced life-style. There are numerous capital

projects that will be starting con-struction soon including replace-ment of the Lakes District Hospi-tal, the Lakes District Multi-use Facility Expansion project that will enhance our Arena and Curl-ing Rink, and the Downtown Revi-talization Project that will improve the appearance and functionality of our downtown core.

We welcome you to the Lakes District and we look forward to exploring your business and op-portunities!

Welcome to Minerals North 2012Burns Lake is honoured to be the host town

MAYOR LUKE STRIMBOLD

Business Service Available in the Tom Forsyth Arena

Turn right just before you enter the tradeshow floorComputers, Printing, Copying, or

Charge your Phone or Lap TopWIFI service throughout the tradeshow area

Thanks to Tech North, Splash Media, Skyway West, Morfco Supply and Tahtsa Timber for providing these valuable services

May 23, 24 & 25, 2012 www.mineralsnorth.ca Minerals North 2012 - Burns Lake, BC Y3


AGENDAWednesday May 23, 2012 – Conference Precinct

9:00am-6:00pm Early Registration at the Tom Forsyth Arena 9:00am-5:00pm Tradeshow Exhibit set up at the Tom Forsyth Arena 9:00am-12:00pm Tour to Endako Mine - Busses sponsored by Xstrata Copper12:00pm-5:00pm Tour to Endako Mine - Busses sponsored by Xstrata Copper6:00pm-10:00pm Welcome Reception and Early Registration - Reception sponsored by Mining Association of BC, Wine courtesy of West Fraser Mechanical/GE and entertainment sponsored by Lakes District Air Service

Thursday May 24, 2012 am – All Talks in Burns Lake Curling Rink unless otherwise specifi ed 7:15-8:10am Breakfast sponsored by Geotech - Tradeshow Area – Tom Forsyth Arena8:10-8:30am Offi cial Welcome and Opening Remarks - Mayor Luke Strimbold, Village of Burns Lake and Conference Chair; Chief Al Gerow, Burns Lake Indian Band; Chair Bill Miller, Regional District of Bulkley Nechako; MLA John Rustad, Bill Holmberg, Finning 8:30-8:50am Regional Geologists Talk – sponsored by Monster Industries Jeff Kyba, Regional Geologist Skeena; Paul Jago Regional Geologist, Omineca NE8:50-9:10am Prospectors – Making New Discoveries – sponsored by Monolith Holdings - Hans Smit, P.Geo Most of the advanced mineral exploration and mining development projects currently being worked on in British Columbia are based on discoveries made decades ago. If BC is to maintain an active mineral industry, new areas of mineralization need to be identifi ed to provide exploration and development opportunities in the upcoming decades. Using the newly discovered Green Gold property located near Prince George as an example, this talk will highlight the importance of prospectors in the quest for new mineral discoveries.

9:10-9:55am Exploration Company Panel Session – sponsored by Geoscience BC New Nadina Explorations, Ellen Clements, President and CEO; New Gold – Blackwater Project, Bob Gallagher, President & CEO; Stratton Resources, Richard Hasslinger, COO; Moderated by Lyn Anglin, CEO Geoscience BC 9:55-10:20am Refreshment Break sponsored by SIMS Tradeshow Area – Tom Forsyth Arena10:20-10:40am Report on Exploration in BC with an emphasis on the North – sponsored by Polar Ridge Resources Minerals North conference then this session is for you.10:40-11:00am Report on Mining in BC with an emphasis on the North – sponsored by Ledcor - Karina Brino, President Mining Association of BC 11:00-11:30am Growing the Workforce to Meet Future Needs – sponsored by UNBC Dave Bazowski, BC Mineral Exploration and Mining Labour Market Task Force and Jamie Wolcott, Labour Market Economist Mining Industry Human Resources Council11:30am-12:00pm Time at the Tradeshow - Tom Forsyth Arena

Minerals North Orientation for future host communities:If your community is considering bidding on a future Minerals North conference then this session is for you. “The Shaft Lounge”

“Mineral Exploration of Wet’suwet’en Clan Territories. . .Doing it RIGHT”David Belford, Mineral Liaison, Offi ce of the Wet’suwet’en - “The Shaft Lounge”

Thursday May 24, 2012 pm – All Talks in Burns Lake Curling Rink unless otherwise specifi ed12:00-12:45pm Lunch sponsored by Pretivm - Dining tent in conference precinct12:45-1:30pm Remarks from Nathan Cullen, MP – Skeena Bulkley Valley Keynote speaker Michael Campbell – sponsored by Pretivm - Michael Campbell is British Columbia’s most respected business analyst. He is best known as the host of Canada’s top rated business show – Money Talks – heard across the country on the Corus Radio Network. Each week, Campbell and his guests track fi nancial trends in order to help listeners fi nd ways to survive and thrive in today’s tumultuous environment.

1:40-2:40pm

2:40-3:10pm Refreshment Break – sponsored by Comfor - Tradeshow area – Tom Forsyth Arena3:10-3:30pm Successful Joint Venture Projects with First Nations sponsored by Arbutus Consulting, Chief Derek Orr, McLeod First Nation3:30-3:50pm Making Your Cash Go A Long Way: Chinese Coins found in the Yukon and North-western British Columbia – sponsored by Pacifi c Employee Benefi ts James Mooney, Cultural Resource Specialist, Ecofor Consulting Ltd., Whitehorse, Yukon.3:50-4:20pm Geoscience BC – Data for Discoveries in BC’s Interior - Sponsored by Hy-Tech Drilling Lyn Anglin, CEO Geoscience BC - Geoscience BC’s exploration geoscience projects have generated extensive new geophysical and geochemical data sets for BC’s interior. The results of these projects have generated signifi cant exploration interest, investment, and activity in the area, including new discoveries. “For full description of presentation, please go to the Minerals North website.

4:30-5:30pm Tradeshow and a Pint – sponsored by Lakewood Electric - Beer service in the Tradeshow area – Souvenir mugs from Kal Tire5:30-6:00pm View the Coreshack (sponsored by Invest Northwest) - Rockhound Club, or Prospector’s Tent and other outside exhibits6:00-Late Join us for appetizers at 6pm and banquet at 7pm. Entertainment by Flaming Pie and Shorta Cash sponsored by Radius Drilling. Banquet sponsored by SMS Equipment, Wine sponsored by Allnorth Consulting - Dining Tent and Curling Rink

May 23rd, 24th & 25th, 2012

Mining Procurement – Procurement – Perry CookSponsored by Bandstra TransportationLearn how to effectively market on line to suppliers, exploration & mining companies, suppliers, online. Beacon Theatre

Getting to Know Your First Nations Neighbours – Betty Patrick Sponsored by New Gold Insight on how First Nations history, political structure, and customs infl uence today’s communities. Betty Patrick, successful author and past Chief of Lake Babine Nation.College of New Caledonia

Miners and Educators Breakout session – sponsored by OBAC Laurie Sterritt, BC Aboriginal Mine Training Association; Ann Wallin, New Gold Inc. and Lindsay Langill, Thompson Rivers University present their collaborative attraction retention model.Burns Lake Legion

Investing In Mining Stocks Michael CampbellSponsored by BID-IronClad - Whether you are a novice investor or a battle-scarred veteran, our goal is to literally change your investing life and we are bringing in one of the top analysts in North America to help us do it.Curling Rink

Apprenticeship and Training - Concurrent Session For Miners and Educators delegates.Sponsored by OBAC - Rodger Hargreaves, BC Industry Training Authority, Alex Eldaun, Teck Resources and a representative of Finning will discuss apprenticeship and training opportunities for the industry.Burns Lake Legion

Friday May 25, 2012 – All talks in the Curling Rink Unless Otherwise Specifi ed7:30-8:30am Breakfast sponsored by Sullivan Motors - Tradeshow Area – Tom Forsyth Arena8:30-9:30am Keynote Speaker sponsored by Imperial Metals - Linda Edgecombe - Humorist9:30-10:00am Going Through the Environmental Review Process – sponsored by Hy-Tech Drilling Anne Currie, Vice President Regulatory & Community Affairs, Rescan Environmental Services10:00-10:20am Refreshment Break – sponsored by Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines - Tradeshow Area – Tom Forsyth Arena10:20-11:00am The Evolution of Education in Mining – Mt. Milligan Mines/College of New Caledonia – sponsored by OBAC - An overview of the collaborative educational initiative between the College of New Caledonia and Mt Milligan Mines to provide accessible, cost-effective, accredited continuing education and training. Christy Smith, Mt. Milligan Mines, Ann McCormick, CNC

11:00-11:15am Building Lasting Relationships between Industry and College Graduates – sponsored by Morfco Supply Tony Harris and Irlanda Price – Northwest Community College11:15-11:30am Mining and Mineral Strategy for British Columbia - David Morel, Assistant Deputy Minister, Energy Mines and Resources Province of BC11:30am-12:00pm Time at the Tradeshow - Tom Forsyth Arena12:00-1.30pm Luncheon sponsored by Acme Labs - Closing remarks from Hon. Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Draw prizes and presentation from the City of Terrace Minerals North host for 2013.

1:45-3:00pm CNC MINE program students network with Mining & Education Representatives (closed session) Sponsored by College of New Caledonia


Highway 16, P.O. Box 1123, Burns Lake, B.C. Phone: 250-692-7669 Open: 7 am to 6 pm

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTSOpen to the Public

Wednesday May 23rd, 2012(no public admission)

Thursday May 24th, 201210:30am – 11:30am:

Tradeshow open for student groups - Tom Forsyth Arena

1:40pm – 2:40pm: Michael Campbell investment workshop - Curling Rink

(open to the public tickets available at Village office)

1:00pm – 3:30pm: Tradeshow open to the public - Tom Forsyth Arena

1:00pm – 3:30pm:Tradeshow open for student groups - Tom Forsyth Arena

Friday May 25th, 20129:00am – 10:00am

Tradeshow open for student groupsTom Forsyth Arena

10:30am – 11:30amTradeshow open for student groups

Tom Forsyth Arena

1:30pm – 3:00pmStudent/educatorsmeetings at CNC


VANDERHOOF & DISTRICTS CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION

Bulk Petroleum - Food FloorHome & Agro Centre

C-Store, Gas Bar, Propane, Lube Oils & MarineFuel: 250-567-4486

Food including Produce, Fresh Meat, Deli & In Store Bakery: 250-567-4406

Hardware, Flooring, Appliances, BuildingMaterials, Fertilizer & Seed: 250-567-446413 Cardlock Locations: Fort St. James To

Quesnel, Terrace To Valemount, Fuel Tanks Sales & Rentals,Bulk Fuel and Oil Deliveries:Houston: 1-800-848-6347,

Vanderhoof Toll Free: 1-888-545-2667,Prince George: 1-866-309-2667,

Quesnel: 1-888-992-2667Head Offi ce - Vanderhoof & Districts Toll Free:

1-877-567-4414.

WE EXPEDITE & DELIVER

Looking back on Burns Lake

First hotel in Burns Lake - Omineca Hotel being constructed in 1921. (Below) Laying of the railroad tracks through Burns Lake started in 1913 and the main drag of Burns Lake.


Box 5018, Smithers BC V0J 2N0 • Phone: 250.877.6777 • Fax: 250.877.6999 • Email: [email protected]

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Providing on site security for Minerals North 2012GUARD MASTER SECURITY AND CANINE SERVICES

Phone: 250 692-FARM (3276)Phone: 250 692-FARM (3276)Located beside Sunshine Inn at the west end of town

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Armed with just a gold pan and luck, miners during B.C.’s gold rush years wanted just one thing ... to strike it rich.

British Columbia had two big gold rushes, one in 1858 on the Fraser River and the other in 1862 in the Cariboo district.

Tens of thousands of people

arrived in B.C. from San Fran-cisco, China, Scotland, Eng-land and Germany, along with the ‘overlanders’ that travelled across Canada’s prairies, all hoping to make their fortunes by staking claims in B.C.’s gold fields.

News of the riches that lay

undiscovered in B.C.’s interior spread quickly. During 1858, hundreds of Chinese miners joined an estimated 30,000 pros-pectors heading towards B.C.

Within just three years it is thought that several thousand Chinese immigrants had arrived at the gold fields.

From pick to digital mapping

All Historic photos that are on display and were published for

Minerals North 2012were provided by the

Lakes District MuseumIf you would like to see more history

of our area, stop by the Museum located on Highway 16 beside the

Tourist Info Centre

Open: Monday to Friday9am - 4:30pm

Phone: 250-692-7450

425 Yellowhead 16, Burns Lake(250) 692-3434 toll free 1-888-990-2298

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Gallery Hours for Minerals North:

Tues. - Fri.:9am - 6pm

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150 years

of mining in BC


HELICOPTER CHARTER SERVICES

www.bearcreekcontracting.ca


Visit us atBooth #41!

WIN aSalmon Fishing Rodor Family Emergency

Kit!

Visit the RDBNmining website

mining.rdbn.bc.ca

Photo of Burns Lake in 1896, written on the back:“This is B Lake as it was when I fi rst saw it. Ashcroft is the nearest point on a railroad close to 300 miles

and the nearest post offi ce near Telkwa Aldermere nearest doctor Hazelton no road just Telegraph trail nostore or any other civilized institution. Just two men resident. Pack horses and saddle horses were the only

way to get goods from Hazelton and get there. R.M.C.”

You’ve come a long way Burns Lake!

The beginning of a beautiful sunrise seen from a drilling camp situated in the Northwest Territories.

Eagle Peak Resources Inc.and

Metal Mountain Resources Inc.3431 19th. Ave., Smithers

Phone 250-847-0066

Gavin Mines Inc.—Dome Mountain Gold-Silver Mine

Welcome to the 2012 Mineral North Conference

Come pan for gold at our trade show booth


Kitimat250.632.3200

Prince George250.561.2229

Smithers250.847.4040

Terrace250.635.7163 www.McElhanney.com

Engineering, Surveying, Mapping and Environmental Services

Serving the Mineral and Exploration industry since 1910

McElhanney takes you from Exploration to Operation

Suite 440 – 890 West Pender StreetVancouver BC Canada V6C 1J9

[email protected]

www.geosciencebc.com

Data for Discovery

The proposed Dome Mountain project, a high grade gold and sil-ver mine, is located approximate-ly 38 kilometers east of Smithers. The property comprises of a total area of 10,970.9 hectares.

The project has an estimated mine life of two years, however the company believes there is considerable opportunity to in-

crease the mineral resources through further exploration.

In Aug. 2010, a Mines Act per-mit as well as an Environmental Management Act permit were issued to the company. Then, in Sept. 2010 a pre-feasibility study was completed. The results of the study have been reported as favorable. On Nov. 12 the com-

pany reported that initial con-struction has begun at the Dome Mountain project site.

Construction of necessary fa-cilities including the realignment of the mine access road and the foundation for the water treat-ment plant has been initiated which will enable the start-up of mine operations.

Dome Mountain project

183 First Street

Vanderhoof

Tel: 250-567-6820

Fax: 250-567-6822Toll Free: 1-877-964-5650

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.johnrustadmla.bc.ca

John Rustad, MLANechako Lakes

2500 Butler Avenue

Houston

Tel: 250-845-7770

Fax: 250-845-7780

Congratulations to all the organizers and participants in

bringing people together to be a part of this community-

driven Minerals North Conference in Burns Lake.

I would like to extend a warm welcome to each and every

one of you to this forum which is an opportunity to

showcase what the mining industry has to offer.



“GALORE CREEK IS

ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST UNDEVELOPED

COPPER, GOLD AND SILVER DEPOSITS

Reaching over 40 Aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities throughoutCentral and Northern B.C.

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www.classicrockcfnr.ca 1-866-833-2367

Galore Creek is a major copper and precious met-als resource, comprised of 118,912 hectares located in Northwestern B.C. The project is located within

Tahltan Nation traditional territory in the Galore

Creek Valley, approximately 150 kilometres North

of Stewart.

Galore Creek is one of the world's largest unde-

veloped copper, gold and silver deposits, owned

equally by NovaGold and Teck Resources and

managed by the Galore Creek Mining Corporation.

Since acquiring Galore Creek in 2003, NovaGold's

exploration team has more than tripled the size of

the project's resource base. With 786 million tonnes

of good grade copper, gold, silver porphyry mea-

sured and indicated resource, 523 million tonnes of inferred resource and a number of untested targets, there remains considerable potential to increase the

resource base at Galore Creek.

The deposit was discovered in the 1950s and

extensive exploration work was completed on the

property by major mining companies during the

1960s, 1970s and 1990s. In 2003, NovaGold Re-

sources Inc. optioned the property and began an ex-

tensive exploration, engineering and environmental

evaluation.

In Feb. 2006, NovaGold entered into a compre-

hensive participation agreement with the Tahltan

Nation, ensuring collaboration between both par-

ties for mine planning, mine operation and environ-

mental protection. Baseline environmental studies

were completed.

The application for Environmental Assessment was then successfully guided through the B.C. En-vironmental Assessment Office and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency processes, re-sulting in project approval by provincial and fed-eral governments. Currently, the project is in care and maintenance while NovaGold identifies a cost-effective design for construction. A pre-feasibility study was completed during July 2011 and a tech-nical report was filed by Nova Gold in September 2011.

Teck Resources now estimates the capital costs of Galore Creek project to be $5.2 billion, revised from an estimated $2 billion.

Galore Creek Mining Corporation invested nearly $2.5 million during the first quarter of 2011 towards site maintenance. All costs related to the project are funded by Teck Resources. Current esti-mates note the project should support a mine life of approximately 18 years.

Galore Creek project


Proven and probable reserves totalling:

38.2Million

ounces of gold

9.9Billion

pounds of copper

191Million

ounces of silver

213Million

pounds of molybdenum

Seabridge Gold acquired a 100 percent stake in the KSM Project in 2000. Since 2006, Seabridge has spent more than $110 million in exploration, engineering and environmental work to move the proposed mine toward production. The estimated budget for 2012 is $25 million.

The project will provide multi-generation employment.

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

$110m spent$25mbudgeted for 2012

direct jobs onsite

annually

direct jobs onsite

annually

indirect jobs created across all of Canada

indirect jobs created across all of Canada

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During Construction (five years): In Production (50–55 year mine life):

During Construction (five years): In Production (50–55 year mine life):

Source: DYNATEC model based on Statistics Canada’s Input-Output Model of the economies of Canada and the provinces using Seabridge estimates of direct project employment and expenditures.

into the provincial economy for

goods and services

total GDP generated in BC by the project

for all of Canada annual GDP generated in BC

by the project

per year for all of Canada at full production

total GDP generated for Canada over the

life of the project

THE KSM PROJECTis a proposed gold/copper mine, located 65 kilometres northwest of the town of Stewart, BC.

of spending to date has been in BC.

The project utilizes existing infrastructure, and will bring

much needed new infrastructure to the area.

The KSM Project

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Before prospectors could dip their gold pans into B.C.’s waters, they had to first travel to Victoria to obtain a mining license. This license would permit them to prospect for gold. Ar-chival photos show hundreds of pros-pectors lining the streets outside the permitting office. It was said that the influx of hopeful prospectors quick-ly turned Victoria into a tent city, as miners camped while they purchased their mining licenses, and supplies for the long journey to the gold fields.

A list of suggested supplies that a prospector would need to take was published in the Times Colonist, edi-tion of Jan. 16, 1898.

According to the article a prospec-tor would require; two Mackinaw suits - one English corduroy suit and a heavy duck suit, a leather oil tanned suit, a sou’wester suit, a fur coat and a fur cap, a woolen cap and a woollen sleeping cap, four top shirts and four heavy undershirts. Four pairs flannel drawers, one heavy woollen sweater, two pairs of arctic mitts, two pairs of buckskin mitts. Needles and thread for sewing repairs. Four pairs of arc-tic under stockings, 12 heavy woollen socks, a blanket, a fur lined sleeping bag and a pair of snowshoes.

Also deemed necessary at the gold fields was two pairs of gumboots, two pair overshoes, two pair of felt lace boots, a pair fur sleeping boots, a wa-terproof blanket, two pairs of miner’s boots, a mosquito net and two pairs of buckskin moccasins. The list also included a sled or toboggan, two gold sacks, a medicine chest, two pairs of eye guards, a tent, a rifle and 100 cartridges as well as a rifle cover and cartridge belt, a gold belt and a pocket compass.

It was a lot to transport over rug-ged and difficult terrain and some of those bound for the gold fields never made it.

The most gold was said to have been found in the Cariboo region. It was there, in a town called Barkerville that about 5,000 Chinese immigrants lived. In May 1862, they helped the Royal engineers build the Cariboo Wagon Road, a 614 kilometre route that allowed supplies into flow into the gold fields. The road started at Yale and lead through the Fraser Can-yon to Quesnel.

A glimpse into what life might have been like for the miners was published in the Quesnel Advertiser in 1963.

It was written by F.W. Lindsay, a Cariboo gold rush miner. He said, “There is but one public eating house in the town, and invariably the diet is bacon, salmon, bread, tea and coffee. The charge is $1 a meal. No milk or butter is ever seen. It is kept in a mis-erable log hut partly barked over and with a dirt floor. Everything is done in the same room which is no more than 12’ x 14’ and consequently cramped

for space, and hot as an oven. At night miners sleep on the floor before a roaring fire at one end of the room.”

The town of Barkerville was estab-lished in 1862 and was named after Billy Barker, who had struck it rich in Williams Creek. Reportedly, Barker made $500,000 and as a result other miners flocked to the area to look for claims. A day’s worth of work could result in a haul of 30 pounds of gold. By the end of the 1861 mining sea-son, $2 million worth of gold had been produced.

News about the rich strikes quickly spread back to Victoria and San Fran-cisco, prompting more people to pack up and head for the gold fields and it was not only prospectors that made the trek to the gold fields. Entrepre-neurs also followed suit hoping to make a quick dollar or two and nu-merous dance halls and saloons were built to help alleviate the miners of their riches.

In Barkerville, the lure of gold also attracted an entrepreneurial group of European dancing girls, called the Hurdy Gurdie Girls.

At its peak during 1864, the town of Barkerville had more than 10,000 residents, becoming the largest min-ing town in the area. The Great Fire of 1868 almost destroyed the entire town, despite being rebuilt almost im-mediately, the gold rush was slowing and the rebuilt town was just a frac-tion of its former glory.

By the end of 1863 more than 3,000 claims had been staked. It has been said that more than $4 million worth of gold was mined that year.

Most of the gold was found during the first five years of the Cariboo gold rush but many claims were still being mined during 1900.

When this rush had exhausted it-self, attention turned to the streams and creeks of the Omineca region. Miners and fur traders traveled by ca-noe or riverboat or pack trains into the Hazeltons and Babine Lake areas.

There was a small gold rush up the Skeena River and up Lorne Creek in 1871, but the Bulkley Valley itself was overlooked in early mining en-deavors.

Throughout the 100 years follow-ing B.C.’s Gold Rush, most mining activities in British Columbia have taken place underground.

Then, In the early 1960s the fea-sibility of open-pit production in-creased tremendously and as a result, several copper mines opened.

This year marks Barkerville’s 150 year anniversary. British Columbia’s mining and mineral exploration in-dustry has a rich history and a prom-ising future.

B.C. has been one of the world’s major mining regions since the mid-1800s and to this day is a key interna-tional player.

Moving from pick and pan to digi-tal mapping and geoscience, the min-ing industry has advanced by leaps and bounds.

According to the Ministry of En-ergy and Mines, B.C’s mining indus-try is worth an estimated $5.6 billion, almost double what it was in 2001. Some may say that the rush to mine, not just gold, but all precious metals, is still on.


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Ryan HindsChief Pilot

Locally owned and operated

in Smithers, BC

Specializing in drilling and mineral

exploration

PO Box 4626, Smithers,BC V0J 2N0

C 250.847.1989 T 250.877.1989F 1.866.237.0280 E [email protected] www.silverkingheli.com

Gold deposits found in the CaribooIN MAY 1862, 5000 CHINESE

IMMIGRANTS LIVED IN

BARKERVILLE


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Golden Tiger Minerals Inc. has optioned the mineral rights to a large area along the Bulkley River – 17 kilometers north

of the town of Smithers BC. The property comprises 17 claims covering 4460 hectares. It is situated within a prolifi c porphyry

copper/molybdenum mineralized area which host the Mont Millegen, Bell, Granisle, Endako and Huckleberry Mines.

For investment opportunities contact:Barry Miller, President & CEO, Golden Tiger Minerals Inc., moneyfi [email protected]

www.goldentigerminerals.com

Pacific Booker Min-erals Inc. is looking at a possible 2013 start up for the proposed Morrison Mine project after plans to construct a copper-gold-molyb-denum open pit mine, 35 kilometres North of Granisle are still held up in the environmental review process.

The company had originally planned on a 2010 start up, however the project's time line has been pushed back a number of times during the review process.

The Canadian Envi-ronmental Assessment Agency requested a fur-ther submission from Pacific Booker Miner-als Inc. last year.

The Review Response Report Rev. 2, submit-ted on July 20, 2011, addressed major review comments and ques-

tions which primarily

relate to water quality, water balance and the effects of the project on streams at Morrison Lake. The report also shows Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. were re-quired to modify the proposed mine's tailings storage facility.

The revisions were requested in order to re-duce the risk of sulphide tailings by discharging higher sulfide cleaner tailings separately from lower sulfide rougher tailings. The planned water pond will now be a combination of the

water pond, with wet-

lands and forest cover

for the remainder of the

impoundment area.The project also had

to go through a second public consultation pro-cess based on the recent revisions. The public consultation process

closed in August 2011, however Erik Tornquist, executive director, vice president and chief op-erating officer of Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. said to Lakes District News that he expects the company won't be given a final go ahead until sometime in 2013, if all goes well.

Tornquist said the company was expecting a B.C. Environmental Assessment report to be issued on Oct. 4, 2011, but the Canadian Envi-ronmental Assessment Agency has requested the company ask for a suspension, pending a third party review of the revisions. "A third party review means that another company will

be brought in to review the hydro-geological work," Tornquist ex-plained adding that sus-pensions of this nature are not unusual in the review process.

"While the review is legislated for 180 days, interruptions in the time line are not unusual."

The Canadian En-vironmental Assess-ment Agency asked the company to request a suspension so that a re-view of the water qual-ity and quantity can be conducted before an environmental assess-ment certificate can be issued.

Once the third party review is complete the findings will be submit-ted to the government

for approval. Tornquist said in the-

ory, federal and provin-cial authorizations are supposed to happen si-multaneously but added that it doesn't always happen that way.

Pacific Booker Miner-als Inc. feasibility study shows that the company are expecting to mill approximately 30,000 tonnes of ore per day and will be producing 150,000 tonnes of con-centrates per year, with a projected mine life of around 21 years.

A company represen-tative said to Lakes Dis-trict News that while the project is still held up in the environmental re-view processes things are 'looking more positive.'

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Morrison Mine project is 35 kilometres North of Granisle near Babine Lake.


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Huckleberry Mine is an open pit copper/mo-lybdenum mine located approximately 123 ki-lometres southwest of Houston. The Huckle-berry property consists of a mining lease cov-ering approximately 1,911 hectares, and 34 mineral claims encom-passing approximately 16,307 hectares.

Huckleberry Mines Ltd. also has an inter-

est in three mineral claims covering 3,059 hectares on a property eight kilometres north of the Huckleberry Mine known as Whiting Creek. In June, 2009 Huckleberry Mines Ltd. approved an exten-sion of Huckleberry's mine plan to include the saddle zone resource, which will provide for mill feed to extend mill-ing operations from

2010 to the end of 2011. The saddle zone re-source, located between the main zone pit and the main zone extension pit, has a high potential to provide additional extensions to the mine life depending on the copper price. Explora-tion in 2011 included a ground geophysics sur-vey consisting of four lines, each averaging 2.5 km. The lines ex-

tended from the eastern portions of the mining claim to the West, en-compassing an area that includes the mined out main zone pit and a por-tion of the main zone optimization pit.

Exploration also in-cluded 3,695 metres of diamond drilling to in-vestigate a possible ex-tension of the main zone optimization pit into the old non acid generating quarry. Drilling in the old NAG quarry yielded interesting near surface results and drilling in the quarry area and other areas in the vicin-ity of the main zone pit will continue into 2012 as part of Huckleberry's 2012 exploration initia-tive.

In January 2012 the main zone optimization plan was approved by Huckleberry's board of directors, thus extending the mine life from 2014 to 2021. The plan is estimated to have an estimated net value of $150 million based on current and estimated copper prices. With the implementation of the main zone optimization plan, production from 2011 to 2021 is estimated to be 424 million pounds copper, with copper production averaging 43.2 million pounds per year from 2011 to 2019. Production in 2020 and 2021 will be reduced as low grade stockpiles are milled. Huckleberry Mine employs more than 230 full time people.

Huckleberry Mine in production till 2019


The first northern BC minerals confer-ence was held in Terrace in 1989, though the name Minerals North was not adopted until the third conference held in Stewart in 1991. From the onset, the events were more than just another mining conference. They were a forum where people were in-vited into communities to meet and discuss aspects of the industry with people having many different connections to, and opinions on, mineral exploration and development.

The concept of a Minerals North Asso-ciation was discussed at the 1991 confer-ence, as well as over beverages during the winter of 1992. The intent was to not only facilitate an annual conference, but also to provide a northern perspective to land use debates and to promote the economic ben-efits of the industry in the north part of the province.

This was a time of low exploration expen-diture and controversy over the proposed Windy Craggy Mine. One of the new as-sociation’s first endeavours was to organize a conference on Windy Craggy in conjunc-

tion with local environmental groups, with invites to representatives from all sides of the debate. The idea was that open dialogue was the way to attempt to re-solve issues. The decision by the BC government to make the area of the mine a park negated the need for the planned conference; howev-er the understanding and good-will between people with dif-ferent outlooks on the issue that resulted from working together remain.

The advocacy roles of Minerals North de-clined over time as members were oc-cupied by family, work and other community com-mitments, but the an-nual conference contin-ued unabated. The goal of getting mineral industry and non-industry people to talk to each other, and more importantly listen

to each other, has been central to the con-ferences, as has the intent of providing a

forum for northern communities to find out what economic opportunities the

industry presents, while being able to showcase what services and prod-

ucts they can provide.Minerals North is held in a dif-ferent location each year, with

each host community being responsible for organizing

and undertaking the event. The conference atten-

dants are a mixture of residents from com-

munities through-out northern BC,

including an in-creasing number from First Na-

tion communities, mining and exploration

company representatives, service providers and local and provincial politicians. Not only does the mix of people make the con-

ference unique, so does the atmosphere. Communities have put huge effort into the conferences, and the friendliness and open hospitality has been the thing delegates most remember. Many have remarked that it felt like they were invited right into the living rooms of the hosts.

Attendance has swelled with the success of past conferences and the robust state of the mineral industry. However, Minerals North is committed to keeping the confer-ence as a community effort and moving the venue between different locations, in-cluding some of the smaller communities, as this has been a large part of its success. Sometimes this makes for challenges with accommodation, transportation and ser-vices, but since this has been overcome by hard work and incredible hospitality at every conference so far, the continued suc-cess of Minerals North seems likely.

The Minerals North Conference Asso-ciation was incorporated as a British Co-lumbia not-for-profit society in Januaryof 2011.

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Northern British Columbia is becoming a hot spot for mining.

With a number of mines currently under con-struction and more in the permitting process, the mining industry is set to diversify the local economy in the wake of the lull in the forestry sector.

The proposed Kitsault open pit, molybdenum mine was first staked in 1911 and is located near Alice Arm 140 kilometres north east of Prince Rupert and is accessible by air or boat from Prince Rupert, or by road from Terrace.

Kitsault is one of the top five primary molyb-denum development assets worldwide. The prop-erty contains three known molybdenum deposits: Kitsault, Bell Moly, and Roundy Creek. Avanti Mining Inc. says there is also potential for ad-ditional exploration which may lead to further expansion of the mine.

The company, through its wholly owned sub-sidiary Avanti Kitsault Mine Ltd. recently an-nounced progress on the environmental assess-ment process. On Nov. 5, 2010, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office approved the release of draft application information require-ments to technical specialists representing both federal and provincial regulators.

The formal review process began on April 26, 2012.

To date, the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office and the Canadian Environment Assess-ment Agency have worked jointly to advance the project through their respective environmental review processes.

In accordance with this joint review, a 30-day public comment period will begin on May 11, 2012.

In anticipation of the successful outcome of the environmental assessment process, Avanti is working with the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to advance per-mit applications necessary for construction and operation of the project.

In late 2010, Avanti completed the Kitsault fea-sibility study on the project, that showed proven and probable reserves of 232.5 million tonnes averaging 0.081 per cent molybdenum.

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