BC Mining Industry Facts & Economic Impact
- Mineral exploration expenditures in BC were $463 million in 2011, considerably higher than previous year’s expenditures
- Mines in production at the end of 2011: 10 metal mines, 11 coal mines, 32 industrial mineral mines, and hundreds of sand and gravel quarries
- Solid mineral production of $8.6 billion in 2011
- Two mines opening and two new mines under construction
- 26 mine projects in process with Environmental Assessment office
- More than half of Canadian exploration and mining are based in BC, which has the world’s largest concentration of exploration companies and mining professionals
- Billions of dollars of equity capital was raised by more than 800 publicly listed BC companies
Source: http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Exploration/Pages/default.aspx#exploration
Also, see map of all exisitng selected major exploration projects in BC
