Mining in BC

Beginning in the mid-1800s, with the coal mines on Vancouver Island and the placer gold camps of the Cariboo, British Columbia has become one of the world's major mining regions. The province encompasses the largest part of the Canadian Cordillera, a mountain belt rich in minerals and coal. British Columbia is an important producer and exporter of copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, coal and industrial minerals.

Today, British Columbia is known for its high quality metallurgical coal, its giant open pit copper-molybdenum and copper-gold porphyry deposits, the world-class Sullivan lead-zinc mine, and the more recently discovered spectacular Eskay Creek silver-gold deposit.

The following websites, administered by the provincial Ministry of Energy and Mines, provides the viewer with the following, and more:

• Statistics regarding mining in B.C.
• Individual company contact information, including websites
• Maps depicting locations of B.C. mines