News Items tag as: Kamloops mining

Rockhounds or claim jumpers? Kamloops claim owner frustrated by rock hunters' ignorance
May 04, 2025 - 6:00 AM

Kamloops resident Robert Davis has owned mineral claims in the area for 25 years but let most of them go in the past decade as an increasing number of strangers are digging on claims without permission.
Highland Valley Copper donates $575,000 to TRU for research on ecosystem reclamation
January 25, 2024 - 10:39 AM

Kamloops' Teck Highland Valley Copper has donated $575,000 to Thompson Rivers University to support research on ecosystem reclamation.
Westhaven Gold reports high-grade gold in drill results near Merritt
May 15, 2021 - 3:00 PM

Mining company Westhaven Gold recently reported finding significant gold in its Shovelnose property exploration program in the active Spences Bridge Gold Belt.
iN VIDEO: Thompson-Okanagan mining projects to dig in this year
May 07, 2021 - 7:30 AM

Enthusiasm continues undiminished for the local mining industry as a couple of companies pursue ambitious exploration projects this year.
Thompson-Okanagan mining exploration companies poised for a good year
February 26, 2021 - 7:30 AM

It’s promising to be a good year for mining exploration in the province in general and the Thompson-Okanagan in particular, with COVID-19 the only dark cloud on the economic horizon for the industry.
Kamloops, Okanagan cities benefit from provincial mining activity
October 11, 2018 - 10:06 AM

Kamloops leads all British Columbia municipalities when it comes to supplying the province’s mines, according to data collected on behalf of the B.C. Mining Association.
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Okanagan apples returning to market amid adversity
A year after the BC Tree Fruit Cooperative closed down, orchardists in the Okanagan are quietly optimistic about this year's apple harvest. It's been a bumper year for cherries , and peaches and apricots are back on track . And no

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Quashing rumours floating around off-grid community of Frederick on Kamloops Lake
A curious little community 20 kilometres into the mountains from Kamloops is entirely off-the-grid and has been the subject of ridiculous rumours. Located at the end of several kilometres of dirt road and over a CN railway track, Frederick

News Items tag as: Kamloops mining

Rockhounds or claim jumpers? Kamloops claim owner frustrated by rock hunters' ignorance

Highland Valley Copper donates $575,000 to TRU for research on ecosystem reclamation

Westhaven Gold reports high-grade gold in drill results near Merritt

iN VIDEO: Thompson-Okanagan mining projects to dig in this year

Thompson-Okanagan mining exploration companies poised for a good year

Kamloops, Okanagan cities benefit from provincial mining activity

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