The impact of B.C.'s mining boom

DATA MINING $2 billion UP due to coal prices & shipments 25% 2010 2011 Gross B.C. mining REVENUES PAID $805 million 1,200 exploration companies to GOVERNMENT located in B.C. the most in the world* increase of $114 million in 2010 B.C. MINING COMPANIES COAL 38% of volume at Port of Vancouver, which moves shipments to Asian markets EMPLOYEES I---- ---- ---- 2010: 2011: 8195 9310 COAL REVENUES 2011 SACRED HEADWATERS $5.2 billion 200 km south from Yukon border start of B.C. greatest salmon-bearing rivers 59% of B.C. mining revenue Average B.C. mining employee EARNINGS in 2011 The region is very popular with out-of-town hunters for game and a long hunting season UP 7% || $115,700 Skeena River Revenues: $110 million / yr Commercial and sport fishing major contributors to local economies This region has one of the largest intact predator-prey systems in North America, aka "Serengeti of the North," and is the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Forging Ahead: The mining industry in British Columbia 2011 *Mining Association of Conada, Facts & Figures 2011. +Sacred Headwaters Journey. www.sacredheadwatersjourney.com $7.9 billion Skeena River billion Stikine River River Nass DATA MINING $2 billion UP due to coal prices & shipments 25% 2010 2011 Gross B.C. mining REVENUES PAID $805 million 1,200 exploration companies to GOVERNMENT located in B.C. the most in the world* increase of $114 million in 2010 B.C. MINING COMPANIES COAL 38% of volume at Port of Vancouver, which moves shipments to Asian markets EMPLOYEES I---- ---- ---- 2010: 2011: 8195 9310 COAL REVENUES 2011 SACRED HEADWATERS $5.2 billion 200 km south from Yukon border start of B.C. greatest salmon-bearing rivers 59% of B.C. mining revenue Average B.C. mining employee EARNINGS in 2011 The region is very popular with out-of-town hunters for game and a long hunting season UP 7% || $115,700 Skeena River Revenues: $110 million / yr Commercial and sport fishing major contributors to local economies This region has one of the largest intact predator-prey systems in North America, aka "Serengeti of the North," and is the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Forging Ahead: The mining industry in British Columbia 2011 *Mining Association of Conada, Facts & Figures 2011. +Sacred Headwaters Journey. www.sacredheadwatersjourney.com $7.9 billion Skeena River billion Stikine River River Nass