Mining News: B.C. junior gets OK to mine coal sample

First Coal: Extracting soft mineral from high–quality deposit will test new mining system and bring much-need jobs to region

Rose Ragsdale

For Mining News

First Coal Corp. Sept. 2 said British Columbia’s Chief Inspector of Mines has approved an application to amend the Vancouver-based junior’s exploration permit and extract a bulk sample of up to 50,000 metric tons of coal from its Central South property near Chetwynd in northeastern British Columbia.....

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