The Stewart Gold Camp in north western British Columbia is an emerging, world class mining district that offers discovery opportunities for major gold-copper and precious metal polymetallic deposits and is attracting significant exploration investment. The Hazelton stratigraphy hosts a variety of prominent historic deposits, including Granduc (Besshi-type VMS), Premier Silbak (epigenetic, intrusive related), and Eskay Creek (Kuroko-type precious metal VMS). Recently attention has focused on immense gold-copper porphyry deposits such as Snowfield/Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell and on new VMS environments in proximity to the Stewart Highway corridor (Todd Creek, Decade, BA, Poly, and Surprise).

Strategic infrastructure such as the fall 2010 construction of the Northwest Transmission Line and the ice free Port of Stewart will facilitate the cost-effective and efficient development of 11 possible mining projects and the on-going shipment of concentrates to global markets. A near-term investment of $15 billion and the creation of 11,000 new jobs are anticipated. The participation of First Nation communities in exploration and mining development ensures sharing of the economic benefits by all stakeholders. The evolution of the Stewart Gold Camp is enhanced by environmental change; as ice fields and glaciers retreat, significant new exploration targets are recognized and important discoveries are made each year. The immediate economic implications are well illustrated by Seabridge's 2010 discovery of the Iron Cap deposit immediately adjacent to the Mitchell Zone.

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