Shocking Numbers on Coal Interest in the Comox Valley

 

Compliance Coal Corporation: 29,000 ha. of fee simple coal tenure. Bear Coal Deposit coal tenure – 2,046 ha.  Anderson Lake coal license tenure 1,500 ha. 

Golden River Resources:  11,325 ha. in coal license applications

Skyland Resource: 11,550 ha. in coal license applications

Hillsborough Resources: 2,546 ha. in coal license applications and coal tenures.

Total amount: 57,967 hectares or 580 square kilometres. 

Total land area in the Comox Valley Regional District – 1,725 square kilometres. 

Coal license applications and existing coal tenures total 33.6% of the land area in the Comox Valley Regional District. 

 

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