Further to our news release of January 21, 2014, Highbank has been notified by the Ministry of Energy & Mines northwest mines office in Smithers that the Company will be scheduled for presentation of the Swamp Point North mines permit application at the Regional Mine Development Review Committee meeting scheduled for February 26, 2014. One of the [...]
Further to our news release of November 14, 2013 whereby the B.C. Government inked an agreement for the north site of Grassy Point, the B.C. government announced the following. On Thursday, Woodside Petroleum Ltd. of Australia emerged as the victor for exclusive rights to sign a long-term tenure for a planned LNG facility and terminal at the [...]
Further to our news release of December 6, 2013, the Company is pleased to report that with the assistance of Micon International Limited and other technical consultants, we are forwarding to the Ministry of Energy and Mines our comments and expanded information as requested from the MEM's review and future expectations for our aggregate project in [...]
Further to our news release on October 29, 2013, the Company has received review comments from the Ministry of Energy and Mines indicating the results of MEM's review and future expectations for this particular project in regards only to the Mines Act permitting. The Regional Director of MEM, Smithers has made a decision in regards to our project [...]
Highbank is pleased to announce that the application for the expanded tenure area of its Swamp Point North aggregate deposit has been approved by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations of B.C. This approval more than doubles, and increases the Gravel/Quarry Licence of Occupation area by an additional 72 hectares to a total [...]
Highbank announces that Chinese-owned Nexen Inc. has inked an agreement with the B.C. Government that gives it the sole option to purchasing Crown land in northwestern B.C. more commonly known as Grassy Point, for a liquefied natural gas terminal. Further to our news release of April 12, 2013, the Calgary-based company which was purchased by the [...]