Elko Coal Mine

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Elko Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Elko, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Elko Coal Mine	Elko, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada	49.2990491, -115.1197198 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
1.5	–	–	Underground	–	35.71	60*	–

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
–	–	303.1	Crowsnest	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Elko Metallurgical Resources Corporation [100.0%]	Elko Metallurgical Resources Corporation	Canada

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

The Elko Coking Coal Mine Project is a proposed mine located in the Crowsnest Coalfield of the East Kootenay Coal Basin in British Columbia, and owned by Advance Metals Ltd. (formerly Pacific American Coal). In 2018, the company signed a contract with an established drilling contractor to drill up to 11 exploration holes at the site. Assays and analytical results, including an updated geological model, were planned for completion in the first quarter of 2019. The exploration program was delayed by an extended regulatory process as well as the extreme wildfire season across British Columbia.

Pacific American Holdings Ltd has secured the Notice of Work (drilling permit) approval for its Elko Coking Coal Project for a further five years, through to September 2024. The new information gathered from this drill program is aimed at allowing the company to complete a pre-feasibility study as well as define the reserves on the property.

In 2022, the Pacific American Holdings company rebranded itself as "Advance Metals Limited."

Project Shelving

There having been few updates on the project's progress in recent years. According to one Advance Metals 2024 quarterly report, the company still holds mining tenements for the Elko Coking Coal Project. Because of this, GEM considers the project to be shelved rather than cancelled.

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