The Underground competition will be held starting at 8 am on May 22nd at the Penticton Trade & Convention Centre & Memorial Arena. Free to attend and everyone is welcome to cheer on the teams!
Brucejack Mine Rescue
The Brucejack Mine is located approximately 950km north-west of Vancouver and 65km north-north-west of Stewart, BC. The Brucejack underground gold mine has been operational since July 2017. The mine is currently owned and operated by Newmont.
Left to right: Peter Devolder (coach), Captain Stuart Wood, Shaun Salmond, Christian Stalder, Matt Miller, Vice Captain Steve Emard, Coordinator Sean Fong, Jacob Stokker (spare)
New Afton Mine Rescue
The New Afton Mine is a large underground copper‑gold mine located about 10–17 km west of Kamloops, British Columbia. It began commercial production in 2012 and operates using a specialized block‑caving mining method, extracting ore from deep underground beneath a historic open‑pit mine. It is owned by Coeur Mining Inc.
It is one of Canada’s more significant metal mines, producing copper, gold, and some silver, and employs several hundred workers from the Kamloops region.
Wayde Bartholet, Erik Rissanen, Bryce Guzzell, Cole Greer, Jarvis Manuel, Corey Beeton, Myah Shewchuk, Carson Fraser (Coach)
Red Chris Fire and Mine Rescue
Newmont Corporation operates the Red Chris Porphyry Copper-Gold Project, an open-pit copper and gold mine located approximately 18 kilometers southeast of Iskut, B.C., in northwestern British Columbia. The mine is situated at the northern tip of the Golden Triangle, on the traditional territory of the Tahltan Nation. Proud to serve our nearby communities, and we consider it both an honor and a privilege to do so.
Top Left: Marc-Andre Swiderski, Austin Zsombor, Delainy Barry (Coach), Giovanni Ramunno; Bottom Left: Derek Parson (Coordinator), Kenny Rolston, Kelsey Loessl (Cpt), Matthew Hanson
Silvertip Mine Rescue Team
The Silvertip polymetallic exploration project is located in northern British Columbia, Canada, approximately 107 kilometers southwest of Watson Lake, Yukon, 330 kilometers southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon, and 16 kilometers south of the Alaska Highway. Silvertip is one of the highest-grade silver-zinc-lead projects in the world. It is owned by Coeur Mining Inc.
Ralph Roberts, Jake MacDonald, Todd Hayward, Marc Houghton, Christopher Hutchinson, Jordan Harding, Shawn Essery (coach)