Benefit s of British Columbia s Mining Supply Chain 2 M ining B uilds C ommuni ties o v er v iew M ining helped build B ritish C olumbia int o the pr o vince it is t oda y F or gener ations mining has been a critical sour ce o f jobs community de v elopment and pr osperity in e v ery r egion o f our pr o vince T oda y BC s miner al explor ers mines and smelt ers and the local businesses that support them continue t o be f oundational t o our pr o vince s econom y and its futur e gr o wth while pr o viding the miner als and metals w e all depend on I n 20 1 8 the industry gener at ed 12 3 billion in economic activity BC is Canada s lar g es t pr oduc er of c opper and s t eelmaking c o al the sec ond lar g es t pr oduc er of silv er and the only pr oduc er of molybdenum Our mines hav e a lo w er GHG int ensity than mos t of our glob al c ompe tit or s and our pr oduc t s ar e essential t o the tr ansition t o a lo w c arbon ec onomy Mining is fundament al t o a s tr ong sus t ainable BC ec onomy and has bec ome an incr e asingly high t ech and da t adriv en indus tr y The disco v eries o f the past 15 y ears ha v e included the B rucejack M ount M illigan and R ed C hris deposits The Mining A ssocia tion of BC MABC and the Mining Supplier s A ssocia tion of BC MSABC c ommissioned iT o t em T echnologies Solutions t o s tudy our sec t or s BC supply chain t o pr o vide a cle ar pic tur e of the ec onomic and socie t al benefit s of BC s mining sec t or a t the c ommunity le v el The s tudy quantifies the amount spent b y 17 oper a ting mines and tw o smelt er s on ma t erials g oods and ser vic es within British Columbia 1 billion in dir ect pa yments t o go v ernment t o support healthcar e education and public services 33 000 dir ect and indir ect jobs and The pr o vince s miner al explor ers spent 331 million last y ear and 4 9 billion o v er the last 15 y ears