Multi-metal mining giant Xstrata has agreed to acquire the Sukunka hard coking coal deposit from Talisman Energy for 500m dollars cash.
Sukunka, located in the Peace River Coalfield of northern British Columbia, is close to the First Coal Corporation and Lossan tenements bought by Xstrata Coal last year.
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