About the Project

The Berg Copper Project is one of the largest undeveloped copper and molybdenum deposits in Canada. It sits 80 kilometres southwest of Houston, British Columbia, in the Bulkley Nechako region and within the Wet’suwet’en Yintah.

Copper is what electrification runs on: grids, motors, batteries, buildings. Molybdenum is the quieter half of the deposit and just as useful, going into the specialty steels and alloys behind bridges, pipelines, aircraft and medical equipment. Demand and the need for both is rising while new supply is not keeping pace. Berg is one of the few Canadian deposits of its size that could help close that gap.

Surge Copper Corp. is proposing an open pit mine that would produce copper and molybdenum, with silver and gold as by-products. As currently designed, the Project includes an open pit, a processing plant, a tailings and waste management facility, waste rock storage, workforce accommodation and a new 230 kilovolt transmission line connecting the site to the BC Hydro grid. Access would use existing forest service roads to Highway 16.

Come to an open house or visit the virtual open house

Coming soon

Where the Project is

The transmission line route is not final. Surge is studying corridor options and the route will be refined through technical study and through what we hear from communities and First Nations during the assessment.

The Project lies within the Wet'suwet'en Yintah (traditional lands) and Cheslatta Carrier Nation territories. For more information see How we work.

The Project in Numbers

80 km Southwest of Houston, BC

120,000 Tonnes of Ore per Day, up to 43.8 Million Tonnes per Year

28 Years of Operations, plus roughly 3 Years of Construction, with closure and reclamation to follow

5 Billion lbs of Copper, 600 Million lbs Molybdenum, 89 Million oz Silver and 439,000 oz Gold

New 230 kV Transmission Line to the BC Hydro grid

Access on existing Forest Service Roads to Highway 16

Approximately 1060 Workforce Jobs during construction

Approximately 620 Direct Jobs during operations

What it Means for the Region

A project of this size is a multi-decade employer and represents a significant opportunity for the local communities of Houston, Burns Lake, Smithers, Fraser Lake, Witset, Hagwilget/Hazelton/New Hazelton and Southbank and the broader Bulkley Nechako region.

  • 620 direct jobs averaged over life of operations
  • Approximately $2.7 billion over the life of mine in total employee compensation
  • $10 billion over the life of the Project in production services and local contract opportunities with priority pathways for First Nations and local businesses
  • $8 billion in provincial and federal tax and royalty revenue over the life of the Project
  • Training and apprenticeship opportunities and partnerships-more to come

Upcoming Events

The Berg Copper Project entered the provincial environmental assessment and the federal impact assessment September 15, 2026. The Project is now in Early Engagement, the phase where the public and Indigenous Nations tell the agencies their key interests, issues, and values to consider.

Key dates where Surge will be in the community:

OCT 6
Local job fair / career event
Burns Lake – Gathering Place
OCT 8 – NOV 9
Public comment period
Comment through the BC EAO or the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
OCT 21
Open house, Houston
4:00pm–7:00pm · Royal Canadian Legion
OCT 22
Open house, Smithers
4:00pm–7:00pm · Prestige Hudson Bay Lodge, Glacier Room
ONLINE
Virtual Open House
Coming soon
ONGOING
Employment opportunities
Details to come

About Surge Copper

Surge Copper Corp. is a Canadian company with a team of mining professionals advancing assets in the Bulkley Nechako region of British Columbia and within the Wet’suwet’en Yintah and Cheslatta Carrier Nation territory. Surge owns 100 percent of the Berg Copper Project.

We are committed to developing the Project responsibly, and to designing it in a way that demonstrates responsiveness to what First Nations and communities tell us matters.

Read more about our values & principles

Contact

Project Inquiries:
[email protected]

Phone:
+1 604 718 5454

Toll Free:
1 888 500 4587

Community Office:
Suite 202-1245 Main St.,
Smithers, BC

Media:
+1 604 639 3852