# Jade Fever

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***Jade Fever*** is a Canadian [documentary television](/source/Television_documentary) series from [Discovery Channel Canada](/source/USA_Network_(Canadian_TV_channel)), produced by [Omnifilm Entertainment](/source/Omnifilm_Entertainment),[1] that ran for seven seasons between April 2015[2] and July 2021.[3] The series follows a long-standing jade mining family as they explored and placer-mined [nephrite jade](/source/Nephrite) in the [Dease Lake](/source/Dease_Lake) area of Northern [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) while also running a small motel and souvenir business in [Jade City](/source/Jade_City,_British_Columbia). The series was narrated by Martin Strong.[4]

*Jade Fever* was nominated for a [2016 Canadian Screen Award](/source/2016_Canadian_Screen_Awards) in the "Best Factual Program or Series" category.[5][6] The series premiered on [The Weather Channel](/source/The_Weather_Channel) in the US on June 5, 2021. It was also available in Germany, France, Sweden, Australia, and Russia, among other territories. In April 2021, *Jade Fever* became available to stream on [CTV.ca](/source/CTV_Television_Network).[7]

The series was cancelled in July 2021. Prior to its cancellation, [Tahltan First Nation](/source/Tahltan_First_Nation) claimed the series was filmed in a mine in Tahltan territory without approval from the nation.[8] However, permits from the [Ministry of Energy and Mines](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada) had been obtained.[9] In July 2021, Bell Media did not respond to questions of whether the series was pulled off-air owing to pressure from the Tahltan First Nation.[3]

## Summary

[Jade City](/source/Jade_City,_British_Columbia) is a remote highway stop in northern [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) with a community of 25 run by Claudia Bunce and her husband Robin. They mine a large [jade](/source/Jade) claim and employ most of the people in town, making the town dependent on the financial success of the mine.

## Cast

**Claudia Bunce**- The matriarch of the Bunce jade mining family and the mine boss [bookkeeper](/source/Bookkeeping) (season 1–7).
**Robin Bunce**- The patriarch of the Bunce jade mining family and heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 1–7).
**Josh Bunce**- Claudia and Robin's youngest son, a mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 1–7), and camp [medic](/source/Emergency_medical_responder) (season 3).
**Justin Bunce**- Claudia and Robin's middle son, a mine hand, prospector, heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 2; season 7), and jade tabletop maker (season 3).
**Shaun Bunce**- Claudia and Robin’s eldest son (season 2, episode 13).

**Steve Simonovic**- Claudia Bunce's father, a pioneer [Cassiar Country](/source/Cassiar_Country) jade miner, and founder of Jade City (season 1–2 and season 5–7)
**Guy Martial**- Mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 1–5)
**Robin, a.k.a. "R-2"**- Mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator (season 1–7), and alternate camp medic (season 3).
**Alan Qiao**- First Chinese investor (season 1–2).
**Gary Wentworth**- Mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, and friend of Guy (season 3–7).
**"Scrappy" Larry**- Local scrap metal/used heavy truck/used construction equipment dealer, heavy truck/construction equipment mechanic, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, and Bunce family friend (season 2–3; season 5–7).
**Susan**- Scrappy Larry's common-law wife (season 5, episode 3–6).
**Alex**- Bunce company employee residing in Jade City (season 2; season 3).
**Joe, a.k.a. "Jo-Jo"**- Bunce company employee residing in Jade City (season 2–3; season 5).
**Karim Kaouar**- Professional pastry chef, Two Mile mine camp cook (season 5–6).
**Peter Niu**- NEK Mining Inc. company executive (season 3).
**William**- Beijing-based representative of NEK Mining (season 3).
**Christina**- Vancouver-based representative of NEK Mining (season 3).
**Chris**- [Geologist](/source/Geologist), mine hand, and Justin's friend (season 3).
**Henry**- Jade miner on a neighbouring claim and Bunce family friend (season 3).
**Mike Mee**- [Engineer](/source/Engineer), mine hand, [venture capital](/source/Venture_capital) fundraiser, and Justin's friend (season 2–3).
**Lesley Hunt**- Consultant [Geologist](/source/Geologist) (Season 1).

## List of episodes

### Season 1

No. Title Original release date 1 "Jade Fever" March 31, 2015 2 "Got a Rope" March 31, 2015 3 "The Long March" April 7, 2015 4 "Slippery Slope" April 7, 2015 5 "Hide and Seek" April 14, 2015 6 "No Jade Until Blood is Spilled" April 14, 2015 7 "The Curse of the Jade" April 21, 2015 8 "Rude Awakening" April 21, 2015 9 "Company's Coming" April 28, 2015 10 "Out of Bounds" April 28, 2015 11 "Down to the Wire" May 5, 2015 12 "It Ain't Easy Finding Green" May 5, 2015

### Season 2

No. Title Original release date 1 "Mountains To Climb" February 23, 2016 2 "Out in the Cold" February 23, 2016 3 "500 Bolts" March 1, 2016 4 "Loaded" March 1, 2016 5 "An Ounce of Hope" March 8, 2016 6 "May Jay!" March 8, 2016 7 "Walk Hard" March 15, 2016 8 "Big Chunk of Green" March 15, 2016 9 "Sink, Sank, Sunk" March 22, 2016 10 "Fractured" March 22, 2016 11 "The Jade Whisperer" March 29, 2016 12 "Mystery Rock" March 29, 2016 13 "Code Brown" April 5, 2016 14 "The Big One" April 5, 2016 15 "Jaded" April 12, 2016 16 "Escape From Wolverine" April 12, 2016

### Season 3

No. Title Original release date 1 "Hard Climb" March 7, 2017 2 "Breakdown and Meltdowns" March 7, 2017 3 "Digging In" March 15, 2017 4 "Cutting Crew" March 15, 2017 5 "High Stakes Claim" March 21, 2017 6 "Eyes on the Prize" March 21, 2017 7 "Shut Out" March 28, 2017 8 "Start It Up" March 28, 2017 9 "Slabs of Jade" April 4, 2017 10 "Night Moves" April 4, 2017 11 "The Big Fin" April 11, 2017 12 "The Bunce Dynasty" April 11, 2017

### Season 4

No. Title Original release date 1 "Head Start" March 13, 2018 2 "Hard Core" March 13, 2018 3 "Tip of the Iceberg" March 20, 2018 4 "You're My Boy Blue" March 20, 2018 5 "Uphill Battle" March 27, 2018 6 "All Slice, No Dice" March 27, 2018 7 "Slipping Away" April 3, 2018 8 "Failing Grade" April 3, 2018 9 "Moving Day" April 10, 2018 10 "Battered and Bruised" April 10, 2018 11 "The Curse of Wolverine" April 17, 2018 12 "Shower Day" April 17, 2018 13 "Medio-core" April 24, 2018 14 "We Found Jade" April 24, 2018

### Season 5

No. Title Original release date 1 "The Long and Grinding Road" April 8, 2019 2 "Nose for Jade" April 8, 2019 3 "Bunkhouse Blues" April 15, 2019 4 "Stuck In The Middle April 15, 2019 5 It's My Party April 22, 2019 6 "Who's The Boss?" April 22, 2019 7 "Running On Empty" April 29, 2019 8 "Ridge to Riches" April 29, 2019 9 "Playing With Fire" May 6, 2019 10 "Bunkhouse or Bust" May 6, 2019 11 "Risky Business" May 13, 2019 12 "No Country For Cold Men" May 13, 2019 13 "Snow Job" May 20, 2019 14 "Pushing the Limits" May 20, 2019

### Season 6

No. Title Original release date 1 "The Big Deal" March 23, 2020 2 "The Last Laugh" March 23, 2020 3 "Down to the Wire" March 30, 2020 4 "Trans Mission" March 30, 2020 5 "Bad Brakes" April 6, 2020 6 "Right Under Our Nose" April 6, 2020 7 "Deal Breaker" April 13, 2020 8 "Deal or No Deal" April 13, 2020 9 "Heavy Lifting" April 20, 2020 10 "Panic Mode" April 20, 2020 11 "Digging In" April 27, 2020 12 "Christmas In August" April 27, 2020 13 "Between A Truck and a .. May 4, 2020 14 "Mutiny On the Mountain" May 4, 2020

### Season 7

No.[10] Title Original release date 1 "Keep On Truckin'" May 10, 2021 2 "Young Guy With Semi" May 17, 2021 3 "One Step Forward" May 24, 2021 4 "Of Mud and Men" May 31, 2021 5 "Six Pack O' Trouble" June 7, 2021 6 "Fly By Wire" June 14, 2021 7 "The Little Saw That Couldn't" June 21, 2021 8 "Go Deep" June 28, 2021 9 "Fathers And Sons" July 5, 2021 10 "All That Glitters is Jade" July 19, 2021

## Impact on industry

In season 3, the Bunce's [hard rock mining](/source/Hard_rock_mining) operation at the Dynasty claim started to successfully quarry jade – a first in jade mining; which usually rips jade lenses out of rock with heavy equipment instead of quarrying it out like [marble](/source/Marble).[11]

## Controversy

In 2020 [Tahltan First Nation](/source/Tahltan_First_Nation) requested the show's mining crew cease operations of their mine as they had not consulted with or sought approvals from Tahltan First Nation to mine within their territory. Tahltan reached out to Bell Media and Omnifilm who develop the program to cease filming.[12][13][14] In May 2021, Bell Media claimed they were unaware of the requests from Tahltan First Nation, but claimed they would investigate into the matter.[8] In May 2021, after a request from the Tahltan Central Government, the [Province of British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) put an order to not issue jade mining permits in the region for 2 years.[15]

## See also

**Gemstone mining TV shows**

- *[Ice Cold Gold](/source/Ice_Cold_Gold)*, a cancelled [reality TV](/source/Reality_TV) series featuring gemstone prospecting in [Greenland](/source/Greenland)
- *[Gold Rush](/source/Gold_Rush_(TV_series))* (season 4, in [Guyana](/source/Guyana), with placer diamond mining)
- *[Outback Opal Hunters](/source/Outback_Opal_Hunters)*, a reality TV series featuring opal mining in [Australia](/source/Australia)

**Resource extraction TV shows in Canada**

- *[Yukon Gold](/source/Yukon_Gold_(TV_series))*, a cancelled reality TV series featuring placer gold mining in northern British Columbia (seasons 1 & 4) and [Yukon](/source/Yukon)

## References

1. Julianna Cummins (5 March 2015). ["Discovery Canada polishes "Jade Fever""](http://realscreen.com/2015/03/05/discovery-canada-polishes-jade-fever/). Realscreen.

1. "Pilot". No. 1. Jade Fever. Episode 1. Discovery Channel Canada. 31 March 2015. s01e01.

1. ["Popular reality show 'Jade Fever' pulls the plug amidst mining controversy with northwest B.C. First Nation"](https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/07/22/popular-reality-show-jade-fever-pulls-the-plug-amidst-mining-controversy-with-northwest-bc-first-nation.html). *The Toronto Star*. 2021-07-22. [ISSN 0319-0781](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0319-0781). Retrieved 2022-04-15.

1. ["Jade Fever (TV Series 2015– )"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4864538/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm). *IMDb*

1. Creative BC. ["BC Nominees - 2016 Canadian Screen Awards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170312053718/http://www.creativebc.com/database/files/library/BC_Nominees.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://www.creativebc.com/database/files/library/BC_Nominees.pdf) on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-10.

1. Sabrina Furminger (19 January 2016). ["Local talent up for 2016 Canadian Screen Awards"](http://www.westender.com/arts-culture/reel-people/local-talent-up-for-2016-canadian-screen-awards-1.2154294). *Westender*. Vancouver Westender.

1. ["Discovery Networks Join CTV's Digital Experience with Smash-Hit Canadian Originals and Iconic Series Now Available on CTV.ca and the CTV App"](https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/discovery-networks-join-ctvs-digital-experience-with-smash-hit-canadian-originals-and-iconic-series-now-available-on-ctv-ca-and-the-ctv-app/)

1. ["Popular reality show 'Jade Fever' pulls the plug amidst mining controversy with northwest B.C. First Nation"](https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/07/22/popular-reality-show-jade-fever-pulls-the-plug-amidst-mining-controversy-with-northwest-bc-first-nation.html). *The Toronto Star*. 2021-07-22. [ISSN 0319-0781](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0319-0781). Retrieved 2022-03-16.

1. ["Jade mining in northwestern B.C. focus of reality show, opposition by Indigenous nation"](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/indigenous-nation-opposes-jade-mining-in-northwestern-b-c). *vancouversun*. Retrieved 2022-04-15.

1. ["Jade Fever"](https://www.ctv.ca/shows/jade-fever)[dead link]

1. "The Big Fin". Jade Fever. Discovery Channel Canada. 11 April 2017.

1. ["Tahltan Nation demands Bell Media cease airing "Jade Fever" and the Province to Suspend all Jade and Placer Mining in Tahltan Territory"](https://nationtalk.ca/story/tahltan-nation-demands-bell-media-cease-airing-jade-fever-and-the-province-to-suspend-all-jade-and-placer-mining-in-tahltan-territory). *nationtalk.ca*. Retrieved 2022-03-15.

1. ["Tahltan Nation Demands Bell Media Cease Airing "Jade Fever" and the Province to Suspend all Jade and Placer Mining in Tahltan Territory"](https://tahltan.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TCG_SummerNewsletter2021_Web-1.pdf). *Ibehi Summer Newsletter – 2021*. Tahltan Central Government. 2021.

1. ["Notice to Cease Jade and Placer Operations"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbdrVVYJeXA), retrieved 2022-03-15

1. ["Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council"](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/oic_cur/0409_2021). Province of British Columbia.

## External links

- Discover Channel Canada, [Jade Fever](http://www.discovery.ca/extra/jade-fever) (official website)
- [Jade Fever](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4864538/) at IMDb

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