Jade Fever


Jade Fever is a nephrite jade mining-based Canadian reality TV show from Discovery Channel Canada, produced by Omnifilm Entertainment. The show follows glacial deposit placer and hard rock mining efforts in the Cassiar Mountains region and Turnagain River basin of British Columbia, within 100 kilometres of Jade City. Narrated by Martin Strong, the show debuted in April 2015. Jade Fever was nominated for a 2016 Canadian Screen Award in the "Best Factual Program or Series" category. As of 2020, there have been 6 seasons.

Summary

is a remote highway stop in northern British Columbia with a community of 25 run by Claudia Bunce and her husband Robin. They mine a huge jade claim and they employ most of the people in town. If they strike it rich everyone wins; if they fail, a whole town falls flat on its face.

Cast

;Claudia Bunce : matriarch of the Bunce jade mining family, bookkeeper
;Robin Bunce : patriarch of the Bunce jade mining family, heavy truck/construction equipment operator
;Josh Bunce : their son, mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, camp medic
;Justin Bunce : their son, mine hand, prospector, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, jade tabletop maker
;Steve Simonovic : Claudia Bunce's father, a pioneer Cassiar Country jade miner and founder of Jade City
;Guy Martial : mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator
;Robin, a.k.a. "R-2" : mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, alternate camp medic
;Alan Qiao : first Chinese investor
;Gary Wentworth : mine hand, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, friend of Guy
;"Scrappy" Larry : local scrap metal/used heavy truck/used construction equipment dealer, heavy truck/construction equipment mechanic, heavy truck/construction equipment operator, Bunce family friend
;Susan : Scrappy Larry's common-law wife
;Alex : Bunce company employee residing in Jade City
;Joe, a.k.a. "Jo-Jo" : Bunce company employee residing in Jade City
;Karim Kaouar : Professional pastry chef, Two Mile mine camp cook
;Peter Niu : NEK Mining Inc. company executive
;William : Beijing-based representative of NEK Mining
;Christina : Vancouver-based representative of NEK Mining
;Chris : geologist, mine hand, Justin's friend
;Henry : jade miner on a neighbouring claim, Bunce family friend
;Mike Mee : engineer, mine hand, venture capital fundraiser, Justin's friend

List of episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Impact on industry

In season 3, the Bunce's 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.