The proposed merger between Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American PLC to create a $70-billion mining giant based in B.C. is a "vote of confidence" showing the province is a global hub for mining, Premier David Eby said Thursday.

Eby said the merger will bring billions of dollars in investments to B.C., where his government is looking to mining, especially critical minerals, to drive economic growth and provide revenue to help ease the cost-of-living "pinch."

His remarks alongside Teck president and CEO Jonathan Price came at a press conference marking the start of construction at the extension project for Teck's Highland Valley Copper Mine outside Logan Lake, B.C., southwest of Kamloops.

Price said the construction start marked "a significant step forward" for Canada's critical mineral

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