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Alexco Resource Corp. Jan. 19 reported that its 2020 surface exploration drilling program has confirmed the extremely high-grade nature of silver mineralization with the Bermingham Northeast Deep zone on its Keno Hill project in the Yukon. The company's 2020 surface exploration program included 7,653 meters of core drilling in 14 holes targeting Bermingham Northeast Deep, a high-grade silver zone about 150 meters below the resource at Bermingham, a high-grade deposit that...
Whitehorse Gold Corp. Jan. 18 reported an impressive gold-silver intercept from the second hole of its 2020 drill program at its Skukum project in southern Yukon. New Pacific Metals Corp., which gained full ownership of Skukum through the 2011 acquisition of Tagish Lake Gold Corp., created Whitehorse Gold to continue the exploration of this 170-square-kilometer (65 square miles) gold property about 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Yukon's capital. According to a calculation...
Pebble Limited Partnership says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' negative record of decision for Pebble is contrary to law, unprecedented in Alaska, and inconsistent with the agency's previous final environmental impact statement for the proposed copper-gold-molybdenum-silver-rhenium mine. "The FEIS found that the project can be developed without damage to the Bristol Bay fishery, a finding that was mostly ignored in the decision to deny Pebble a permit," said Pebble Limited...
Pretium Resources Inc. Jan. 18 reported that its Brucejack Mine in Northern British Columbia produced 347,743 ounces of gold during 2020, slightly above the midpoint of the company's 325,000 to 365,000 oz guidance set at the beginning of the year. "For the first time in the company's history we have achieved our annual production guidance, demonstrating the hard-work and perseverance of our team in light of the exceptional challenges we faced this year," said Pretium Resources...
Tahltan Nation and Coeur Mining Inc. Jan. 19 announced the signing of a comprehensive impact and benefit agreement in connection with Coeur's Silvertip silver-zinc-lead mine located in Northern British Columbia. This agreement provides a framework for a mutually beneficial and long-term relationship between the Tahltan First Nation and Coeur Silvertip, and supports Coeur's commitment to socially and environmentally responsible mining. "We are honored to have the Tahltan...
HighGold Mining Inc. Jan. 21 reported that the latest batch of results from the 2020 drill program at its Johnson Tract project in Alaska has confirmed the expansion potential of the main JT deposit, as well as the deeper Footwall copper-silver zone. "We continue to be encouraged by the continuation and strength of the JT deposit mineral system at depth and by the emergence of the Footwall copper-silver zone, a new area of copper-silver rich mineralization with resource...
White Gold Corp. Jan. 21 reports that its 2020 sampling, trenching, drilling program encountered strong gold mineralization at several targets on its adjacent JP Ross and Hen properties in Yukon's White Gold District. White Gold began its 2020 program with drilling at Titan, an intriguing target on the road accessible Hen property. Rotary air blast (RAB) drilling carried out late during the 2019 program tapped a bedrock source for the strong gold mineralization found on the su...
While 103.9-meter drill intercepts averaging 6.1 grams per metric ton gold continues to demonstrate the robustness of mineralization at Donlin Gold, completing a 23,400-meter drill program during 2020 without a single COVID-19 case or lost time injury is an even more rewarding achievement for the 39-million-ounce gold mine project in western Alaska. "Well done to the Donlin team for delivering a safe and COVID-free year," said Barrick Gold Corp. President and CEO Mark...
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the formalization of a preliminary due-diligence process for a potential US$3 million to US$5 million investment for the development and commercial-scale operation of the rare earths separation facility Ucore Rare Metals Inc. plans to build near the Southeast Alaska port town of Ketchikan. Development of this Alaska Strategic Metals Complex, or Alaska SMC, is the first step towar...
StrikePoint Gold Inc. Jan. 21 reported that 2020 sampling has discovered new high-grade silver veins and extensions of already known veins at the company's Porter silver property on Mount Rainey overlooking Stewart, a town at the southern tip of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. "We are clearly looking at a high-grade silver vein system located within view of the mining town of Stewart, BC," said StrikePoint Gold CEO Shawn Khunkhun. Early 20th century mining of the vein...
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Jan. 20 reported it has added roughly 2 million ounces of gold to the mineral resources at Back River, which will serve as the basis for an updated feasibility study for the gold mine project in Nunavut. Back River now hosts 33.45 million metric tons of measured and indicated resources averaging 5.88 grams per metric ton (6.32 million oz) gold; and 13.79 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 6.44 g/t (2.86 million oz) gold. "Since our...
