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Ambler Metals LLC's US$27 million work program slated for the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in Northwest Alaska includes 14,600 meters of drilling directed at a wide variety of targets, from condemnation drilling where the company plans to build the processing plant and tailings facility at the Arctic Mine project to exploring for new deposits of carbonate-hosted copper-cobalt mineralization in the Cosmos Hills. Trilogy Metals Inc. and South32 Ltd., equal owners of the Ambler...
Alianza Minerals Ltd. May 17 announced the start of a drill program focused primarily on the West Fault target at its Haldane silver project in the Yukon's historic Keno Hill Mining District. Situated about 25 kilometers (16 miles) west of Keno City, the 8,579-hectare (21,200 acres) Haldane property hosts a historical mine that produced roughly 24.7 metric tons of hand-sorted ore averaging 3,102 grams per metric ton (99.7 ounces per metric ton) silver and 59% lead on the south...
Fed up with the Discovery Channel show "Jade Fever" glorifying what it considers irresponsible and disrespectful mining practices in the territory of the Tahltan First Nation people it represents, Tahltan Central Government is demanding that the producer suspend airing the "reality show." Having recently launched its seventh season on Discovery Channel Canada, Jade Fever follows a family-run mining operation that extracts jade from placer and hard rock deposits in the Cassiar...
Rio Tinto Canada Inc. is investing C$25.6 million (US$21.2 million) to acquire a roughly 8% stake in Western Copper and Gold Corp. and a foothold in the exploration company's Casino copper project in Canada's Yukon. "The investment by Rio Tinto, a leading global mining group which operates in 35 countries around the world, and whose purpose is to produce the materials essential to human progress is a strong endorsement of the Casino project," said Western Copper and Gold...
With the completion of the buyout of GT Gold Corp., Newmont Corp. has bolstered its portfolio of copper-gold projects in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. "With the acquisition of GT Gold and the Tatogga project in the highly sought-after Golden Triangle district of British Columbia, Canada, Newmont continues to strengthen our world-class portfolio," said Newmont President and CEO Tom Palmer. Newmont first grabbed a solid foothold in the Golden Triangle with the 2018...
White Gold Corp. May 19 reported that its 2020 exploration program at the Betty gold project in the Yukon identified several targets for drilling slated for this year. Situated about 15 kilometers (nine miles) northeast of Western Copper and Gold Corp.'s Casino copper-gold deposit and 40 kilometers (25 kilometers) east of Newmont Corp's Coffee Gold deposit, the 17,127-hectare (42,322 acres) Betty property covers the eastern strike extension of the Coffee Creek Fault, which...
Banyan Gold Corp. May 18 reported assay results from five holes that are continuing to outline consistent zones of gold mineralization in expansion targets at the Powerline deposit on the AurMac project about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle Mine in the Yukon. AurMac hosts 52.58 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 0.54 grams per metric ton (903,945 oz) gold in two deposits – Powerline and Airstrip. Airstrip hosts 46 million metric t...
Klondike Gold Corp. May 19 reported that it has a drill turning near the historical Virgin gold mine, marking the start of a three-phase 2021 drill program at its 586-square-kilometer (226 square miles) Klondike District property near Dawson City, Yukon. The Virgin and Lindow target areas being tested by Klondike's phase-1 2021 drilling are found along Bear Creek, a significant placer gold-producing creek during the Klondike Gold Rush. Visible gold was discovered in quartz...
Skeena Resources Ltd. May 20 reported high-grade gold intercepts from its 2021 phase-3 infill and exploration drill program at Snip, home to a historic high-grade underground mine in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Operated by Barrick in the 1990s, the historic Snip Mine produced 1.1 million ounces of gold from 1.25 million metric tons of ore averaging 27.5 grams per metric ton gold. Twin, the most prolific of the high-grade zones mined by Barrick, produced 709,601 oz of g...
