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Ucore Rare Metals Inc. June 7 reported that the SuperLig-One pilot plant has successfully separated the heavy rare earth elements and light REE contained in a pregnant leach solution derived from the company's Bokan-Dotson Ridge project in Southeast Alaska. In two previous stages of testing, the pilot plant removed the impurity metals from the solution and then separated scandium as individual element exceeding 99 percent purity. In the latest circuit, the plant separated the...
Goldrich Mining Co. June 6 said mining is underway at the Chandalar placer gold project in northern Alaska. The Chandalar placer mine is being operated by Goldrich NyacAu Placer LLC - a 50-50 joint venture formed by Goldrich and NyacAU LLC in 2012 to mine placer deposits across the 23,000-acre Chandalar property. Favorable spring weather conditions allowed the partnership to begin processing stockpiled pay gravel roughly three weeks ahead of the normal mid-June start of the...
Novagold Resources Inc. June 1 reported completion of the public comment phase for the Donlin Gold draft environmental impact statement. "Successful completion of the public comment period represents a key milestone as we take Donlin Gold up the value chain for the benefit of all of the project's stakeholders," said Novagold President and CEO Greg Lang. Donlin Gold LLC - equally owned by subsidiaries of Novagold Resources Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp. - initiated permitting for Donlin Gold in 2012, a process estimated to take...
The U. S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration is proposing a new rule that would require mine operators to identify and correct unsafe conditions prior to allowing miners into a work area. MSHA already requires mine operators to carry out safety examinations at some point during each shift. A run of 60 fatalities at U.S. mines since October 2013, however, has prompted the mine safety administration to propose more proactive examinations. Introducing the...
TMAC Resources Inc. June 8 posted results from high-grade gold intersected below the dyke at the Doris deposit during the company's ongoing underground drill program at its Hope Bay property in Nunavut. Highlights from drilling of these deeper zones, known as BTD, are: 17. 7 meters of 35 grams per metric ton gold in hole TM50003; 2.6 meters of 25.4 g/t gold in hole TM50007; 5.3 meters of 50.6 g/t gold in hole TM50010; and two meters of 97.7 g/t gold in TM50011. The Doris...
Golden Predator Mining Corp. June 6 provided an update from the processing of an initial 750-ton bulk sample collected from its 3 Aces gold project in eastern Yukon Territory. Through June 3, 110.7 troy ounces of a gold concentrate have been recovered from 66.65 dry metric tons of sample material processed. This concentrate is estimated to contain 85.9 percent gold; 8.1 percent silver and 6 percent waste. Final analysis will be announced when the material is refined. The gold...
Australia-based Coventry Resources Inc. has kicked off an extensive exploration program aimed at expanding zones of high-grade copper at Caribou Dome, a road-accessible property located about 155 miles north of Anchorage. "We anticipate spending around AU$2 million on the current work program that will comprise circa 8,000 meters of drilling, an extensive (induced polarization) survey, and further soil sampling/mapping in prioritized areas where previously very little, if...
TerraX Minerals Inc. June 6 posted results from the last 22 holes of the 2016 winter drill program at its Yellowknife City Gold Project. Five of the holes were follow-up to holes drilled at Mispickel. Similar to the drilling at the onset of the winter drill program, the follow-up drilling cut visible gold zones in quartz veins. Highlights include: eight meters of 60.6 grams per metric ton gold in hole TWL16-016; 10.68 meters of 2.34 g/t gold in hole TWL16-015; and 12.95...
Victoria Gold Corp. June 3 posted results from 13 additional holes of the 2016 Olive-Shamrock drill program. Highlights from this drilling that targets a 500- by 300-meter area between the Olive and Shamrock zones include: 45.7 meters averaging 1.5 grams per metric ton gold in hole DG16-680C and 46 meters of 1.1 g/t gold in DG16-675C. "Results for the 2016 exploration program continue to demonstrate the potential for Olive to become a high-quality deposit within Victoria's...
Alexco Resource Corp. June 1 reported the start of site preparations for an initial 8,000-meter surface drilling program to expand upon the high-grade silver discovery at its Bermingham prospect in the Keno Hill Silver District, Yukon Territory. In addition to exploration, the company will carry out initial development to collar and establish the underground ramp portal and infrastructure necessary for future development of the Flame & Moth deposit at Keno Hill. The...
Colorado Resources Ltd. June 1 reported the completion of the final tranche of a C$4.73 million non-brokered private placement. In this final tranche, 2.6 million units were issued to Kinross Gold Corp. at C35 cents each for gross proceeds of C$910,000. Each unit consisted of one Colorado Resources common share and one warrant, which entitles the holder to acquire an additional share for C50 cents until June 1, 2018. In total, Colorado issued 9,274,931 non-flow-through units...
Casino Mining Corp. May 31 said its entire team, including all those working for Casino's parent company, Western Copper and Gold Corp., has completed the Yukon First Nations 101 course, which was developed in partnership by the Council of Yukon First Nations, Yukon College's office of First Nations Initiatives and all 14 Yukon First Nations. "Learning and understanding the spirit and intent of Land Claims and Self-government Agreements is a crucial step in doing business in...
