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Endurance Gold Corp. July 24 said induced polarization and ground magnetic surveys carried out at its Elephant gold property in Interior Alaska have identified four prioritized geophysical anomalies that warrant drilling. The largest of these is a linear east-west trending low that entirely bisects the area covered by 43 line-kilometers of IP and 39 line-kilometers of magnetic surveying completed during the program. This dominant anomaly is interpreted to represent the resistivity expression of the Elephant Mountain Fault...
U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources sought input on how to foster a more robust domestic mining sector during a July 20 hearing, "Seeking Innovative Solutions for the Future of Hardrock Mining." "Hardrock mining on federal land in the United States has a storied past, a challenging present and multiple needs for reform," Subcommittee Chairman Paul Gosar, R-Arizona, said. "From rocks to roads, rare earths to green technologies, and iron ore to wind farms,...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. July 21 announced the start of a 2,000-meter drill program at the Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in southeastern Yukon. The primary objectives of this initial phase of drilling is to verify historic mineral resources at the Tom and Jason deposits, and step-out drilling to expand the deposits. Together, these deposits host 6.43 million metric tons of historical resources averaging 6.3 percent zinc, 5.5 percent lead and 56.6 grams per metric ton silver in the indicated category; and 25.55 million...
Victoria Gold Corp. July 24 reported the results from an additional 17 holes drilled at Eagle West, a zone of gold mineralization situated 500 meters northwest of the main Eagle Gold deposit at the company's Dublin Gulch project in the Yukon. Highlights from this latest batch of results include 31.5 meters of 0.99 g/t gold from 56.4 meters in hole DG17-809C; 35.3 meters of 1.03 g/t gold from 34.2 meters in hole DG17-821C; and 31.5 meters of 0.77 g/t gold from 7.6 meters in...
Aben Resources Ltd. July 26 said a 2,100-meter drill program is slated to begin at its Forrest Kerr gold property in northwestern British Columbia during the first week of August. This drilling will follow up on exploration carried out earlier this season at Forrest Kerr, where crews completed soil geochemical sampling, ground-truthed historic data and evaluated mineralization potential on a property-wide basis. Focus was placed on areas containing historic high-grade precious- and base-metal occurrences. Drilling will...
North Arrow Minerals Inc. July 24 reported the collection of a 234-metric-ton mini-bulk sample from the Q1-4 kimberlite at its Naujaat (formerly Qilalugaq) diamond project in Nunavut. With the Q1-4 kimberlite lying beneath a 0.5- to 1-meter layer of glacial till, this sample could be collected with a mini-excavator. Initial evaluation of the exposed kimberlite identified a north trending internal contact between distinct kimberlite phases. Kimberlite to the west of the contact...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. July 19 announced the start of 2017 drilling at its Shorty Creek copper-gold project about 75 road miles northwest of Fairbanks, Alaska. The company first tapped porphyry style copper-gold mineralization at Shorty Creek in 2015 and expanded upon its find last year. Hole SC 16-01, drilled last year at the property's Hill 1835 target, cut 434.5 meters averaging 0.57 percent copper-equivalent, which accounts for the value of the copper, gold and silver. This hole is 125 meters southwest of SC 15-03, which...
Kivalliq Energy Corp. July 25 reported the start of a summer exploration program at the Baffin Gold property in Nunavut. This C$775,000 program will include ground-truthing, geological mapping, prospecting, and rock and till sampling. In May, Kivalliq announced that it had signed agreements with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., a group that oversees Inuit land claims in Nunavut, and Commander Resources Ltd. to acquire the Baffin Gold property, a 408,982-hectare (1 million acres) land...
