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Skeena Resources Ltd. Aug. 7 announced the start of a roughly 15,000-meters surface drill program at its Eskay Creek gold-silver project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. From 1994 to 2008, Barrick Gold Corp. operated an underground mine at Eskay Creek that produced roughly 3.3 million ounces of gold and 160 million oz of silver at average grades of 45 grams per metric ton gold and 2,224 g/t silver, which at the time made it the world's highest-grade gold mine and fifth-l...
Dolly Varden Silver Corp. Aug. 7 reported that it continues to cut very high-grade silver at the Chance discovery on the company's namesake property in northwestern British Columbia. The Dolly Varden property hosts four historic gold mines – Torbrit, Dolly Varden, Wolf and North Star – that date back to the early 20th century. Drilling by Dolly Varden has outlined deposits associated with these mines that host 3.42 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 299.8 gra...
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Aug. 6 reported additional high-grade gold intercepts at the Nuvuyak discovery at the company's Back River gold project in Nunavut. The eight holes drilled at Back River this spring targeted three areas at Goose – Nuvuyak, Hook and Umwelt-Vault – one of seven properties that make up Sabina's larger Back River project. A 2015 feasibility study details plans for developing a mine at Goose that is expected to average 198,100 ounces of gold annually ove...
Hecla Mining Company Aug. 6 reported that drilling at Greens Creek has upgraded and expanded the resources in East Ore, NWW and 9A, zones. East Ore is a zone that comes to surface at the Big Sore outcrop that led to the Greens Creek discovery. Going into 2019, this zone continued to host 454,800 metric tons of indicated resource averaging 12.6 ounces per ton (5.73 million oz) silver, 7.86 percent (35,760 tons) zinc, 2.94 percent (13,390 tons) lead and 0.089 oz/t (40,600 oz) go...
Klondike Gold Corp. Aug. 6 reported a bonanza grade gold and silver intercept from this summer's drilling at Nugget Zone on the company's 576-square-kilometer (217 square miles) Klondike District property near Dawson City, Yukon. Lying west of Lone Star and north of Gay Gulch – two other exciting zones on the Klondike property –Nugget Zone is associated with a prominent, 8,000-meter-long magnetic low known as the Nugget fault. A 2,500-meter stretch of this fault hosts gol...
White Gold Corp. Aug. 8 reported that initial results from its 2019 drilling have identified at least six high-grade structures at Vertigo and encountered some of the best gold mineralization so far at the Golden Saddle deposit. This first phase of the company's 2019 diamond drill program in Yukon's White Gold District was designed to test the geometry of the Vertigo target and previously underexplored portions of the Golden Saddle deposit and surrounding area. So far, White...
The mining sector has lost one of its rising geology superstars to a tragic plane crash in the Yukon. While flying from ATAC Resources Inc.'s Rackla Gold property, a Cessna 208 Caravan operated by Alkan Air crashed en route to the Yukon community of Mayo on Aug. 6. ATAC Resources Inc. Vice President of Exploration Julia Lane was the lone passenger aboard the aircraft being flown by 24-year-old Shawn Kitchen. Both Lane and Kitchen were pronounced dead at the crash site about...
PolarX Ltd. Aug. 6 reported that initial data from an induced polarization (IP) geophysical survey over the Saturn target at its Alaska Range project has identified large anomalies which are consistent with the porphyry copper‐gold mineralization being targeted by drilling that is now underway. Funded by an A$4.3 million investment by Lundin Mining Corp. in June, this 5,000-meter drill program is expected to include eight to 10 deep holes. PolarX identified Saturn as a p...
Alaska's mining community lost a strong champion and friend with the passing of Sen. Chris Birch, R-Anchorage. Must Read Alaska, the first to report on Birch's passing, said the senator from South Anchorage died suddenly from a heart attack on Aug. 7. This article was followed by shock and an outpouring of support from the senator's friends and colleagues. "Life is short. We all know it, but it's easy to forget. Tonight, that simple fact snapped into focus when I learned of Ch...
Hecla Mining Company sees higher grades at its Greens Creek Mine in Southeast Alaska as a catalyst for higher companywide silver production this year. "Silver production at Greens Creek continued to be strong due to higher grades, so we are increasing our estimates for silver production for the year," said Hecla Mining CEO Phillips Baker, Jr. Through the first half of 2019, the Greens Creek Mine has produced 4.6 million ounces of silver, which accounts for roughly 77 percent...
As the gold price rocketed through US$1,500 per ounce on Aug. 7, Golden Predator Mining Corp. announced it is accelerating the exploration and development drilling needed to restart operations at its Brewery Creek gold mine in the Yukon. "This is the ideal time to intensify our Brewery Creek Mine work program which has been ongoing since 2009," said Golden Predator Mining CEO Janet Lee-Sheriff. During seven seasons of operation beginning in 1996, Viceroy Resource Corp....
