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While construction and development remain on schedule, pre-production costs trend higher at B2Gold's gold mine project in Nunavut. With construction and development at Goose near completion and the final 2024 supply shipments expected to be offloaded by the end of the month, B2Gold's first mine to be developed on its Back River project in Nunavut remains on track to pour its first gold bar by mid-2025. The costs to get to the first gold pour at Goose, however, continue to...
Initial holes provide greater understanding of mineralization at underexplored target on the Thorn property in Northern BC. Brixton Metals Corp. Sept. 17 reported that its inaugural drilling at Cirque has cut broad zones of porphyry copper-molybdenum mineralization at this early-staged exploration target about 3,000 meters northeast of the large body of porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum mineralization being outlined at Camp Creek on the company's Thorn project in...
Canagold cut five zones of gold mineralization during 34-hole resource expansion drill program at Northern BC project. Canagold Resources Ltd. Sept. 18 reported high-grade gold intercepts in the final two holes of a 10,300-meter resource expansion program carried out this year at the company's New Polaris Gold project in Northern British Columbia. Lying about 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Atlin, B.C., and 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Juneau, Alaska, New Polaris...
Final assays from 2024 Colomac drilling reveal significant gold intercepts, suggesting potential to expand known resources. STLLR Gold Inc. Sept. 16 announced the final batch of assay results from its 2024 drilling program at the Colomac project in Northwest Territories, Canada, wrapping up a successful exploration campaign aimed at expanding the known gold resource outlined in the project's 2023 preliminary economic assessment (PEA). "Our 2024 drilling campaign at Colomac...
Tests show high gold recoveries from run-of-mine material at the Southwest Alaska project. Tectonic Metals Inc. Sept. 19 reported that recent metallurgical testing demonstrates the potential for high gold recoveries from a low-cost run-of-mine heap leach operation at its Flat project in Southwest Alaska. "Our initial heap leach results mark a major milestone for the Flat Gold Project, a bulk-tonnage gold system showing continued strong geological similarities to Kinross...
Alaska Energy Metals has partnered with the Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Polytechnic Institute to answer that question. Alaska Energy Metals Sept. 18 announced that it has partnered with the Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Polytechnic Institute to determine how much carbon dioxide a mine at its Nikolai project in Alaska could capture and store while also providing a domestic supply of nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum group metals (PGMs) for the energy...
Historic ruling enables Selkirk First Nation to take a major step toward becoming the first to fully own a mine in Canada. In a historic first for Indigenous resource development, Selkirk First Nation (SFN) has secured court approval to acquire the Minto copper-gold mine in the Yukon, a move that could lead to the first fully Indigenous-owned mining operation in Canada. Located on Selkirk First Nation's traditional territory, approximately 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of...
New service center being built in St. George puts global mining solutions company on Golden Triangle's doorstep. Metso Corp. Sept. 18 announced that it is investing $6.7 million (C$9 million) in a new service center in Prince George, British Columbia. Finland-based Metso is a global company that provides end-to-end solutions and services for the aggregates, minerals processing, and metals refining industries on six continents. The Prince George service center, Metso's first in...
