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Trilogy Metals Inc. Sep. 18 reported high-grade copper results from this summer's exploration drill program at the Bornite project, part of the company's Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in the Ambler mining district of Northwest Alaska. This 10,000-meter program is focused on expanding upon the more than 6 billion pounds of copper Trilogy has outlined at Bornite. Roughly 2.7 billion lb of this copper is encompassed in an open-pit resource averaging roughly 1 percent copper. The r...
After getting off to a relatively slow start, the Red Dog zinc mine in Northwest Alaska is finishing 2017 strong. Teck Resources Ltd., the operator at Red Dog, said it now expects the mine to produce up to 550,000 metric tons of zinc this year, which is about 12 percent more than the company was anticipating at mid-year. Adding to the good news for near-term production at Red Dog, Teck reported promising results from a major exploration program at Aktigiruq, a significant...
Auryn Resources Inc. Sep. 14 reported results from discovery drilling at Aiviq, a prospect 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) north of the Three Bluffs deposit at the Committee Bay gold project in Nunavut. One hole drilled at Aiviq, 17RGR003, cut 12.2 meters of 4.7 grams per metric ton gold. The mineralization at Aiviq is situated along a regional shear zone that is defined by a 7,000 meter long gold-in-till anomaly. Auryn drilled a single drill fence across the zone this year, with 17RGR003 being the only hole that cut through the...
Victoria Gold Corp. Sep. 18 reported results from the first 11 holes drilled at the Spinach target, a previously untested area north of the Olive-Shamrock deposit at the Dublin Gulch gold property in the Yukon. Highlights from this drilling include 14.3 meters of 1.04 grams per metric ton gold in hole DG17-866C; 6.1 meters of 2.38 g/t gold in DG17-860C; and 5 meters of 4.26 g/t gold in DG17-857C. "These first drill holes from the Spinach target underscore the high-grade...
GT Gold Corp. Sep. 18 reported continued expansion of the Saddle South high-grade gold discovery at its Tatogga property in northwestern British Columbia. The latest round of results include 20.71 meters (estimated true width 75 percent) of 5.84 grams per metric ton gold in hole TTD014; 23.66 meters of 5.1 g/t gold in TTD010; and 9.09 meters of 7.51 g/t gold in TTD016. These results expand the deposit to 500 meters down-dip from surface, roughly 50 percent deeper than the 330...
Skeena Resources Ltd. Sep. 14 reported that it is now carrying out an underground exploration program at the Snip gold project in the Golden Triangle region of northwest British Columbia. In July, the company exercised its option to acquire full ownership of the historic Snip Mine property from Barrick Gold Corp. Since that time, crews have re-opened two historic portals in preparation for underground drilling. “A tremendous amount of work has gone into re-opening the Snip mine,” said Skeena CEO Walter Coles. “Safety is ou...
White Gold Corp. Sep. 14 provided an update on its extensive exploration program in the Yukon, including drill results from JP Ross, one of five properties the company acquired from Kinross Gold Corp. Highlights from the 14 rotary air blast holes drilled in the Rebecca zone at JP Ross include 3.05 meters of 21.87 grams per metric ton gold; and 6.1 meters of 3.1 g/t gold. JP Ross is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of White Gold, a property that hosts 9.79 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 2.7 g/t...
Although many of us think that it didn't go far enough, one of the more important first steps that President Trump took in January was the promulgation of Executive Order (E. O.) 13771 which imposed a ceiling on new regulations. "For every new regulation issued, at least two prior regulations [shall] be identified for elimination the cost of planned regulations [shall] be prudently managed and controlled through a budgeting process." For the natural resources industries in A...
