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Rio Tinto and Dominion Diamond Mines Oct. 1 revealed three of the finest large rough diamonds recovered from their Diavik Mine in Northwest Territories. Collectively known as The Diavik Stars of the Arctic, these rough diamonds showcase a rare combination of size, quality and color from the Diavik diamond mine. The Diavik Stars of the Arctic will headline Rio Tinto's forthcoming "Specials" Tender, which showcases rough diamonds greater than 10.8 carats. Taking their...
An 18-year-old man was fatally attacked by a female brown bear with two cubs while working at a remote drill site on Hecla Mining Company's Greens Creek silver mine property in Southeast Alaska. The mauling victim, identified as Anthony Montoya from Hollis, Oklahoma, works for Timberline Drilling, an Idaho-based company that carries out surface drilling at Greens Creek. "I want to express our condolences to the families, colleagues and friends of the individual at this...
Skeena Resources Ltd. Oct. 1 reported high-grade gold-silver intercepts from the company's initial phase of drilling at the Eskay Creek project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Skeena cut a deal to acquire Eskay Creek, which hosts a previously producing precious metals-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit, from Barrick Gold Corp. late in 2017. Last month the company had a resource calculated for this property that meets modern reporting standards. According to this...
Kutcho Copper Corp. Oct. 2 said it has received enough information from drilling the Esso deposit to include in a feasibility study for the Kutcho high-grade copper-zinc project in northern British Columbia. A prefeasibility study prepared for Kutcho Copper when the company acquired the project from Capstone Mining Corp. in 2017 outlines a mine forecast to produce 378 million pounds of copper and 473 million lb of zinc, plus by-product gold and silver, over 12 years of...
Dunnedin Ventures Inc. Oct. 4 reported new diamond results from sampling of the KD900 kimberlite pipe on its Kahuna Diamond project in Nunavut. The company's 2018 summer-fall exploration program included drilling that tested two previously known kimberlites, KD900 and KD230, and discovered a new pipe, KH10-11. All three kimberlites were tested using rotary air-blast (RAB) drilling and approximately one metric ton of representative material was sent to CF Mineral Research Ltd....
Novagold Resources Inc. Oct. 2 reported that it is well-funded to see the Donlin Gold project in Southwest Alaska to a construction decision but provided very few clues as to when to expect this decision on developing a mine at one of the world's largest gold deposits. Novagold owns a 50 percent interest in the 39-million-ounce Donlin Gold project, Barrick Gold Corp. owns the other half. The Donlin Gold partners now have the key federal permits needed to develop the mine and...
Avidian Gold Corp. Oct. 1 reported that this year's drilling has tapped strong gold mineralization that confirm the expansion potential of the Breccia Pipe deposit on the company's Golden Zone property about 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Anchorage, Alaska. The Breccia Pipe deposit hosts 4.19 metric tons of indicated resource averaging 1.99 grams per metric ton (267,400 ounces) gold and 10.38 g/t (1.4 million oz) silver; plus 1.35 million metric tons of inferred resource...
White Gold Corp. reported additional high-grade drill and surface sampling results from the Vertigo and newly discovered Suspicion targets on the company's JP Ross property in Yukon's White Gold District. In mid-September, White Gold Corp. announced that the discovery hole at Vertigo cut 3.05 meters of 56.25 g/t gold from a depth of 3.05 meters. This high-grade section was part of a longer 10.67-meter intercept averaging 17.34 g/t gold. JPRVERRAB18-011, drilled 75 meters west...
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. has substantially increased the resources at Palmer, including the first indicated resource and inaugural estimate of the barite that makes up a large percentage of this zinc- and copper-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in Southeast Alaska. According to the new calculation released on Sept. 27, the South Wall-RW deposit at Palmer now hosts 4.68 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 5.23 percent (539 million pounds) zinc,...
Northern Star Resources Ltd. Oct. 1 announced that it has closed the deal to buy the Pogo gold mine in Interior Alaska. The mid-tier Australian gold producer paid US$260 million to buy this high-grade underground operation from a joint venture between Japanese firms Sumitomo Metal Mining Company (85 percent) and Sumitomo Corp. (15 percent). "On behalf of Northern Star, I would like to thank Sumitomo for their assistance and the outstanding condition in which they have left the...
