The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
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Auryn Resources Inc. Oct. 3 released partial results from its summer exploration program at the Committee Bay gold project in Nunavut. During the eight-week program, Auryn completed roughly 10,000 meters of rotary air blast drilling at various prospects, 3,750 meters of diamond drilling at the Three Bluffs deposit, 5,500 regional till samples, 3,100 XRF till samples, 1,000 line-kilometers of mapped boulders and 3,500 square kilometers of drone imagery. This year's RAB drilling was designed to test new target structures...
Golden Predator Mining Corp. Oct. 5 reported new high-grade gold results and the discovery of new veins at its 3 Aces project in southeastern Yukon Territory. More than 800 rock chip, composite grab, channel and panel samples have been collected within the central core area of the property this year. Trenching is being targeted in areas of anomalous gold geochemistry, known areas of mineralization and along new or existing road cuts. Detailed geological mapping, surveying using a Differential Global Positioning System and 3D...
Is the impasse between Pebble Limited Partnership and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the potential development of the world-class Pebble copper deposit in Southwest Alaska about to be resolved? Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., currently the sole owner of the Pebble Partnership, believes the standoff will likely be over by January if an ongoing lawsuit between Pebble and the EPA runs its full course, and possibly sooner if the parties come to an agreement outside of...
Goldstrike Resources Ltd. Oct. 3 reported that initial channel samples of a 30- by 30-meter outcrop in the Bonanza zone of its Plateau property in the Yukon Territory have returned 15.06 grams per metric ton gold over 1.13 meters, 14.4 g/t gold over 0.9 meters, 6.9 g/t gold over 1.3 meters and 2.22 g/t gold over 2.75 meters. These results are similar to initial channel samples taken at the Goldstack discovery outcrop in 2012. Located 4,000 meters northwest of Goldstack,...
Aben Resources Ltd. Oct. 5 reported the completion of a property-wide reconnaissance and surface sampling program on its 23,000-hectare (56,800 acres) Forrest Kerr gold project in the Golden Triangle region of northwestern British Columbia. The program included the collection of 360 soil, 11 silt, and 35 rock samples to confirm historic high-grade zones and extend existing multi-element soil anomalies. The company believes the sampling will better define known mineralized...
Kiska Metals Corp. Oct. 4 reported that Teck Resources Ltd. has terminated its option to earn up to a 51 percent interest in Kliyul. As a result, Kiska regains 100 percent interest in the copper-gold project in northern British Columbia. Over the past three years, Teck completed roughly C$3 million on exploration and community engagement programs related to Kliyul. The field work included induced polarization geophysical surveys, archeological surveys, baseline water quality...
Skeena Resources Ltd. Oct. 3 posted assay results from six holes drilled at the past-producing Snip high-grade gold project in the Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia. Highlights include 4.7 meters of 16.01 grams per metric ton gold, including 1.65 meters of 37.7 g/t gold in hole S-16-11. This hole, along with S-16-12, targeted an area below the Twin West underground workings, where limited historic production totaled about 10,000 metric tons at an average grade...
Gray Rock Resources Ltd. Sept. 30 said it has entered an agreement to acquire the Surprise Lake gold property in northwestern British Columbia from DeCoors Mining Corp. Located near Atlin, the Surprise Lake property covers two documented mineral occurrences - Surprise and Cabin Silver - as well as a new visible gold discovery in bedrock along Otter Creek. The agreement also includes six other early-stage mineral exploration properties in British Columbia. In consideration of...
Redstar Gold Corp. Oct. 5 said it is planning a 1,500-meter drill program at its high-grade Unga gold project in Alaska. Scheduled to start in late October, the drilling will focus on outlining additional high-grade gold mineralization at the Shumagin zone along strike and at depth. The company anticipates a larger drill program in spring 2017, after all results from this second phase of 2016 exploration are received and modeled. "With the drill rig currently at site, we are... Full story
Millrock Resources Inc. Oct. 5 said it has assembled a large land position covering high-potential gold targets near Sumitomo Metal Mining Company's Pogo gold mine in the Goodpaster Mining District of Interior Alaska. As a result of a series of purchase and option agreements and claim staking, Millrock now holds six discrete claim blocks in the district covering an area of 15,847 hectares (39,158 acres). The claims cover soil geochemical anomalies, many of which are untested....
