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  • Mobile drill rig mounted on caterpillar tracks for easier drilling.

    Silver North confirms new Haldane target

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    Drilling at Haldane intersects Main Fault, adds fourth silver target to historic Yukon property. Silver North Resources Ltd. Oct. 16 announced the completion of its 2024 drilling campaign at the Haldane property in Yukon, Canada, which successfully intersected the Main Fault target and confirmed a fourth silver vein target at the site. "We are very pleased with the progress we made at Haldane in this program," said Silver North President and CEO Jason Weber. "We have shown tha...

  • Yukon Metals’ geologist standing atop of ridge overlooking a valley.

    Yukon Metals discovers porphyry target

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    Sampling uncovers gold and copper enriched skarn at Birch project, mapping and geophysics will enable strategic drilling for 2025. Yukon Metals Corp. Oct. 16 announced the latest results from its ongoing exploration program at the Birch project in Yukon, with impressive values of copper and gold, including rock-chip samples returning up to 2.42% copper and 6.64 grams per metric ton gold. In June, Yukon Metals solidified its position in Canada's westernmost territory by...

  • Geologists take a close look at core from a hole drilled in the Chinook deposit.

    More exceptional copper drilled at Storm

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    Thick and high-grade copper intersections from surface confirm the potential of a direct shipping ore starter mine at Chinook. American West Metals Ltd. Oct. 17 reported that drilling has cut thick zones of high-grade copper from surface at Chinook that confirm the potential for this deposit as a starter pit for a future direct-shipping-ore (DSO) mine at the Storm Copper project on Somerset Island, Nunavut. "The drilling at Chinook has intersected thick intervals of copper min...

  • Three Blue Star geologists examining rock color anomalies at Ulu.

    Blue Star hits high-grade gold at Ulu

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    New assays from Nutaaq and inaugural Zebra drilling confirm resource growth potential. Blue Star Gold Corp. Oct. 16 announced the latest results from its 2024 exploration program at the Ulu Gold project in Nunavut, which includes significant gold intercepts from both the Nutaaq veins and the inaugural drilling of the Zebra prospect. Lying approximately 125 miles (200 kilometers) northwest of B2 Gold's Back River gold project and roughly the same distance southwest of Agnico...

  • Four young men standing in front of a river barge in Southwest Alaska.

    Donlin backhauls e-waste out of SW Alaska

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Oct 17, 2024

    "In It For the Long Haul Backhaul Project" transports old appliances, electronics, batteries, and hazardous waste from Y-K Delta villages. In Alaska's urban centers, an old refrigerator, computer, or television is simply dropped off at a recycling center – and in many cases, the seller of your new appliance will cart away the old one for you. For remote Alaska villages that are hundreds of miles from the nearest recycling center, however, it is neither convenient nor e...

  • Rocky outcrop at Gladiator Metals’ Whitehorse Copper project.

    Gladiator begins defining core prospects

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 16, 2024

    Wraps drilling at several targets, awaits results from majority of holes. Gladiator Metals Corp. Oct. 15 announced the completion of planned drilling at several of its prospects within the Whitehorse Copper project in Yukon, Canada, with a single rig remaining at the Cub Trend, which the company expects to return to a previous target before the season is out. Situated just outside Yukon's capital city, Whitehorse Copper is a copper-molybdenum-silver-gold skarn exploration...

  • Drone view of a drill testing for gold in the Alaska Range mountains.

    Drills tap more high-grade gold at Estelle

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Oct 16, 2024

    Includes one hole that cut 39 meters averaging 5.4 g/t gold from surface at the RPM deposit. Nova Minerals Ltd. Oct. 16 reported additional thick zones of strong gold mineralization in the second batch of assays from its 21-hole drill program focused on upgrading and expanding the RPM deposit. This expansion is in preparation for the completion of a feasibility study for its Estelle gold-antimony project roughly 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage, Alaska....

  • Map of Thorn with gold assay results shown with pink squares and circles.

    Brixton cuts high-grade gold at Trapper

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Oct 16, 2024

    Latest assays include two meters of 44.43 g/t gold within 227.5 meters of bulk tonnage mineralization. Brixton Metals Corp. Oct. 16 reported that drills have tapped high-grade gold at the Trapper target on its Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. Lying in B.C.'s northwestern corner, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Juneau, Alaska, the 2,945-square-kilometer (1,137 square miles) Thorn project covers 16 large-scale copper- and gold-enriched prospects. While...