The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
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Ucore Rare Metals Inc. Nov. 17 announced that the United States Forest Service has issued a one-year authorization for trenching and bulk sampling at the Bokan Mountain rare earths project in Southeast Alaska. Located on Prince of Wales Island, the Dotson Ridge deposit at Ucore's Bokan Mountain project hosts 4.79 million metric tons of indicated resource containing 31,722 metric tons of total rare earth oxides – 14 lanthanide elements, yttrium, and scandium – plus 1.05 met...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Nov. 18 reported significant copper mineralization encountered in a step-out hole drilled in the Boundary Zone at Macmillan Pass, bringing a new metal into play at this zinc-rich project in eastern Yukon. A road-accessible project next to the Northwest Territories border, the 940-square-kilometer (363 square miles) Macmillan Pass property covers a 55-kilometer (34 miles) trend of potential zinc-lead-silver and now copper mineralization. First drilled in...
Cassiar Gold Corp. Nov. 15 reported that the latest batch of assay results from this year's drilling at the Cassiar Gold project further confirms the presence of continuous zones of higher-grade gold mineralization in the Northwest zone of the Taurus Deposit area of this Northern British Columbia project. The company completed 11,288 meters of drilling in 34 holes at Cassiar this year, including 4,098 meters of drilling in 15 at and around the Taurus deposit in the Cassiar...
After more than a decade of advancing multiple precious and base metals deposits and targets across its more than 49,000-acre Illinois Creek Mining District property as a private company, Western Alaska Copper & Gold is now a public junior explorer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Western Alaska Minerals Corp., the new name for the mineral exploration company, became listed on the TSX.V on Nov. 15 through a reverse takeover merger with the already listed 1246779 B.C. Ltd....
In a deal that bolsters certainty for the future of the Diavik Mine and Northwest Territories' economy, Rio Tinto has acquired full ownership of this iconic diamond operation in Canada's Arctic. Rio Tinto's 40% partner in Diavik, Dominion Diamond Mines, filed for insolvency protection under the Canadian Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020. "The CCAA filing was necessitated primarily by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic," Dominion...
Ascot Resources Ltd. Nov. 17 reported that drilling has expanded gold mineralization at Day Zone, a discovery target near the Big Missouri deposit on the company's Premier gold mine project at the southern tip of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Located about 16 miles (25 kilometers) from the mining town of Stewart, Premier hosts 3.63 million metric tons of probable reserves averaging 5.45 grams per metric ton (637,000 oz) gold and 19.1 g/t (2.23 million oz) silver in...
White Gold Corp. Nov. 17 reported strong gold mineralization encountered during this summer's diamond drill program at the Betty Ford target on the company's Betty gold project in the Yukon. "It's nice to finally see the Betty project get its first round of diamond drilling," said White Gold Chief Technical Advisor Shawn Ryan. Situated about 15 kilometers (nine miles) northeast of Western Copper and Gold Corp.'s Casino copper-gold deposit and 40 kilometers (25 kilometers)...
In an announcement with language indicative of a predetermined decision, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Nov. 17 announced it has set a timeframe for considering new information available to determine the next steps in the Bristol Bay Clean Water Act Section 404(c) process for the Pebble copper mine project in Southwest Alaska. The agency says a finalized CWA 404(c) determination will help protect waters over the long term that are essential to commercial,...
