The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
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Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Dec. 7 reported that assays confirm that drill hole WPC22-22 cut three horizons of high-grade silver-zinc lead mineralization at the Waterpump Creek carbonate replacement deposit on the company's Illinois Creek property about 300 miles west of Fairbanks, Alaska. "The overall grades in this hole are outstanding with some exceptional intervals with silver grades up to 39 oz/ton in one of the internal zones," said Western Alaska Minerals CEO Kit...
HighGold Mining Inc. Dec. 8 reported that the final batch of assay results from its 2022 drilling of the Ellis Zone discovery provides further evidence of the potential for multiple high-grade gold deposits on its Johnson Tract gold project in Southcentral Alaska. JT Deposit at Johnson Tract hosts 3.49 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 5.33 grams per metric ton (598,000 ounces) gold, 6 g/t (673,000 oz) silver, 5.21% (400.8 million pounds) zinc, 0.59% (43.1...
Tectonic Metals Inc. Dec. 5 announced that it completed a field program in preparation for 2023 drilling at Flat, an intrusion-hosted, bulk tonnage gold project in the Kuskokwim Mineral Belt of Southwest Alaska. Located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the world-class Donlin Gold project, Flat is a 92,160-acre property Tectonic leased from Doyon Ltd. that covers the likely lode source of two creeks – Flat and Otter – that are estimated to have produced more than 830...
White Gold Corp. Dec. 8 reported additional assays from the company's 2022 drilling program at the Betty property, with an intercept cutting the highest grades ever at 18.29 meters averaging 8.94 grams per metric ton gold and ultimately extending mineralization along strike at the Betty Ford target. Following up on results announced last week, White Gold wasted no time in reporting its latest assays. You can read about the first results at Betty and Mascot reveal exciting...
Says pending veto of Pebble copper mine permits sets a precedent with implications that go beyond Alaska. Alarmed by the precedent that would be set if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is successful in issuing a preemptive veto of the Pebble Mine through the extension of its authority under the federal Clean Water Act, Gov. Mike Dunleavy says his administration is prepared to defend Alaska's right and obligation to develop resources on state lands. "The State of...
Skeena Resources Ltd. Dec. 6 announced that two holes have tapped gold-silver mineralization below the proposed 22 Zone open pit at the Eskay Creek mine project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. A feasibility study published in September details an open pit mine at Eskay Creek expected to produce 2.42 million ounces of gold and 66.7 million oz of silver over an initial nine years of mining based on 29.9 million metric tons of proven and probable reserves averaging 2.99...
StrategX Elements Corp. Dec. 7 reported that resampling of a historical hole drilled by BHP identified a 58-meter-thick zone of critical energy metals in Target Area 1 of the Nagvaak project on Nunavut's Melville Peninsula. Nagvaak features a 6,000-meter-long zone with strong vanadium, nickel, copper, cobalt, molybdenum, zinc, silver, platinum group metals, and gold mineralization. Since its discovery in the 1970s, mining and mineral exploration companies have carried out...
Ascot Resources Ltd. Dec. 8 announced that the latest batch of assay results from drilling at the Big Missouri deposit includes the highest-grade gold intercept in five years at the company's Premier gold-silver mine project near Stewart, British Columbia. A 2020 feasibility study details plans for a new operation at Premier that is expected to produce roughly 1.1 million ounces of gold and 3 million oz of silver over the first eight years of mining. This production is based...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Dec. 7 reported additional impressive gold intercepts that will contribute to the company's goal of expanding and upgrading the mineral resource for Golden Summit when a new calculation is completed for this road-accessible gold project north of Fairbanks, Alaska, early next year. According to a 2016 estimate, the Dolphin deposit at Golden Summit hosts 61.5 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.69 grams per metric ton (1.36 million...
