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Articles from the December 17, 2021 edition


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  • Yukon arctic heap leach Vitoria gold mining supply chains delays pipe

    Supply chain disruptions slow Eagle gold

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 30, 2021

    Victoria Gold Corp. Dec. 16 reported that the global supply chain disruptions have slowed supplies in and gold out of its Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon. "Like many companies, we are experiencing pressure on our supply chain," said Victoria Gold President and CEO John McConnell. "We continue to work with all of our suppliers very closely to avoid such disruptions as COVID related challenges persist." For Victoria, the gnarled supply chain resulted in a five-week delay for the...

  • AurMac powerline gold deposit Yukon Eagle Mine Victoria VG

    Powerline gold deposit growth continues

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 30, 2021

    Banyan Gold Corp. Dec. 14 announced the latest round of assay results from eight diamond drill holes of the phase 2 exploration campaign at the company's rapidly developing Powerline deposit on its AurMac project in the Yukon. "These latest assay results continue to expand the interpreted gold mineralization footprint at Powerline with 100-meter step out drill holes," said Banyan Gold President and CEO Tara Christie. "The continuity of mineralization across the two kilometers...

  • Golden Predator Mining Arizona Gold merger mine project Canada

    Brewery Creek M&I resources top 1M oz

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 30, 2021

    Sabre Gold Mines Corp. Dec. 14 reported that its Brewery Creek mine project in Canada's Yukon now hosts more than 1 million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated resource categories. Sabre Gold was created as the result of a merger between Golden Predator Mining Corp. and Arizona Gold Corp. that was finalized in September. At the time of the merger, Golden Predator's Brewery Creek property hosted 22.2 million metric tons of indicated leachable resource averaging 1.11...

  • American West Metals exploration Storm Copper Seal Zinc Canada

    EM Survey finds new Storm Copper targets

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 21, 2021

    Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. Dec. 13 announced that the preliminary results of recent ground electromagnetic geophysical surveys identified numerous conductive anomalies across its high-grade Storm Copper project on Somerset Island, Nunavut. "The initial results of the 2021 geophysical surveys demonstrate the efficacy of ground EM as an exploration tool at Storm, and further reinforce our belief that undiscovered, blind zones of high-grade copper mineralization exist in...

  • Premier Gold Mine Golden Triangle gold silver exploration drilling Ascot

    Ascot discovers new Premier gold zone

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 16, 2021

    Ascot Resources Ltd. Dec. 15 announced that drilling has encountered high-grade gold in the Sebakwe zone, which may be an unmined structure immediately north of the Northern Light and Premier zones on the company's Premier gold mine project near Stewart, British Columbia. Located immediately east of the Premier mill, the Sebakwe zone remains largely undrilled due to the steep terrain where it is located. With geological and geophysical evidence suggesting that Sebakwe could...

  • ATAC Resources Rosy gold silver exploration map Whitehorse Yukon Canada

    Rosy grassroots exploration in the Yukon

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 16, 2021

    ATAC Resources Ltd. Dec. 15 reported an update on the grassroots exploration it carried out this year at Rosy, a gold-silver project 77 kilometers (48 miles) east of Whitehorse, Yukon. "Grassroots work at Rosy this year has significantly expanded the previously known gold-in-soil anomaly," said ATAC Resources President and CEO Graham Downs. "While Rosy has seen only sporadic historical exploration, with a limited portion of the property covered by geochemical surveys, this wor...

  • Rockhaven Klaza gold silver exploration drill rig Yukon Canada

    First assays from 2021 Klaza drilling roll in

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 16, 2021

    Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Dec. 15 reported results from the first 29 of 72 holes drilled this year at Klaza, a road-accessible gold-silver project in southern Yukon. The 14,256-meter 2021 drill program at Klaza included resource expansion and upgrade drilling that will provide information to support a mine prefeasibility study, as well as exploration drilling to test targets outside of the known mineral resource areas. A 2020 preliminary economic assessment for Klaza outlines...