The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
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Whether on purpose or by accident, Fireweed "just can't stop finding zinc." Whether it is expanding zinc-lead-silver resources on its flagship Macmillan Pass project in the Yukon, gaining a better understanding of its newly acquired Mactung tungsten project straddling the Yukon-Northwest Territories, or carrying out reconnaissance exploration of its recently staked Gayna River zinc-lead-gallium-germanium project wholly in NWT, Fireweed Metals Corp. is having a successful...
Newly renamed Fireweed Metals Corp. (previously Fireweed Zinc) July 7 announced that a ground gravity survey has begun at its recently staked Gayna River zinc-lead-silver-germanium-gallium project in Northwest Territories, Canada. After acquiring the adjacent Mactung tungsten project from the NWT government for C$15 million, Fireweed opted to change its name to better define the broader spectrum of resources the company is exploring for. You can read about the Mactung...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. June 20 announced that crews have been mobilized for the company's largest drill program so far at the Macmillan Pass property in Yukon, Canada. "We are very excited to start our 2022 season," said Fireweed Zinc Vice President of Exploration Gilles Dessureau. "It will be the largest and most ambitious program ever carried out by Fireweed at the Macmillan Pass project." The 544-square-kilometer (210 square miles) Macmillan Pass property blankets a roughly...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. has agreed to buy the Mactung tungsten project from the Northwest Territories government for C$15 million (US$11.8 million), an acquisition that further expands the company's growing portfolio of critical mineral assets. Mactung lies within the traditional territories of the Kaska Dena and First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, as well as the Sahtu Dene and Métis land claims settlement area of western Northwest Territories. This critical metal property s...
