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  • Swinging for the fences at Freegold Mtn

    Updated Sep 25, 2020

    Triumph Gold Corp. June 18 announced the start of a drill program targeting a buried copper-gold porphyry target that has not been previously tested by drilling at the Freegold Mountain project in the Yukon. Triumph has identified numerous near-surface porphyry gold-copper targets and deposits over a six-kilometer (3.7 miles) stretch of Freegold Mountain. The two most advanced deposits along this trend are Nucleus and Revenue. The Nucleus deposit hosts 74.74 million metric...

  • Junior plans to drill deep for answers porphyry copper gold exploration

    Junior plans to drill deep for answers

    Rose Ragsdale, For Mining News|Updated Sep 25, 2020

    Triumph Gold Corp. is making significant, new strides toward unlocking the geological secrets of Freegold Mountain, a district-scale property that could produce one of the richest copper-gold resources yet discovered in the Yukon. The Canadian and Yukon governments, meanwhile, are moving forward with a joint effort to spur mine development in the Dawson Range where the Freegold Mountain project is located along with many others, including the Casino copper-gold and Coffee...

  • New district slowly yields its secrets

    Rose Ragsdale, For Mining News|Updated Oct 28, 2012

    For the dozens of companies that rushed to stake claims in the Nechako Plateau of central British Columbia three years ago, the area now known as the Blackwater Gold District is shaping up to be a better-than-average bet. But a series of bold acquisitions by New Gold Inc. in 2011 has placed the mid-tier gold producer solidly in the driver's seat in one of Canada's largest modern gold exploration plays. Located about 160 kilometers (99 miles) south-west of Prince George in central British Columbia, the Blackwater Project area...