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DAWSON, Yukon - The 3rd Annual Dawson Rocks conference, an annual exposition for active mineral exploration projects in Yukon Territory, offered a sobering reminder of the power of the markets in the world of mining. Absent were the scores of juniors that packed much larger exhibition halls in 2010 and 2011 with enticing displays of samples, maps and drill core. This year a dozen exhibitors, ranging from part-time, grassroots prospectors to representatives of advanced exploration projects like Kaminak Gold Corp.'s Coffee...
It is still early days in the exploration play for gold in eastern Yukon Territory, but a score of companies got a jump on competitors in 2011 by targeting promising occurrences of gold and pathfinder elements in a frenzy of unprecedented claim staking and reconnaissance. The early explorers rushed to the region following a report by Atac Resources Ltd. in September 2010 that it discovered unusual mineralization in the rocky eastern ridges of its 1,600-square-kilometer (618 square miles) Rackla Project. Atac posted high-grade...
Is the "Yukon Gold Rush" about to spill into Alaska? Since the 1896 discovery of gold on the aptly named Bonanza Creek sparked a stampede of fortune seekers to the rivers and streams of the Klondike, these world-class mining jurisdictions that share a common geological and mineralization history have been engaged in a cross-border rivalry of drawing prospectors and miners to their mineral-rich deposits. While 19th Century miners seeking their fortunes in Alaska's Fortymile...
Frontrunners in the Yukon mineral exploration rush in 2011 spent more than C$12 million each, with at least one company pouring C$25 million into its program. These companies include Atac Resources Ltd., Kaminak Gold Corp., Capstone Mining Corp., Alexco Resource Corp., Golden Predator Corp., Ryan Gold Corp. and Silver Range Resources Ltd. At least another 14 companies shelled out more than C$5 million each to search for precious and base metals, using virtually every modern exploration technique from sampling to drilling.... Full story
RK: TSX-V Chief Executive Officer: Matthew A. Turner Chief Operating Officer: Ian J. Talbot Vice-President of Business Development: Marc G. Blythe, P.Eng. Rockhaven Resources Ltd. explores for metals and minerals with a particular emphasis on gold, silver and lead. It currently holds interests in 11 mineral exploration properties, all of which are located in Yukon Territory. In mid-May, Rockhaven began drilling 12,000 meters of diamond drilling with three rigs as part of its 2011 phase 1 exploration program at the Klaza...
SMD: TSX-V President and CEO: W. Douglas Eaton, B.A., B.Sc. Chief Operating Officer: Ian J. Talbot Chief Financial Officer: Larry Donaldson Over the past 15 years, Strategic Metals Ltd. has assembled an impressive portfolio of some 160 mineral properties and royalty interests in Yukon, British Columbia and western Northwest Territories. These properties collectively host a widely diverse suite of metals. The junior exploration company is directing its research and exploration activities toward prospects with potential for... Full story
YUKON TERRITORY - "There's gold, and it's haunting and haunting; It's luring me on as of old; Yet it isn't the gold that I'm wanting; So much as just finding the gold." This passage from the "Spell of the Yukon" is as applicable to the contemporary stampede of explorers seeking mineral riches in the home of the Klondike as it was to the prospectors of which Robert Service wrote more than a century ago. It is estimated that the modern rush of prospectors to Yukon Territory...
Another busy summer field season is getting underway in Yukon Territory, and government officials are projecting record numbers of mining companies flocking to the Northwest Canada jurisdiction and spending unprecedented sums on mineral exploration programs scattered across the southern two-thirds of the territory. Based on the industry's spending intentions in February, Natural Resources Canada projected C$39.3 million would be spent in 2011 by the majors on exploration and deposit appraisal activities in Yukon Territory,...
A pair of gold discoveries led a torrent of exploration news pouring out of Yukon Territory this year as numerous newcomers joined old hands in the hunt for the yellow metal and other lucrative minerals. "We've entered a new phase of exploration. People are using soil sampling as an unbiased targeting method that is resulting in discoveries of new mineral potential," Yukon geologist Mike Burke, told more than 500 participants in the Yukon Geoscience Forum Nov. 22. The areas where people are looking are expanding as miners... Full story
Primed for booming exploration for several years, the Yukon Territory appears to have hit big in 2010, both literally and figuratively. Emerging as one of the world's mining hot spots, the Northwest Canada jurisdiction is reporting industry investment exceeding C$120 million. Propelled by record gold prices and key gold discoveries, as well as surging demand in Asia for base metals and a mining friendly government, miners flocked to the territory in growing numbers, bringing generous exploration budgets and fresh theories... Full story
SMD: TSX-V President and CEO: W. Douglas Eaton, B.A., B.Sc. Chief Operating Officer: Ian J. Talbot Chief Financial Officer: Larry Donaldson Strategic Metals Ltd. is an actively managed junior exploration company with working interests in more than 90 mineral properties in British Columbia and Yukon Territory. Its assets also include a large cash position, a valuable portfolio of shares in other resource companies and potentially valuable royalty interests. Strategic's property interests span a widely diverse suite of commodit...
