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There's nothing like getting an early start, especially when it comes to mining exploration in Canada's Far North. Literally, there's nothing like the 2013 program that Prosperity Goldfields Corp. kicked off in late February at its Kiyuk Lake Project to the east in southern Nunavut nor the 2013 field campaign launched about the same time by Kaminak Gold Corp. at the Coffee Gold Project in Yukon Territory. In a year when many mining companies are having to scrape together enough exploration funds to even mount a field program...
An underlying motto for Nunavut this year is "Creating a Resourceful Future," a theme that can be interpreted as creating and building a future full of resources. Nunavut and its expansive geology are rich in many natural mineral resources such as gold, iron ore, base metals of lead and zinc, uranium and nickel to name a few. We have one operating mine, several properties that are potential mines under consideration, and several advanced exploration projects that are proceeding with development or feasibility work. These...
Companies chasing mineral riches in Nunavut in 2012 are expected to meet and surpass the brisk pace of exploration set a year earlier. But the race to discover major deposits of precious and base metals, along with uranium, diamonds and other commodities, in one of Canada's most underexplored and prospective jurisdictions is only just beginning. At one-fifth the size of Canada, Nunavut covers 1,994,000 square kilometers (770,000 square miles or nearly three times the size of Texas). The Far North territory is Canada's younges...
SBB.V: TSX-V President and CEO: Robert Pease Vice President, Corporate Development: Jason Hynes Vice-President, Exploration: Angus Campbell In 2012 Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. carried out extensive exploration programs on its Back River Gold Project and Wishbone Property in Nunavut focused on continuing to add ounces to resources and advance the Back River project to the development stage. At Back River, the company mainly targeted infill, geotechnical and extension drilling of existing deposits in support of the upcoming Back...
As the scope and tenor of a long-predicted shortfall in zinc supply begins to take shape, proponents of advanced mine projects in northern Canada with substantial deposits of zinc, along with lead, copper and/or other metals, are busy refining development strategies aimed at achieving production by the end of the decade. Near the front of the line are Tamerlane Ventures Inc., which is advancing the Pine Point Project in Northwest Territories, and Selwyn-Chihong Mining Ltd., which is working to develop the giant Selwyn...
Taking as its theme, "Building a Resourceful Future," the 15th annual Nunavut Mining Symposium held April 16-19, 2012 in Iqaluit, Nunavut, featured several presentations that examined the challenges facing mining and the importance of regulatory reform to the industry's future in Canada's northern territories. Pierre Gratton, president and CEO of the Mining Association of Canada, led the discussion by citing mining's significant contributions to the North, which include 30,000+ person years of stable, high-wage employment,... Full story
SBB.V: TSX-V President and CEO: Anthony P. Walsh, MBA, CA Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development: John Wakeford, P. Geo. Vice-President, Exploration: Peter Manojlovic, P.Geo. Sabina is an emerging precious metals company with the objective of becoming a mid-tier gold producer. The company is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties primarily in Nunavut with its flagship Back River gold project and the prospective 3,000-square-kilometer, (1,158 square miles) Wishbone...
Nunavut Resources Corporation, an Inuit-owned corporation created a little over a year ago, is making considerable progress toward achieving its bold vision of becoming a viable option for direct Inuit participation in non-resource development in Nunavut. Canada's largest territory, Nunavut has an estimated population of about 33,000 spread over an area the size of Western Europe. The NRC is the brainchild of Kitikmeot Inuit Association President Charlie Evalik. It aims to give Nunavut's 30,000 or so Inuit more involvement an... Full story
When I wrote a first editorial for Mining Explorers last year, it was on the occasion of Nunavut celebrating its first 10 years as a separate territory, and so it was fitting to review some of the accomplishments of the decade. Now, as we enter into a second decade, many of the fruits of those labors are coming to bear. That first decade, 1999-2009, wasn't, of course, without its share of both accomplishments and setbacks. Early in Nunavut's short life around 2002, three long-producing mines closed: the Polaris and Nanisivik...
Government and industry officials agree that mining exploration and development in recent years have brought substantial positive change to Nunavut, Canada's newest and least explored territory. Ongoing and new exploration, however, are rapidly advancing understanding of this vast Arctic land's mineral potential. "In this industry, it seems that all of the best and worst of times were compressed into less than two years (between 2008 and 2010)," said Peter Taptuna, minister of Economic Development & Transportation for the Gov...
SBB.V: TSX-V President and CEO: Anthony P. Walsh, MBA, CA Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development: John Wakeford, P. Geo. Vice-President, Exploration: Peter Manojlovic, P.Geo. Sabina Gold & Silver is focused on exploration and development of flagship projects in Nunavut. These Nunavut assets, which are geographically proximal to each other, consist of the 3,000-square-kilometer, or 1,158-square-mile, Wishbone Greenstone Belt, which includes the world-class Hackett River volcanic massive sulphide project and is adjacent... Full story
No discussion of opening Canada's Far North to mineral resource development could get far without the focus turning to Nunavut, the nation's newest and least-explored territory. At one-fifth the size of Canada, Nunavut contains 1,994,000 million square kilometers, or 770,000 square miles, (nearly three times the size of Texas). Much of the territory is underlain by Archean-aged rocks similar to those found in the most productive geology in Ontario, Quebec, South Africa, Australia, and Brazil. But much of this geology is...
Mineral-rich Nunavut Territory celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009 and mining explorers seeking diamonds and precious and base metals brought their drills to the party. The territory, home to only 31,000 people living in 25 small, scattered communities, covers 1.9 million square kilometers, or one fifth the land mass of Canada and dwarfs Alaska by nearly 200,000 square miles. Of the young territory's economic prospects, mineral resource development offers perhaps the most long-term potential. "When I started work in... Full story
SBB.V: TSX-V President and CEO: Anthony P. Walsh Lead Director: Roy E. Wilkes Exploration Manager: John F. Whitton Sabina Silver, an explorer in Canada since 2001, is a Canadian precious metals exploration Company with a portfolio of several different properties in Canada at different stages of development. The company's flagship projects are currently located in Nunavut. These Nunavut assets, which are geographically proximal to each other, consist of the Hackett River silver-zinc project, one of the world's largest undevelo...
Sabina Silver Corp. is striving to grow into its role as developer of the giant Hackett River silver-zinc property in Nunavut, which it calls "Canada's last mining frontier." New management took charge of the Vancouver, BC company in 2008 and set about crafting a new strategy to bring the property, one of the three largest silver deposits of its type in the world, into commercial production. Fueled with a fresh perspective developed in a rigorous review last fall, Sabina told investors this spring that the Hackett River...
Producing mines Early in 2008, Tahera Diamond Corp., owner and operator of Jericho Diamond Mine - Canada's third, and Nunavut's first diamond mine - filed bankruptcy and sought creditor protection. Tahera opened the Jericho in 2006 and recovered and processed 155,000 metric tons (average grade of 0.79 carats per metric ton) during the fourth quarter of 2007, resulting in production of 122,500 carats valued at US$11.6 million, compared with US$8.4 million in the third quarter of 2007. However, financial losses were reported... Full story
