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  • A road cut through the wintery wilderness of Yukon, Canada.

    Banyan begins 2023 with Aurex Hill assays

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 18, 2023

    Banyan Gold Corp. Jan. 10 announced the results from the next 37 diamond drill holes received from the company's 2022 exploration program at the Powerline and Aurex Hill deposits at its AurMac property in Yukon, Canada. Located approximately 56 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of the village of Mayo and 356 kilometers (221 miles) north of Whitehorse, Banyan Gold's flagship property lies within the similarly named Mayo Mining District. Consisting of the Aurex and McQuesten...

  • A distinct mound in Yukon, Canada, holds the world-class Casino project.

    Yukon Gateway program will connect Casino

    A.J. Roan|Updated Jan 18, 2023

    With access road construction underway, Western Copper and Gold Corp. prepped its world-class Casino gold-silver-copper-molybdenum project to be ready for development with exploration and expansion programs to crack open this jackpot discovery. Located about 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Whitehorse, this highly prospective project that Western Copper and Gold subsidiary, Casino Mining Corp., has been advancing since acquiring the property in 2008 is found within the...

  • Heavy equipment piling up excess material from ore sorting at Minto copper mine.

    Copper demand breathes life into Minto

    A.J. Roan|Updated Jan 18, 2023

    After being spun out from parent purchaser Pembridge Resources plc, Minto Metals Corp. kicked off the year with its strongest quarter yet with production results from its Minto copper mine in central Yukon. Bought from Capstone Mining Corp. in early 2018, Pembridge managed to complete its first full year of operations in 2020, despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Toward the end of that year, the company completed the formation of Minto Metals Corp., a TSX...

  • Palladium One VP Exploration Neil Pettigrew standing below rocky outcrop.

    Palladium One grabs big multi-metal sample

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 17, 2022

    Palladium One Mining Inc. Nov. 17 announced that one grab sample from the initial exploration of its newly acquired Canalask project in the Yukon contained 0.15% nickel, 6.07% copper, 0.01% cobalt, 28.1 grams per metric ton silver, and 1.55 g/t gold. Lying alongside the Alaska Highway, this 3,400-hectare (8,402 acres) property is roughly 300 (186 miles) kilometers from Whitehorse and near the Alaska border. Optioned from Victoria Gold Corp. Palladium One Mining saw potential...

  • Minto Metals' Minto Mine on a beautiful fall day in Yukon, Canada.

    Encouraging drill results at Minto Mine

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 20, 2022

    Minto Metals Corp. Oct. 20 announced that recent assay results from its planned 30,000-meter exploration drilling program for 2022 have extended known mineralization at its Minto North deposit, as well as added potentially new resource at its Cu Keel South deposit at the company's Minto Mine in the Yukon. "This phase of drilling focused on high priority, untested exploration targets adjacent to the current resource base and followed-up on successful discovery holes from the...

  • Minto Metals camp in Yukon, Canada, roughly 240 km (149 mi) from Whitehorse.

    Minto announces Q2 production results

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jul 21, 2022

    Minto Metals Corp. July 19 reported the second quarter production results from its Minto mine located within the Selkirk First Nation in central Yukon, as well as two new members to the company's management team. "Our second quarter production results highlighted our third consecutive quarter of operational improvement as compared to 2021, including a 16% increase in payable copper pounds for QTR 2, however we were behind on our planned targets for the quarter," said Minto...

  • A map of Yukon, Canada, showing Canalask near the Canada-Alaska border.

    Palladium One buys Yukon PGM project

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jun 16, 2022

    Palladium One Mining Inc. June 13 announced the acquisition of Canalask, a nickel-copper-platinum group elements project near Beaver Creek in the Yukon, from Victoria Gold Corp. The 3,400-hectare (8,402 acres) Canalask property lies alongside the Alaska Highway about 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Whitehorse and near the Alaska border. Exploration on the project dates back to the 1950s when the Canalask footwall zone was originally discovered, drilled, and partially...

  • A hillside rife with one of the richest mineral bodies in the world, Casino.

    Casino programs launch for 2022 season

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jun 9, 2022

    Western Copper and Gold Corp. June 6 announced the start of its 2022 exploration and drill program at the Casino copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project in Canada's Yukon. Located about 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Whitehorse, this world-class project that Western Copper and Gold has been advancing since acquiring the property in 2008 is found within the traditional territory of the Selkirk First Nation. Historically, two prefeasibility studies and a feasibility...

  • Newcrest Mining Skeena Resources Chad Day Tahltan Central Government Canada

    Golden Tahltan mining in Northern BC

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated May 5, 2022

    While Golden Triangle is an apt and easily marketable moniker for northwest British Columbia's incredible mineral endowment, Tahltan Territory more accurately and thoroughly encapsulates the rich deposits of copper, gold, silver, nickel, platinum group elements, and other metals for which this region has gained international renown. Extending east from the Alaska border to the Cassiar Mountain range and north from the Nass and Skeena Rivers into the Yukon, the roughly...

  • A night shot of a drill rig at CAVU Mining's Hopper copper project in Yukon.

    CAVU readies for 2022 Hopper drilling

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Apr 28, 2022

    CAVU Mining Corp. April 25 provided an update on its 5,000-meter drill program on the Hopper copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project located in the traditional territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations in the Yukon. The road-accessible 7,400-hectare (18,286 acres) Hopper project within the southern Dawson Range copper-gold belt in southwestern Yukon is presently owned by Strategic Metals Ltd. Most of the previous exploration at Hopper has focused on a skarn system...

  • Whitehorse Gold Skukum 2021 assay results Yukon Canada Creek highlights map

    2021 final results for Skukum project

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Apr 14, 2022

    Whitehorse Gold Corp. April 1 announced assay results from the final 30 drill holes of its 2021 program at its Skukum gold project in southern Yukon. Situated about 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Whitehorse, the Skukum project hosts 1.33 million metric tons of indicated resource containing 274,544 ounces of gold and 5.36 million oz of silver; plus 1.11 metric tons of inferred resource containing 223,873 oz of gold and 1.91 million oz of silver. The bulk of this resource is...

  • ATAC Resources Connaught Yukon Canada Rackla Gold exploration trenching

    ATAC perseveres after tote road setback

    A.J. Roan, Data Mine North|Updated Jan 26, 2022

    ATAC Resources Ltd. focused its 2021 mineral exploration largely on the East Goldfield project in Nevada and the Connaught project in western Yukon, a departure from more than a decade of primarily exploring its district-scale Rackla Gold property in the Yukon. This shift in jurisdictional and project focus followed the Yukon government's rejection of the company's application for a permit to build a private road that would support advanced exploration and potential mine...

  • Whitehorse Gold Skukum Creek Yukon Canada map Charleston vein Goddell

    Whitehorse drills Skukum gold and silver

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Jan 26, 2022

    Starting what it started in 2020, Whitehorse Gold Corp. continued to tap high-grade gold-silver mineralization with resource expansion and exploration drilling at Skukum, home to a past-producing mine in southern Yukon. New Pacific Metals Corp., which gained full ownership of Skukum through the 2011 acquisition of Tagish Lake Gold Corp., created Whitehorse Gold late in 2020 as a subsidiary to advance this 170-square-kilometer (65 square miles) gold property about 55...

  • Yukon YMEP Dublin Gulch eagle mineral exploration incentives

    2021 Yukon exploration bounces back

    Rose Ragsdale, For Data Mine North|Updated Jan 26, 2022

    Mining exploration and production activity soared in Yukon Territory in 2021 thanks to high metals prices, pro-industry government policies, and mounting successes in the field. Bouncing back from some of the most challenging working conditions in modern history due to the COVID-19 pandemic, placer and hardrock miners stepped up the pace of their activities, posting record production numbers and promising exploration results. With the rollout of COVID vaccines and the prospect...

  • 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...

  • Whitehorse Gold Skukum Creek gold silver project Yukon Canada drill program map

    Whitehorse drill cuts Skukum gold grades

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Oct 7, 2021

    Whitehorse Gold Corp. Oct. 5 reported bonanza-grade gold and silver results from a step-out drill hole on its Skukum gold and silver project in southern Yukon. Situated about 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Whitehorse, the Skukum project hosts 1.33 million metric tons of indicated resource containing 274,544 ounces of gold and 5.36 million oz of silver; plus 1.11 metric tons of inferred resource containing 223,873 oz of gold and 1.91 million oz of silver. The bulk of this...

  • antimony Critical Minerals Alliances stibnite World War II MIT TerraScale

    Antimony may be a renewable energy hero

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Sep 16, 2021

    An unsung war hero that saved countless American troops during World War II, an overlooked battery material that has played a pivotal role in storing electricity for more than 100 years, and a major ingredient in futuristic grid-scale energy storage, antimony is among the most important critical metalloids that most people have never heard of. While antimony may not be part of the common lexicon, humans have been using this semi-metal for more than 5,000 years. "For example,...

  • Whitehorse Gold Skukum Creek deposit Yukon Canada 2020 results mineralization

    Whitehorse explores Skukum potential

    Shane Lasley, Mining Explorer|Updated Apr 15, 2021

    Whitehorse Gold Corp. April 15 reported the final results from a 2020 surface sampling and mapping program that explored the wider potential of its Skukum gold and silver project in southern Yukon. Situated about 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Whitehorse, Yukon, the Skukum project hosts 1.33 million metric tons of indicated resource containing 274,544 ounces of gold and 5.36 million oz of silver; plus 1.11 metric tons of inferred resource containing 223,873 oz of gold and...

  • ATAC Resources East Goldfield Nevada Yukon Canada Fraser Institute 2020 survey

    ATAC's focus shifts away from the Yukon

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 18, 2021

    ATAC Resources Ltd. is focusing its 2021 mineral exploration program on the East Goldfield project in Nevada, a departure from more than a decade of primarily exploring its district-scale Rackla Gold property in the Yukon. Late last year, the Yukon government rejected ATAC's application to build a 65-kilometer (40 miles), private tote road that would have supported advanced exploration and potential mine development at Rau, the westernmost of three projects that make up the ex...

  • Whitehorse Gold Corp. Skukum New Pacific Metals Corp. Kevin Weston Yukon

    Whitehorse drills tap more Skukum gold

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 4, 2021

    Whitehorse Gold Corp. Jan. 18 reported an impressive gold-silver intercept from the second hole of its 2020 drill program at its Skukum project in southern Yukon. New Pacific Metals Corp., which gained full ownership of Skukum through the 2011 acquisition of Tagish Lake Gold Corp., created Whitehorse Gold to continue the exploration of this 170-square-kilometer (65 square miles) gold property about 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Yukon's capital. According to a calculation...

  • Whitehorse Gold Skukum Mine New Pacific Metals Tagish Lake maiden drill program

    Whitehorse confirms Skukum gold-silver

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 18, 2021

    Whitehorse Gold Corp. Feb. 17 reported that its maiden drill program at Skukum has succeeded in enhancing the company's geological understanding and confirmed the high-grade tenor of this gold project about 55 kilometers (34 miles) south of Whitehorse, Yukon. New Pacific Metals Corp., which gained full ownership of Skukum through the 2011 acquisition of Tagish Lake Gold Corp., created Whitehorse as a vehicle to further explore this road accessible gold-silver project in southe...

  • Mining Explorers 2020 Yukon White Gold ATAC Resources Minto Explorations

    Yukon explorers rally after late start

    Rose Ragsdale, For Mining News|Updated Feb 11, 2021

    From the first glimpse of a potential new discovery to watching the first load of ore pour into a new mill, mineral explorers working in Yukon Territory during 2020 reported experiencing the full gamut of mining highs. Encouraged by the commissioning of the Eagle Gold Mine, government grants for exploration projects, and metals prices, dozens of juniors rushed to the Yukon to chase prospects in the northern territory. "Based on the historic trends, coming into 2020, it looked...

  • Whitehorse Gold Corp. Skukum Creek Tagish Lake Gold Corp. Kevin Weston

    Whitehorse Gold hits the ground running

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 17, 2020

    Though Whitehorse Gold Corp. was not officially formed until Nov. 18 and only began trading on the TSX Venture exchange on Nov. 25, the newly emerged exploration company is already reporting impressive gold-silver intercepts from drilling at Skukum, an advanced exploration project in southern Yukon previously known as Tagish Lake. New Pacific Metals Corp., which gained full ownership of Skukum through the 2011 acquisition of Tagish Lake Gold Corp., created Whitehorse Gold as...

  • Granite Creek Copper Ltd. Tim Johnson Stu Minto Copper Belt Carmacks

    Purpose-driven junior eyes rich deposits

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

    When Granite Creek Copper Ltd. decided to refocus its energies on finding copper in Yukon Territory in October 2018, it swung into action, aggressively tackling its vision of becoming a leading copper exploration company. Just over two years later, the junior has acquired the advanced Carmacks Copper Project and is hoping to establish a mineral resource estimate on its larger Stu Project next door. To begin its transition, the junior changed its name from Granite Creek Gold...

  • Haul truck excavator Victoria Eagle Gold Mine Dublin Gulch Yukon Canada

    Eagle Gold achieves commercial production

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Victoria Gold Corp. celebrated Canada Day with the declaration of commercial production at its Eagle Gold Mine in Canada's Yukon Territory. Since pouring the first bar of gold at Eagle last September, Victoria has been steadily scaling up operations at the Yukon Mine. With mining, crushing, processing, and maintenance operations performing at a high level, the exploration turned gold producing company declared commercial production. "Site activities continue to progress well,...

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