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  • Violet flowers grow out of rocks in front of drill testing for gold at Cassiar.

    Cassiar South 2022 objectives achieved

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Apr 20, 2023

    Cassiar Gold Corp. April 20 reported assay results from 13 holes drilled at Cassiar South, a historically mined high-grade gold area on the company's namesake project in British Columbia. Situated about 55 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of Watson Lake, Yukon, the 145,800-acre (59,000 hectares) Cassiar gold property is divided into two areas – Cassiar North, which hosts the bulk tonnage Taurus gold deposit, and Cassiar South, which hosts multiple high-grade gold targets. While...

  • A hand-sized rock sample with extensive blue and gold-copper mineralization.

    High-grade copper-silver at Kim skarn

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Apr 12, 2023

    Core Assets Corp. April 11 reported strong copper and associated silver was encountered during 2022 channel sampling at the Kim skarn target on the company's 113,900-hectare (281,500 acres) Blue property in Northern British Columbia. Located along BC's border with Alaska in the Atlin Mining District, the district-scale Blue land package hosts high-grade skarn, carbonate replacement, and porphyry prospects enriched with copper, gold, zinc, silver, and lead. Since assembling the...

  • Hands holding a section of drill core with a quartz vein infilled with gold.

    Historic New Polaris gold project pact

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 30, 2023

    The Taku River Tlingit First Nation and Canagold Resources Ltd. March 29 announced that they have entered into a historic agreement that establishes a framework for a long-term cooperative and mutually respectful working relationship between the parties in support of Canagold's efforts to advance exploration and permitting activities at the New Polaris gold project on the Tulsequah River in Northern British Columbia. "Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN) is leading the way...

  • Map showing location of each company’s primary mine property.

    Two BC explorers join Kitsault mill complex

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Mar 23, 2023

    Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. March 21 announced it has updated its earlier agreement with Dolly Varden Silver Corp. and New Moly LLC to study the viability of building a mill complex on New Moly's Kitsault project in Northern British Columbia with the addition of two new companies interested in partaking in the study – Goliath Resources Ltd. and Coast Copper Corp. At the beginning of February, Blackwolf, Dolly Varden and New Moly reported strong interest in consolidating o...

  • A drill tests for copper and gold on a summer day in Northern BC.

    Schaft Creek JV steps up 2023 program

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 17, 2023

    Copper Fox Metals Inc. March 2 outlined a C$17.2 million (US$12.5 million) program for its Schaft Creek copper-gold-molybdenum-silver project in Northern British Columbia that will include 9,000 meters of geotechnical and metallurgical drilling, along with environmental baseline studies and engagement with the Tahltan First Nation. "The emphasis in 2023 will be to advance the Schaft Creek project by augmenting the metallurgical, geotechnical, and environmental data while align...

  • Outcrop of massive sulfide antimony mineralization at Kispiox Mountain.

    Jaxon explores high-grade antimony in BC

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 16, 2023

    Jaxon Mining Inc. March 15 announced plans to explore the high-grade antimony potential of its Kispiox Mountain and Blunt Mountain projects in Northern British Columbia. Two claim groups that are part of Jaxon's larger Hazelton land package about 30 miles (45 kilometers) north of Smithers, BC, Kispiox Mountain and Blunt Mountain, are early-stage exploration projects that both host outcropping zones of high-grade antimony mineralization with associated silver, gold, zinc, and...

  • Bands of metallic copper-gold mineralization in core from Red Chris drilling.

    Newcrest eyes bigger Red Chris potential

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 16, 2023

    Newcrest Mining Ltd. and Imperial Metals Corp. March 13 announced that the East Ridge exploration target at the Red Chris copper-gold mine in Northern British Columbia is shaping up to be substantially larger than originally envisioned. Based on drilling completed up to mid-2022, Newcrest estimated that East Ridge could host up to 170 million metric tons of resource averaging 0.5% (2 billion pounds) copper and 0.5 grams per metric ton (2.8 million ounces) gold on the low end,...

  • Sun sets behind a drill testing for gold and silver on a ridge in Northern BC.

    Benchmark to take deeper look at Lawyers

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 11, 2023

    Benchmark Metals Inc. March 7 announced plans for a 20,000-meter drill program targeting high-grade gold-silver mineralization extending below the Cliff Creek and Dukes Ridge gold-silver deposits on the company's Lawyers project in Northern British Columbia. "The deposits remain open for additional resource growth with high-grade gold and silver mineralization below the existing deposits," said Benchmark Metals CEO John Williamson. A preliminary economic assessment completed...

  • White quartz veins exposed in the wall of Wings Canyon at Cassiar.

    Drills tap encouraging gold east of Taurus

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 9, 2023

    Cassiar Gold Corp. March 3 reported significant gold intercepts from its 2022 drilling at Taurus East and Wings Canyon, potential Taurus deposit resource expansion areas on the company's Cassiar project in Northern British Columbia. Lying about 55 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of Watson Lake, Yukon, the 145,800-acre (59,000 hectares) Cassiar gold property is divided into two areas – Cassiar North, which hosts the bulk tonnage Taurus gold deposit, and Cassiar South, which h...

  • High-grade sample with blue and gold-colored copper-silver-zinc minerals.

    Core Assets samples high-grade Kim skarn

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 23, 2023

    Core Assets Corp. Feb. 23 reported high-grade copper-zinc-silver mineralization in rock samples collected from the Kim target – a high-grade occurrence about 22 kilometers (14 miles) north of the Silver Lime porphyry-carbonate replacement deposit project on the company's Blue property in northern British Columbia. Located along BC's border with Alaska in the Atlin Mining District, Blue is a roughly 281,500-acre (113,900 hectares) land package covering high-grade skarn and c...

  • Probe points to a speck of visible gold along chunk of copper in a rock sample.

    Brixton works with Taku River Tlingit

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 16, 2023

    Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 24 reported that it has been working collaboratively with Tak'hu River Tlingit on responsible exploration of its Thorn copper-gold-silver project, which lies within an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area declared by the Northern British Columbia First Nation. Last week, Tak'hu River Tlingit announced its declaration of a roughly 18,000-square-kilometer (7,000 square miles) area centered on the Taku River watershed that is intended to protect...

  • Map with 3D shape of the gold-silver deposits and mill location at Lawyers.

    Benchmark eyes deeper Lawyers potential

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 10, 2023

    Benchmark Metals Inc. Feb. 10 reported that it will focus its 2023 programs at Lawyers on work to advance the gold-silver mine project in Northern British Columbia to feasibility and permitting. This includes artificial intelligence-supported resource modeling to delineate and explore the underground expansion potential of the deposits at Lawyers. "Benchmark has significant potential to leverage already drilled mineralization below the open pits to add high-grade gold and...

  • The Brucejack mill and camp facilities are nestled in snow-covered mountains.

    Red Chris, Brucejack mine output drops

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 10, 2023

    Newcrest Mining Ltd. Jan. 25 reported a drop in gold and copper production at its two mines in Northern British Columbia during the fourth quarter of calendar year 2022. Newcrest's BC assets include a 70% operating ownership of the Red Chris copper-gold mine, Imperial Metals Corp. owns the remaining 30% interest and full ownership of the Brucejack gold mine. The drop in gold production at Brucejack was anticipated due to a fatality during the quarter that resulted in a 21-day...

  • A stringer of silver cuts across mineralized quartz in Dolly Varden drill core.

    Dolly Varden drills 771.5 oz/t silver

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 8, 2023

    Dolly Varden Silver Corp. Jan. 6 reported the highest-grade silver ever drilled on the Dolly Varden target at the end of its Kitsault Valley project in Northern British Columbia. Kitsault Valley, which lies about 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Stewart, BC, is an amalgamation of Dolly Varden's namesake project and the adjacent Homestake Ridge gold-silver project the company acquired from Fury Gold Mines Ltd. in 2022. Four deposits associated with past producing mines at...

  • Core with silver veinlets from Dolly Varden’s 2022 drilling at Homestake.

    25m of 46 g/t gold cut at Homestake Main

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 8, 2023

    Dolly Varden Silver Corp. Jan. 30 reported another round of exceptional assays from the 2022 drill program at the Homestake gold-silver deposits at the north end of the company's Kitsault Valley project in Northern British Columbia. Located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Stewart, BC, the 63-square-mile (163 square kilometers) Kitsault Valley project is an amalgamation of Dolly Varden's namesake project and the adjacent Homestake Ridge gold-silver project the...

  • A barge delivers mining equipment to the Niblack project in Southeast Alaska.

    Alaska, BC miners eye centralized mill

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 8, 2023

    Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. Jan 31 announced that it reached an agreement with Dolly Varden Silver Corp. and New Moly LLC to study the viability of building a mill on New Moly's Kitsault project that could process ore from the three companies' projects in Northern British Columbia and Southeast Alaska. "We are optimistic about the potential synergies of working with the companies in a scenario to reduce respective capital costs as well as reduce permitting timelines and ris...

  • Visible gold speckles on band of brown rock and quartz in Day Zone drill core.

    Premier gold drilled at Ascot's Day Zone

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 26, 2023

    Ascot Resources Ltd. Jan. 23 reported that its 2022 drilling at the Big Missouri deposit and nearby Day Zone continues to confirm and discover high-grade gold zones that could provide ore for the upgraded and expanded mill at its Premier gold-silver mine project near Stewart, British Columbia. Home to a past-producing gold mine that last operated in the 1990s, Premier already had a mill, crushing and grinding circuits, tailings storage area, and hydroelectric grid power...

  • Distant view of the past producing Taurus gold mine on the Cassiar property.

    Cassiar drills wide gold at Taurus SW

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 25, 2023

    Cassiar Gold Corp. Jan. 23 announced that drilling has encountered near-surface gold mineralization in resource expansion areas at the southwest and southeast edges of the 1.4-million-ounce Taurus gold deposit on the company's Cassiar project in Northern British Columbia. Located near British Columbia's northern border with the Yukon, the 145,800-acre (59,000 hectares) Cassiar gold property is divided into two areas – Cassiar North, which hosts the bulk tonnage Taurus gold d...

  • Pink flowers grow out of the rocks near a drill at the Cassiar gold project.

    Cassiar taps gold in Taurus growth areas

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 19, 2023

    Cassiar Gold Corp. Jan. 17 announced that drilling has encountered strong gold mineralization in resource expansion areas of the 1.4-million-ounce Taurus gold deposit on the company's Cassiar project in Northern British Columbia. Situated about 55 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of Watson Lake, Yukon, the 145,800-acre (59,000 hectares) Cassiar gold property is divided into two areas – Cassiar North, which hosts the bulk tonnage Taurus gold deposit, and Cassiar South, which h...

  • A drill testing for copper and gold overlooks a river and mountains in BC.

    Drills cut higher grades at Schaft Creek

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 19, 2023

    Copper Fox Metals Inc. Jan. 18 reported that initial assays from the 2022 drill program at Schaft Creek extend near-surface higher-grade zones with the large porphyry copper-gold deposit at this mine project in Northern British Columbia. Being advanced under a joint venture between Teck Resources Ltd. (75%) and Copper Fox (25%), Schaft Creek hosts 1.35 billion metric tons of measured and indicated resources averaging 0.26% (7.76 billion pounds) copper, 0.17 grams per metric to...

  • A drill tests for gold and copper on a slope in the mountains of Northern BC.

    Seabridge gets closer to Iskut porphyry

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 18, 2023

    Seabridge Gold Inc. Jan. 9 announced that its 2022 drill program discovered a large, well-mineralized breccia pipe beneath the historic Bronson Slope skarn deposit at its Iskut project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Seabridge's world-class KSM mine project, Iskut is home to the 1980s-era Johnny Mountain gold-silver-copper mine. Over the past four years, Seabridge has focused its exploration on discovering a large porphyry...

  • Drill core with gold-colored copper mineralization within white and grey rock.

    Thick porphyry copper cut at Camp Creek

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 12, 2023

    Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 4 reported wide drill intercepts that indicate the growth potential of the Camp Creek porphyry copper target on the company's 2,600-square-kilometer (1,004 square miles) Thorn property in Northern British Columbia. Situated in Tahltan Territory, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) east of Juneau, Alaska, the district-scale Thorn property hosts large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum and volcanic-sediment hosted gold-silver targets. The latest...

  • Closeup of visible gold in core from drilling at the Trapper target in BC.

    Brixton drills thick Trapper gold zone 2.0

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 12, 2023

    Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 12 reported additional wide bulk tonnage gold intercepts with impressive high-grade subsections from the final 2022 holes drilled at the Trapper target on the company's Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. A 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) land package at the northern corner of BC's famed Golden Triangle, the Thorn project hosts both epithermal gold targets such as Trapper and large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum targe...

  • Limestone stained from massive sulfide silver-zinc-lead-copper mineralization.

    Core discovers another silver-rich CRD

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 12, 2023

    Core Assets Corp. Jan. 9 announced that its 2022 field program discovered a new high-grade carbonate replacement silver-zinc-lead-copper target in the Silver Lime project area of the company's Blue property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Located in the gold-rich Atlin Mining District, Blue is a 111,649-hectare (275,890 acres) land package covering high-grade skarn and carbonate replacement and porphyry prospects enriched with silver, gold, copper, zinc, and lead....

  • Closeup of visible gold observed in core from drilling at the Trapper target.

    Brixton drills thick gold zone at Trapper

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 10, 2023

    Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 9 announced that its 2022 drilling cut wide bulk tonnage gold intercepts with impressive high-grade subsections at the Trapper target on its Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. A 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) land package at the northern corner of BC's famed Golden Triangle, the Thorn project hosts both epithermal gold targets such as Trapper and large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum targets such as Camp Creek about...

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