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Aben Resources Ltd. July 9 announced that it has completed the 2019 drill program at its Justin gold project in southeastern Yukon and drills are now turning on its Forrest Kerr gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Aben is starting off with a 5,000-meter drill program this year at Forrest Kerr. A second 5,000-meter phase that follows up on interesting targets turned up in the initial phase is expected to be added. "The company looks forward to continued success...
Brixton Metals Corp. July 8 announced the start of a drill program testing new near-surface, high-grade gold targets identified during a soil and rock sampling program carried out earlier this year at the company's Atlin Goldfields project in northwestern British Columbia. "We are excited to start our first ever drilling campaign at the Atlin Goldfields project," said Brixton Metals Chairman and CEO Gary Thompson. Brixton's Atlin property consists of roughly 1,000 square...
Ascot Resources Ltd. June 27 reported that it is making significant headway towards its goal of resuming operations at its past producing Premier gold mine and developing new mines on its other properties near Stewart, a historic mining town at the southern gate of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Ascot's landholdings in the Stewart area include Premier, a 100-square-kilometer (39 square miles) land package that hosts the past producing Premier and Big Missouri mines;...
The Tahltan Central Government June 24 said it is demanding the shutdown of jade and placer gold mining in the Tahltan Territory of northern British Columbia. The Tahltan Nation's 95,933-square-kilometer (37,040 square miles) territory covers 70 percent of B.C.'s Golden Triangle. This area has been an active placer gold producing region for more than 150 years and the nephrite jade deposits in the area are considered some of the highest quality in the world. On June 20,...
Margaux Resources Ltd. June 24 announced a milestone in achieving its plans to acquire and explore the Cassiar gold project in northern British Columbia from Wildsky Resources Inc., formerly China Minerals Mining Corp. The 56,000-hectare (138,380 acres) Cassiar property hosts both lower grade bulk tonnage and high-grade vein occurrences across a 15-kilometer (nine miles) structural corridor. Bisected by Highway 37, the property also boasts significant existing infrastructure,...
ZincX Resources Corp. June 19 announced the start of a 2,500-meter drill program at its Akie zinc project in northern British Columbia. Focused on the central high-grade core of the Cardiac Creek deposit, this drilling is targeting the initial five years of future mine production identified in a preliminary economic assessment completed in 2018. The PEA contemplates a 4,000-metric ton underground mine at Cardiac Creek providing ore for a 3,000-metric-ton-per-day mill that is...
With the four main deposit at KSM – Kerr, Sulphurets, Mitchell and Iron Cap – advanced to the mine feasibility stage, Seabridge Gold Inc. June 18 said it is focusing its 2019 exploration program on discovery targets beyond the vast copper-gold resources delineated so far across this property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The four KSM deposits host 2.98 billion metric tons of measured and indicated resources averaging 0.52 grams per metric ton (49.7 million oun...
Crystal Lake Mining Corp. June 12 said a large copper-gold porphyry target area with high-grade gold potential, known as Chachi Corridor, has been outlined on the eastern side of its Newmont Lake project in the heart of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Skeena Resources Eskay Creek project and about the same distance southeast of Teck Resources and Newmont Goldcorp' Galore Creek project, Newmont Lake is in an area known for...
StrikePoint Gold Inc. June 13 announced the formation of a technical advisory committee to assist and provide technical guidance to the management team regarding all aspects of exploration and development of StrikePoint properties. StrikePoint's portfolio includes two gold and silver exploration properties in British Columbia's Golden Triangle – Porter and Willoughby – three in the Yukon – Pluto, Mahtin and Golden Oly – and several other earlier staged properties. Rob McLeod...
The Tahltan Nation and Seabridge Gold Inc. June 10 announced they have negotiated the terms of a co-operation and benefits agreement in connection with the development of a mine at Seabridge's KSM gold-copper project located in northwestern British Columbia. The Tahltan Nation's 95,933-square-kilometer (37,040 square miles) territory covers 70 percent of British Columbia's Golden Triangle - a world-class mining jurisdiction with a thriving mineral exploration sector. This...
GT Gold Corp. May 20 announced plans for a 10,000-meter initial phase of 2019 drilling primarily focused on the Saddle North gold-copper target on its Tatogga property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Last year's discovery program at Saddle North involved roughly 8,200 meters of drilling in 10 holes. Highlights from the 2018 drilling include: • 822.2 meters of 0.42 grams per metric ton gold, 0.26 percent copper and 0.62 g/t silver in TTD085; • 904.1 meters of 0.51 g/t...
Dolly Varden Silver Corp. May 8 published an updated mineral resource estimate for its namesake silver property south of Stewart, British Columbia. The four deposits at Dolly Varden – Torbrit, Dolly Varden, Wolf and North Star – host 3.42 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 299.8 grams per metric ton (32.93 million oz) silver; plus 1.29 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 277 g/t (11.48 million oz) silver. These four deposits are associated with...
GT Gold Corp. May 9 announced that Newmont Goldcorp Corporation has agreed to invest C$17.6 million into an upcoming financing, a strategic investment that will accelerate the exploration and development of the Saddle North and Saddle South targets on GT Gold's Tatogga property in northwestern British Columbia. "Newmont Goldcorp's investment is a significant milestone for GT Gold and represents a strong endorsement of our Tatogga property and recognizes the area's appeal as a...
Pretium Resources Inc. May 2 reported that its Brucejack Mine in northwestern British Columbia produced 79,180 ounces of gold during the first three months of 2019. While mill throughput has increased at Brucejack, the ore grades are lower compared to recent quarters. During the first three months of 2019, the mill processed 295,122 metric tons of ore, or an average of 3,279 metric tons per day. The average grade of the ore fed into the mill was 8.7 grams per metric ton gold....
Ascot Resources Ltd. April 24 announced the start of a 15,000-meter drill program at its Premier gold-silver project near Stewart, British Columbia. Ascot's landholdings in the Stewart area includes Premier, a 100-square-kilometer (39 square miles) land package that hosts the past producing Premier and Big Missouri mines; Silver Coin, an adjacent property that also provided ore to the mill at Premier; and Red Mountain, another gold-silver asset acquired from IDM Mining....
Benchmark Metals Inc. April 22 announced it plans to complete 14,000 to 25,000 meters of drilling during the 2019 exploration program at the Lawyers gold-silver project in northern British Columbia. Located about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of the Kemess copper-gold mine project, Lawyers is home to a small underground mine that produced 171,200 ounces of gold and 3.6 million oz of silver over a four-year period beginning in 1989. This historical mining, carried out by...
Brixton Metals Corp. April 18 announced the start of its first phase of 2019 exploration at the Atlin Goldfields project in northern British Columbia. Over the past three years, Brixton has consolidated approximately 1,000 square kilometers (386 miles) of mineral claims covering most of the Atlin gold camp. This large land package, which extends east from the community of Atlin, blankets an area that has produced more than 600,000 ounces of placer gold over the past 120...
Ascot Resources Ltd. and Nisga'a Nation April 10 announced the signing of a benefits agreement for Red Mountain, an underground gold project roughly 15 kilometers (nine miles) northeast of Stewart, British Columbia. "This agreement sets a comprehensive structure to collaborate through the development and mining at Red Mountain, along with certainty for the proponent," said Nisga'a Lisims President Eva Clayton. Completed through IDM Mining Ltd., now a subsidiary of Ascot...
Benchmark Metals Inc. April 10 said assay results from resampling core from historical drilling at Lawyers continues to demonstrate the potential for a large bulk tonnage target encompassing the high-grade gold and silver previously identified on this northern British Columbia property. Located about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of the Kemess copper-gold mine project, Lawyers is home to a small underground mine that produced 171,200 ounces of gold and 3.6 million oz of...
Pretium Resources Inc. April 4 said the Brucejack Mine in is now expected to average 525,000 ounces of gold annually over the next 10 years at all-in sustaining cost of US$535 per ounce, according to a new mine plan for the underground mine in northwestern British Columbia. The new 14-year plan for Brucejack is based on 16 million metric tons of reserves averaging 12.6 grams per metric ton (6.4 million ounces) gold and 59.3 g/t (30.5 million oz) silver. To push gold...
Crystal Lake Mining Corp. April 1 announce the closing of a C$4.6 million financing, which will primarily be used to fund a 2019 drill program at the Newmont Lake gold-copper-silver property in northwestern British Columbia. Located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Skeena Resources Ltd.'s Eskay Creek project and about the same distance southeast of Teck Resources Ltd. and Newmont Mining Corp.'s Galore Creek project, Newmont Lake is in an area known for deposits...
Seabridge Gold Inc. March 25 announced a five-year extension of the provincial Environmental Assessment certificate for its KSM copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia. Originally issued in 2014, the original KSM EA certificate was issued by the Province for an initial five-year term set to expire on July 29, 2019. The new five-year certificate was approved with the same terms and conditions as the original, including the requirement to commence construction of a...
ArcWest Exploration Inc., formerly Sojourn Exploration Inc., March 20 announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sparrowhawk, a copper-gold property about 65 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Smithers, British Columbia. The road accessible Sparrowhawk property is adjacent to Glencore Canada's Bell and Granisle mine property in the Babine Porphyry Copper District in the northcentral part of the province. The Bell Mine, operated by Noranda between 1972 and...
Benchmark Metals Inc. March 11 reported that its 2018 drill program has tapped gold and silver mineralization up to 350 meters southeast from the Cliffs Creek mineral resource area on the Lawyers project in northern British Columbia. Located about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of the Kemess copper-gold mine project, Lawyers is home to a small underground mine that produced 171,200 ounces of gold and 3.6 million oz of silver over a four-year period beginning in 1989. This...
Seabridge Gold Inc. March 12 reported its 2018 drilling has added nearly 8 million ounces of gold and 4 billion pounds of copper to Iron Cap, one of four deposits that make up the company's KSM project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Iron Cap now hosts 423 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.41 grams per metric ton (5.58 million oz) gold, 0.22 percent (2.05 billion lb) copper, 4.6 g/t (62.56 million oz) silver and 41 parts per million (38 million lb)...
