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Banyan Gold Corp. Feb. 2 announced the start of a 30,000-meter drill program at AurMac in the Yukon that is focused on the continued expansion of the Powerline deposit and Aurex Hill zone on this gold exploration project about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle Gold Mine. "Exploration at the AurMac property has now resumed with three diamond drill rigs..." said Banyan Gold President and CEO Tara Christie. "The initial focus is the expansion of the Po...
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Feb. 7 said the latest batch of assay results from the 2021 drill program at Klaza show the potential to expand and upgrade the resource within Western BRX Zone on the gold-silver property in southern Yukon. A 2020 preliminary economic assessment for Klaza outlines plans for a mine that would produce roughly 750,000 ounces of gold and 13.8 million oz of silver over 12-years. This scoping level study is based on 4.46 million metric tons of indicated res...
Alexco Resource Corp. Jan. 18 reported that the Bermingham deposit at its Keno Hill Silver District project in Canada's Yukon now hosts 1.56 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 939 grams per metric ton (47.2 million ounces) silver, a 43% increase over the 33 million oz calculated for the deposit in 2019. In addition, Bermingham hosts 843,400 metric tons of inferred resource averaging 735 g/t (19.9 million oz) silver, a 66% increase over the 509,400 oz in the...
ATAC Resources Ltd. Jan. 25 announced its optioning of the 15.7-square-kilometer (3,880 acres) Catch property from Yukon-based geologist Ryan Burke. "The addition of the Catch property to our growing copper and gold portfolio presents a rare opportunity to advance a brand new copper-gold discovery located at the underexplored northern end of a very fertile geological terrane," said ATAC President and CEO Graham Downs. Catch is located in an underexplored part of southcentral...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Jan. 12 makes its first announcement of the year with assay results from a hole that cut 6.92% zinc, 5.03% lead, and 48.7 grams per metric ton silver at Tom East, the highest-grade deposit on the company's Macmillan Pass property in Canada's Yukon. Tom and the nearby Jason deposit currently host 11.2 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.59% (1.63 billion pounds) zinc, 2.48% (620 million lb) lead, and 21.33 g/t (7.7 million ounces) silver;...
Alianza Minerals Ltd. Jan. 18 released its first 2022 announcement with the overall results of 2021 and the outlines for this year's program at many of its properties including the 100% owned Haldane silver project in the Yukon's Keno Hill District. "We had an extremely productive year in 2021, marked by advancement of the exciting new West Fault high-grade silver target at our Haldane project in Yukon's historic Keno Hill Mining District," said Jason Weber, president and CEO...
Sabre Gold Mines Corp. Jan. 18 published the results from a preliminary economic assessment that outlines a 60,000-ounce-per-year gold mining operation at its road-accessible Brewery Creek project about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of Dawson City, Yukon. Brewery Creek is the home to a mine that produced roughly 280,000 ounces of gold over seven years of mining that began in 1996. This operation used seasonal heap leaching – a method of gold recovery that involves stacking o...
Kicking off the new year, Banyan Gold Corp. Jan. 11 released the analytical results from the next five diamond drill holes drilled during the 2021 exploration campaign at the rapidly developing Powerline deposit on the company's AurMac gold property in the Yukon. In light of the massive delays that has developed for assays, for Banyan to receive these results so early in the year certainly spells a good start to 2022. Located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Victoria...
Victoria Gold Corp. Dec. 16 reported that the global supply chain disruptions have slowed supplies in and gold out of its Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon. "Like many companies, we are experiencing pressure on our supply chain," said Victoria Gold President and CEO John McConnell. "We continue to work with all of our suppliers very closely to avoid such disruptions as COVID related challenges persist." For Victoria, the gnarled supply chain resulted in a five-week delay for the...
Banyan Gold Corp. Dec. 14 announced the latest round of assay results from eight diamond drill holes of the phase 2 exploration campaign at the company's rapidly developing Powerline deposit on its AurMac project in the Yukon. "These latest assay results continue to expand the interpreted gold mineralization footprint at Powerline with 100-meter step out drill holes," said Banyan Gold President and CEO Tara Christie. "The continuity of mineralization across the two kilometers...
Sabre Gold Mines Corp. Dec. 14 reported that its Brewery Creek mine project in Canada's Yukon now hosts more than 1 million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated resource categories. Sabre Gold was created as the result of a merger between Golden Predator Mining Corp. and Arizona Gold Corp. that was finalized in September. At the time of the merger, Golden Predator's Brewery Creek property hosted 22.2 million metric tons of indicated leachable resource averaging 1.11...
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...
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Dec. 15 reported results from the first 29 of 72 holes drilled this year at Klaza, a road-accessible gold-silver project in southern Yukon. The 14,256-meter 2021 drill program at Klaza included resource expansion and upgrade drilling that will provide information to support a mine prefeasibility study, as well as exploration drilling to test targets outside of the known mineral resource areas. A 2020 preliminary economic assessment for Klaza outlines...
Banyan Gold Corp. Dec. 7 announced results from this year's exploration drilling at the Aurex Hill zone on the company's AurMac property in the Yukon. "Results from 17 holes of the 2021 Aurex Hill campaign, combined with historic intercepts, significantly increases the mineralization footprint of Aurex Hill," said Banyan Gold President and CEO Tara Christie. "The zone represents a large untested target area with the potential to define additional near-surface, potentially...
Victoria Gold Corp. Oct. 12 reported a record-setting quarter on several fronts at its Eagle Mine in the Yukon, including the ounces of gold recovered. The recently established open pit mine and heap leach recovery operation at Eagle produced 55,827 oz of gold during the third quarter, roughly 58% higher than the same period of 2020 and nearly matching the 58,899 oz produced during the entire first half of this year. Records are made to be broken, and Victoria does not see the...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Nov. 18 reported significant copper mineralization encountered in a step-out hole drilled in the Boundary Zone at Macmillan Pass, bringing a new metal into play at this zinc-rich project in eastern Yukon. A road-accessible project next to the Northwest Territories border, the 940-square-kilometer (363 square miles) Macmillan Pass property covers a 55-kilometer (34 miles) trend of potential zinc-lead-silver and now copper mineralization. First drilled in...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Nov. 23 announced an update from the 2021 drilling program at Macmillan Pass in Yukon, Canada, with a substantial intersect cutting 16.1 meters of 10.4% zinc and 15.7 grams per metric ton silver in a step-out hole at Boundary West target. Accessible by road next to the Northwest Territories border, the 940-square-kilometer (363 square miles) Macmillan Pass property that covers a 55-kilometer (34 miles) trend of potential zinc, lead and silver...
Triumph Gold Corp. Nov. 24 announced that four holes drilled this summer has expanded the WAu zone within the Revenue deposit on the company's Freegold Mountain copper-gold project in the Yukon. Freegold Mountain hosts near-surface porphyry gold-copper deposits and related precious metals enriched polymetallic targets across a roughly 19-kilometer (12 miles) stretch of the property. The two most advanced deposits along this trend are Nucleus and Revenue. Nucleus hosts 31...
Banyan Gold Corp. Nov. 9 reported its third-quarter exploration update for its AurMac project in the Yukon, expanding the program to three drills working onsite and culminating in approximately 25,000 meters in more than 120 diamond drill holes this year, with more to come. Since February, the two phases of 2021 drilling at AurMac have quickly approached the targeted 30,000 meters planned for this gold exploration property about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Victoria Gold...
White Gold Corp. Nov. 17 reported strong gold mineralization encountered during this summer's diamond drill program at the Betty Ford target on the company's Betty gold project in the Yukon. "It's nice to finally see the Betty project get its first round of diamond drilling," said White Gold Chief Technical Advisor Shawn Ryan. Situated about 15 kilometers (nine miles) northeast of Western Copper and Gold Corp.'s Casino copper-gold deposit and 40 kilometers (25 kilometers)...
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Nov. 3 reported the successful completion of a 72-hole diamond drill program at its road-accessible Klaza gold-silver project in the Dawson Range Gold Belt of southern Yukon. Originally slated to be 12,000 meters, the 2021 program at Klaza was expanded to 14,256 meters of drilling that included 11 resource expansions, 31 resource upgrades, and 30 exploration holes. A 2020 preliminary economic assessment outlines plans for a mine at Klaza that would...
White Gold Corp. Nov. 11 reported a 16% increase to the mineral resources for the VG deposit at QV, a gold exploration project about 85 kilometers (53 miles) south of Dawson City, Yukon. White Gold acquired QV from Comstock Metals Ltd. in 2019. At the time, the VG deposit on this property hosted 4.4 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 1.65 g/t (230,000 ounces) gold. The gold mineralization in this deposit appears to be very similar to the Golden Saddle deposit...
White Gold Corp. Nov. 1 reported strong gold intercepts in three rotary air blast holes drilled at Ulli's Ridge, an exploration target about 3,000 meters southwest of the Golden Saddle and Arc deposits on the company's namesake property in Yukon's White Gold District. Golden Saddle and Arc host a combined 15.6 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 2.28 grams per metric ton (1.14 million oz) gold; and 9 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 1.39 g/t...
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...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Sept. 16 reported that the second hole drilled this year at the Boundary West target at its Macmillan Pass project in eastern Yukon has cut three distinct zones of zinc-lead-silver mineralization. "This step-out hole at Boundary West has delivered not one, but three very impressive intersections over significant widths," said Fireweed Zinc CEO Brandon Macdonald. "Encouragingly, these three intersections represent three separate zones of mineralization, inclu...
