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  • The northern lights shine brilliant green above an exploration camp.

    Newmont survey helps find Klondike's gold

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Mar 6, 2024

    Regional silt survey identifies highest anomalous sites within Klondike District Gold property. Klondike Gold Corp. Feb. 22 announced that with the help of Newmont Canada, the company was able to identify the highest anomalous sites within its Klondike District Gold property in Yukon, Canada. "We have pursued the idea of conducting a regional geochemical survey for years to characterize where Klondike might fit in the major tectonic gold belt picture, and we would like to than...

  • White Gold’s campsite in the White Gold District of Yukon, Canada.

    White Gold makes new gold discovery at QV

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Mar 6, 2024

    Sampling discovers more than 1,000-meter-long gold-in-soil anomaly that shares characteristics with nearby VG and Golden Saddle deposits. White Gold Corp. Feb. 22 announced that its 2023 soil sampling program identified a 1,000-meter-long gold-in-soil anomaly about nine kilometers (5.6 miles) northwest of the VG deposit on the QV property that has all the hallmarks similar to the Golden Saddle deposit on the company's nearby White Gold project in Yukon, Canada. "We are very...

  • nowline geologist swinging a pick at a slope.

    Snowline discovers possible Valley twin

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Mar 6, 2024

    7 surface sampling returns substantial anomalous gold values, reveals 2,000- by 500-meter reduced-intrusion-related gold system. Snowline Gold Corp. Feb. 20 reported the discovery of a new 2,000- by 500-meter reduced-intrusion-related gold system just 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northwest of Valley on the company's flagship Rogue property in Yukon, Canada. "We are excited to see such strong and consistent gold numbers from the field team's discovery at Aurelius," said...

  • Geologist examines unique rock formation at 3 Aces.

    Seabridge solves 3 Aces continuity mystery

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Feb 25, 2024

    Long hidden geological controls solved, shapes plans for future drilling of high-grade gold target. Seabridge Gold Inc. Feb. 14 announced the results from the 2023 drill program established a new model for the mineralization associated with the main high-grade gold target at its 3 Aces project in Yukon, Canada, giving the company a clear path forward for follow-up evaluation and resource delineation in the coming season. With the added data from 7,759 meters of core and...

  • Heavy equipment stacking ore at Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Mine.

    Year-round stacking successful for Victoria

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Feb 22, 2024

    Victoria Gold Corp. Jan. 15 reported that despite the various ups and downs of 2023, it produced a total of 166,730 ounces of gold for the year, an 11% increase from 2022 and testimony to the feasibility of year-round ore stacking. The company's decision to stack ore on the heap leach pad during the first three months of 2023, a departure from previous years at Eagle, resulted in 37,619 oz gold produced during the first quarter-a 55% increase over 24,358 oz produced during... Full story

  • White Gold’s campsite in the White Gold District of Yukon, Canada.

    Agnico funds another year for White Gold

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Feb 22, 2024

    White Gold Corp. Dec. 13 announced that it closed a C$5.1 million (US$3.8 million) that included continued financial backing by partner Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd, which is increasing its 19.5% share to 19.85%, and ultimately financing White Gold's 2024 exploration program. "We are very appreciative for the continued support of our strategic shareholders and are now fully funded for an impactful 2024 exploration program following the success of this past season where we continued...

  • A bright orange sunset over the mountains in Yukon, Canada.

    Banyan adds 1 million oz gold to AurMac

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Feb 16, 2024

    Banyan Gold Corp. Feb. 7 announced an updated mineral resource estimate for its AurMac gold project in Yukon, Canada, climbing its total to 7 million ounces of gold. "With the AurMac resource now at 7 million ounces; 6.2 million ounces in the Powerline deposit alone, we can focus on delineating higher-grade zones, increase the confidence in the resource and further de-risk the project," said Banyan Gold President and CEO Tara Christie. This marks an increase of 1 million oz...

  • Drill rig built along the side of a steep slope in Canada’s Yukon.

    Fireweed flagship deposits still surprise

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Feb 15, 2024

    Fireweed Metals Corp. Feb. 1 announced that the final results from the 2023 drilling at the Tom and Jason deposits on the company's Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in Yukon, Canada, returned possibly one of the most significant discoveries at the Tom deposit in decades. Accumulating more data for an updated resource estimate, the 2023 program utilized five rigs to complete more than 22,500 meters of diamond drilling at the Boundary, Tom, and Jason deposits at...

  • Banyan Gold CEO Tara Christie explaining core geology during site tour.

    Final results from Banyan 2023 program

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 26, 2024

    Banyan Gold Corp. Jan. 15 reported the remaining assays from a robust 2023 drill program that significantly expanded the gold mineralized footprint on the company's AurMac project in Yukon. Roughly 80% of the 24,700 meters of drilling carried out at AurMac last year was focused on the Powerline and Aurex Hill deposits, with the balance on new targets. "With three drill seasons since our initial resource in 2020, Banyan has taken the resource at AurMac to 6.2 million ounces...

  • Snowline technicians examining data on core drilled at Valley.

    Snowline reports more atypical intercepts

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 26, 2024

    Snowline Gold Corp. Jan 15 announced the results from three of its latest assays for the 2023 exploration program at Valley, which the company was eager to report as it added more several-hundred-meter intercepts, with one containing one of the highest-graded sustained intervals seen to date. "Today's results highlight the strength and scale of mineralization near the open, eastern edge of the well-mineralized, near surface corridor at our Valley target," said Snowline Gold...

  • Visible gold found on core sample from drilling at Klondike’s Stander zone.

    Klondike extends gold at east Stander edge

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 26, 2024

    Klondike Gold Corp. Jan. 15 announced results from the 2023 drilling at Stander on the company's Klondike Gold District property, noting that high-grade gold has been discovered there, which extends mineralization to the east. "The discovery of gold associated with historically unrecognized shear veins, distinguishable from sheeted extension veins, validates our view of the potential for the Klondike to host multiple and substantial gold deposits," said Klondike Gold...

  • Geologists inspecting geology on slope at Fireweed’s Macmillan Pass project.

    Last Boundary results exemplify prospect

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 25, 2024

    Fireweed Metals Corp. Jan. 22 announced the final results from a pivotal 2023 drilling campaign that successfully defined a high-grade feeder zone that joins the Boundary Main and Boundary West targets into the singular Boundary Zone on the company's Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in Yukon, Canada. Accumulating more data for an inevitable updated resource estimate, the 2023 program utilized five rigs to complete more than 22,500 meters of diamond drilling at the...

  • Drill technicians working on a rig at Metallic Minerals Formo target.

    Metallic assays elevate future Keno MRE

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 25, 2024

    Metallic Minerals Corp. Jan. 10 announced the results from its 2023 exploration campaign at the company's Keno Silver project in Yukon, Canada, with all its holes encountering high-grade silver, lead, zinc, and significant gold mineralization. Consisting of 171 square kilometers (66 square miles) within the historic Keno Hill Silver District, Metallic Minerals holds 100% of this promising target that lies adjacent to Hecla Mining Company's Keno Hill silver mine. Covering the...

  • The northern lights shine brilliantly over the Mackenzie Mountains.

    Fireweed looks back at 2023 successes

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 25, 2024

    Fireweed Metals Corp. Dec. 28 gave a year-end review of its accomplishments from 2023 and ushered in the new year with expectations to continue advancing its flagship Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver-copper project in southeast Yukon, the adjacent world-class Mactung tungsten project spanning the Northwest Territories-Yukon border, and its Gayna River zinc-lead-silver project about 180 kilometers (112 miles) north of MacPass in NWT, Canada. "2023 has been another extraordinary...

  • Hammer placed beside highly copper mineralized rock samples.

    Cascadia casts enthusiastic light for 2024

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 25, 2024

    Cascadia Minerals Ltd. Jan. 4 announced an update on the company's Catch property in Canada's Yukon as well as the final diamond drilling results from its 2023 exploration program, culminating in a brief end-of-year review and its plans moving forward into 2024. Last year, Cascadia Minerals (formerly ATAC Resources Ltd.) cut a deal with Hecla Mining Company to sell several of its core properties in an effort to branch into the energy metal sector. With Hecla taking over the...

  • Aerial photo of Snowline Gold’s Forks camp in Yukon, Canada.

    Valley consistency becomes commonplace

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 17, 2024

    Snowline Gold Corp. Jan. 3 announced the next set of assays from its 2023 exploration program at Valley target on the company's Rogue project in Yukon, Canada, keeping consistent with the incredible hundreds-of-meters-long intervals that have made this prospect one to keep an eye on. Following the release of a year-end review for 2023, the first report for 2024 is the expected results from the remaining holes drilled in last year's 22,000-meter drill program. "The latest...

  • Aerial photograph of Fireweed Metals’ exploration camp in Yukon, Canada.

    Fireweed welcomes year with new best hole

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 12, 2024

    Fireweed Metals Corp. Jan. 9 announced its newest best intercept to date from drilling at Boundary on the company's Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in Yukon, Canada. "I am excited to start the year able to say that we have intersected our best-ever Boundary zone drill intersection," said Fireweed Metals CEO Brandon Macdonald. Out of the 52 holes drilled at Macmillan Pass last year, 40 were completed at Boundary, including 36 step-outs that tested vein mineralization,... Full story

  • Members of the Snowline geological team near the discovery outcrops at Valley.

    Snowline acknowledges 2023 job well done

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Jan 9, 2024

    Snowline Gold Corp. Dec. 29 provided an end-of-the-year summary of its 2023 season, highlighting key activities and achievements that truly elevate the status of this junior and impress the significant prospect the company has outlined in the rich and underexplored region of the Selwyn Basin in Yukon, Canada. With an extensive portfolio that includes roughly 280,000 hectares (602,000 acres) of gold exploration properties within the Selwyn Basin near Yukon's eastern border...

  • Drill rig working within a snowy valley in Yukon, Canada.

    Chips have been stacking up for Sitka Gold

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 31, 2023

    Sitka Gold Corp. Dec. 19 announced that it has acquired full ownership of Clear Creek, a property that hosts the company's Blackjack and Eiger gold deposits, followed by a year-end summary of its 2023 exploration program for its overall RC Gold project in Yukon, Canada. "Completing our requirements to obtain 100% ownership of the Clear Creek property, which hosts the Blackjack and Eiger deposits, is an important milestone in Sitka's advancement of the RC Gold project," said...

  • A bird’s eye view of the numerous roads cutting through AurMac.

    Banyan completes 75% McQuesten earn-in

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 14, 2023

    Banyan Gold Corp. Dec. 13 announced a significant milestone in its exploration journey on the company's Yukon-based holdings, with the successful acquisition of 75% earn-in of the McQuesten half of its AurMac property. Located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle Gold Mine and adjacent to Hecla Mining Company's Keno Hill Silver District, the Aurex and McQuesten properties, or AurMac, cover three gold deposits – with McQuesten holding the A...

  • Hand holding a highly copper mineralization grab sample.

    New copper challenger bared for Gladiator

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 14, 2023

    Gladiator Metals Corp. Dec. 11 announced that its second phase of drilling discovered a new zone of high-grade copper mineralization at the Cowley Park target on the company's Whitehorse Copper project in Yukon, Canada. "Drilling continues to define the continuity and scale of high-grade copper mineralisation at Cowley Park as well as providing further definition to the potentially significant coincident molybdenum mineralisation," said Gladiator Metals CEO Jason Bontempo....

  • A close-up shot of visible gold circled with red.

    A gigantic step forward for Klondike Gold

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 7, 2023

    Klondike Gold Corp. Dec. 6 announced that drilling tapped strong gold mineralization at the Gay Gulch target on the company's Klondike District Gold Project in Yukon, Canada. Located roughly 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Dawson City, the Klondike District Gold Project is comprised of 3,913 quartz claims in one contiguous land package covering 727 square kilometers (452 miles) of the famed Yukon gold district. Advancing the project for over a decade, Klondike's land...

  • Drill rig operator organizing the pipes used to dig into possible targets.

    Snowline drills another 500m-plus interval

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 7, 2023

    At this point, it is safe to say the company has discovered the motherlode at its Valley target. Snowline Gold Corp. Dec. 6 announced its strongest near-surface interval drilled to date at the Valley target located on the company's flagship Rogue project in Yukon, Canada. Following a trend of incredible drill intercepts, each spanning hundreds of meters and returning consistently strong grades, Snowline has once again revealed an interval spanning more than 500 meters...

  • Western Copper and Gold’s camp at Casino in Yukon, Canada.

    Rio Tinto invests again in promising Casino

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 30, 2023

    Western Copper and Gold Corp. Nov. 28 announced that after making an initial investment in 2021, Rio Tinto has elected to provide an additional C$6 million (US$4.4 million) to help the company continue advancing Western's world-class Casino project in the Yukon. In May 2021, Rio Tinto invested C$25.6 million (US$18.9 million) to purchase 11.8 million Western shares at C$2.17 per share, marking a roughly 8% stake in the Yukon-focused copper mine development company's...

  • Geologists inspecting an outcrop on Onyx Gold’s King Tut property.

    Onyx discovers clues to King Tut treasure

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 24, 2023

    Onyx Gold Corp. Nov. 15 announced that its first drill program at King Tut has revealed the "smoke" to what it hopes is a gold deposit "fire" at this early-staged project in eastern Yukon, Canada. Nestled between Snowline Gold's Rogue and Golden Oly properties to the north and south and Fireweed Metals' Macmillan Pass project to the northeast, Onyx Gold holds 100% interest in four separate properties in the Yukon's emerging Tombstone Gold Belt, as well as three properties in...

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