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  • A strong lens flare from the sun over the White Gold project.

    Final hole from White Gold's Betty Ford

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

    White Gold Corp. Nov. 14 announced the final drill results from the Betty Ford target on the company's Betty property in Yukon, Canada, revealing the consistency of wide high-grade gold intersections and continuity of mineralization at this highly prospective target. Reporting the results from the first two holes in September and the third just last week, the final hole from the Betty Ford drill program has returned results that elevate Betty Ford to an undoubtedly...

  • Cascadia Minerals technicians working on a drill pad at Catch.

    Cascadia makes a rare Catch in the Yukon

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

    Cascadia Minerals Ltd. Nov. 16 announced that the first two holes ever drilled at Catch encountered the porphyry copper-gold the company had hoped to find at this project in Yukon, Canada. Earlier this year, Hecla Mining Company cut a deal to buy out ATAC Resources, keeping the precious metals enriched Rackla and Connaught properties in the Yukon and spinning out the rest of ATAC's properties into Cascadia. Managed by the former ATAC team and backed by an initial C$2 million...

  • Man stands in a ravine of the old Little Chief mine near Whitehorse, Yukon.

    Gladiator finds new trend at old mine site

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

    Gladiator Metals Corp. Nov. 16 announced an update from its ongoing data compilation over the Whitehorse Copper project, identifying significant widths of unmined, copper-gold skarns within the historic Little Chief mine trend in Yukon, Canada. Whitehorse Copper is a 5,380-hectare (13,294 acres) copper-molybdenum-silver-gold skarn exploration project that covers a significant portion of what has historically been known as the Whitehorse Copper Belt. Located practically in the...

  • Geologist inspecting sample with a loupe.

    Another 400m gold intercept for Snowline

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 20, 2023

    Snowline Gold Corp. Oct. 19 announced another incredible length of mineralized core from surface, extending over 400 meters, averaging 1.43 grams per metric ton gold from its latest batch of assays reported from drilling the Valley target on the company's Rogue project in Yukon, Canada. While a short but sweet release of only two holes, these are adding to Snowline's entries into the Yukon gold intercept record books. Much like its earlier reported more than 500-meter...

  • Crewmembers working on drill pad at White Gold’s Betty property.

    White Gold extends Betty Ford high-grade

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 16, 2023

    White Gold Corp. Nov. 8 announced that its 2023 drilling significantly expanded the width of the near-surface Betty Ford gold target on the Betty property in Yukon, Canada. Located roughly 65 kilometers (40 miles) southeast of White Gold's namesake flagship project, Betty is a promising property within the company's immense 350,000-hectare (864,869 acres) land package that covers approximately 40% of the White Gold District. According to the most recent calculation, the White...

  • Bright green Aurora above Klondike Gold’s headquarters in Dawson City.

    Klondike grabs history, finds more gold

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 16, 2023

    Klondike Gold Corp. Oct. 31 reported that its 2023 rock sampling has discovered bonanza grade gold mineralization, with associated silver and tellurium at the Dominion target on the company's Klondike District property in the Dawson Mining District in Yukon, Canada. Located roughly 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Dawson City, the Klondike District Gold Project covers 727 square kilometers (280 square miles) of the famed Yukon gold district. According to a 2022...

  • Pilot standing next to helicopter on crest of hill beside a bulldozer.

    Sitka sets its sights on golden horizon

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 16, 2023

    Sitka Gold Corp. Oct. 30 announced the next batch of assays from its ongoing drill program at the company's RC Gold project in Canada's Yukon, which the company says has significantly expanded known mineralization with a possibility to add considerable ounces at its Blackjack deposit. Located within the central region of Canada's Yukon Territory, in the prolific Tombstone Gold Belt, the RC Gold project is roughly midway between Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle Gold mine and...

  • Map of the Charlotte property located in west-central Yukon.

    Taurus Gold reports promising results

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 10, 2023

    Taurus Gold Corp. Nov. 7 announced surface soil sample and geophysical survey results from its 2023 exploration program at its Charlotte gold-silver-zinc-lead property in the Mt. Nansen area of west-central Yukon. Located at the south end of the Dawson Range Gold Belt within the Tintina Gold Province, Charlotte is a 23-square-kilometer (8.9 square miles) land package adjacent to Rockhaven Resources' Klaza property that is accessed by an all-weather road. Taurus' 2023...

  • Geologists inspecting an interesting geological outcrop at Klondike property.

    Klondike beginning to understand Gold Run

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 10, 2023

    Klondike Gold Corp. Nov. 8 announced the results from the mapping, rock sampling and diamond drilling at the Gold Run target on the Klondike District property in Yukon, Canada, expanding the company's understanding of this early exploration-staged prospect. Located roughly 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) southeast of Dawson City, the Klondike District Gold Project covers 727 square kilometers (280 square miles) of the famed Yukon gold district. According to a 2022 calculation, two...

  • Heavy loader organizing milled earth to be sorted or leached.

    Rich results ends Raven 2023 exploration

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 10, 2023

    Victoria Gold Corp. Oct. 25 reported that drills tapped grades as high as 5.83 grams per metric ton gold over 31.4 meters at its more than one-million-ounce Raven deposit on the Dublin Gulch property in Yukon, Canada. "The 2023 Raven exploration season is now completed and, as these latest results demonstrate, has continued to identify high-grade gold mineralization both internally and externally to the current Raven deposit bounds," said Victoria Gold President and CEO John...

  • Bright green Aurora above Klondike Gold’s headquarters in Dawson City.

    Klondike reports VG from all sampled sites

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

    Klondike Gold Corp. Oct. 11 announced an update on its 2023 exploration program at the company's namesake property in the Dawson Mining District in Yukon, Canada – reporting that it has been a fruitful season that grew the project closer to world-class status. Located roughly 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Dawson City, the Klondike District Gold Project covers 727 square kilometers (280 square miles) of the famed Yukon gold district. According to a 2022 calculation, t...

  • Fireweed Metals crew holding a briefing on a slope at Macmillan Pass, Yukon.

    Fireweed wraps largest drill program ever

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 25, 2023

    Fireweed Metals Corp. Oct. 24 announced that the 2023 exploration program at its Macmillan Pass project in Yukon, Canada, has come to a close with more than triple the meterage from last year, truly living up to its planned "largest program ever." The company also reports assays from almost half of the total holes drilled for the year. A road-accessible project adjacent to Yukon's border with Northwest Territories, the 940-square-kilometer (363 square miles) Macmillan Pass...

  • Crewmember loading up a tray of core in the core shack.

    Metallic drills for Keno silver resource

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 19, 2023

    Metallic Minerals Corp. Oct. 19 announced the completion of its 2023 exploration program at its Keno Silver project in Yukon, Canada. Covering 171 square kilometers (66 square miles) within the historic Keno Hill Silver District, Metallic Minerals has been advancing its flagship Keno Silver project that lies adjacent to Hecla Mining Company's Keno Hill silver mine. While not as large as last year's program, the company opted to focus its efforts on the largest and...

  • Furnace pouring molten gold-silver into a mold.

    Victoria issues Eagle Mine Q3 production

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 19, 2023

    Victoria Gold Corp. Oct. 4 reported that its Eagle Mine in the Yukon produced 124,749 ounces of gold during the first nine months of this year, including 41,561 oz during the third quarter. The gold recovered at Eagle during the first three quarters of 2023 is 17% higher than the 106,441 oz produced during the same period of 2022. This year's third-quarter gold production at Eagle, however, is down 17% from the 50,028 oz recovered during the same three-month period last year....

  • Gladiator Metals geologist inspecting copper mineralization on slope.

    Gladiator returns to drill copper project

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 5, 2023

    Gladiator Metals Corp. Sept. 26 announced the restart of drilling at the high-grade Cowley Park prospect on the company's Whitehorse Copper project in Yukon, Canada. "Gladiator is excited to recommence diamond drilling at the high-grade Cowley Park Copper Prospect. Over the summer, Gladiator's team has integrated surface mapping, historic drill hole datasets and planned regional geophysical surveys to identify potential controls on high-grade mineralisation within the...

  • Bulldozer digging out a road along a mountain crest.

    Sitka drills new best hole at RC Gold

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 5, 2023

    Sitka Gold Corp. Sept. 26 announced that drill hole 47, the fifth hole completed during the 2023 season, has produced the best gold intercepts drilled to date at its RC Gold project in Yukon, Canada. "Hole 47 is our best drill hole to date, returning 219 metres of 1.34 g/t gold including very significant sub-intervals such as 124.8 metres of 2.01 g/t gold and 14 metres of 5.53 g/t gold," said Sitka Gold CEO Cor Coe. Early in September, Sitka highlighted results from its first...

  • Sun setting over Snowline Gold’s camp in Yukon, Canada.

    Snowline drills over 500m of 1.2 g/t gold

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 5, 2023

    Snowline Gold Corp. Oct. 5 announced the latest batch of assays that continues to confirm the robust continuity and grade of gold mineralization at the Valley target on its Rogue project in Yukon, Canada. "The exceptional nature of our Rogue project's Valley target is highlighted by the observation that holes such as V-23-049 and V-23-050, with average grades of greater than one gram per metric ton gold from surface over hundreds of meters and greater than two g/t gold over...

  • Victoria’s Eagle Gold Mine production facility in Yukon, Canada.

    Victoria's Raven flies toward upgrade

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

    Victoria Gold Corp. Sept. 14 announced the first analytical results from the 2023 exploration campaign at Raven, a deposit within its already gold-producing Dublin Gulch project in central Yukon. Discovered with soil sampling and trenching in 2018, Raven is a large, near-surface gold target associated with Nugget, the second-largest known intrusive body on Victoria Gold's Dublin Gulch property. Located roughly 15 kilometers (nine miles) east of the Eagle Gold Mine, trenching...

  • Geologists on a mountain digging for grab samples.

    Onyx Gold moves fast, drilling and listing

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Sep 21, 2023

    Onyx Gold Corp. Sept. 11 announced an update on its ongoing exploration at the King Tut property in Yukon, Canada, then shortly after reported listing on the OTC Markets in the United States, fulfilling criteria to be a part of OTCQX, the highest tier available through this exchange. 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...

  • Snowline Gold’s camp in eastern Yukon, Canada.

    Surface is sprinkled with gold for Snowline

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

    Snowline Gold Corp. Sept. 11 announced the next batch of assays from its ongoing drill program at the company's Valley target on its Rogue property in eastern Yukon. As part of a targeted 10,000-meter program, the company has blown past that with more than 13,000 meters drilled at Valley. So far, completing 29 holes with an additional two in progress, this year's program represents more drilling at Valley than the sum of all previous drilling on the target to date. "This...

  • White Gold’s camp among golden trees in the mountains.

    White Gold drilling expands gold footprint

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

    White Gold Corp. Sept. 7 announced the initial assay results from the 2023 drilling on its Betty and JP Ross properties in Yukon, Canada, two of the three target areas the company has outlined for this year's program. Betty and JP Ross are located approximately 65 kilometers (40 miles) southeast and 30 kilometers (19 miles) northeast, respectively, from White Gold's namesake flagship project, which hosts 16.11 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 2.23 grams per...

  • Drill pad set up along the crest of a hill at RC Gold.

    Sitka reports best Blackjack drill hole to date

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

    Sitka Gold Corp. Sept. 11 announced results from the fourth hole completed during the 2023 summer drilling program at the Blackjack deposit on the company's RC Gold project in Yukon's Tombstone Gold Belt. Just days after the initial results from the first three holes, Sitka quickly released its finding for hole number four, and the reasoning is sound. "Drill hole DDRCCC-23-046 has produced our highest grade intercept to date with a remarkable 108 grams per tonne gold over 1.2...

  • A grab sample showing significant mineralization from Nickel Shäw project.

    Nickel Creek PFS portends critical metal

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

    10-year mine life could provide the much-needed nickel and copper for clean energy technologies. Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. Aug. 24 published the results of a pre-feasibility study for the Nickel Shäw project in the southwest corner of Canada's Yukon, capable of producing 614.3 million pounds of nickel, 281.5 million lb of copper, 21.5 million lb of cobalt, 626,500 ounces platinum, 743,400 oz palladium, and 174,400 oz of gold over a 19-year mine life. This PFS is based on...

  • Banyan Gold President and CEO Tara Christie inspecting core.

    Banyan reports consistent Powerline gold

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

    Banyan Gold Corp. Sept. 6 announced the latest results from 13 holes that confirm consistency of gold mineralization within the southern portion of the Powerline deposit on the company's AurMac property in Yukon, Canada. 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, is comprised of three deposits – Powerline, Airstrip, and A...

  • A drill pad wedged onto the side of a cliff at the RC Gold project.

    Sitka drills deeper to confirm gold extent

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

    Sitka Gold Corp. Sept. 5 announced the results from the first three holes drilled during the 2023 exploration program at the RC Gold project in Yukon, Canada, which continues to highlight the consistency and magnitude of mineralization at its ever-expanding targets. "The results from the first three drill holes completed during our summer drill program at RC Gold continue to illustrate just how consistent and well-endowed the gold mineralization is at our expanding Blackjack...

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