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Fireweed Metals Corp. Feb. 15 announced additional assay results from the 2022 drill program at Boundary West on the company's Macmillan Pass project, including several significant step-outs that demonstrate the target zone carries good grade and continuity. A road-accessible project in eastern Yukon near the border with Northwest Territories, the 544-square-kilometer (210 square miles) Macmillan Pass project blankets a roughly 55-kilometer- (34 miles) long trend of zinc,...
Victoria Gold Corp. April 5 announced that it produced 37,619 ounces of gold during the first quarter of 2023 operations at its Eagle Mine in the Yukon, a nearly 55% increase over the 24,358 oz produced during the first three months of last year. "This was the best Q1 performance for the Eagle Gold Mine since operations commenced with strong gold production and ore tonnage stacked on the heap leach pad," said Victoria Gold President and CEO John McConnell. Since pouring the...
Western Copper and Gold Corp. March 24 announced a C$21.3 million (US$15.6 million) investment from Mitsubishi Materials Corp. to help advance the company's Casino copper-gold project in Canada's Yukon. Located about 300 kilometers (186 miles) northwest of Whitehorse, this world-class project that Western Copper and Gold has been advancing since acquiring the property in 2008 is found within the traditional territory of the Selkirk First Nation. Historically, two...
Minto Metals Corp. March 16 announced that it will not be shipping Minto Mine copper concentrate through the ore terminal in the Southeast Alaska port town of Skagway for at least the next two years. Concentrates enriched with copper, gold, and silver produced at Minto have been shipped out of Skagway since the 2007 start of production at the Yukon mine. The Skagway Ore Terminal, which is only about 110 miles (175 kilometers) south of the Yukon capital city of Whitehorse and...
Snowline Gold Corp. March 28 announced the closing of C$19.16 million (US$14.1 million) financing that involved B2Gold Corp. buying a 5% interest in the Yukon-focused gold explorer through the purchase of 3.94 million flow-through shares at C$4.86 per share. "B2Gold is a major global gold producer with a strong track record of growth built on a demonstrated commitment to communities, sustainable mining and employee safety," Snowline Gold CEO Scott Berdahl said earlier this...
Snowline Gold Corp. March 14 announced that B2Gold Corp. is making a strategic investment of just over C$19 million in the Yukon-focused exploration company by purchasing nearly four million Snowline shares. "We are excited to welcome B2Gold as a growth-focused, long-term, value-driven investor," said Snowline Gold CEO Scott Berdahl. "B2Gold is a major global gold producer with a strong track record of growth built on a demonstrated commitment to communities, sustainable...
Banyan Gold Corp. March 6 announced the start of its 2023 exploration program at the company's AurMac property in Yukon, Canada, as well as the addition of Brad Thrall as technical advisor for early prep-work needed to build a working mine. In addition to its initially planned 25,000 meters of drilling being completed with three diamond rigs now turning, which is being supported by an on-site assay prep lab, Banyan's 2023 program at AurMac will include expanded metallurgical,...
ATAC Resources Ltd. March 14 announced that it has extended the effective period of the letter of intent with Hecla Mining Company from the initial date of March 15 to April 14. Last month, ATAC and Hecla announced the mutual entering of a non-binding letter of intent for Hecla to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of ATAC. You can read the initial announcement at ATAC acquiesces to Hecla's superior offer in the February 22, 2023 edition of North of 60 Mining News....
Snowline Gold Corp. Feb. 24 announced its latest preliminary assay results from the 2022 drilling program at Rogue, reporting one hole that exceeded expectations and resulted in the longest continuously mineralized interval drilled at the Valley target to date. Found within the Selwyn Basin near Yukon's eastern border with Northwest Territories, Rogue is an 11,227-hectare (27,743 acres) property that comprises 442 mineral claims with a main block that covers a roughly nine-kil...
Banyan Gold Corp. Feb. 27 announced the analytical results from the final 57 diamond drill holes from the company's 2022 drill program at AurMac, a massive influx that further establishes the viability and prospectivity of this northern Canadian gold project. Located approximately 56 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of the village of Mayo, Banyan Gold's flagship property lies within the similarly named Mayo Mining District. Consisting of the Aurex and McQuesten projects optione...
Fireweed Metals Corp. Feb. 27 announced the latest drill results from its 2022 drill program from Boundary Zone, which includes a noteworthy intercept that cut 105 meters averaging 8.4% zinc and 12.1 grams per metric ton silver from surface, with subsections that show spectacular high-grade zinc mineralization. "Boundary Main Zone continues to impress with not only the wide tenor of mineralization but also with high-grade intervals," said Fireweed Metals CEO Brandon...
Minto Metals Corp. Feb. 28 announced with the results from its 2022 exploration program at the Minto Mine a new lens discovery at Minto East that returned multiple holes of high-grade copper and could add new resources for this northern Yukon miner. According to the most recent calculation, Minto hosts 11.09 million metric tons of measured and indicated resource averaging 1.46% (356 million lb) copper, 0.53 grams per metric ton (189,000 oz) gold, and 4.75 g/t (1.86 million...
Fireweed Metals Corp. announced the last two rounds of assays from its 2022 drill program at the company's Macmillan Pass project in Yukon, Canada, signaling the receipt of all drill results and setting the stage for its planned largest drill program this year. In quick succession, Fireweed received its second-to-last batch on March 2, with the remaining nine holes rolling in on March 6. The first results are the final assays from Boundary Zone, while the last results received...
Snowline Gold Corp. March 7 reported yet more results from the 2022 drill program that elevated the Valley zone on the company's Rogue project from an intriguing exploration target to what is shaping up to be a globally significant gold deposit in Canada's Yukon. "Today's results continue to highlight and build on the prospectivity of our Rogue project," said Snowline Gold CEO Scott Berdahl. "A single season has transformed our Valley zone from an interesting exploration...
ATAC Resources Ltd. Jan. 23 announced the results from its second phase of exploration at the company's Catch copper-gold property in central Yukon, which identified a high-grade copper and gold mineralized zone across a 500-meter extent. Located in an underexplored part of southcentral Yukon, about 56 kilometers (35 miles) southeast of Carmacks, this 15.7-square-kilometer (3,880 acres) property is a previously undrilled discovery property prospective for significant copper...
White Gold Corp. Feb. 23 announced the latest batch of assays shows that the 2022 diamond drilling program on the Ryan's Surprise and Ulli's Ridge targets intersected multiple zones of gold mineralization between the untested region of both, suggesting a larger footprint within the 6.5-kilometer- (4 miles) long trend on the company's namesake White Gold District, Yukon. Located roughly 95 kilometers (59 miles) south of Dawson City and practically next door to Western Copper...
Klondike Gold Corp. Feb. 21 announced that receipt of the latest assays included the exciting news of a surface outcrop discovery of high-grade gold-silver in quartz veining at the Gay Gulch showing on the company's Klondike District property 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...
Klondike Gold Corp. Feb. 16 announced its plans to acquire the Quartz and Sulphur properties from C2C Gold Corp., located in the Dawson Mining District in Yukon, Canada, which would increase its land holdings by 27%. "We welcome the opportunity to consolidate our land position covering the prospective southeast side of the Klondike District into one contiguous district-spanning claim group," said Klondike Gold CEO Peter Tallman. "The claim package will allow systematic explora...
Cantex Mine Development Corp. Feb. 9 announced an update from the Main zone on its North Rackla property that, after core analyses, mineralization shows levels of very high germanium content. Generated from a 30,000-square-kilometer (11,583 square miles) regional heavy mineral sampling program, North Rackla was discovered in an area favorable for Carlin-style mineralization similar to ATAC Resources Ltd.’s Osiris deposit in 2010. Staked in 2012, the ensuing work has i...
Snowline Gold Corp. Feb. 3 announced further assay results from its 2022 drilling program at Valley, which continues to impress the company with its continuity and most recently added significant tonnage with strong gold grades. Located within the Selwyn Basin near Yukon's eastern border with NWT, Rogue is an 11,227-hectare (27,743 acres) property that comprises 442 mineral claims with a main block that covers a roughly nine-kilometer (5.6 miles) trend of metamorphic rock...
Alianza Minerals Ltd. Jan. 30 reported an outline of the drilling and exploration activities it has planned for the Haldane silver project in the historic Keno District in the Yukon. Located about 25 kilometers (16 miles) west of Hecla Mining Company's Keno Hill silver mine, the 8,579-hectare (21,200 acres) Haldane property hosts a small historical mine that was first recognized for its high-grade silver mineralization more than 100 years ago. Underground mining that began in...
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Jan. 30 announced additional assay results from the 2022 exploration program at Klaza, including one 1.2-meter intercept averaging 43.2 grams per metric ton gold and 137 g/t silver. The 2022 program utilized two diamond drill rigs that completed a total of 12,042 meters of drilling in 69 holes. Focusing on advancing Klaza toward an updated mineral resource estimate and prefeasibility study through definition and expansion drilling, the first batch of...
Fireweed Metals Corp. Jan. 31 reported additional high-grade intercepts from the 2022 drill program on its flagship Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in the Yukon, and the well-financed company is ready to take on another banner year in 2023. "The list of accomplishments in 2022 is exceptional and includes the biggest drill program in the history of the company, the best hole ever drilled on the [Macmillan Pass] property, acquisition of one of the largest and...
Victoria Gold Corp. Jan. 24 announced the next batch of assays from the 2022 Raven exploration program at the company's Dublin Gulch property in Yukon, Canada, showcasing the incredible potential of this high-grade gold deposit. Just a week since its last announcement regarding Raven, results are coming in hot from the program that saw more holes drilled into this emerging gold deposit than all previous seasons combined. Which is no surprise as the company announced in...
Victoria Gold Corp. Jan. 19 announced that assay results from its 2022 drill program at Raven show the growth potential of this higher-grade gold deposit on Victoria's Dublin Gulch property in the Yukon. In September, the company announced a maiden inferred resource for Raven of 19.96 million metric tons of pit-constrained inferred resource averaging 1.67 g/t (1.07 million oz) gold. The 2022 Raven drilling campaign, which saw more holes drilled into this emerging gold deposit...
