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  • A scenic view of the Yukon mountains overlooking the Nickel Shaw property.

    Nickel Creek could be future carbon trap

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

    Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. Dec. 16 announced results on the ongoing work toward carbon sequestering at the company's Wellgreen deposit on its flagship Nickel Shaw project in southwestern Yukon, Canada. Under the guidance of University of British Columbia Professor Greg Dipple, Nickel Creek has been conducting experimentation at Wellgreen, a deposit with extensive nickel-copper-platinum group metals mineralization dominantly hosted in ultramafic rocks. Aside from the...

  • The Minto Mine in the Yukon has produced 500 million lb of copper since 2007.

    Minto pleased with extensive MT survey

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

    Minto Metals Corp. Dec. 20 announced the results from its 2022 magnetotellurics geophysical survey over its Minto copper mine property in Yukon, Canada. Magnetotellurics is a passive electromagnetic technique that maps resistivity by measuring telluric currents induced in the earth by natural sources such as lightning, solar flares, and ionospheric resonances. In layman, this essentially means sensitive equipment detects the natural electrical currents that flow through the...

  • Snowline geologist examining drill core closely using a loupe.

    Intercepts swell Valley gold for Snowline

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

    Snowline Gold Corp. Dec. 22 announced a significant 207-meter intercept of 1.76 grams per metric ton gold in the latest round of assay results from its 2022 drilling at the Rogue project in Yukon, Canada. "The latest results from Valley continue to demonstrate substantial scale and strong grades for a reduced intrusion-related gold system," said Snowline Gold CEO Scott Berdahl. One of several highly prospective properties in Snowline's Yukon portfolio, Rogue is an 11,227-hecta...

  • A lone geologist hiking up a grassy hill in Yukon territory.

    Drill taps high-grade gold at Betty Ford

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 15, 2022

    White Gold Corp. Dec. 8 reported additional assays from the company's 2022 drilling program at the Betty property, with an intercept cutting the highest grades ever at 18.29 meters averaging 8.94 grams per metric ton gold and ultimately extending mineralization along strike at the Betty Ford target. Following up on results announced last week, White Gold wasted no time in reporting its latest assays. You can read about the first results at Betty and Mascot reveal exciting...

  • A northwesterly view from Alianza Minerals' Haldane Silver project in the Yukon.

    Bighorn raised to big league for Alianza

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 15, 2022

    Alianza Minerals Ltd. Dec. 14 announced the completion of its 2022 exploration program at the Haldane silver project in the Yukon's historic Keno Hill Mining District, which culminated in the successful extension of Bighorn by roughly 525 meters. 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 produced roughly 24.7 metric tons of hand-sorted ore...

  • A rare relatively clear sky above White Gold's Betty property in Yukon, Canada.

    Betty and Mascot reveal exciting results

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 8, 2022

    White Gold Corp. Nov. 28 announced positive results from the 2022 drill program at the Betty Ford and Mascot targets on the company's Betty property in Yukon's White Gold District, reporting that one hole drilled at Betty Ford cut 55.2 meters averaging 1.5 grams per metric ton gold, and one at Mascot that cut 27.4 meters averaging 1.14 g/t gold. "We are pleased to have encountered additional broad zones of near-surface gold mineralization on the Betty property," said White...

  • A drill pad on the side of a snowy mountain at Sitka Gold's RC Gold project.

    Sitka Gold expands Blackjack discovery

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 8, 2022

    Sitka Gold Corp. Nov. 18 announced the latest batch of assays from the summer drilling program at the RC Gold project in Yukon, Canada. While sixteen diamond drill holes were completed overall, these results come from an additional five Sitka could not wait to report. "The results from this second set of drill holes from our summer drilling program continue to intersect broad zones of anomalous gold as we drill test areas proximal to the core of the intrusion-hosted...

  • Macmillan Pass within the Mackenzie Mountains in Canada.

    Fireweed first assays reveal best intercept

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Dec 1, 2022

    Fireweed Metals Corp. Nov. 22 announced that the second hole drilled this year at Macmillan Pass cut an impressive 124 meters averaging 12.3% zinc, 1.3% lead, and 45.9 grams per metric ton silver in the Boundary West zone, the best intercept ever on the company's flagship property in Canada's Yukon. "The first results from the 2022 program include the best intersection we have ever had at Boundary zone, or anywhere on the property including our Tom and Jason deposits," said...

  • A bird's eye shot of Banyan Gold's AurMac property in the Yukon.

    Banyan drills impressive gold at Powerline

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 17, 2022

    Banyan Gold Corp. Nov. 7 reported that its systematic drilling at AurMac continues to extend the gold mineralized footprint of the Powerline and Aurex Hills deposits, including an 84.4-meter intercept averaging 1.13 grams per metric ton gold in the most northeasterly hole drilled so far at Powerline. 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, AurMac hosts 3.99 million...

  • The rising sun colors the sky yellow and orange behind a Klondike Gold drill.

    Inaugural resource for Klondike Gold lode

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 17, 2022

    Klondike Gold Corp. Nov. 10 announced its first resource estimate for deposits on its namesake gold project in the hills above the famed Eldorado and Bonanza placer gold streams near Dawson City, Yukon. The Lone Star and Stander deposit on the Klondike District Gold Project host 21.59 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.68 grams per metric ton (468,901 ounces) gold and 6.46 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 0.54 g/t (111,959 oz) gold. "The...

  • ATAC Resources camp at the Rackla Gold project in central Yukon.

    First Osiris drilling in over four years

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 17, 2022

    ATAC Resources Ltd. Nov. 1 reported strong gold intercepts from this year's drilling Osiris deposit, the first drilling to be carried out at the Nadaleen project on the broader Rackla Gold property in the Yukon, since 2018. The 2022 program at Nadaleen included 1,551 meters of drilling in five holes – three at Osiris and one each in the Sunrise and Conrad targets. "While we only conducted a small-scale program this year, these results are a great reminder of the high-grade n...

  • Geologist surveying on a slope overseeing the Rogue property in Yukon.

    Valley returns strong gold for Snowline

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 17, 2022

    Snowline Gold Corp. Nov. 15 announced that drills cut an incredible 128.2-meter intercept averaging 2.48 grams per metric ton gold from surface, within a wider 285.2-meter section averaging 1.45 g/t gold at its Rogue project in the Yukon. Much like its V-22-010 hole that cut 318.8 meters of 2.55 g/t gold, which Snowline says changed its perception of the Valley zone, this latest step-out adds "significantly to the prospective scale and grade of our unfolding gold discovery at...

  • Palladium One VP Exploration Neil Pettigrew standing below rocky outcrop.

    Palladium One grabs big multi-metal sample

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 17, 2022

    Palladium One Mining Inc. Nov. 17 announced that one grab sample from the initial exploration of its newly acquired Canalask project in the Yukon contained 0.15% nickel, 6.07% copper, 0.01% cobalt, 28.1 grams per metric ton silver, and 1.55 g/t gold. Lying alongside the Alaska Highway, this 3,400-hectare (8,402 acres) property is roughly 300 (186 miles) kilometers from Whitehorse and near the Alaska border. Optioned from Victoria Gold Corp. Palladium One Mining saw potential...

  • The Northern Lights over Nitsulin Bay near Teslin, Yukon, Canada.

    Strategic, Yukon First Nation agreement

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Nov 3, 2022

    Teslin Tlingit Council and Strategic Metals Ltd. Oct. 24 announced the signing of an access and exploration agreement that aims to deepen relations and create the foundation for future cooperation between the Yukon First Nation and mineral exploration company. Typically staying under the radar, Strategic Metals' portfolio is spread over 110 wholly-owned properties, five joint ventures, nine under options, and 11 with royalty interests. All of these cover a broad suite of metal...

  • The 1,500-meter overland conveyor belt at Victoria Gold's Eagle Gold mine.

    Victoria back in business with new GM

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Victoria Gold Corp. Oct. 17 announced a successful repair of the overland conveyor belt at Eagle and operations have resumed at the company's gold mine in the Yukon. On Oct. 4, Victoria Gold reported that the 1,500-meter overland conveyor belt linking the crushing plant to the heap leach facility experienced a splice failure on Sept. 29. During the belt's replacement, mining, leaching, and gold recovery plant activities remained in operation while crushing, conveying, and...

  • A geologist swings a pickaxe on a slope in the Selwyn Basin in Yukon, Canada.

    Snowline cuts wide Valley gold intercepts

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Snowline Gold Corp. Oct. 12 said the 318.8 meters of 2.55 grams per metric ton gold cut in hole V-22-010 is changing the company's perception of the Valley zone on its Rogue project in the Yukon and intrusion-related gold systems at large. As a relatively new junior to the various rich projects in the Yukon, Snowline has shown it is quickly emerging as one of northern Canada's most active and enticing gold explorers. You can read about the company, and its plans for the Yukon...

  • An aerial photograph of the Minto Mine in Yukon, Canada.

    Steady copper production at Minto Mine

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Minto Metals Corp. Oct. 12 reported that its Minto Mine in the Yukon produced 7.9 million pounds of payable copper during the third quarter, resulting in approximately 22.4 million lb so far this year. Located within the traditional territory of the Selkirk First Nation in the Minto Copper Belt of the Yukon, the Minto Mine has been in operation since 2007, with underground mining commencing in 2014. Since 2007, approximately 500 million lb of copper has been produced at this...

  • A rainbow shines down on Rockhaven's Klaza camp in the Yukon.

    Rockhaven concludes 2022 exploration

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Oct. 12 announced the completion of its 2022 exploration program at Klaza to upgrade as much inferred resource to indicated for the forthcoming prefeasibility study. Utilizing two diamond drill rigs, Rockhaven completed 12,042 meters of drilling in 69 holes focused on advancing Klaza toward prefeasibility by achieving the following objectives: • Further defining resources – 43 holes were completed to assist in upgrading inferred resources to the ind...

  • Bonanza Creek in northern Yukon was the site of the Klondike Gold Rush.

    Klondike Gold is reviving gold rush site

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Klondike Gold Corp. Oct. 27 said its 2022 exploration program at the Klondike District gold project in the Yukon's Dawson Mining District has yielded discoveries and important geological insights that could revive this historic property. "The Gay Gulch discovery of gold-bearing veining associated with pervasive silicification in a series of drill holes is a first, and the direct relationship to a major structure is important in developing a resource model there and for future...

  • Map showing the location of the Michelle project in northern Yukon.

    Silver Range details Silver47 drilling

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 27, 2022

    Silver Range Resources Ltd. Oct. 24 reported that its partner Silver47 Exploration Corp. has cut high-grade silver-zinc mineralization in its initial drilling at the Silver Matt discovery on its Michelle project in northcentral Yukon. Split between its portfolio of 43 properties in Nevada and northern Canada, of which 14 are currently under option to others, including the Michelle project now being explored by Silver47. The Michelle project covers carbonate-hosted,...

  • Banyan Gold President and CEO Tara Christie oversees drilling at AurMac.

    Banyan continues to expand AurMac gold

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 20, 2022

    Banyan Gold Corp. Oct. 12 reported that the latest batch of assay results shows that its 2022 drilling continues to expand gold mineralization around 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, AurMac hosts 3.99 million ounces of gold in the inferred resource category for its three deposits – P...

  • The 1,500-meter overland conveyor belt at Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon.

    Broken belt lowers Eagle Gold expectations

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 20, 2022

    Victoria Gold Corp. Oct. 4 reported the results from its third quarter production at the company’s Eagle Gold Mine, delivering 50,028 ounces of gold, down roughly 5,000 oz from the same period last year. The company attributes the drop in year-over-year third-quarter gold production to no run-of-mine ore hauled directly from the open pit to the heap leach facility. Last year, a total of 1.1 million metric tons of run-of-mine ore was hauled directly from the open pit to the h...

  • A drill pad on the slopes of CAVU Energy Metals' Star project.

    Alpha Copper to merge with CAVU

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 20, 2022

    CAVU Energy Metals Corp. Oct. 3 announced plans to merge with Alpha Copper Corp., a mineral exploration company with two promising copper projects in British Columbia. Under the terms of the agreement, CAVU shareholders will receive 0.7 shares of Alpha for each CAVU share held, which represents a 31.3% premium for CAVU shareholders based on each company's respective 30-day volume-weighted average price. The value of the consideration was calculated as C33 cents per CAVU...

  • Minto Metals' Minto Mine on a beautiful fall day in Yukon, Canada.

    Encouraging drill results at Minto Mine

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Oct 20, 2022

    Minto Metals Corp. Oct. 20 announced that recent assay results from its planned 30,000-meter exploration drilling program for 2022 have extended known mineralization at its Minto North deposit, as well as added potentially new resource at its Cu Keel South deposit at the company's Minto Mine in the Yukon. "This phase of drilling focused on high priority, untested exploration targets adjacent to the current resource base and followed-up on successful discovery holes from the...

  • Workers prep drill pad at North Rackla property in Yukon, Canada.

    Cantex reports first assays from Main Zone

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Sep 29, 2022

    Cantex Mine Development Corp. Sept. 26 announced an update on its drilling program at the company's Main Zone of the North Rackla claim block in Yukon, Canada. Staked for its Carlin-style gold potential in 2012, ensuing work at North Rackla has discovered the 2,500-meter-long Massive Sulfide trend enriched with zinc, lead, manganese, copper, and silver. From the extensive ongoing program, the first results from its 2022 drill program have begun to roll in. Highlights from the...

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