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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...
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...
Victoria Gold Corp. Sept. 15 announced that it has been included in the Toronto Stock Exchange's 2021 TSX30, a flagship program recognizing the 30 top-performing TSX stocks over a three-year period based on dividend-adjusted share price appreciation. Trading under the TSX ticker symbol VGCX, Victoria shares have risen 251% over the 3-year span considered for inclusion in the 2021 TSX30, ranking the Yukon gold miner thirteenth on the list. "On behalf of the company, I am very...
Banyan Gold Corp. Aug. 23 reported assay results for the next five drill holes at Powerline, returning more strong results and further demonstrating the size potential of this gold 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, AurMac hosts 52.58 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 0.54 grams per metric ton (903,945 oz) gold in two deposits – Powerline and A...
Alexco Resource Corp. Sept. 7 reported that its 2021 program continues to expand upon the extremely high-grade silver mineralization in the Bermingham Northeast Deep zone on its Keno Hill project in the Yukon. Discovered in 2018, Northeast Deep lies about 150 meters below the Northeast zone at Bermingham, a deposit that hosts 630,173 metric tons of probable reserves averaging 899 grams per metric ton (18.21 million ounces) silver. One hole drilled at Northeast Deep in 2019...
Banyan Gold Corp. Sept. 8 announced the results of the final 15 holes for the 2021 phase 1 drill program at the Powerline deposit at its AurMac property in Canada's Yukon, increasing the area of known gold mineralization by more than 650%. "Results continue to demonstrate growth potential of the Powerline deposit, with continuity of near-surface gold distributed in mineralized horizons concordant with the sub-horizontal mineralization model," said Banyan Gold President and...
ATAC Resources Ltd. Sept. 2 reported that trenching and other surface exploration has confirmed compelling porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold potential at Connaught, a western Yukon exploration project better known for high-grade silver-lead-gold veins that often also carried copper and zinc. "We are extremely encouraged with the early exploration results from Connaught, as they strongly support the presence of a copper-molybdenum porphyry," said ATAC President and CEO Graham...
Alianza Minerals Ltd. Aug. 19 reported that drilling continues to expand upon the high-grade silver mineralization at the West Fault Complex on the company's Haldane property in Yukon's famed Keno Hill Mining District. Located about 25 kilometers (16 miles) west of Alexco Resource Corp's Keno Hill silver mine, the 8,579-hectare (21,200 acres) Haldane property hosts a historical mine that produced roughly 24.7 metric tons of hand-sorted ore averaging 3,102 grams per metric ton...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Aug. 17 reported that its first 2021 hole at Macmillan Pass cut a wide zone of strong zinc mineralization at the Boundary West discovery, including a very high-grade section reminiscent of the Tom and Jason deposits that currently host the resource at this expansive project in eastern Yukon, Canada. A road-accessible project next to the Northwest Territories border, the 940-square-kilometer (363 square miles) Macmillan Pass property covers a 55-kilometer...
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Aug. 19 announced major changes to its board of directors, management, and technical team that reflect a transition toward prefeasibility and permitting at the company's Klaza gold-silver project in the Yukon. A preliminary economic assessment completed last year outlines plans for a mine at Klaza 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...
Strategic Metals Ltd. Aug. 6 announced significant tin mineralization in samples collected at its Oli and Bix critical mineral projects in the prolific Tombstone-McQuesten mineral belt of central Yukon. Hardrock deposits in the Tombstone-McQuesten belt include Alexco Resource Corp.'s Keno Hill silver-lead-zinc mines; Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle gold mine and Mar tungsten deposit; Banyan Gold Corp.'s AurMac gold deposit; and Golden Predator Mining Corp.'s Brewery Creek gold...
Fireweed Zinc Ltd. July 27 reported wide zones of mineralization have been encountered in the first three holes drilled this year at the Boundary West discovery on the company's Macmillan Pass zinc-lead-silver project in eastern Yukon, Canada. A road-accessible project next to the Northwest Territories border, the 940-square-kilometer (363 square miles) Macmillan Pass property blankets a roughly 55-kilometer- (34 miles) trend of potential zinc-lead-silver mineralization. Two...
Alianza Minerals Ltd. July 12 announced it has cut very high-grade silver mineralization at the West Fault target on its Haldane silver project in the Yukon's historic Keno Hill Mining District. Situated about 25 kilometers (16 miles) west of Keno City, the 8,579-hectare (21,200 acres) Haldane property hosts a historical mine that produced roughly 24.7 metric tons of hand-sorted ore averaging 3,102 grams per metric ton (99.7 ounces per metric ton) silver and 59% lead on the...
Victoria Gold Corp. July 12 reported that its Eagle Mine in the Yukon produced 32,140 ounces of gold during the second quarter of 2021. As a result, the recently established open pit mine and heap leach recovery operation produced 58,899 during the first half of this year, a 51% increase over the same period in 2020. Gold production at heap leach operations such as Eagle lags behind mining, crushing, and ore stacking. Additionally, gold recoveries at heap leach systems in...
Triumph Gold Corp. June 29 announced the start of a comprehensive exploration program focused on expanding and upgrading resources and developing zones of mineralization outside the deposit areas at its Freegold Mountain gold-copper project in the Yukon. "Through a focused review and rebuild of the Freegold Mountain project 3D model, the technical team has digested the entire data-room and designed a comprehensive, multi-tiered exploration program – a process that has a...
Banyan Gold Corp. June 21 reported that assay results from an additional five holes drilled this year at its AurMac property in the Yukon have identified particularly strong gold mineralization to the east of the company's Powerline deposit. Located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle Gold Mine, AurMac hosts 52.58 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 0.54 grams per metric ton (903,945 oz) gold in two deposits – Powerline and A...
Banyan Gold Corp. June 14 announced the start of an initial phase of 2021 drilling at the Aurex Hill target on its AurMac gold project about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle Mine in the Yukon. AurMac hosts 52.58 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 0.54 grams per metric ton (903,945 oz) gold in two deposits – Powerline and Airstrip. Aurex Hill is an intriguing resource expansion target that lies about 1,200 meters east of Powerline. "...
