Mining Explorers 2015: Yukon exploration jumps 20%

As exploration across most of the North continues to trend downward, the Yukon Territory is celebrating the second straight year of increased spending.

Early estimates put exploration in Yukon at about C$99 million for 2015, up roughly 20 percent over the C$80 million spent last year.

With a wide swath of zinc-rich deposits in the Selwyn basin, a number of copper-rich porphyries in the Dawson Rang...