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Western Copper and Gold Corp. Nov. 28 announced that after making an initial investment in 2021, Rio Tinto has elected to provide an additional C$6 million (US$4.4 million) to help the company continue advancing Western's world-class Casino project in the Yukon. In May 2021, Rio Tinto invested C$25.6 million (US$18.9 million) to purchase 11.8 million Western shares at C$2.17 per share, marking a roughly 8% stake in the Yukon-focused copper mine development company's...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Nov. 28 announced the next batch of assays from its 34,238-meter drill program that produced nearly 200 holes during 2023. Gradually making progress each week on the immense quantity of drill core, the latest results come from the next five holes drill at four pegmatite targets on the company's Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories, Canada. Similar to past results, the latest batch comes from five holes drilled at the Ki, Shorty, and BIG East...
In its few short years as an active explorer in the Yukon, Snowline Gold Corp. has progressed to monumental scales while understanding the importance of consciousness discovery and has thus been awarded the 2023 Robert E. Leckie Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship. "I would like to thank the awards committee and to thank and congratulate Snowline's entire team –including our industry and First Nations partners-on this recognition of our ongoing efforts towards en...
Rare Earth Ridge Resources Corp. Nov. 22 announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Conrad claims that lie adjacent to its Mount Major Hart critical minerals property in Northern British Columbia. Located roughly 93 kilometers (58 miles) northeast of the village of Dease Lake, Mount Major Hart is an early-staged rare earth elements project that has seen limited exploration. With the addition of Conrad, this property covers 2,563 hectares (6,333 acres)....
Li-FT Power Ltd. Nov. 21 announced the latest batch of assays from its 2023 exploration program, as well as the end of the year's 34,238-meter drill program at its Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories. Including this latest batch of assays, Li-FT has reported results from 87 out of 198 holes drilled at Yellowknife this year. Much like past results, the latest round comes from five holes drilled at the Ki, Shorty, and BIG East pegmatites. Of these, one returned...
Osisko Metals Inc. Nov. 13 announced the latest drilling results from the recently established Pine Point Mining Limited joint venture project in Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just south of the Great Slave Lake, Pine Point is home to a former mine operated by Teck Resources Ltd. that produced roughly 14 billion pounds of zinc and 4 billion lb of lead from around 64 million metric tons of ore during a 24-year span beginning in 1964. According to the most recent...
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 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...
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...
Onyx Gold Corp. Nov. 15 announced that its first drill program at King Tut has revealed the "smoke" to what it hopes is a gold deposit "fire" at this early-staged project in eastern Yukon, Canada. 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 properties in the Yukon's emerging Tombstone Gold Belt, as well as three properties in...
American West Metals Ltd. Nov. 6 announced that its 2023 drilling has tapped more impressive near-surface mineralization in expansion targets at the 4100N Zone on its Storm Copper project in Nunavut. Located within the far northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the Storm Copper project covers more than 4,000 square kilometers (1,544 square miles) of the Polaris mineral district. This year, the company aimed for up to 10,000 meters of reverse circulation drilling to establish...
HighGold Mining Inc. Nov. 20 announced an update for its 2023 exploration and development program, as well as the final drill results from its Johnson Tract project in Southcentral Alaska. "We had a busy and productive field season this year," said HighGold Mining President and CEO Darwin Green. "We completed a significant drill program aimed at expanding existing zones and targeting new discoveries. Results from the drill program are encouraging and will serve to inform...
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...
Grande Portage Resources Ltd. Oct. 31 announced the results from the next three holes of its 6,500-meter drill program at the Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska. Located 16 miles (25 kilometers) north of Juneau, the Herbert Gold project is an exploration stage, high-grade, gold-mineralized mesothermal quartz vein system in the historic Juneau Gold Belt. According to a 2021 calculation, Herbert Gold hosts 3.64 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 10.23...
Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. Oct. 30 reported bonanza grade gold intercepts from the first assays from drilling at the Swann target on the Harry property, the company's first property on the British Columbia side of the Golden Triangle. Located between Ascot Resources' Premier gold mine and Scottie Resources Corp.'s Scottie gold mine, Harry is a 1,333-hectare (3,294 acres) gold exploration property that Blackwolf obtained after purchasing Optimum Ventures Ltd. around...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Nov. 7 announced another batch of assays completed from the BIG East, Shorty, Ki, and Fi Southwest pegmatites found within the Yellowknife Pegmatite Province in Northwest Territories, signaling the consistency of this critical mineral found in this long-overlooked region. With a massive 45,000-meter program targeted for the year, the company has reported results for 77 diamond drill holes totaling 13,570 meters, which is only about 39% of the 198 holes...
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...
Nighthawk Gold Corp. Oct. 23 announced its inaugural environmental, social, and governance report for the company's flagship Colomac Gold project in Northwest Territories, Canada, representing the growing trend of mineral explorers highlighting ESG efforts that will add value to projects that hope to be developed into clean and sustainable mines. Lying at the heart of its 930-square-kilometer (359 square miles) Indin Lake property, the Colomac project is home to a...
Navigating the tumultuous waters of controversy and impassioned discourse, let us take a step back and embark on a journey through the history of an Alaska copper project that has proven to be as divisive as it is essential. Perhaps by exploring the compelling narrative of the Pebble Mine project, where the pursuit of precious resources indispensable for a zero-carbon future intersects with the call for environmental stewardship to safeguard heritage and a very way of life,...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Oct. 24 reported the highest-grade lithium intercept so far from its ongoing drill program at the company's Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories Acquiring its various properties in the re-emerging Yellowknife Pegmatite Province in January, Li-FT began its first season with a massive 45,000-meter drill program just a few months after its inception. Assembling a 141,572-hectare (349,832 acres) land package that covers some of the most...
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...
