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Articles from the August 30, 2024 edition


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  • Looking up a stack of drill rods to a rig on a summer day in Alaska.

    New gold zone drilled at Illinois Creek

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 10, 2024

    Western Alaska cuts gold-copper mineralization at Warms Springs that may represent new spoke of the CRD system. Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Aug. 29 reported that drills encountered two gold zones at Warm Springs that could represent a new spoke along a trend of carbonate replacement deposit mineralization that extends roughly five miles (eight kilometers) across the Illinois Creek property in Alaska. CRD deposits are created when mineralized fluids enriched with metals... Full story

  • Drill rig technician grabbing pipe extension for ongoing drilling.

    Snowline explores Yukon on multiple fronts

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Sep 6, 2024

    New assays from Valley and Jupiter reveal expanding gold zones and strong exploration potential. Snowline Gold Corp. Aug. 29 announced the next batch of drill results from its 2024 exploration campaign at the company's Rogue and Einarson projects in Yukon, Canada, which not only expanded the known gold footprint at its Valley deposit but also delivered promising early results from the Jupiter target. Holding seven prospective targets across the Yukon, Snowline's portfolio is...

  • A band of green Northern Lights above a drill rig on the side of a mountain.

    American Pacific wraps drilling at Palmer

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 6, 2024

    Positive visual results encourage partners to expand program at copper-zinc VMS project in Alaska. American Pacific Mining Corp. Aug. 29 announced the completion of the drilling portion of a $12.8 million (C$17.5 million) exploration and development program budgeted for the Palmer copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Southeast Alaska. "We are delighted to have completed another successful exploration program with zero incidents or injuries throughout the summer," said American...

  • Highly mineralized drill core from Silver North’s Haldane project.

    Silver North is eager for Haldane drilling

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Sep 6, 2024

    Plans for 1,000 meters in six holes at silver property in Yukon's famed Keno Hill District. Silver North Resources Ltd. Aug. 27 announced that it will begin drilling at its Haldane property in Yukon in early September, targeting high-grade silver mineralization at the West Fault and Bighorn areas. Located about 22 kilometers (14 miles) west of Hecla Mining Company's Keno Hill silver mine, the 8,164-hectare (20,174 acres) road-accessible Haldane property has a history of...

  • Workers and executive in safety gear at a mineral project on a summer day.

    ESG a top priority for U.S. GoldMining

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 6, 2024

    Alaska-focused mineral exploration and development company highlights sustainability in latest Whistler gold-copper project update. Toward its ultimate goal of unlocking the value of Whistler, U.S. GoldMining Inc.'s 2024 program at this large gold-copper project about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska, has three components – resource upgrade and expansion, environmental baseline studies, and stakeholder engagement. "Tracking in parallel with our technical programs at W...

  • Truck parked next to drill between a copse of alpine trees.

    Gladiator resumes drilling at Cowley Park

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Sep 6, 2024

    Plans for 13,000 meters between six targets, allocates 5,000 meters for Cowley. Gladiator Metals Corp. Aug. 27 announced the restart of drilling at its high-grade Cowley Park copper project in Yukon as part of a fully funded 13,000-meter summer program aimed at both resource expansion and exploration. Located a stone's throw from the capital of Yukon, the Whitehorse Copper project is a 5,280-hectare (13,294 acres) copper-molybdenum-silver-gold skarn exploration project that...

  • Outline of Argus pegmatite at Midas Minerals’ NWT project.

    Midas reports first high-grade lithium

    A.J. Roan, Mining News|Updated Sep 6, 2024

    First-pass channel sample returns 1.27% lithium oxide over 26 meters from Argus. Midas Minerals Ltd. Aug. 27 announced the results of its initial channel sampling at the Argus pegmatite on the company's Reid-Aylmer project in Northwest Territories, Canada, which returned 26 meters averaging 1.27% lithium oxide (Li2O), including a higher-grade zone of 12 meters at 1.75% Li2O. Acquired last October, Reid-Aylmer spans 157 square kilometers (60 square miles) and is located...

  • A computer in a lab with periodic table entry for antimony on the display.

    Drills tap high-grade antimony in Alaska

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 6, 2024

    New assays from 2022 drill core turn up 16% antimony at Treasure Creek, Felix Gold focuses on standalone critical minerals mine. Felix Gold Ltd. Aug. 28 reported that new high-grade assays from 2022 drilling at Treasure Creek support the idea that this Alaska gold project could host a standalone antimony mine. "Treasure Creek constitutes a large-scale gold-antimony system characterized by the identification of high-grade antimony mineralization in numerous locations," said...