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Articles from the September 27, 2015 edition


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  • Drilling results in robust Coffee resource

    Shane Lasley|Updated Sep 27, 2015

    Kaminak Gold Corp. Sept. 23 reported that its recently completed 70,000-meter infill drill program nearly quadrupled the indicated resource tonnage at its Coffee gold project in Yukon Territory. Coffee now hosts 52.4 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 1.68 grams per metric ton (2.82 million ounces) gold. In addition to the nearly four-fold increase in tonnage, the grade of the indicated resource has increased by eight percent. Coffee also hosts 42.7 million...

  • Pretium taps new zones near Valley of the Kings

    Shane Lasley|Updated Sep 27, 2015

    Pretium Resources Inc. Sept. 21 reported initial results from exploration drilling at the Flow Dome Zone, located east of the Valley of the Kings deposit at its Brucejack Project in Northwest British Columbia. Hole SU-654 cut 1.5 meters of 16.9 grams of gold per metric ton at a depth of 877.5 meters, followed immediately by a 33-meter intercept of 0.55 g/t gold; hole SU-657 cut 21.87 g/t gold over nine meters, from a depth of 932 meters; and hole SU-658 cut 2.35 meters of 6.2...

  • Hyland drilling confirms Banyan hypothesis

    Shane Lasley|Updated Sep 27, 2015

    Banyan Gold Corp. Sept. 17 said results from drilling at its Hyland Gold project in eastern Yukon Territory confirm its hypothesis that the property hosts carbonate replacement-style gold and base-metals mineralization akin to Atac Resources' Rau Trend to the north. Highlights from the three holes drilled at Hyland include: 31.08 meters of 0.4 grams per metric ton gold in hole HY-15-45; 76.34 meters of 0.32 g/t gold in hole HY-15-46; and 88.7 meters of 0.24 g/t gold in hole...

  • Alexco cuts bonanza silver at Bermingham

    Shane Lasley|Updated Sep 27, 2015

    Alexco Resource Corp. Sept. 17 reported results from its 2015 drilling program at the Bermingham deposit of its Keno Hill Silver District project in Yukon Territory. Significant true-width intercepts from this 2,595-meter program include: 4.98 meters grading 7,462 grams per metric ton silver; 4.76 meters grading 2,357 g/t silver; and 2.35 meters of 3,774 g/t. silver. Together with the high-grade discovery intercept from the 2014 drill program - 6.39 meters grading 5,667 g/t...

  • Prairie Creek M&I resources get 32% upgrade

    Shane Lasley|Updated Sep 27, 2015

    Canadian Zinc Corp. Sept. 17 reported a significant increase in mineral resource tonnages at its Prairie Creek lead-zinc-silver project in the Northwest Territories. Incorporating the results from 5,484 meters of drilling completed in 21 holes this year, the company said the tonnage of the measured and indicated resources at the mine project increased 32 percent compared with a resource calculation completed in March. Prairie Creek now hosts 8.7 million metric tons of...

  • Winter a perennial surprise

    Curt Freeman, For Mining News|Updated Sep 27, 2015

    By the time this summary reaches your eyes, termination dust (aka "snow") will have started to cover mineral projects across Alaska. At a recent project site visit, one of the project owner's representatives was listening to local Alaskans talk about not being ready for winter, how many things planned for the summer remained un-done, etc. After some cogitation on this, he asked me "Does everyone in Alaska get surprised by winter every year?" My response was simple: When you...