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Could top 17M oz during 2023 with contribution from Keno Hill Mine. With consistently strong production at its Greens Creek Mine in Alaska and a surge at its Lucky Friday Mine in Idaho, Hecla Mining Company shot through the top of its 2022 silver production guidance to 14.2 million ounces of this precious metal that is in high demand for clean energy technologies. "Hecla is the fastest growing silver producer with a 40% increase in production since 2018. This sustainable...
BMC Minerals Ltd. Jan. 9 announced that the Yukon Water Board has deemed its application for a Type A Water License for its proposed ABM Mine adequate to enter the public comment period of the licensing process. The water license is of the two major permits ABM will need to develop and operate a mining operation at the silver-dominant polymetallic Kudz Ze Kayah project in southeastern Yukon Under a feasibility study completed in 2019 and updated in 2020, the ABM Mine is...
Victoria Gold Corp. Jan. 10 reported that its Eagle Mine in the Yukon produced 43,741 ounces of gold during the fourth quarter and 150,182 oz gold for the entire year of 2022, both less than the company had originally anticipated. "Fourth quarter and full year 2022 operating results were below expectations," said Victoria Gold CEO John McConnell. "Mechanical availability of the crushing and conveying circuit was lower than anticipated. The primary reason for the lower...
Banyan Gold Corp. Jan. 10 announced the results from the next 37 diamond drill holes received from the company's 2022 exploration program at the Powerline and Aurex Hill deposits at its AurMac property in Yukon, Canada. Located approximately 56 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of the village of Mayo and 356 kilometers (221 miles) north of Whitehorse, Banyan Gold's flagship property lies within the similarly named Mayo Mining District. Consisting of the Aurex and McQuesten...
Seabridge Gold Inc. Jan. 9 announced that its 2022 drill program discovered a large, well-mineralized breccia pipe beneath the historic Bronson Slope skarn deposit at its Iskut project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Seabridge's world-class KSM mine project, Iskut is home to the 1980s-era Johnny Mountain gold-silver-copper mine. Over the past four years, Seabridge has focused its exploration on discovering a large porphyry...
Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 12 reported additional wide bulk tonnage gold intercepts with impressive high-grade subsections from the final 2022 holes drilled at the Trapper target on the company's Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. A 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) land package at the northern corner of BC's famed Golden Triangle, the Thorn project hosts both epithermal gold targets such as Trapper and large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum targe...
Sitka Gold Corp. Jan. 11 announced the assay results for the final drill holes of its 2022 drill program at the company's RC Gold project in Yukon's Tombstone Belt, including one hole that Sitka says is one of the best drilled to date. "The 2022 step-out drilling at RC Gold was extremely rewarding for Sitka with the results of these latest drill holes highlighting the tremendous potential of the Blackjack zone, which was just discovered in December 2021," said Sitka Gold CEO...
Core Assets Corp. Jan. 9 announced that its 2022 field program discovered a new high-grade carbonate replacement silver-zinc-lead-copper target in the Silver Lime project area of the company's Blue property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Located in the gold-rich Atlin Mining District, Blue is a 111,649-hectare (275,890 acres) land package covering high-grade skarn and carbonate replacement and porphyry prospects enriched with silver, gold, copper, zinc, and lead....
Brixton Metals Corp. Jan. 9 announced that its 2022 drilling cut wide bulk tonnage gold intercepts with impressive high-grade subsections at the Trapper target on its Thorn project in Northern British Columbia. A 2,863-square-kilometer (1,105 square miles) land package at the northern corner of BC's famed Golden Triangle, the Thorn project hosts both epithermal gold targets such as Trapper and large-scale porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum targets such as Camp Creek about...