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Articles from the November 22, 2024 edition


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  • Closeup of drill core with bands of white, green, grey, and gold mineralization.

    White Gold adds ounces to flagship project

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Yukon-focused explorer's namesake now hosts 2.3 million oz of gold in all resource categories. White Gold Corp. Nov. 19 reported that its White Gold project in the Yukon now hosts 1.2 million ounces of gold in indicated resources and another 1.12 oz in the inferred category. This marks a 4.3% increase in the gold contained within the indicated resource and an 18.5% increase in the gold reporting to the inferred category, when compared to a calculation completed in April of...

  • A rock scratch tool points to flecks of visible gold in drill core.

    Drilling confirms Trapper gold potential

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Brixton reports final batch of results from 2024 drilling at gold target, part of larger program at Thorn. Brixton Metals Corp. Nov. 19 said the final batch of assays from its 2024 drilling at Trapper continues to confirm the continuity of strong mineralization at this gold-rich target on the company's Thorn copper-gold project in Northern British Columbia. Located about 55 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Juneau, Alaska, Thorn is a 2,945-square-kilometer (1,137 square...

  • Box of drill core with bands of white, black, and grey sulfide mineralization.

    Silver47 cuts strong WTF mineralization

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Newly listed company confirms potential of the West Tundra Flats deposit on its flagship Red Mountain project in Alaska. Silver47 Exploration Corp. Nov. 21 said its inaugural drilling at West Tundra Flats indicates the potential of increasing both the size and grade of this deposit on the company's Red Mountain project about 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Fairbanks, Alaska. Since its Nov. 14 listing on the TSX Venture Exchange, Silver47 has released a steady stream of...

  • A drill rig perched on a steep mountain slope in Alaska.

    American Pacific to be sole owner of Palmer

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Dowa agrees to hand over SE Alaska project and pays American Pacific $10 million for guarantee on 50% of zinc concentrates from future mine. American Pacific Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement with Dowa Metals & Mining Alaska Ltd. to acquire 100% ownership of the Palmer copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Southeast Alaska. American Pacific gained a roughly 45% joint venture in Palmer through the 2022 acquisition of Constantine Metal Resources Ltd., which was advancing...

  • A drill tests a treeless hillside along the aptly named Dry Creek.

    Silver47 drills high-grade at Red Mountain

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Cuts 2.5 meters of 1,938.5 g/t silver-equivalent within 24.5-meter intercept during inaugural drilling at Alaska VMS project. Silver47 Exploration Corp. Nov. 18 reported that the first assays back from its inaugural drill program at Red Mountain include a 2.48-meter intercept averaging 61.4% zinc-equivalent, which combines the value of the silver, gold, zinc, lead, and copper cut in this hole testing the Dry Creek deposit on the volcanogenic massive sulfide project about 60...

  • A drill test for critical minerals in a mountainous area of Alaska.

    New critical mineral discoveries at Nikolai

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 3, 2024

    All three holes drilled at Canwell cut wide bodies of energy metals about 15 miles northeast of the 8 billion lb nickel deposit at Eureka. Alaska Energy Metals Corp. Nov. 21 reported that thick zones of nickel, cobalt, chromium, and platinum group metals encountered in holes drilled this year at the Emerick, Odie and Upper Canwell prospects underscore the broader critical minerals discovery potential at the company's Nikolai project. Nikolai is comprised of two blocks of... Full story

  • An exploration camp and airstrip in front of an Alaska mountain.

    Contango drills exceptional gold at JT

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 25, 2024

    One hole cut 223.5 meters of 11.5 g/t gold-eq at newest addition to company's DSO portfolio. Contango Ore Inc. Nov. 21 said the results from its inaugural drill program at Johnson Tract highlights the exceptional continuity of high-grade polymetallic gold mineralization within the JT Deposit on the company's newly acquired project about 125 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. "The infill drilling serves as a reminder of the exceptional grade, continuity, and width of the JT... Full story

  • Large hammer on top of rock samples with metallic blue stibnite mineralization.

    Nova grabs 54% antimony sample from Styx

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 20, 2024

    Exploration and sampling confirm a second high-grade antimony vein outcropping from the Estelle project. Nova Minerals Ltd. Nov. 20 reported that its crews collected samples containing as much as 54.1% antimony lying on the surface at the Styx prospect on the company's 198-square-mile (514 square kilometers) gold-critical minerals property about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. "Field crews visited the Styx prospect this year to follow-up on the initi... Full story

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