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White Gold Corp. Feb. 23 announced the latest batch of assays shows that the 2022 diamond drilling program on the Ryan's Surprise and Ulli's Ridge targets intersected multiple zones of gold... — Updated 2/23/2023

Boots on the ground and soil samples in hand, ground truth exploration is a time-tested method that has led to many of White Gold Corp.'s various discoveries across its more than 1 million acres of... — Updated 1/18/2023

Continuing a tradition of robust investments to unlock the enormous gold potential on its Nunavut properties, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. budgeted more than US$90 million on exploring this politically... — Updated 1/18/2023

While a small group of dedicated explorers returned in 2022 to advance production and development projects in Nunavut, a growing number of newcomers fanned out across the northern territory in... — Updated 1/17/2023 Full story

With mineral exploration expenditures nearly doubling over the past year, Nunavut has dethroned Yukon as the most popular Canadian territory to discover and expand deposits of industrial, precious,... — Updated 12/15/2022 Full story

In response to an increasing number of precious metals investors wanting to know that the bullion they are buying is responsibly sourced, the Royal Canadian Mint has introduced its first gold... — Updated 10/27/2022

Adds $30 million to 2022 budgets at Nunavut gold mines, projects Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., now firmly established as a gold producer in Nunavut, is adding another US$30 million to an already... — Updated 9/15/2022

White Gold Corp. July 5 announced the start of its 2022 drill program at the Betty Ford and Mascot gold targets on the Betty property, located within the southern part of the company's enormous... — Updated 7/21/2022

Dozens of prospectors and junior mining companies are trekking into the bush in Yukon Territory this field season, seeking the next big pot of gold in a fabled land rich with possibilities. Leading... — Updated 7/7/2022

White Gold Corp. June 13 announced the start of its 2022 diamond drill program targeting both Ryan's Surprise and Ulli's Ridge on the company's expansive and underexplored over 1-million-acre... — Updated 6/16/2022

With diamond prices climbing while global production is expected to remain flat through 2027, the outlook for diamond explorer North Arrow Minerals Inc. is shining bright. The company Feb. 22... — Updated 3/10/2022

Mineral exploration activity in Nunavut intensified in 2021 as mining companies mounted larger and more extensive programs in response to stronger capital markets, government infrastructure... — Updated 2/10/2022 Full story

White Gold Corp. Feb. 10 announced that the maiden diamond drill program at Ulli's Ridge has cut high-grade gold at this discovery target about 3,000 meters southwest of the Golden Saddle and Arc... — Updated 2/10/2022

From exploring resource expansion and discovery targets on its namesake property to testing a potential hardrock source of the rich placer streams in the Sixtymile district near the Alaska border,... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Mining exploration and production activity soared in Yukon Territory in 2021 thanks to high metals prices, pro-industry government policies, and mounting successes in the field. Bouncing back from s... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

For Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., 2021 proved to be a transformative year at its operations in Nunavut. The gold miner acquired a third mine in the Far North Canadian territory, completed extensive... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

With the rise of the Omicron variant and the 13 presumptive COVID-19 cases at its Meliadine and Hope Bay gold mines in Nunavut, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. is sending its Nunavummiut (Nunavut... — Updated 1/6/2022

Looking to strengthen the gold mine platform it is building in Nunavut, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. is investing roughly US$33 million into exploring its three main assets in the Canadian territory ... — Updated 12/9/2021

Found within the newest territory of Canada, Nunavut may seem barren and inhospitable, yet it has provided resources and succor to its First Peoples for thousands of years. While European... — Updated 11/18/2021 Full story

White Gold Corp. Nov. 11 reported a 16% increase to the mineral resources for the VG deposit at QV, a gold exploration project about 85 kilometers (53 miles) south of Dawson City, Yukon. White Gold... — Updated 11/11/2021

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. have announced plans to merge into a major mining company slated to produce 3.4 million ounces of gold this year. With similar market capitalizati... — Updated 10/7/2021

Mineral exploration activity is heating up this summer in Nunavut after a yearlong hiatus sparked by restrictions and cautionary moves driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. For the... — Updated 9/30/2021

JOHNSON TRACT, Alaska – A nearly half-a-million-ounce gold deposit sitting on a 7.5-mile trend of obvious yet underexplored mineralization just a few miles from the coast in Southcentral Alaska wa... — Updated 9/30/2021

From its first-ever diamond drill program on the Betty property in the vicinity of Western Copper and Gold Corp.'s Casino copper-gold project in the Dawson Range to testing a potential hardrock... — Updated 8/12/2021

White Gold Corp., one of the most active mineral exploration companies in Canada's North in recent years, is taking a closer look at Nolan, a property found in Yukon's fabled Sixtymile area near the... — Updated 7/8/2021