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Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Oct. 25 said it expects to produce more gold than previously predicted both this year and next. Based on strong operational performance, the company has raised its gold... — Updated 9/25/2020

White Gold Corp. Oct. 16 announced the discovery of Golden Saddle West, or GS West, a shallow zone of gold mineralization about 750 meters west of the Golden Saddle deposit on the company's White... — Updated 9/25/2020

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. July 16 reported that its Amaruq and Meliadine gold mine projects in Nunavut are on track to begin production next year. On July 11, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern... — Updated 9/25/2020

White Gold Corp. May 30 reported it has drills turning at White Gold and Betty, two of the Yukon-focused explorer's highest priority properties. "This is a very exciting time for the company as we b... — Updated 9/25/2020

White Gold Corp. is eager to expand known gold deposits and make news discoveries across the roughly 1 million acres (390,000 hectares) of prospective lands it holds in the Yukon's White Gold... — Updated 9/25/2020

Mining is expected to fuel strong economic growth in Nunavut and Yukon in the coming years, according to The Conference Board of Canada's latest Territorial Outlook. "With many new mining projects... — Updated 9/25/2020

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. April 26 said its Amaruq and Meliadine gold mine development projects in Nunavut remain on schedule and are expected to boost the company's annual gold production to 2... — Updated 9/25/2020

Aura Silver Resources Inc. May 3 reported that Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd will continue to carry out exploration at Aura's Greyhound gold property this year. Situated 32 kilometers (20 miles) south of... — Updated 9/25/2020

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Feb. 14 reported that its plans to bring the Amaraq and Meliadine gold mines in Nunavut into production is ahead of schedule. In recent years, the company expanded its... — Updated 9/24/2020

Welcome to the 10th anniversary of Mining Explorers! While there have been tectonic shifts in the mineral exploration markets over the past decade, two things have remained rock solid – mining e... — Updated 5/31/2019 Full story

Canada is the world's top destination for mining exploration spending, attracting more than 14 percent of global budgeted expenditures from explorers seeking to tap the country's vast mineral wealth... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

More than three dozen explorers chased lucrative mineral deposits in Yukon Territory in 2017 and most of these junior and senior companies returned to the northern jurisdiction this year to take... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

Thanks largely to increased investments from Aussie mining explorers, mineral exploration spending across Alaska topped US$100 million in 2018. This is well above the roughly US$95 million invested... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

With continued financial and technical support from Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and Kinross Gold Corp., White Gold Corp. carried out a budgeted C$9 million program in 2018 to expand known deposits and e... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Oct. 25 said it remains on track to have two new gold mines at Amaruq and Meliadine projects in Nunavut by 2019. "Our major projects in Nunavut continue to advance on time... — Updated 1/25/2018

Goldcorp Inc.’s half-a-billion-dollar purchase of Kaminak Gold Corp. and the Coffee Gold project in Yukon Territory in 2016 marked a major shift for North of 60 mining explorers. Junior mining e... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story

Nunavut is a vast and minerals-rich swath of the Earth's crust and Nunavummiut, or the people who live there, see mining as the foundation of the territory's future. "The mining industry brings... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. is on track to have two new gold mines in Nunavut by 2019 and has grabbed a foothold on gold exploration in Yukon Territory. In recent years, the company expanded its... — Updated 1/24/2018

As some of the world's biggest gold miners nab exciting plays that turned up across Yukon Territory during the past decade, Yukon's mining explorers continue to seek the next generation of mine... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story

Following up on the discoveries made during a C$1 billion exploration explosion in the Yukon from 2007 until 2013, five of the world's largest gold producers are leading a second wave of the 21st... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story

With financial and technical backing from Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and Kinross Gold Corp., legendary prospector Shawn Ryan has set out to finish what he started in Yukon's White Gold District. To... — Updated 1/24/2018

Kinross Gold Corp. has a two-pronged exploration strategy – focus its own efforts on high-quality brownsfield assets, including the discovery of new resource surrounding its existing operations; a... — Updated 1/24/2018

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. July 26 reported positive results from its Meadowbank gold mine and two development projects in Nunavut. The Meadowbank Mine produced 95,289 ounces of gold in the second... — Updated 1/14/2018