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Whether it be precious metals such as gold and silver, base metals like copper and zinc, or battery metals like nickel and cobalt, northern British Columbia is rich in the type of metal... — Updated 5/29/2020 Full story

With the January acquisition of IDM Mining Ltd., Ascot Resources Ltd. adds to its already robust portfolio of high-grade gold-silver mine projects at the southern gateway to British... — Updated 5/29/2020

StrikePoint Gold Inc. focused its 2019 exploration primarily on Willoughby, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based junior's newest gold and silver property in B.C.'s Golden Triangle. An... — Updated 5/29/2020

Ascot Resources Ltd.'s vision of bringing commercial gold and silver mining back to Stewart, British Columbia took a major step towards reality with the completion of a feasibility study... — Updated 4/18/2020

Ascot Resources Ltd. March 16 provided a roundup of the progress it made toward advancing its Premier gold-silver mine project in northwestern British Columbia towards development during... — Updated 3/20/2020 Full story

Ascot Resources Ltd. Jan. 15 announced a 60 percent increase in the amount of gold in the indicated resource at its Premier gold-silver mine project near the mining town of Stewart,... — Updated 1/17/2020 Full story

Ascot Resources Ltd. Jan. 6 reported the final batch of results from the 11,000 meters of drilling completed in the Silver Coin deposit at the company's Premier gold project near Stewart... — Updated 1/6/2020

StrikePoint Gold Inc. Dec. 3 announced that drilling continues to cut high-grade gold at its Willoughby project in British Columbia's prolific Golden Triangle. StrikePoint acquired... — Updated 12/6/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. Dec. 2 said the high-grade gold mineralization in the third round of results from this year's drilling at Silver Coin continues to show the potential for this... — Updated 12/6/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. Nov. 18 reported high-grade gold intercepts from 19 holes drilled in the Prew zone at its Premier gold mine project near Stewart, British Columbia. Prew, which is... — Updated 11/22/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. Oct. 31 announced another expansion of the resource at its Red Mountain gold project near the mining town of Stewart, British Columbia. Ascot gained ownership of the... — Updated 11/20/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. Sept. 19 reported high-grade gold intercepts from drilling down-dip of historically mined areas at the past producing Premier Mine about 25 kilometers (16 miles) nort... — Updated 9/27/2019

StrikePoint Gold Inc. July 22 announced that it has raised C$2 million, providing funds to begin exploring its newly acquired Willoughby property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.... — Updated 9/26/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. Sept. 24 said it has completed its roughly 44,000 meters of resources expansion and upgrade drilling at the Big Missouri, Silver Coin and Premier deposit areas and ha... — Updated 9/26/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. Sept. 5 reported that initial results from this year's drilling at Silver Coin provide further evidence that this recently acquired project will be a significant... — Updated 9/13/2019

StrikePoint Gold Inc. Aug. 13 announced the start of a second phase of drilling a Willoughby, a gold-silver project about seven kilometers (four miles) east of Ascot Resources Ltd.'s Red... — Updated 8/23/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. July 17 reported another set of results from the roughly 20,000 meters of drilling carried out this year at the Big Missouri Ridge area of its Premier gold project... — Updated 7/26/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. June 27 reported that it is making significant headway towards its goal of resuming operations at its past producing Premier gold mine and developing new mines on... — Updated 7/12/2019

StrikePoint Gold Inc. June 13 announced the formation of a technical advisory committee to assist and provide technical guidance to the management team regarding all aspects of... — Updated 6/21/2019

In the famous words of Sherlock Holmes, the game is afoot! After seasonally slower news from Alaska's mining industry in March and April, the dam has broken with over two dozen Alaska... — Updated 5/30/2019 Full story

Decade Resources Ltd. May 2 announced results from sampling completed at its recently acquired Crest gold property near the town of Hyder in Southeast Alaska. Lying just across the... — Updated 5/10/2019 Full story

Ascot Resources Ltd. April 24 announced the start of a 15,000-meter drill program at its Premier gold-silver project near Stewart, British Columbia. Ascot's landholdings in the Stewart... — Updated 5/10/2019 Full story

Ascot Resources Ltd. and Nisga'a Nation April 10 announced the signing of a benefits agreement for Red Mountain, an underground gold project roughly 15 kilometers (nine miles) northeast... — Updated 4/19/2019 Full story

Northern British Columbia is known for its remote and rugged towns and few places can match that description as well as Stewart, a community at the southern tip of the province's famed... — Updated 4/5/2019 Full story

StrikePoint Gold Inc. March 20 announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Willoughby, a gold-silver project about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Stewart, from... — Updated 3/29/2019 Full story