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Ascot Resources Ltd. July 14 reported that this year's drilling has cut bonanza grade gold at the emerging Sebakwe zone on the Premier mine project in the Golden Triangle region of Britis... — Updated 7/21/2022

Strikepoint Gold Inc. July 5 announced that exploration work is now underway on its Willoughby gold-silver and Porter silver properties near Stewart, British Columbia in Canada's... — Updated 7/7/2022

Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. July 5 announced the beginning of surface exploration work on its recently staked Cantoo and Mineral Hill properties within the Alaskan region of the... — Updated 7/7/2022

Just as Ascot Resources Ltd. was entering the home stretch of reestablishing a mine at Premier, the company has been forced to curtail some of the summer construction work needed to put t... — Updated 6/23/2022

Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. June 8 reported that permitting for its Niblack project has been granted, allowing surface exploration work to begin at this Southeast Alaska polymetallic... — Updated 6/23/2022

Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. May 11 reported an update for the 2022 exploration on its Southeast Alaska projects, including a multi-phased exploration campaign at Niblack, a maiden dril... — Updated 5/19/2022

Ascot Resources Ltd. May 9 announced an earlier than expected start to the 2022 exploration drill program at its Premier gold-silver mine project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle.... — Updated 5/12/2022

StrikePoint Gold Inc. April 12 announced the latest results from surface channel sampling as well as reconnaissance grab samples collected during the 2021 exploration at its Willoughby go... — Updated 4/14/2022

Whether exploring and mapping a historical underground mine for the first time since it was shuttered during World War II or generating more detailed maps of a modern operation, drones... — Updated 2/24/2022

Ascot Resources Ltd. Feb. 22 reported high-grade gold intercepts from its 2021 drilling at Big Missouri, the first deposit to be mined with the start of modern operations at the... — Updated 2/24/2022

Despite project delays and cost overruns, Ascot Resources Ltd. is set to make the final push toward reestablishing a mine at its Premier gold project in British Columbia's famed Golden... — Updated 2/10/2022

Ascot Resources Ltd. Jan. 13 reported additional high-grade gold intercepts from 2021 drilling at the Day Zone, which lies adjacent to the Big Missouri deposit on the company's Premier... — Updated 1/27/2022

As it closes in on reestablishing the Premier Mine, Ascot Resources Ltd. is expanding and upgrading resources that would feed ore into the updated mill at this gold-silver operation on... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Going into 2021, StrikePoint Gold Inc. resumed work at its high-grade gold and silver projects, Willoughby and Porter, in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, resulting in new silver vein... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Despite a season challenged by heavy rains and an early snowstorm, the massive amount of exploration carried out in Northern British Columbia during 2021 piled loads of drill core and... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Considered a major milestone along the path to new mining jobs and economic opportunities for the Nisga'a Nation and others that live in and around the town of Stewart, British Columbia,... — Updated 12/29/2021

Ascot Resources Ltd. Dec. 15 announced that drilling has encountered high-grade gold in the Sebakwe zone, which may be an unmined structure immediately north of the Northern Light and... — Updated 12/16/2021

Ascot Resources Ltd. Nov. 17 reported that drilling has expanded gold mineralization at Day Zone, a discovery target near the Big Missouri deposit on the company's Premier gold mine... — Updated 11/18/2021

Ascot Resources Ltd. Sept. 8 announced that the ball and SAG (semi-autogenous grinding) mills have been delivered and are being prepared for installation inside the mill building at the... — Updated 9/16/2021

Ascot Resources Ltd. and Nisga'a Nation have signed a benefits agreement that renews and expands their relationship as Ascot closes in on the start of mine development at its Premier and... — Updated 8/26/2021

Ascot Resources Ltd. Aug. 9 reported that drilling continues to discover new zones of high-grade gold and silver mineralization to the northwest of the resource outlined in the... — Updated 8/12/2021

Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. July 6 reported that it has expanded its portfolio of mineral projects in Southeast Alaska with the staking of Casey, a high-grade gold-silver volcanogenic... — Updated 7/15/2021

Ascot Resources Ltd. July 8 announced the discovery of new high-grade copper, gold, and silver mineralization west of the main deposit on the company's Premier project near the town of St... — Updated 7/8/2021

StrikePoint Gold Inc. June 16 reported the 2021 exploration programs are now underway at its Porter Silver and Willoughby gold-silver properties east of the mining town of Stewart in... — Updated 6/24/2021

With the submission of amendments to existing permits for its Premier gold-silver mine, Ascot Resources Ltd. takes another major step toward its vison of bringing commercial mining back... — Updated 2/18/2021