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Aston Bay options Nunavut copper project
Epworth property hosts high-grade sediment-hosted copper mineralization reminiscent of Storm Copper and the Central African Copper Belt Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. March 1 announced that it has the... — Updated 3/14/2024
Storm Copper resource tops expectations
American West Metals Ltd.'s 63-hole resource definition and exploration drill program at Storm Copper in 2023 has culminated in an inaugural resource estimate containing 452 million pounds of... — Updated 2/15/2024
Bigger Storm Copper brewing in Nunavut
It is hard to decide what to get more excited about at American West Metals Ltd.'s Storm Copper project in Nunavut – the abundance of near surface high-grade copper mineralization with the p... — Updated 1/17/2024
Tenacious exploration delivers for Nunavut
As 2023 raced toward its final weeks, mining explorers working in Canada's northernmost territory wrapped up ambitious campaigns to identify new deposits of various lucrative minerals, ranging from... — Updated 1/17/2024 Full story
Copper-rich Tempest on the Storm horizon
American West Metals Ltd. Nov. 27 reported that surface samples with as much as 38.2% copper and 30.8% zinc have been collected from Tempest, a prospect about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the... — Updated 11/30/2023
Storm Copper high-grade, potential grows
American West Metals Ltd. Nov. 6 announced that its 2023 drilling has tapped more impressive near-surface mineralization in expansion targets at the 4100N Zone on its Storm Copper project in... — Updated 11/22/2023
Below the tip of a Storm Copper iceberg
American West Metals Ltd. Aug. 2 announced that the first two holes of its deep diamond drill program at Storm have cut thick zones of copper sulfide mineralization associated with an enormous... — Updated 8/3/2023
High-grade Storm Copper results roll in
First six holes cut greater than 1% copper grades in shallow zone on Nunavut project. American West Metals Ltd. June 6 reported that high-grade copper has been encountered in the first six holes... — Updated 6/8/2023
Assays confirm strong copper at Storm
American West Metals Ltd. May 23 that assays have confirmed the strong copper mineralization observed in the core from the first hole of its 2023 drill program at the Storm Copper project on Somerse... — Updated 5/24/2023
Strong copper seen in early Storm holes
American West Metals Ltd. May 5 reported strong copper mineralization in the first four holes of its 2023 drill program at the Storm Copper project on Somerset Island in the northern reaches of Nuna... — Updated 5/11/2023
American West prepared for Storm 2023
American West Metals Ltd. March 30 announced that it is mobilizing for an April start of the 2023 exploration program on its Storm Copper project on Somerset Island in Northern Nunavut. Since option... — Updated 4/13/2023
Game-changing Storm copper discoveries
American West Metals Ltd. capped its first season of exploration drilling in Nunavut with the discovery of substantial copper mineralization at depth at Storm Copper, a development that the... — Updated 1/18/2023 Full story
Gold, copper lead Nunavut exploration
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
Drills tap 41m of 4.2% copper at Storm
American West encouraged about direct shipping copper ore American West Metals Ltd. Sept. 1 announced spectacular copper grades from the first assays of its 2022 drill program at the Storm Copper... — Updated 9/8/2022
Ore sorting upgrades North of 60 mines
"Grade is king" is an adage that guides mineral exploration and mining. The premise behind this basic axiom of the mining business is the less ore that needs to be mined and processed per ounce of p... — Updated 9/3/2022
"Game changing" copper drilled at Storm
American West Metals Ltd. Aug. 23 announced that its drilling to test deep electromagnetic anomalies at Storm cut 68.8 meters of strong copper mineralization on this high-grade project on Somerset I... — Updated 8/25/2022
Strong Storm copper seen in more core
American West Metals Ltd. Aug. 8 reported that strong copper mineralization has been observed in the core from four additional holes drilled at the Storm Copper project on Somerset Island in the nor... — Updated 8/18/2022
Aston Bay jumps on Storm Copper visuals
Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. shares rocketed 33% on Monday on the news of visual confirmation of strong copper mineralization encountered in the first two holes American West Metals Ltd. drilled this yea... — Updated 7/28/2022
American West gears up for Storm Copper
American West Metals Ltd. June 22 announced plans for its 2022 exploration program at the high-grade Storm Copper and Seal Zinc projects on Somerset Island, Nunavut. Australia-based American West,... — Updated 6/30/2022
Storm ore could deliver simple payday
American West Metals Ltd., a junior led by two mining industry veterans from Australia, has returned to the Arctic this year for a second field season in pursuit of rich deposits at the Storm... — Updated 6/9/2022
Nunavut exploration heats up in 2021
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
EM Survey finds new Storm Copper targets
Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. Dec. 13 announced that the preliminary results of recent ground electromagnetic geophysical surveys identified numerous conductive anomalies across its high-grade Storm... — Updated 12/21/2021
Mining activity heats up after slowdown
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
Territory hits exploration slump
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
ME2018: Aston Bay Holdings Ltd.
Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. is in search of Congo-style copper and Polaris-size zinc across its Aston Bay property on Somerset Island, Nunavut. The company has a head start on this goal with the 9,000... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story