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Freegold cuts strong gold mineralization in first 2024 holes drilled west of Dolphin-Cleary deposit. Freegold Ventures Ltd. July 22 reported bonanza-grade gold intercepts in the first two holes of a 2024 drill program testing a large expansion area west of the 20-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary gold deposit at its Golden Summit project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to an early 2023 calculation, the Dolphin-Cleary deposit hosts 407.54 million metric tons of...
Wide gold intercepts cut in the final two holes lay groundwork for 2024 drilling; a new resource is now being calculated for 20-million-oz gold deposit. Freegold Ventures Ltd. April 17 reported that the final two holes of its 2023 drill program cut wide sections of gold mineralization in the western expansion area of the 20-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary gold deposit on its Golden Summit project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to an early 2023 calculation,...
Drilling will test for shallower and higher-grade mineralization west of 20-million-oz deposit in preparation for Golden Summit economic study. Freegold Ventures Ltd. April 10 announced that it is ready to begin a 2024 exploration program at Golden Summit that will include drilling, metallurgical testing, and other work ahead of completing an economic study for the 20-million-ounce gold project about 25 highway miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a resource calculat...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Feb. 7 reported that high-grade gold assays from its 2023 drill program at Golden Summit reaffirm the expansion potential west of the 20-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary gold deposit on this road-accessible project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to an early 2023 calculation, the Dolphin-Cleary deposit hosts 407.54 million metric tons of open-pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per metric ton (12 million oz) gold, plus...
More than 83,000 meters of drilling carried out over three years at Freegold Ventures Ltd.'s Golden Summit project successfully connected the Dolphin intrusion and Cleary Hill prospect into a single deposit with more than 20 million ounces of gold in all categories. This now truly world-class gold deposit happens to lie along a paved highway about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, and on the northern boundary of Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox Mine. The new resources calculated for...
With Donlin Gold reentering the feasibility study stage, Ambler Metals waiting on the reevaluation of the permit needed for a road to the Ambler Mining District, and an overall lack of investment capital, mineral exploration spending in Alaska dropped during 2023. While the overall sector was down, there continued to be some bright spots – most notably, a growing interest in Alaska's critical minerals potential. In July, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded Graphite One I...
SW Alaska deposit hosts 2-million-oz gold deposit; DAF plans to reconfirm historic resource, explore project's upside potential. Discovery Alaska Ltd. Jan. 5 announced it has secured a 15-year lease on the 2-million-ounce Vinasale gold project in Alaska. Located about 16 miles south of the Southwest Alaska mining town of McGrath, Vinasale is a roughly 6,500-acre project owned by Doyon Ltd., the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation for the state's...
Freegold Venture Ltd. Dec. 4 reported that results from its 2023 drill program continue to demonstrate that mineralization extends well west of the 20-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary gold deposit on the company's Golden Summit project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a March calculation, the Dolphin-Cleary deposit hosts 407.54 million metric tons of open-pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per metric ton (12 million oz) gold, plus 282.3...
Freegold Venture Ltd. Nov. 7 announced the completion of a 44-hole drill program at Golden Summit that included 37 holes focused on expanding and upgrading the 19.7-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary gold deposit and seven holes testing the Saddle discovery target about 2.5 miles to the east. The Dolphin-Cleary deposit hosts 407.54 million metric tons of open-pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per metric ton (12 million oz) gold, plus 282.3 million metric tons of...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Oct. 23 reported that its 2023 drilling continues to trace gold mineralization to the north and west of the 19.7-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary deposit at Golden Summit and is encountering visible gold on exploration targets that could add to the world-class gold endowment on this project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The Dolphin-Cleary deposit hosts 407.54 million metric tons of open-pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Oct. 11 reported that high-grade gold intercepts cut in holes drilled west of Dolphin-Cleary demonstrate the expansion potential of this 19.7-million-ounce gold deposit on the Golden Summit project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a March calculation, the Dolphin-Cleary deposit hosts 407.54 million metric tons of open-pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per metric ton (12 million oz) gold, plus 282.3 million...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Aug. 31 announced that as its rigs continue to turn – from the 30 holes already completed since the start of the company's resource upgrade and expansion drilling program in March – results have come in that maintain the impressive mineralization at Dolphin-Clearly within Golden Summit, a project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Located about a 30-minute drive from Fairbanks, Golden Summit is an advanced-staged exploration project within the...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. July 20 reported that holes testing the northwest boundaries of Dolphin-Cleary are continuing to hit gold along the margins of this 19.7-million-ounce gold deposit on the company's Golden Summit project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. So far, the company has outlined 407.54 million metric tons of open-pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per metric ton (12 million oz) gold, plus 282.3 million metric tons of open-pit mineable...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. June 1 announced that the first holes of its 2023 drill program at Golden Summit have cut gold mineralization about 400 meters north of the 12-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary gold deposit on this road-accessible project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a calculation completed earlier this year, the Dolphin-Cleary deposit hosts 407.54 million metric tons of open pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per metric ton (12...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Feb. 23 reported an enormous upgrade to the quality and quantity of the mineral resources at Golden Summit, a now world-class gold project on the northern border of Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox Mine property in Alaska. Over the previous three years, Freegold has carried out more than 83,000 meters of systematic resource expansion and upgrade drilling at Golden Summit. With the bulk of the assays from the 2022 season in hand, the company had a new...
The success of Freegold Ventures Ltd.'s 2022 program at Golden Summit was all about connections. Thanks to a paved highway that connects the multi-million-ounce gold project to the nearby city of Fairbanks, the mineral exploration company was able to efficiently carry out drilling from February through December, and that expansive drill campaign was able to link the bulk-tonnage Dolphin deposit with the high-grade Cleary Hill Mine area to the east. According to a 2016...
Gold dominates Alaska mineral exploration, but a critical shift arises. Since the discovery of gold in what is now the Alaska capital city of Juneau, prospectors, geologists, and fortune seekers have spent more than 140 consecutive summer seasons exploring The Last Frontier's golden potential. With these endeavors turning up rich aurum lodes in every corner of the state, except for the oil-rich North Slope, the nearly century-and-a-half tradition of seeking and discovering wor...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Jan. 23 reported yet another long drill intercept of strong gold mineralization with a bonanza-grade subsection at Golden Summit, a highway-accessible exploration project about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a 2016 calculation, the Dolphin deposit at Golden Summit hosts 61.5 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.69 grams per metric ton (1.36 million oz) gold; and 71.5 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Dec. 7 reported additional impressive gold intercepts that will contribute to the company's goal of expanding and upgrading the mineral resource for Golden Summit when a new calculation is completed for this road-accessible gold project north of Fairbanks, Alaska, early next year. According to a 2016 estimate, the Dolphin deposit at Golden Summit hosts 61.5 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.69 grams per metric ton (1.36 million...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Oct. 18 reported that step-out drilling cut 421 meters of strong gold mineralization on the western side of the Dolphin gold deposit on the company's Golden Summit project about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a 2016 calculation, the Dolphin deposit hosts 61.5 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.69 grams per metric ton (1.36 million ounces) gold; and 71.5 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 0.69 g/t (1.5...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. July 28 reported strong gold mineralization encountered in the Dolphin deposit, the Cleary Hill Vein System, and the vanishing gap between these two primary targets of drilling at the company's Golden Summit project about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a 2016 calculation, the Dolphin deposit hosts 61.5 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.69 grams per metric ton (1.36 million ounces) gold; and 71.5 million metric tons...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. June 21 reported roughly 200-meter-wide sections of strong gold mineralization in holes drilled on opposite sides of the Dolphin deposit during the company's 2021 drill program at the Golden Summit project about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a 2016 calculation, Dolphin deposit hosts 61.5 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.69 grams per metric ton (1.36 million ounces) gold; and 71.5 million metric tons of inferred...
Felix Gold Ltd. May 25 announced that it has leased 6,203 acres of gold prospective properties in the Fairbanks Mining District from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office. Lying between Felix' Northeast Fairbanks and Treasure Creek claim packages, this newly leased MHT group of claims lies within 400 meters of the mill at Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox Mine and roughly 200 meters from the Dolphin deposit on Freegold Ventures Ltd.'s Golden Summit project. Felix says the...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. May 18 reported more wide sections of strong gold mineralization and even wider sections of bulk tonnage gold mineralization were encountered in the latest batch of holes from the 2021 drilling at the Dolphin deposit on the company's Golden Summit project about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. During 2021, Freegold completed more than 38,000 meters of resource expansion around the Dolphin deposit, as well as the adjacent Cleary Hill Vein System,...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. reported additional strong gold mineralization from 2021 holes drilled in both the Cleary Vein and Dolphin zones on its Golden Summit exploration project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Located about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska, and adjacent to Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox Mine, Golden Summit hosts 61.5 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.69 grams per metric ton (1.36 million ounces) gold; and 71.5 million metric...
