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Members of the Kaminak Gold Corp. executive team have reunited to form Tectonic Metals Corp., a private exploration company that has acquired three overlooked gold exploration properties in Alaska's Eastern Interior. While with Kaminak, this team advanced the Coffee project in the Yukon from a grassroots discovery to a roughly 5-million-ounce gold mine project that Goldcorp Inc. acquired in 2017 for C$520 million. Cashing in on Coffee, several of the Kaminak executives moved...
It's clear by now that famed prospector Shawn Ryan has the Midas Touch when it comes to making significant mineral discoveries in the White Gold District of west-central Yukon Territory. During the past few weeks, junior mining company White Gold Corp. – which Ryan guides as chief technical advisor – reported not one, not two, but at least three significant gold discoveries in the region. White Gold's C$9 million, 14,500-meter exploration program for 2018 targeted expansion of...
GT Gold Corp. Oct. 10 reports that drilling continues to tap long sections of porphyry gold-copper-silver mineralization at the Saddle North discovery on the company's Tatogga property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Hole TTD085, reported in September, cut 822.2 meters averaging 0.42 grams per metric ton gold, 0.26 percent copper and 0.62 g/t silver. This long intercept included 430 meters of 0.67 g/t gold, 0.41 percent copper and 0.89 g/t silver from 493 meters to...
White Gold Corp. Sept. 17 announced that it has tapped high-grade gold in the discovery hole at the Vertigo target on the company's JP Ross property in Yukon's White Gold District. Near surface gold mineralization was encountered at Vertigo earlier this year with a GT Probe, a track mounted sampling machine engineered by Dawson City-based GroundTruth Exploration. Designed to be more cost-effective and less environmentally invasive than traditional trenching, the GT Probe...
GT Gold Corp. Sept. 10 announced a major porphyry copper-gold-silver discovery in the first hole drilled this year at the Saddle North target on the company's Tatogga property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Starting at a depth of 78.87 meters, hole TTD085 cut 822.19 meters averaging 0.42 grams per metric ton gold, 0.26 percent copper and 0.62 g/t silver. This long intercept included 430 meters of 0.67 g/t gold, 0.41 percent copper and 0.89 g/t silver from 493 meters to...
GT Gold Corp. Sept. 4 said this year's planned 18,000-meter drill program is rapidly expanding the Saddle South gold-silver discovery on its Tatogga property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. So far this year, drilling at Saddle south has tapped high-grade gold to the east, west, south and below the mineralized envelope outlined during the company's maiden drill program carried out last year. One hole drilled to the west of Saddle South, TTD079, cut 40.89 meters of 9.55...
White Gold Corp. Aug. 15 said it has begun drilling near-surface high-grade gold mineralization recently discovered at the Vertigo Trend on the company's JP Ross property in Yukon's White Gold District. The Vertigo gold mineralization was encountered using GT Probe, a track mounted sampling machine engineered by Dawson City-based GroundTruth Exploration. Designed to be more cost-effective and less environmentally invasive than traditional trenching, the GT Probe drives a...
White Gold Corp. Aug. 9 said initial results from the resource expansion and exploration program on its White Gold property in the Yukon have returned some of the strongest and most consistent mineralization intercepts drilled to date on the Golden Saddle deposit. A resource calculated earlier this year for the White Gold property outlines 12.32 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 2.43 grams per metric ton gold (961,000 ounces) gold; plus 5.16 million metric...
GT Gold Corp. Aug. 8 reported that the initial results from the 2018 program at Saddle South have returned high-grade gold to the east and west of this exciting discovery made by the company in 2017. In addition to extending Saddle South along strike, one hole has discovered a deeper high-grade trend to the south. "We are very pleased with the early success of the drill program at Saddle South this season. All holes have hit mineralization as we step out to the east and west,...
Aben Resources Ltd. July 5 announced that an initial 5,000-meter drill program is well underway at the company's 23,000-hectare Forrest Kerr gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The initial focus of this planned 18-hole drill program is to expand the high-grade precious metal mineralization discovered in 2017 at the Boundary North zone, located near the center of the roughly 50-kilometer (30 miles) long Forrest Kerr property. Three holes, collared from the same...
GT Gold Corp. June 14 named Steve Burleton, a seasoned mining executive with significant experience in capital raising and corporate development as the gold exploration company's new president and CEO. "I am thrilled to be joining the GT Gold team – a team which has made great strides in advancing the Saddle discovery since going public over a year ago," said Burleton. Burleton replaces Kevin Keough, who stepped down as GT Gold's top executive and board member. "It has been a...
GT Gold Corp. June 4 said crews are on their way to Tatogga to begin a planned 18,000-meter drill program at this exciting new gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. A 16,000-meter discovery drill program carried out last year included 86 holes that were primarily focused on the Saddle South discovery. Highlights from the high-grade gold cut during this drilling include 7 meters of 51.53 g/t gold and 117.38 g/t silver; 12.2 meters of 14.75 g/t gold; 3.4 meters of...
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 begin work on two of our top priorities," said White Gold Corp. CEO David D'Onofrio. A resource calculated earlier this year for the White Gold property outlines 12.32 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 2.43 grams per metric ton (961,000 ounces) gold; plus 5.16 milli...
Aben Resources Ltd. May 23 said it plans to undertake a 5,000-meter drill program this year at its Forrest Kerr gold property located in northwestern British Columbia`s Golden Triangle region. Slated to start mid-June, this drilling will initially focus on the expansion of high-grade precious metal mineralization discovered at the Boundary North zone last summer. One such hole, FK17-04, cut 10 meters of 6.7 grams per metric ton gold, 6.4 g/t silver and 0.9 percent copper. The...
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 District. About half of this year's C$9 million exploration program is focused on regional targets across the extensive land holding, including more than 100 rotary air blast (RAB) drill holes, airborne geophysical surveys, over 22,000 soil samples and other exploration activates. The...
GT Gold Corp. April 24 said it plans to complete 18,000 meters of drilling this summer at its exciting Saddle gold discovery at the Tatogga property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. This C$6.8-million program will focus on expanding the gold-silver and copper-gold-silver discoveries at the Saddle discovery area. "We're excited to be ramping up again for another season of work at Saddle. We intend to focus on expanding the precious metal vein zones but also to test the...
GT Gold Corp. March 21 announced it has raised the money to fund a planned C$6.7 million drill program aimed at expanding the high-grade gold at the Saddle South discovery on its Tatogga property and follow-up on several other targets on this exciting gold-silver project in the British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The private placement financing involved the issuance of 9.05 million GT Gold shares at C72 cents per share. The C$6.5 million raised gives GT Gold about C$9.5...
GT Gold Corp. Jan. 15 published results from the final six holes from the 2017 drill program at its Saddle South gold-silver discovery on the company's Tatogga property, including one hole that cut very high-grade silver along with the high-grade gold common at Saddle South. Highlights from these holes include: 4 meters of 23.78 grams per metric ton gold and 65.87 g/t silver from a depth of 150.2 meters in hole TTD056; and 3 meters of 31.79 g/t gold and 1,410.1 g/t silver...
GT Gold Corp. Jan. 9 said assay results from the summer 2017 drill program continue to expand high-grade gold mineralization at the Saddle discovery on the company's Tatogga property in northwestern British Columbia. Lying alongside Highway 37, just west of the village of Iskut, Tatogga hosts Saddle, a large gold-in-soil anomaly that was previously overlooked due to a lack of outcropping bedrock. In 2017, GT Gold drilled the first holes into Saddle South, one of two targets...
In 1918, the Premier gold mine opened a few miles north of Stewart, a mining town that is the southern gateway to British Columbia's famed Golden Triangle. Over the ensuing 34 years, this underground operation churned out some 2 million ounces of gold and 45 million oz of silver, making it the largest gold producer in North America during that era. A century later, Premier continues to be in play and modern exploration is unveiling the vast mineral potential that northern...
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 explore the larger potential across the roughly 1 million acres (390,000 hectares) of prospective lands it holds in the Yukon's White Gold District. The explorer's massive portfolio of gold properties is a re-assemblage of White Gold prospects legendary Yukon gold prospector Shawn Ry...
GT Gold Corp. June 27 reported that two drills are turning at the high-grade Saddle gold-silver discovery on the Tatogga property British Columbia's Golden Triangle The company plans to complete at least 18,000 meters of diamond drilling in 56 holes this year, with the potential to expand the program and continue drilling into November. The 2018 drilling is beginning at Saddle South, were a 16,000-meter discovery drill program carried out last year outlined a high-grade,...
GT Gold Corp. Dec. 4 reported continued high-grade assays from six additional holes drilled at Saddle South, an exciting gold discovery on the company's Tatogga property in the Golden Triangle region of northwestern British Columbia. Hole TTD045 cut 3.79 meter averaging 12.05 grams per metric ton gold from a depth of 144.1 meters, including 1.04 meters of 35.15 g/t gold. The company said four additional holes drilled from the same pad - TTD047, 048, 050 and 052 - all cut...
GT Gold Corp. has discovered more high-grade gold plus porphyry copper-gold-silver mineralization at Saddle North, a target about 500 meters north of the high-grade Saddle South gold discovery on the company's Tatogga property in northwestern British Columbia. High-grade vein-hosted gold was intersected in two holes, TTD057 and TTD063, drilled near the west end of the Saddle North trend. TTD057 cut 2.58 meters averaging 13.55 grams per metric ton gold starting at a depth of 240 meters; TTD063 cut 0.6 meters averaging 7.59...
GT Gold Corp. Nov. 30 won the prestigious Mines and Money "Exploration Discovery Award" for its Saddle gold-silver discovery in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. The award was shared with SolGold plc, an Australian company exploring the Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador. GT Gold Chairman accepted the award at a gala dinner that wrapped up the Mines and Money Conference in London, England, on November 30. The Saddle gold-silver discovery is one of the few genuinely...
