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Eskay Mining Corp. Dec. 15 reported that its 2022 drilling has expanded the TV-Jeff volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits on its namesake gold-silver project in Northern British Columbia. Covering a corridor of VMS mineralization trending south from Skeena Resources Ltd.'s Eskay Creek gold-silver project, and lying between Seabridge Gold Corp.'s KSM project to the east and Garibaldi Resources Corp.'s Nickel Mountain project to the west, Eskay's property lies at the heart of so...
Garibaldi Resources Corp. reported that hole EL-22-97b intersected nickel-bearing disseminated and semi-massive sulfide mineralization 205 meters down-trend of the previous deepest mineralized intercept at the E&L Intrusion on the Nickel Mountain project in British Columbia. Located about 18 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of Skeena Resources Ltd.'s Eskay Creek gold-silver mine project, the E&L zone at Nickel Mountain is a magmatic nickel-copper-cobalt massive sulfide...
Eskay Mining Corp. June 1 launched a 30,000-meter drill program at the company's Consolidated Eskay gold-silver project in Northern British Columbia. "2022 brings the most aggressive drill campaign ever undertaken at the Consolidated Eskay VMS Project," said Quinton Hennigh, a technical advisor and director of Eskay Mining. Covering a corridor of volcanogenic massive sulfide gold mineralization trending south from Skeena Resources Ltd.'s Eskay Creek gold-silver project, and...
Garibaldi Resources Corp. May 13 reported that early-stage exploratory drilling at the Casper target on its Nickel Mountain property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle cut gold mineralization along 260 meters strike length of the quartz-gold vein system. Located about 11 miles (18 kilometers) southwest of the historic Eskay Creek Mine, Nickel Mountain is best known for the E&L zone, a high-grade magmatic nickel-copper-cobalt massive sulfide discovery surrounded by a...
Eskay Mining Corp. March 21 announced that analysis of soil and rock chip sampling, coupled with results from an expanded aerial transient electromagnetic geophysical survey, has defined numerous new drill targets in three focus areas on the company's Consolidated Eskay gold-silver project in Northern British Columbia. "In 2021, we collected critical data including soils, rock chip samples, and an expanded SkyTEM survey over three targeted areas: the greater TV-Jeff region,...
Covering a trend of volcanogenic massive sulfide gold mineralization between Seabridge Gold Corp.'s KSM project to the east and Garibaldi Resources Corp.'s Nickel Mountain project to the west, Eskay Mining Corp.'s namesake project lies at the heart of some of the richest real estate in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. And a roughly 23,500-meter drill program carried out by Eskay during 2021 indicates that this 52,000-hectare (128,500 acres) property is as well mineralized a...
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 surface samples on assay labs already severely backlogged by COVID-19 protocols and restrictions that slowed the flow of samples in and data out of these facilities. Just how busy was the 2021 exploration season across the northern half of BC? According to North of 60 Mining News calculations,...
Eskay Mining Corp. Dec. 8 said the assay results rolling in from the 2021 drilling at its Consolidated Eskay project indicate the TV and Jeff deposits are parts of a larger precious metal-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide mineralized system. Covering a trend of VMS gold-silver mineralization that extends south from Skeena Resources Ltd.'s Eskay Creek mine project – between Seabridge Gold Corp.'s KSM project to the east and Garibaldi Resources Corp.'s Nickel Mountain project t...
Garibaldi Resources Corp. June 1 announced that crews have arrived at the camp at Nickel Mountain for a 2021 exploration program that will further explore the battery metals for which this Northern British Columbia project is renowned, as well as to follow up on precious metals for which the Golden Triangle is renowned. "The growing demand for critical metal sources required to drive the new green economy, and precious metals to protect against increasing inflation, was the...
Challenged by a global pandemic and a particularly wet summer, many of Northern British Columbia's mineral explorers became adept to adjusting on the fly as they endeavored to unlock the rich precious, base, and battery metals potential of this section of the Pacific Cordillera. With companies like Skeena Resources Ltd. and Ascot Resources Inc. running year-round drill programs as they seek to establish a new era of gold-silver mines at historic operations in the Golden Triang...
Rich in battery metals, precious metals, platinum group elements, and copper, Garibaldi Resources Inc.'s Nickel Mountain project in the heart of British Columbia's Golden Triangle offers a wide range of some of the most important metals of the 21st century. And the grades of the deposits being outlined on this property about 18 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of the historic Eskay Creek Mine are remarkable. Garibaldi first tapped the nickel- and copper-rich E&L intrusion at...
Garibaldi Resources Corp. Dec. 31 reported that its 2020 exploration program at Nickel Mountain demonstrated the expansion potential of the E&L zones, despite the significant challenge faced last year at this nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum group metals, gold, and silver enriched project in the heart of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. "Garibaldi management is very pleased with the progress made during the 2020 exploration season," said Garibaldi Resources President and...
Garibaldi Resources Corp. Jan. 22 reported wide near-surface intervals of nickel- and copper-rich mineralization from nine holes drilled last year at Nickel Mountain, a magmatic sulfide system about 11 miles (18 kilometers) southwest of the past producing Eskay Creek Mine in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Garibaldi first tapped the nickel- and copper-rich E&L intrusion at Nickel Mountain in 2017. This hole, EL-17-14, cut 16.75 meters averaging 8.3 percent nickel, 4.2...
Garibaldi Resources Corp. Sept. 12 reported assay results from the longest massive sulfide and mineralization intercepts so far at Nickel Mountain, a magmatic nickel- and copper-rich sulfide system about 11 miles (18 kilometers) southwest of the past producing Eskay Creek Mine in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Garibaldi first tapped the nickel- and copper-rich E&L intrusion at Nickel Mountain in 2017. This hole, EL-17-14, cut 16.75 meters averaging 8.3 percent nickel, 4.2...
Garibaldi Resources Inc. Aug. 9 reported that drills have tapped the widest zone of nickel- and copper-rich massive sulfide ever encountered at its Nickel Mountain project about 18 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of the historic Eskay Creek Mine in the heart of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. "This season's drill program is our best start yet at Nickel Mountain at a time when nickel prices are hitting new multi-year highs," said Garibaldi Resources President and CEO Steve...
At a time when electric vehicles are driving the need for increased nickel, Garibaldi Resources Inc. is unveiling an extremely high-grade deposit of this battery metal at its Nickel Mountain project about 18 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of the historic Eskay Creek Mine in the heart of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. "Increasingly, Nickel Mountain represents an important new discovery within the Eskay Rift," said Peter Lightfoot, a technical advisor to Garibaldi and...
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...
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...
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 deposits that junior mining companies are hoping to discover and majors are wanting to mine. Couple this mineral endowment with good infrastructure – especially stacked up against the other jurisdictions in the North of 60 Mining News coverage area – and northern B.C. continues to draw str...
At a time when electric vehicles are driving up nickel demand, Garibaldi Resources Inc. is unveiling an extremely high-grade deposit of this battery metal at its Nickel Mountain project about 18 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of the historic Eskay Creek Mine in the heart of British Columbia's Golden Triangle. "Increasingly, Nickel Mountain represents an important new discovery within the Eskay Rift," said Peter Lightfoot, a technical advisor to Garibaldi and nickel geology...
Garibaldi Resources June 15 reported that it has an option to purchase full ownership of the E&L nickel-copper-gold deposit and surrounding claims located at Nickel Mountain in northwestern British Columbia. The E&L deposit was discovered by five holes drilled in 1966 with mineralization extending to 210 meters and zones remaining open laterally and to depth. Work since 1971 has been limited to aeromagnetic surveys with no documented exploration since 1990. The claims...
Mineral and coal exploration in British Columbia, which peaked at C$680 million in 2012, retreated to roughly C$476 million in 2013. This drop is on par with the roughly 30 percent decrease in exploration expenditures worldwide. The dynamics that led to the decrease - tight capital markets that continue to challenge the ability of junior explorers to raise money, senior miners keeping tight reins on exploration spending and softer gold prices - have remained in play during...
