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With a summer marred by unprecedented wildfires behind them, companies exploring the mineral-rich Northwest Territories are reporting impressive results from their 2023 programs. Seeking new deposit... — Updated 1/17/2024 Full story

Potentially rich deposits of lithium in the terrain near Yellowknife, the capital of Northwest Territories, has spurred a small stampede of mining companies to Canada's north this summer as... — Updated 8/24/2023

Strategic Metals Ltd., surely the most active project generator in northern Canada, recently reported substantial mineral exploration and transaction activities in 2022 and early 2023. This... — Updated 4/13/2023

Lured partly by proximity to infrastructure in Yellowknife, several companies moved in January to advance exploration in mineral-rich Northwest Territories. The explorers include seasoned diamond... — Updated 2/16/2023

Looking to expand the resources at the Yellowknife City Gold projects, Gold Terra Resource Corp. 2022 exploration included drilling on its Con Option and Northbelt properties, which are part of a... — Updated 1/21/2023

Mining activity in Northwest Territories held steady in 2022 despite constraints imposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as a cadre of mainly junior mining companies took up the international... — Updated 1/17/2023 Full story

Continuing a trend of supporting mineral exploration with its cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning software, Minerva Intelligence Inc. has carried out a case study on the Lone... — Updated 10/6/2022

Gold Terra Resource Corp. Aug. 3 released the final assay results from the 15-hole winter drill program designed to test the Campbell Shear along strike south of the historic Con gold mine in... — Updated 8/11/2022

Gold Terra Resource Corp. June 27 announced that drilling has tapped deep gold mineralization along the Campbell shear about 1,000 meters south of the past-producing Con Mine in Yellowknife,... — Updated 7/7/2022

Gold Terra Resource Corp. June 7 reported additional high-grade intercepts from its 19-hole winter drill program in the Mispickel area of its Yellowknife City Gold Project in Northwest Territories.... — Updated 6/9/2022

Gold Terra Resource Corp. April 6 reported that a hole drilled for metallurgical testing in support of a resource estimate cut 26.5 meters averaging 9.05 grams per metric ton gold in the Yellorex... — Updated 4/14/2022

Gold Terra Resource Corp. March 22 reported that hole GTWL22-002 cut four meters averaging 19 grams per metric ton gold, including a one-meter subsection averaging 73.9 g/t gold in the Mispickel... — Updated 3/31/2022

Gold Terra Resource Corp. March 15 announced that recent drilling tapped strong gold mineralization in a prospective area between the Yellorex zone and the historic Con gold mine near the Northwest... — Updated 3/17/2022

As final assays of its productive 2021 exploration program roll in, Gold Terra Resource Corp. is working on a plan to boost the 1.2-million-ounce inferred resource of its Yellowknife City Gold... — Updated 2/10/2022

Mineral exploration activity in Northwest Territories showed signs of revival in 2021, coming on the heels of the slowest year in recent memory. Excited by renewed interest in gold deposits in and... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

With a resource calculated in March 2020, Gold Terra Resource Corp. moved roughly 472,000 ounces closer to its goal of unlocking the multimillion-ounce gold potential of its 800-square-kilometer... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Gold Terra Resource Corp. July 20 announced the start of a 10,000-meter second phase of 2021 drilling on the Newmont Option gold project in Northwest Territories. Located between the Yellowknife... — Updated 7/22/2021

Gold Terra Resource Corp. March 23 reported that it cut 4.35 meters averaging 10.85 grams per metric ton gold in its third hole drilled on the property it recently optioned from Newmont Ventures... — Updated 4/1/2021

Gold Terra Resource Corp. March 16 reported that the 2020 drill program added roughly 472,000 ounces of gold to the resource at its Yellowknife City Gold project in Northwest Territories. According... — Updated 3/25/2021

For many mining companies eyeing prospects in Canada's far north, 2020 presented insurmountable challenges. But for the few explorers and producers focused on Northwest Territories, the year proved... — Updated 1/28/2021 Full story

As 2020, arguably the most calamitous year for northern mining in decades, drew to a close, the Government of Northwest Territories took the unusual step of topping up its annual mining incentives... — Updated 1/18/2021 Full story

Gold Terra Resource Corp., one of nearly a dozen juniors seeking mineral riches in Northwest Territories in 2020, completed significant exploration drilling on its huge Yellowknife City Gold... — Updated 1/14/2021 Full story

Gold Terra Resource Corp. Aug. 17 announced the start of a 10,000-meter drill program testing high-grade gold targets on its Yellowknife City Gold project in Northwest Territories. This drilling... — Updated 9/26/2020

Gold Terra Resource Corp. May 19 reported that the final holes from its 2020 winter drill program at the Yellowknife City Gold project in Canada's Northwest Territories cut wide zones of gold... — Updated 9/26/2020

Gold Terra Resource Corp. (formerly TerraX Minerals Inc.) April 22 reported that its winter drill program continues to confirm and expand the gold mineralization at the Sam Otto South target on its... — Updated 9/26/2020