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Long hidden geological controls solved, shapes plans for future drilling of high-grade gold target. Seabridge Gold Inc. Feb. 14 announced the results from the 2023 drill program established a new... — Updated 2/25/2024

Raging wildfires and record hot temperatures challenged the well-laid plans of a score and more of mineral explorers in Canada's Yukon this year as the 2023 field season shifted into high summer.... — Updated 1/17/2024 Full story

Beginning the year with a nearly 55% increase in gold production at its Eagle Gold mine, Victoria Gold Corp. could never have predicted nearly half a month of downtime due to ongoing wildfires that... — Updated 1/17/2024 Full story

Carrying forward a two-decade legacy of building gold resources faster than issuing shares, Seabridge Gold Inc. focused its 2023 exploration primarily on the Iskut gold-copper property in Northern... — Updated 1/17/2024

In a sudden and surprising announcement, Victoria Gold Corp. Sept. 14 announced the acquisition of Sabre Gold Mines Corp.'s Yukon assets, which include the past producing Brewery Creek gold mine... — Updated 9/23/2023

Seabridge Gold Inc. May 25 announced that it is preparing for a 7,500-meter drill program at 3 Aces, a road-accessible project that covers 357 square kilometers (138 square miles) of high-grade... — Updated 6/1/2023

The Taku River Tlingit First Nation and Canagold Resources Ltd. March 29 announced that they have entered into a historic agreement that establishes a framework for a long-term cooperative and... — Updated 3/30/2023

First Nation seeks balance between conservation and mineral extraction in area important to the Taku River Tlingit way of life. To help preserve an intact ecosystem within the Taku River watershed,... — Updated 1/23/2023 Full story

Although small, program confirmed model and sets groundwork for 2023 exploration program. Seabridge Gold Inc. Jan. 17 announced that its drilling has concluded, and assay results from the limited... — Updated 1/19/2023

Short window, hopes to generate almost 2,000 meters of core Seabridge Gold Inc. Sept. 12 announced it has received the permits needed to carry out a drill program now underway at its 3 Aces gold... — Updated 9/22/2022

Seabridge Gold Inc. May 24 announced that it has entered into a contribution agreement with the Liard First Nation to build positive working relations and to enable the First Nation a meaningful... — Updated 5/26/2022

Sabre Gold Mines Corp. Jan. 18 published the results from a preliminary economic assessment that outlines a 60,000-ounce-per-year gold mining operation at its road-accessible Brewery Creek project... — Updated 1/20/2022

Sabre Gold Mines Corp. Dec. 14 reported that its Brewery Creek mine project in Canada's Yukon now hosts more than 1 million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated resource categories. Sabre... — Updated 12/30/2021

With overwhelming shareholder approval, Golden Predator Mining Corp. and Arizona Gold Corp. have merged to form Sabre Gold Mines Corp., a North American junior mining company with two projects in... — Updated 9/9/2021

Strategic Metals Ltd. Aug. 6 announced significant tin mineralization in samples collected at its Oli and Bix critical mineral projects in the prolific Tombstone-McQuesten mineral belt of central... — Updated 8/12/2021

Less than two months after ending its plans to merge with Viva Gold Corp., Golden Predator Mining Corp. has cut a deal to join forces with another junior advancing a gold mine in America's... — Updated 7/15/2021

Seabridge Gold Inc. June 15 reported that a contractor at its recently acquired 3 Aces gold project in Canada's Yukon tested positive for COVID-19 when the company conducted a rapid antigen shortly... — Updated 7/1/2021

Golden Predator Mining Corp. May 3 announced the termination of an agreement to acquire Viva Gold Corp., a junior exploration company advancing the Tonopah gold property in Nevada. Under an... — Updated 5/27/2021

Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation has submitted letters to the Yukon Water Board and the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board in support of the timely renewal of the water and q... — Updated 5/6/2021

Golden Predator Mining Corp. April 1 said it has submitted applications to renew the water use and quartz mining licenses for its Brewery Creek gold mine project in the Yukon. A road-accessible... — Updated 4/15/2021

Golden Predator Mining Corp. and Viva Gold Corp. have agreed to a merger that will bring two advanced stage gold mine projects – Brewery Creek in the Yukon and Tonopah in Nevada – under one roo... — Updated 3/18/2021

One of few mineral explorers active in Yukon Territory during the mining industry's 2020 beleaguered field season recently reported encouraging results that give credence to the idea that a new... — Updated 3/4/2021

From the first glimpse of a potential new discovery to watching the first load of ore pour into a new mill, mineral explorers working in Yukon Territory during 2020 reported experiencing the full ga... — Updated 2/11/2021 Full story

Golden Predator Mining Corp. Jan. 25 reported that all of the first 16 holes reported from the 2020 drill program at its Brewery Creek mine project in the Yukon cut significant thicknesses of gold m... — Updated 1/28/2021

Successfully incorporating the recently expanded, higher grade Iron Cap gold-copper deposit into the mine plan for the already enormous KSM project in British Columbia, Seabridge Gold Inc. shifted... — Updated 1/18/2021 Full story