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HighGold Mining Inc. Dec. 2 reported that its first pass drilling at Difficult Creek is beginning to outline the potential for this prospect area on its Johnson Tract property in Alaska to host a large high-grade polymetallic gold system similar to the JT deposit about 2.5 miles (four kilometers) to the southwest. According to an early 2020 calculation, the JT deposit hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per metric ton (417,000 ounces)...
HighGold Mining Inc. Oct. 13 reported a long intercept of high-grade gold in an infill hole drilled to collect material for phase I metallurgical work and to provide better definition of the deeper, higher-grade portion of the JT deposit on the company's Johnson Tract project in Alaska. According to a calculation completed prior to the start of 2020 drilling, the JT deposit hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per metric ton (417,000 ounces...
HighGold Mining Inc. Oct. 6 reported a 6.4-meter-wide intercept of bonanza grade gold and silver in the first hole it has ever drilled at Difficult Creek, an exploration target about 2.5 miles (four kilometers) northeast of the JT deposit on the company's Johnson Tract project in Alaska. According to an early 2020 calculation the JT deposit hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per metric ton (417,000 ounces) gold, 5.8 g/t (397,000 oz)...
JOHNSON TRACT, Alaska – A nearly half-a-million-ounce gold deposit sitting on a 7.5-mile trend of obvious yet underexplored mineralization just a few miles from the coast in Southcentral Alaska was hiding in plain sight for more than two decades before HighGold Mining Inc. began unlocking the rich potential of this high-grade gold project in 2019. Owned by Cook Inlet Regional Inc., more widely known as CIRI, Johnson Tract is one of the many mineral-rich properties identified a...
Throughout the relatively short modern history of Alaska, many nameless and oft unrecognized explorers have contributed to the Last Frontier state in ways that future generations will never be able to truly appreciate. This, however, is not the case for Bill Ellis, an explorer and geologist who has gifted his knowledge and experience for nearly half a century and personifies the attitude needed to succeed in mineral exploration, optimism. As if by providence, Bill was born in... Full story
HighGold Mining Inc. Sept. 14 cut strong mineralization in the first resource expansion hole at JT deposit, as assay results start to roll in from the company's 2021 program at the polymetallic Johnson Tract gold project in Southcentral Alaska. According to a calculation completed in April of 2020, the JT deposit hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per metric ton (417,000 ounces) gold, 5.8 g/t (397,000 oz) silver, 5.85% (275.3 million... Full story
HighGold Mining Inc. June 23 announced it has expanded its 2021 drill program at Johnson Tract to 20,000 meters, a 25% increase over the 16,000 meters originally slated and the largest ever drill program at the gold-rich polymetallic project in Southcentral Alaska. The decision to expand the original C$10 million 2021 program and accelerate the exploration at Johnson Tract follows a C$1.9 million boost to HighGold's treasury from the exercise of warrants in May. Proceeds...
HighGold Mining Inc. May 6 outlined plans for an initial US$8.2 million (C$10 million) 2021 exploration program at its Johnson Tract polymetallic gold project in Southcentral Alaska that will test expansion targets at and around its JT deposit, and explore other earlier staged prospects across the 20,942-acre (8,475 hectares) property. "Our exploration team's mandate in 2021 includes both establishing critical mass at the JT deposit and making new discoveries," said HighGold M...
HighGold Mining Inc. April 13 said the final batch of assay results from the 2020 drilling at Johnson Tract in Southcentral Alaska includes one hole that extended the JT deposit by about 180 meters along strike and down-dip. According to a calculation completed in April of last year, the JT deposit hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per metric ton (417,000 ounces) gold, 5.8 g/t (397,000 oz) silver, 5.85% (275.3 million pounds) zinc,...
HighGold Mining Inc. March 10 announced that its 2020 drilling has discovered a new zone of what appears to be zinc-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide mineralization near the JT deposit, which opens up a whole new resource potential at the company's Johnson Tract polymetallic gold project in Southcentral Alaska. Based on historical drilling and nine holes completed by HighGold in 2019, the JT deposit hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per...
HighGold Mining Inc. March 22 reported that results from its 2020 regional exploration program at Johnson Tract in Southcentral Alaska continue to identify zones of high-grade gold and silver beyond the JT deposit area. "We are extremely pleased with the regional picture emerging at Johnson Tract with recent surface exploration results now defining widespread, robust and diverse styles of mineralization over an area several square kilometers in size," said HighGold Mining...
HighGold Mining Inc. Feb. 11 announced that surface sampling has turned up zones of high-grade silver and copper at the Difficult Creek prospect about 2.5 miles (four kilometers) northeast of the JT deposit on the company's Johnson Tract property in Southcentral Alaska. While drills were expanding upon the high-grade gold, copper, and zinc mineralization at JT, HighGold geologists carried out a large-scale regional reconnaissance program across the 21,036-acre (8,513...
HighGold Mining Inc. Jan. 21 reported that the latest batch of results from the 2020 drill program at its Johnson Tract project in Alaska has confirmed the expansion potential of the main JT deposit, as well as the deeper Footwall copper-silver zone. "We continue to be encouraged by the continuation and strength of the JT deposit mineral system at depth and by the emergence of the Footwall copper-silver zone, a new area of copper-silver rich mineralization with resource...
Strong metal prices and an infusion of cash from notable resource investors helped to salvage much of a 2020 mineral exploration season in Alaska that became lethargic with disruptions, delays, and shelving of field programs infected by the COVID-19 pandemic early in the year. At its onset, 2020 was looking like it would be the best year for Alaska's mining sector in a decade. Australia-based mining companies were slated to invest nearly US$100 million in mineral exploration... Full story
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair." I cannot help but to reflect on this famous opening passage in Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities when considering the dichotomy of mineral exploration across Alaska and Canada's North... Full story
Attracting the attention of some of the biggest names in the resource investment world, HighGold Mining Inc. raised C$13.8 million in July to fund an expanded drill program at its Johnson Tract gold project in Southcentral Alaska. HighGold Mining was formed in 2019 to explore gold properties spun out of Constantine Metal Resources that included Johnson Tract. Situated on Cook Inlet Region Inc., or CIRI, land about six miles west of Cook Inlet and roughly 125 miles southwest... Full story
HighGold Mining Inc. Nov. 18 reports that the latest batch of assay results from the 2020 program at Johnson Tract continue to expand high-grade gold, copper, and zinc mineralization at the JT deposit on this project in Southcentral Alaska. According to a calculation earlier this year, the JT deposit hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per metric ton (417,000 ounces) gold, 5.8 g/t (397,000 oz) silver, 5.85% (275.3 million pounds) zinc,...
HighGold Mining Inc. Oct. 15 reported that step out drilling continues to expand the gold-rich resource at the Johnson Tract project in Southcentral Alaska, including a copper-rich zone in the footwall of the JT deposit. According to a calculation earlier this year, the JT deposit hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per metric ton (417,000 ounces) gold, 5.8 g/t (397,000 oz) silver, 5.85% (275.3 million pounds) zinc, 0.57% (26.8 million... Full story
HighGold Mining Inc. Sept. 9 reports that the 2020 drill program on its Johnson Tract project in Southcentral Alaska picked up where the 2019 program left off – drills tapping long sections of high-grade gold and base metal mineralization. Situated on the west side of Cook Inlet about 125 miles southwest of Anchorage, Johnson Tract is a gold-copper-zinc-silver-lead project that had been inactive for the 25 years prior to HighGold's 2019 program there. Highlights from the 2019...
Rising metal prices are helping to soften the blow COVID-19 has landed on Alaska's mining sector in 2020. While mining has been deemed an essential business in Alaska, which has helped keep the six large mines in the state operating during the pandemic, measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 are weighing on production at some of these operations. Efforts to flatten the curve on the spread of coronavirus also disrupted several winter drill programs in Alaska,... Full story
HighGold Mining Inc. July 22 announced that it now plans to complete at least 15,000 meters of drilling this year at its Johnson Tract Gold Project in Southcentral Alaska. HighGold had originally planned to complete 7,000 to 10,000 meters of drilling during the 2020 program at Johnson Tract. Strong investor interest, however, resulted in a very strong financing that closed earlier this month. As a result, the company has expanded the scope of this year's work. "With the...
HighGold Mining Inc. July 8 announced that it has raised C$12 million to fund an expanded drill program at its Johnson Tract gold project in Southcentral Alaska. Situated on Cook Inlet Region Inc., or CIRI, land on the west side of Cook Inlet, Johnson Tract hosts high-grade gold mineralization that is further enriched by associated silver, copper, zinc, and lead. According to a calculation earlier this year, the JT deposit at Johnson tract hosts 2.14 million metric tons of...
HighGold Mining Inc. June 30 announced the start of the 2020 exploration program at its Johnson Tract gold project in Southcentral Alaska. During the initial phase of this program, the company plans to complete 7,000 to 10,000 meters of diamond drilling to investigate five targets surrounding the property's JT deposit. "We are excited to launch on the first serious exploration drill program in 25 years at Johnson" said HighGold Mining President and CEO Darwin Green. According...
HighGold Mining Inc. April 29 published the first NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate for the JT deposit, a modern industry compliant calculation that confirms the robust nature of this gold-silver-copper-zinc deposit on the company's Johnson Tract property in Southcentral Alaska. According to this new calculation, JT hosts 2.14 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 6.07 grams per metric ton gold, 5.8 g/t silver, 5.85% zinc, 0.57% copper, and 0.71% lead. When...
HighGold Mining Inc. Feb. 5 reported high-grade precious and base metals results from surface sampling at Difficult Creek, a target on the company's Johnson Tract property in Alaska that lies about 4,500 meters northeast of the main JT deposit. Based on 88 holes drilled prior to 1995, JT deposit hosts 1.04 million metric tons of historical resource averaging 10.05 grams per metric ton gold, 7.63 g/t silver, 8.32 percent zinc and 1.13 percent lead. In addition to a nine-hole...
