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Osisko Metals Inc. May 8 said that recent tests show that ore sorting shows the potential to reduce the costs to transport and process ore at a future mine at its Pine Point zinc project in Northwest... — Updated 5/17/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. May 1 reported assay results for an additional 100 holes drilled into X-65, a resource area within the North Zone of the Pine Point zinc project about 42 kilometers (26 miles)... — Updated 5/10/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. April 24 said the latest round of results from its extensive drill program at Pine Point show the potential for continuous high-grade zinc mineralization between historically... — Updated 5/3/2019

Like many single-industry towns, once the well dries up, people seek greener pastures. However, the residents of a place many probably have never even heard of hold on to the remnants of their past.... — Updated 5/10/2019 Full story

Osisko Metals Inc. April 4 reported results from an additional 34 drill holes drilled in the East Mill zone at the Pine Point zinc project in Northwest Territories. Located about 42 kilometers (26... — Updated 4/12/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. Jan. 30 reported additional near surface zinc intercepts from the 2018 drill program at the company's Pine Point project in Northwest Territories. Located about 42 kilometers (26 m... — Updated 2/8/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. Dec. 6 reported its Pine Point project in Northwest Territories hosts 3.9 billion pounds of zinc and 1.6 billion lb of lead in 38.4 million metric tons of inferred resource... — Updated 12/14/2018 Full story

Having resumed drilling following spring break-up, Osisko Metals Ltd. is carrying out one of the largest base metals exploration programs under way in Canada this year at its Pine Point zinc-lead... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

Explorers seeking new mineral discoveries in the Northwest Territories are expected to spend less in 2018 than the C$90 million they shelled out collectively last year. Natural Resources Canada... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

Osisko Metals Inc. Aug. 23 reported results from 18 holes completed in the Central Zone of its Pine Point zinc project in Northwest Territories. Highlights from this batch of results include 6.75 met... — Updated 8/31/2018

Osisko Metals Inc. July 24 announced plans to step up the pace of its already aggressive drill program at the Pine Point zinc project in Northwest Territories. "It's our intention to keep moving... — Updated 8/3/2018 Full story

Northwest Territories may fall behind Canada's two other territories in mining activity in the near-future, but projects underway in the northern jurisdiction hold substantial promise for mid- to... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story

Osisko Metals Inc. June 19 reported results from the remaining holes drilled during the winter drill program at Pine Point and announced the start of a 570-hole summer program at this zinc-lead... — Updated 6/29/2018

Osisko Metals Inc. May 29 reported additional high-grade zinc and lead results from its 2018 winter drill program along the East Mill Zone trend of its Pine Point project in Northwest Territories.... — Updated 6/8/2018

Osisko Metals Inc. May 15 said drilling has encountered zinc mineralization between the L-35 and L-36 deposit areas on its Pine Point project in Northwest Territories. Discovered by prospectors... — Updated 5/25/2018

Osisko Metals Inc. May 8 said its winter drilling continues to confirm historical zinc mineralization at its newly acquired Pine Point zinc-lead project in Northwest Territories. Located near the... — Updated 5/18/2018 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. April 16 announced that it received an initial C$174 million of a C$505 million financing package the company put together for the development of the Eagle Gold Mine project on... — Updated 4/27/2018 Full story

Osisko Metals Inc. Dec. 18 announced a friendly agreement to acquire full ownership of Pine Point Mining Ltd., a deal that will give Osisko Metals full ownership of the Pine Point zinc-lead project... — Updated 1/12/2018

Strongbow Exploration Inc. March 7 said it has reached an agreement to purchase Teck Resources Ltd. royalty interest in the Mactung and Cantung tungsten projects located along the border between... — Updated 3/13/2016 Full story

The owners of Alaska’s five large metal mines – Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo, Hecla Mining Company, Kinross Gold Corp, Teck Resources Ltd. and Coeur Mining Inc. – accounted for nearly half the US... — Updated 1/28/2018 Full story

Mineral exploration spending in Northwest Territories dipped sharply in 2015. While the final numbers are not in, Natural Resources Canada predicts exploration and deposit appraisal expenditures in... — Updated 11/1/2015 Full story

Over the past month Alaska's mining industry has suffered a perfect storm of manmade and natural issues that read like something from a pulp fiction novel. On the man-made side of the ledger, gold,... — Updated 7/26/2015

Primarily associated with cans, cups and roofs, tin is not the flashiest metal on the market. Despite its lowly ranking, even among base metals, this lackluster commodity fetches around US$8.00 per... — Updated 3/22/2015

From expanding reserves at its proposed Meliadine gold mine to early-stage exploration at an enticing gold discovery a few miles up the road from its Meadowbank Mine, 2014 is emerging as a year marke... — Updated 11/2/2014