North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

British Columbia's Golden Triangle is poised for a mining boom that raises the bar when it comes to achieving the higher environmental, social, and guidance expectations for companies that produce... — Updated 3/2/2023

Gaining ownership of the Brucejack Mine through the US$2.8 billion buyout of Pretium Resources Inc., Newcrest Mining Ltd. consolidated all the current large-scale gold, silver, and copper... — Updated 2/26/2023

With open pit mineable reserves that can support a financially robust mine capable of averaging more than 1 million ounces of gold, 3 million oz of silver, 178 million pounds of copper and 4.2... — Updated 1/18/2023 Full story

Working with First Nations is key to unlocking the Golden Triangle's vast potential. A world-class copper-gold district that is also enriched with nickel, cobalt, platinum group metals, and other... — Updated 1/18/2023 Full story

Newcrest Mining Ltd. Nov. 16 announced the restart of operations at Brucejack following a more than three-week shutdown to investigate the cause of an Oct. 22 fatality at the high-grade underground... — Updated 11/17/2022

Miner fatality at Brucejack puts a hold on plans to ramp up Golden Triangle mining. Newcrest Mining Ltd.'s Red Chris and Brucejack mines in British Columbia's Golden Triangle produced 101,636... — Updated 11/3/2022

An updated prefeasibility study details plans for a financially robust mining operation at Seabridge Gold Inc.'s KSM project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle that will produce an average of... — Updated 7/7/2022

While Golden Triangle is an apt and easily marketable moniker for northwest British Columbia's incredible mineral endowment, Tahltan Territory more accurately and thoroughly encapsulates the rich... — Updated 5/5/2022

Contributing 17,001 ounces of gold over the first 22 days after Newcrest Mining Ltd. acquired Brucejack Mine, this high-grade underground operation in British Columbia's prolific Golden Triangle is... — Updated 4/28/2022 Full story

Seabridge Gold Inc. April 14 announced that Mitchell and East Mitchell, two of the five deposits on the company's KSM project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, host a combined 72 million... — Updated 4/21/2022

Brucejack Mine in British Columbia's Golden Triangle is expected to push Newcrest Mining Ltd.'s annual gold production north of 2 million ounces per year, and that does not include the likely... — Updated 3/21/2022

Seabridge Gold Inc. March 1 announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, KSM Mining ULC, has signed an agreement with British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority to supply the world-class KSM... — Updated 3/17/2022

Seabridge Gold Inc. Feb. 26 announced that it has secured US$225 million (C$285 million) to advance its world-class KSM copper-gold-silver project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle to the... — Updated 3/17/2022

In a move that will help ensure that the First Nations people and communities in British Columbia's Golden Triangle benefit from the rising mining activity in their incredibly mineral-rich... — Updated 2/24/2022

Seabridge Gold Inc. Feb. 1 reported that its 2021 drilling at KSM shows that its new 25.9-million-ounce Snowfield deposit is essentially a continuation of its 34.3-million-oz Mitchell deposit,... — Updated 2/17/2022

In a bid to add the Brucejack Mine to its operations in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, Newcrest Mining Ltd. has entered into an agreement to pay roughly C$3.5 billion (US$2.8 billion) to... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

After adding 25.9 million ounces of gold to its already world-class KSM project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle at the close of 2020, Seabridge Gold Inc. focused most of its 2021 exploration... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Pretium Resources Inc.'s 2021 resource expansion and exploration drill program at Brucejack cut spectacular gold and silver grades, even for this Northern British Columbia project world-renowned... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

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... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

In a bid to add the Brucejack Mine to its operations in British Columbia's Golden Triangle, Newcrest Mining Ltd. has entered into an agreement to pay roughly C$3.5 billion (US$2.8 billion) to... — Updated 12/2/2021

Early results from the 2021 drill program at KSM project support Seabridge Gold Inc.'s concept of mining more gold-rich reserves from open pits at the Snowfield and Mitchell deposits prior to the... — Updated 12/2/2021

Pretium Resources Inc. Oct. 25 announced that its 2021 exploration drilling has cut bonanza-grade gold mineralization at Golden Marmot, a discovery zone about 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) northwest... — Updated 11/18/2021

A fleet of battery-powered Sandvik Z50 electric haul trucks charged with hydroelectric power will be hauling high-grade gold ore at Pretium Resources Inc.'s Brucejack Mine in Northern British... — Updated 7/15/2021

Pretium Resources Inc. June 18 reported some impressive high-grade results from the 83 holes completed during the second phase of North Block resource expansion drilling at Brucejack, even by the... — Updated 7/8/2021

The formation of bonanza-grade gold veins like those running through the ore at Pretium Resources Inc.'s Brucejack Mine in Northern British Columbia, Canada has long baffled scientists. Given the... — Updated 6/24/2021