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Pretium Resources Inc. Feb. 3 reported that construction at its Brucejack gold mine is ahead of schedule and commissioning of the mill is slated to begin in March, ahead of the mid-2017... — Updated 2/12/2017 Full story

With C$2.5 million in the bank and roughly two dozen mineral exploration projects it has generated in Alaska, British Columbia, New Mexico and Mexico, Millrock Resources Inc. is prepared... — Updated 1/19/2018

When judging the health of global mineral exploration, British Columbia seems to be the perfect model. In 2015, roughly C$272 million was invested in discovering and delineating mineral... — Updated 2/3/2018

Pretium Resources Inc. July 21 published an updated mineral resource estimate for the Valley of the Kings deposit at its Brucejack gold project in northwestern British Columbia, where... — Updated 7/31/2016

Alaska’s congressional delegation is once again eliciting greater Obama Administration involvement in the potential development of numerous mines being considered on northwestern... — Updated 1/26/2018 Full story

Pretium Resources Inc. April 5 reported the underground infill drill program at the Brucejack mine project in northwestern British Columbia continues to confirm the style and grade... — Updated 4/10/2016

Pretium Resources Inc. March 1 announced the closing of a marketed offering of 28,384,000 common shares at a price of US$4.58 per share for gross proceeds of US$129,998,720, which... — Updated 3/6/2016

Pretium Resources Inc. Feb. 17 said the Brucejack project remains on schedule for commercial production in 2017, and the costs of developing the high-grade underground gold mine are... — Updated 2/21/2016 Full story

Pretium Resources Inc. Jan. 8 said the fifth set of results from an underground infill drill program at the Valley of the Kings deposit of its Brucejack gold project in northwestern... — Updated 1/17/2016

Pretium Resources Inc. Dec. 14 reported that the final set of results from the 2015 regional grassroots drill program returned long intervals of low-grade gold mineralization at depth to... — Updated 12/20/2015

The prolonged downturn in the metals market is like Black Friday for project generators such as Millrock Resources Inc. The Vancouver, B.C.-based junior has added a dozen gold and base... — Updated 1/26/2018 Full story

Instead of putting up taller fences along the roughly 800-mile (1,300 kilometers) border between Alaska and British Columbia, the neighbors are building a larger negotiating table to... — Updated 1/27/2018 Full story

Mineral and coal exploration spending in British Columbia has dropped nearly 30 percent a year since reaching a pinnacle of C$680 million in 2012, mirroring the downward trend seen... — Updated 11/1/2015

Pretium Resources Inc. Oct. 8 said the grassroots exploration drill program at its Brucejack project in Northwest British Columbia has cut high-grade gold in the Flow Dome Zone, located... — Updated 10/18/2015 Full story

American Creek Resources Ltd. said it has begun a fall exploration program of mapping, sampling and drilling at its Electrum gold-silver property in Northwest British Columbia. The... — Updated 10/11/2015

Pretium Resources Inc. Sept. 30 reported the fourth set of results from a more than 40,000-meter underground infill drill program at the Valley of the Kings deposit of its Brucejack gold... — Updated 10/4/2015 Full story

Pretium Resources Inc. Sept. 21 reported initial results from exploration drilling at the Flow Dome Zone, located east of the Valley of the Kings deposit at its Brucejack Project in... — Updated 9/27/2015 Full story

Pretium Resources Inc. Sept. 16 said it has secured a US$540 million construction financing package with the Orion Mine Finance Group and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities. The... — Updated 9/20/2015