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Victoria Gold Corp. June 4 announced that it is on pace to pour the first bar of gold at its Eagle Mine in the Yukon about a month earlier than previously expected. The soon-to-be gold producer said... — Updated 6/14/2019 Full story

Nova Minerals Ltd. June 21 announced the start of drilling at the Oxide gold prospect on the Estelle project about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The Australia-based explorer plans to... — Updated 6/21/2019 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. May 7 reported that construction of Eagle Gold is 90 percent complete and Yukon's next major mine is slated to pour its first gold before the end of the year. "With construction... — Updated 6/5/2019 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. March 18 reported that crews constructing a mine at the company's Eagle Gold project in the Yukon has exceeded 1 million manhours without a lost time incident (LTI), an injury... — Updated 3/29/2019 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. is well on its way to reaching its ultimate goal, pouring the first bar of gold at its Eagle Mine project this year. Located in the heart of the Yukon, about 85 kilometers (53... — Updated 2/15/2019 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. Dec. 28 announced that it has raised C$1.68 million for further exploration on its Dublin Gulch gold property in the Yukon. Dublin Gulch is home to the Eagle Gold Mine project, an... — Updated 1/11/2019

Victoria Gold Corp. Dec. 3 reported that its 2018 drill program has discovered another gold zone at Dublin Gulch, the expansive Yukon property that hosts the Eagle Gold Mine project. Victoria is... — Updated 12/14/2018 Full story

New gold mines are expected to drive strong economic growth in Nunavut and Yukon over the next several years, according to the latest Territorial Outlook published by The Conference Board of Canada.... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

2018 is a milestone year for Kinross Gold Corp. – 25 years as a growing force in the global gold mining sector. Over its first quarter-century, Kinross has grown exponentially, from producing 83,00... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. is transitioning from mining explorer to developer with its sights firmly locked on building Yukon Territory's next mine. Toward this goal, the company signed paperwork with Orion... — Updated 10/26/2018 Full story

Since investing roughly US$70 million to acquire a 28 percent stake in Novagold Resources Inc. in 2009, American billionaire Thomas Kaplan and his Electrum Group of companies have taken a keen intere... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

More than three dozen explorers chased lucrative mineral deposits in Yukon Territory in 2017 and most of these junior and senior companies returned to the northern jurisdiction this year to take... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. July 18 said that while construction crews develop the Eagle Gold Mine, exploration continues across the wider Dublin Gulch property in the Yukon. "While mine construction is... — Updated 7/27/2018

Nighthawk Gold Corp. June 13 reported a 24 percent increase in the gold resource for the Colomac gold project at the company's Indin Lake property in Northwest Territories. Incorporating the results... — Updated 6/22/2018 Full story

Mining is expected to fuel strong economic growth in Nunavut and Yukon in the coming years, according to The Conference Board of Canada's latest Territorial Outlook. "With many new mining projects... — Updated 5/11/2018 Full story

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. May 1 said it intends to raise C$10 million through a non-brokered private placement that will include a major strategic investment from Electrum Strategic... — Updated 5/11/2018 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

Victoria Gold Corp. March 5 announced that it has signed paperwork with Orion Mine Finance, Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd. and Caterpillar Financial Services Ltd. that pulls together a roughly C$505... — Updated 3/16/2018 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. Nov. 7 said the C$40 million of pre-development activities at its Eagle Gold Mine project in the Yukon are nearly complete. This program, structured to de-risk the earthwork... — Updated 1/13/2018

As some of the world's biggest gold miners nab exciting plays that turned up across Yukon Territory during the past decade, Yukon's mining explorers continue to seek the next generation of mine... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story

Victoria Gold Corp. has its sights set on developing its Eagle Gold deposit at its Dublin Gulch property into the Yukon's next major gold mine. As development crews begin shaping the coming mine,... — Updated 1/24/2018

Victoria Gold Corp. Oct. 23 reported 624.1 meters of 0.5 grams per metric ton gold was encountered across the entire length of the second hole drilled at Eagle Deep, an extension of the Eagle Gold... — Updated 1/13/2018