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PolarX Ltd. has put together an 85,750-acre (347 square miles) land package just off Alaska's road system that already hosts deposits rich in copper and gold yet remains vastly under-explored. This... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

Long sections of high-grade gold and silver at the Saddle South discovery on GT Gold Corp.'s Tatogga property at the northern tip of British Columbia's Golden Triangle catapulted this newly formed... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

It's been nearly 10 years since Sabina Gold and Silver Corp. began exploring the Back River property in western Nunavut. But the decade-long pursuit of gold in this remote stretch of the Canadian te... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

Goldstrike Resources Ltd. might be feeling lucky, but that doesn't mean the Canadian gold explorer is easing up in its aggressive push into Yukon Territory. Instead of kicking back and reveling in... — Updated 11/30/2018 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

Skeena Resources Ltd. has assembled an impressive portfolio of precious and base metals properties in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. This year the company focused its exploration primarily on... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

The Washington Companies, a group of privately held North American mining, industrial and transportation businesses founded by industrialist and entrepreneur Dennis Washington, acquired Dominion... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

A roughly 25,000-meter drill program carried out by Dolly Varden Silver Corp. in 2018 focused on expanding and defining the deposits of high-grade silver at its Dolly Varden project in northern... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. reported substantial progress this year at its Amaruq and Meliadine gold mine development projects in Nunavut that are expected to boost the company's annual gold production... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

Millrock Resources Inc. is a project generating mineral exploration company with five projects in Alaska, three in British Columbia (transferred to Sojourn Exploration Inc.), 16 in Mexico and one... — Updated 11/23/2018 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 83,0... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

Continuing its founding strategy of building ounces of gold in the ground per share on the market, Seabridge Gold Corp. had drills turning this year at its projects in British Columbia, Northwest Te... — Updated 11/16/2018 Full story

TerraX Minerals Inc. has set its sights on unlocking a multimillion-ounce gold district at the Yellowknife City Gold Project, a 772-square kilometer (298 square miles) property north, south and east... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

Canada Zinc Metals Corp. changed its name to ZincX Resources Corp. in May, part of a rebranding initiative to highlight and distinguish the explorer in the expanding junior zinc space. ZincX owns... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

Kutcho Copper Corp. entered British Columbia's minerals exploration scene in 2017 and is already considering the feasibility of developing a mine in the province's northern reaches. Under its... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

IDM Mining Ltd. is focused on developing British Columbia's next underground gold mine at the company's Red Mountain project a few miles east of Stewart. A feasibility study completed in 2017... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

Teck Resources Ltd. is investing roughly US$110 million on mill upgrades at its Red Dog Mine that will help ensure strong zinc production from this Northwest Alaska zinc operation until at least... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

Aben Resources Ltd. is discovering exciting zones of gold-silver-copper mineralization at Forrest Kerr, a large land package that covers a 49-kilometer- (30 miles) long stretch of northern British... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

Reaching commercial production at Brucejack in mid-2017, Pretium Resources Inc. focused this year's work on accelerated underground development and exploration at this bonanza grade underground... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

A combination of exploration and acquisition substantially boosted Coeur Mining Inc.'s precious metals reserves and resources in 2018. The Chicago-based miner entered the year with 335.8 million... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

Nighthawk Gold Corp. focused its 2018 drill program on expanding a substantial gold resource and investigating the district-scale potential of its 222,203-acre Indin Lake gold property in Northwest... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

Peak Gold, a joint venture between Contango ORE Inc. (60 percent) and Royal Gold Inc. (40 percent), is beginning to investigate the economics of mining the gold-rich Peak and North Peak skarn... — Updated 10/26/2018 Full story

Auryn Resources Inc. is a technically driven mineral exploration company focused on delivering shareholder value through acquisition and discovery. The company's portfolio includes the Committee Bay... — Updated 10/26/2018 Full story

Ascot Resources Ltd. brought on a new chairman, president and CEO, and chief operating officer towards the end of 2017. With this new leadership came a new vision for resuming operations on its... — Updated 10/22/2018 Full story

Thanks to its ongoing exploration success, Hecla Mining Company entered 2018 with the highest silver, gold and lead reserves in its 127-year history, as well as the highest level of zinc reserves... — Updated 10/21/2018 Full story