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Ascot Resources Ltd. Aug. 14 announced the discovery of high-grade gold mineralization at Day Zone, a new area about 300 meters west from the planned underground development at Big... — Updated 9/18/2020 Full story

StrikePoint Gold Inc. Sept. 9 said its 2020 exploration programs in British Columbia's Golden Triangle are being challenged by COVID-19, weather, and a slow return of assay results.... — Updated 9/17/2020

Skeena Resources Ltd. Sept. 9 reported additional consistent and high-grade gold and silver assay results from the 2020 phase 1 drill program at its Eskay Creek project in British... — Updated 9/17/2020

ATAC Resources Ltd. Sept. 14 announced that the initial phase of 2020 exploration at its Rau project in the Yukon indicates the presence of a large orogenic gold system at the Airstrip... — Updated 9/17/2020

Newcrest Mining Ltd. and Imperial Metals Corp. reported additional strong gold-copper intercepts from drilling at the East zone high-grade pod at the Red Chris Mine in northwestern... — Updated 9/11/2020

Golden Predator Mining Corp. Aug. 31 published an updated resource estimate to support a feasibility study that will provide details of a plan to re-establish gold mining at the... — Updated 9/11/2020

Fortune Minerals Ltd. Sept. 3 announced the start of a geophysical program to further delineate expansion drill targets east of the company's Nico gold-cobalt-bismuth-copper deposit in... — Updated 9/11/2020

Skeena Resources Ltd. Aug. 25 reported the discovery of a new Even Lower Mudstone sequence of gold-silver mineralization below the 21A zone at its Eskay Creek mine project in British... — Updated 9/4/2020

Benchmark Metals Inc. Aug. 24 said it plans to complete up to 100,000 meters of drilling this year and 200,000 meters during 2021 at its Lawyers gold-silver project in northern British... — Updated 9/4/2020

Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Sept. 3 reported strong gold intercepts in two additional holes drilled into the upper portions of the high-grade corridor at Umwelt Underground on the... — Updated 9/3/2020

Alexco Resource Corp. July 27 announced that it has received the final water use license for Keno Hill Silver District and is advancing the Yukon silver mine toward production. Issued by... — Updated 8/28/2020

Strategic Metals Ltd. July 27 announced the start of a 7,000-meter drill program at Mount Hinton, a high-grade gold-silver project in the Keno Hill district of central Yukon. The Mount Hi... — Updated 8/28/2020

Ascot Resources Ltd. Aug. 19 reports that drilling has tapped spectacular high-grade gold adjacent to the proposed mining areas outlined in a feasibility study completed earlier this... — Updated 8/28/2020

GT Gold Corp. Aug. 10 reported that drills are now turning on the company's Tatogga gold-copper-silver property in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. After postponing the start of... — Updated 8/21/2020

Gold Terra Resource Corp. Aug. 17 announced the start of a 10,000-meter drill program testing high-grade gold targets on its Yellowknife City Gold project in Northwest Territories. This... — Updated 8/20/2020

Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Aug. 19 announced it is ramping up a late season drilling and exploration program at its Macmillan Pass zinc project in eastern Yukon. This program, which will include... — Updated 8/20/2020

Skeena Resources Ltd. Aug. 4 announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Barrick Gold Inc., a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corp., to acquire full ownership of the past producing... — Updated 8/14/2020

Benchmark Metals Inc. Aug. 6 reported that drilling has tapped a wide section of gold-silver mineralization that includes a parallel zone outside the known resource area of the Cliff... — Updated 8/14/2020

Fortune Minerals Ltd. Aug. 10 announced it is gearing up for an exploration program focused on gold targets on its Nico cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project in Northwest Territories. A 2014... — Updated 8/13/2020

White Gold Corp. Aug. 6 announced that drills are testing Ryan's Surprise a target that could add to the more than 1 million ounces of gold already outlined on the company's White Gold... — Updated 8/7/2020

Victoria Gold Corp. July 27 announced that crews at its Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon have worked two years without a lost time incident. While a commendable achievement on its own, this... — Updated 8/7/2020 Full story

Dolly Varden Silver Corp. Aug. 4 announced that a 10,000-meter exploration and resource expansion drill program is now underway on its Dolly Varden silver property in northwestern... — Updated 8/6/2020

Skeena Resources Ltd. July 21 reported the first resource for its Snip underground gold mine project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle that complies with modern report standards.... — Updated 7/23/2020

Newcrest Mining Ltd. July 23 said COVID-19 has not affected the production of copper and gold at its Red Chris mine in northwestern British Columbia. During the second quarter 2020, Red... — Updated 7/23/2020

Seabridge Gold Inc. July 16 announced the start of a roughly 8,000-meter drill program targeting a gold-copper porphyry mineral system below the Quartz Rise lithocap on the company's... — Updated 7/16/2020 Full story