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

Perenti Global Ltd. April 26 announced that its underground mining subsidiary, Barminco, has received a letter of intent from Newcrest Mining Ltd. for the development of a 3,500-meter... — Updated 5/6/2021

Osisko Metals Inc. April 26 announced it cut 32 meters averaging 20.28% zinc and 12.02% lead in the X25 deposit at its Pine Point project in Northwest Territories. Situated 42 kilometers... — Updated 5/6/2021

Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation has submitted letters to the Yukon Water Board and the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board in support of the timely renewal of the... — Updated 5/6/2021

Granite Creek Copper Ltd. May 6 announced that two drills have been mobilized to the Carmacks (formerly Carmacks and Stu projects) to begin a roughly 10,000-meter 2021 drill program... — Updated 5/6/2021

Golden Predator Mining Corp. May 3 announced the termination of an agreement to acquire Viva Gold Corp., a junior exploration company advancing the Tonopah gold property in Nevada. Under... — Updated 5/6/2021

Alianza Minerals Ltd. May 4 reported that Coeur Explorations, a subsidiary of Coeur Mining Inc., has begun an initial exploration program at Alianza's Tim silver project in southern... — Updated 5/6/2021

Tahltan Central Government March 31 announced a C$5 million investment to acquire 1.6 million shares of Skeena Resources Ltd., an exploration company advancing the Eskay Creek and Snip go... — Updated 4/29/2021

Copper Fox Metals Inc. March 22 published an updated resource estimate for Schaft Creek, a large porphyry copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project advanced under a joint venture between... — Updated 4/29/2021

Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. April 20 reported that the 2021 predevelopment and exploration programs are now underway at its Back River gold project in Nunavut. "We have a busy year... — Updated 4/29/2021

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. April 13 reported a drop in diamond production at Gahcho Kué due to an unplanned 22-day shutdown related to the February COVID-19 outbreak at the... — Updated 4/29/2021

Metallic Minerals Corp. April 7 reported that its 2020 drill program at West Keno confirmed the presence of high-grade silver mineralization at advanced targets on this property along... — Updated 4/29/2021

Victoria Gold Corp. April 6 reported that its Eagle Mine in the Yukon produced 26,759 ounces of gold during the first quarter of 2021. While significantly less than the 45,000- to... — Updated 4/29/2021

Nighthawk Gold Corp. April 13 announced that a planned 41,420-meter phase 1 2021 drill program is well underway at its Indin Lake gold property in Canada's Northwest Territories. Roughly... — Updated 4/22/2021

Banyan Gold Corp. April 21 said the final set of assay results from the 2020 drill program at its AurMac project in the Yukon continue to confirm the expansion potential of the... — Updated 4/22/2021

Strategic Metals Ltd. April 22 announced that it has granted Upper Canada Mining Inc. the right to earn up to a 70% interest in the Mount Hinton gold project in the Yukon. Upper Canada Mi... — Updated 4/22/2021

Skeena Resources Ltd. April 7 announced a substantially upgraded and expanded resources at its Eskay Creek gold-silver project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. According to the new... — Updated 4/15/2021

Golden Predator Mining Corp. April 1 said it has submitted applications to renew the water use and quartz mining licenses for its Brewery Creek gold mine project in the Yukon. A... — Updated 4/15/2021

Benchmark Metals Inc. March 31 said shallow zones of strong gold and silver mineralization tapped with 2020 drilling at the AGB zone indicate the potential for this deposit to be the... — Updated 4/15/2021

Whitehorse Gold Corp. April 15 reported the final results from a 2020 surface sampling and mapping program that explored the wider potential of its Skukum gold and silver project in... — Updated 4/15/2021

Gold Terra Resource Corp. March 23 reported that it cut 4.35 meters averaging 10.85 grams per metric ton gold in its third hole drilled on the property it recently optioned from Newmont... — Updated 4/1/2021

Osisko Metals Inc. March 8 reported intercepts with grades as high as 31.1% zinc and 11.6% lead over widths of 27.5 meters from this year's resource upgrade drilling at its Pine Point... — Updated 3/25/2021

Fortune Minerals Ltd. March 17 reported that geophysics carried out last fall has identified five high-priority drill targets for this summer's drill program at the company's Nico... — Updated 3/25/2021

Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. March 16 announced that it has raised C$35.1 million to fund the advancement of its Back River gold project in Nunavut and expects to add another C$4.1... — Updated 3/25/2021

Gold Terra Resource Corp. March 16 reported that the 2020 drill program added roughly 472,000 ounces of gold to the resource at its Yellowknife City Gold project in Northwest... — Updated 3/25/2021

Nighthawk Gold Corp. March 11 reported that the Tlicho Road connecting the community of Whati, Northwest Territories to Highway 3 remains on pace to be completed this fall. Being... — Updated 3/11/2021