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Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. July 11 announced the discovery of a new kimberlite roughly 200 meters east of the planned open pit mining area for the Tuzo kimberlite on the Gahcho Ku... — Updated 6/21/2019

Fireweed Zinc Ltd. June 12 announced that crews have begun work in preparation for the 2019 exploration program at Macmillan Pass, a 544-square-kilometer (210 square miles) zinc-lead... — Updated 6/21/2019

Auryn Resources Inc. June 4 said it has identified two new gold-silver targets at Homestake Ridge, a high-grade gold property about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Stewart, British... — Updated 6/14/2019

Western Copper and Gold Corp. June 3 announce the start of a roughly 10,000-meter drill program at its Casino copper-gold project in the Yukon. According to a 2013 feasibility study,... — Updated 6/14/2019

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... — Updated 6/14/2019 Full story

Nighthawk Gold Corp. May 28 reported it cut record high-grade gold in a hole at Colomac, the flagship project on the company's Indin Lake gold property in Northwest Territories. The compa... — Updated 5/30/2019 Full story

GT Gold Corp. May 20 announced plans for a 10,000-meter initial phase of 2019 drilling primarily focused on the Saddle North gold-copper target on its Tatogga property in British... — Updated 5/31/2019 Full story

Osisko Metals Inc. May 22 reported the final batch of results from the 1,031 holes completed at Pine Point since the company began its initial drill campaign at the Northwest Territories... — Updated 5/31/2019

Aben Resources Ltd. May 23 announced that it will have drills turning at the Justin gold project in southeastern Yukon and Forrest Kerr gold project in the Golden Triangle region of... — Updated 5/31/2019

Golden Predator Mining Corp. May 13 announces that it has resumed the processing of bulk sample material from 3 Aces, a high-grade gold project in southeastern Yukon. The company... — Updated 5/24/2019 Full story

North Arrow Minerals Inc. May 13 announced it has begun the engineering and cost analysis for a small-scale mobile diamond recovery plant to process bulk samples from its Naujaat project... — Updated 5/24/2019

Luckystrike Resources Ltd. May 13 announced it is gearing up for its 2019 drill program at the Lucky Strike property in Yukon's White Gold District. The program will focus on expanding... — Updated 5/24/2019

Klondike Gold Corp. May 16 announced the start of a C$2 million exploration program on its Klondike District property, 563-square-kilometer (217 square miles) land package that covers... — Updated 5/24/2019 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... — Updated 6/5/2019 Full story

GT Gold Corp. May 9 announced that Newmont Goldcorp Corporation has agreed to invest C$17.6 million into an upcoming financing, a strategic investment that will accelerate the... — Updated 5/17/2019

Alianza Minerals Ltd. May 8 said it plans to refine targets at Haldane in preparation for a drill program slated for August at this high-grade silver target in Yukon's historic Keno Hill... — Updated 5/17/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. May 8 said that recent tests show that ore sorting shows the potential to reduce the costs to transport and process ore at a future mine at its Pine Point zinc project... — Updated 5/17/2019

Dolly Varden Silver Corp. May 8 published an updated mineral resource estimate for its namesake silver property south of Stewart, British Columbia. The four deposits at Dolly Varden – T... — Updated 5/17/2019

Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. May 6 reported the delivery of equipment and supplies across the first winter ice road connecting a newly developed port facility on Bathurst Inlet to the... — Updated 5/17/2019

Ascot Resources Ltd. April 24 announced the start of a 15,000-meter drill program at its Premier gold-silver project near Stewart, British Columbia. Ascot's landholdings in the Stewart... — Updated 5/10/2019 Full story

Pretium Resources Inc. May 2 reported that its Brucejack Mine in northwestern British Columbia produced 79,180 ounces of gold during the first three months of 2019. While mill throughput... — Updated 5/10/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. May 1 reported assay results for an additional 100 holes drilled into X-65, a resource area within the North Zone of the Pine Point zinc project about 42 kilometers... — Updated 5/10/2019

Golden Predator Mining Corp. April 30 announced an agreement with Franco Nevada Corp. to eliminate the net smelter royalty on the gold recovered from a future mine at Golden Predator's... — Updated 5/10/2019

TMAC Resources Inc. May 1 announced continued improvements at its Doris Mine, resulting in the first positive earnings for this gold operation on the company's Hope Bay property in Nunavu... — Updated 5/10/2019

Fortune Minerals Ltd. April 23 reported it has entered into an option to purchase an undisclosed alternative site to construct the proposed refinery that would process metal concentrates... — Updated 4/26/2019 Full story