The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
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Li-FT Power Ltd. Dec. 5 announced the next batch of assays from its massive 2023 drill program, keeping up with the consistent lithium grades at the re-emerging Yellowknife Pegmatite Province in Northwest Territories. Acquiring its various properties in the historically forgotten Yellowknife Pegmatite Province in January, Li-FT began its first season with a 34,238-meter drill program just a few months after its inception. Assembling a 141,572-hectare (349,832 acres) land...
Fortune Minerals Ltd. Dec. 5 announced that it has received federal and provincial funding for Nico, a vertically integrated cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project that is slated to include a mine in Northwest Territories and a hydrometallurgical refinery in Alberta. Lying about 150 road-kilometers (95 miles) north of the Canadian rail system at Hay River, Northwest Territories, Nico is a near-development stage mine project that includes an intriguing mix of critical and precious...
North Arrow Minerals Inc. Dec. 4 announced highly encouraging assays from its sampling programs at the MacKay and LDG lithium projects in Northwest Territories that validate the company's decision to branch into energy metal exploration. Located within the Lac de Gras kimberlite field, home to the world-class Ekati and Diavik diamond mines, the LDG lithium project resides near the easternmost portion of a diamond exploration property just south of Diavik. Just 10 kilometers (6...
Vital Metals Ltd. Nov. 21 reported that high-grade rare earths encountered with this year's drilling at Tardiff confirms the higher-grade expansion potential of this larger deposit on the company's Nechalacho project in Northwest Territories. The Australia-based company gained notoriety in 2021 with the start of operations at Nechalacho, marking the first and only rare earths mine in Canada. High-grade ore mined from the North T deposit at the project was upgraded with an ore...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Nov. 28 announced the next batch of assays from its 34,238-meter drill program that produced nearly 200 holes during 2023. Gradually making progress each week on the immense quantity of drill core, the latest results come from the next five holes drill at four pegmatite targets on the company's Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories, Canada. Similar to past results, the latest batch comes from five holes drilled at the Ki, Shorty, and BIG East...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Nov. 21 announced the latest batch of assays from its 2023 exploration program, as well as the end of the year's 34,238-meter drill program at its Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories. Including this latest batch of assays, Li-FT has reported results from 87 out of 198 holes drilled at Yellowknife this year. Much like past results, the latest round comes from five holes drilled at the Ki, Shorty, and BIG East pegmatites. Of these, one returned... Full story
Osisko Metals Inc. Nov. 13 announced the latest drilling results from the recently established Pine Point Mining Limited joint venture project in Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just south of the Great Slave Lake, Pine Point is home to a former mine operated by Teck Resources Ltd. that produced roughly 14 billion pounds of zinc and 4 billion lb of lead from around 64 million metric tons of ore during a 24-year span beginning in 1964. According to the most recent...
North Arrow Minerals Inc. Oct. 12 announced that ongoing exploration at its LDG and MacKay lithium projects in Northwest Territories has yielded the discovery of a new spodumene pegmatite at both properties. "Recent exploration of North Arrow's LDG and MacKay lithium projects has results in the discovery of new spodumene mineralization at both properties and increased our confidence in the size potential of this new spodumene-bearing lithium pegmatite field," said North Arrow...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Nov. 7 announced another batch of assays completed from the BIG East, Shorty, Ki, and Fi Southwest pegmatites found within the Yellowknife Pegmatite Province in Northwest Territories, signaling the consistency of this critical mineral found in this long-overlooked region. With a massive 45,000-meter program targeted for the year, the company has reported results for 77 diamond drill holes totaling 13,570 meters, which is only about 39% of the 198 holes...
Nighthawk Gold Corp. Oct. 23 announced its inaugural environmental, social, and governance report for the company's flagship Colomac Gold project in Northwest Territories, Canada, representing the growing trend of mineral explorers highlighting ESG efforts that will add value to projects that hope to be developed into clean and sustainable mines. Lying at the heart of its 930-square-kilometer (359 square miles) Indin Lake property, the Colomac project is home to a...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Oct. 24 reported the highest-grade lithium intercept so far from its ongoing drill program at the company's Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories Acquiring its various properties in the re-emerging Yellowknife Pegmatite Province in January, Li-FT began its first season with a massive 45,000-meter drill program just a few months after its inception. Assembling a 141,572-hectare (349,832 acres) land package that covers some of the most...
Osisko Metals Inc. Oct. 12 announced the next set of assays from its ongoing 2023 drill program at the Pine Point zinc-lead project in Northwest Territories, Canada – including results from one hole that cut 13 meters averaging 11.11% zinc, and 1.44% lead. Located just south of the Great Slave Lake, Pine Point is home to a former mine operated by Teck Resources Ltd. that produced roughly 14 billion pounds of zinc and 4 billion lb of lead from around 64 million metric tons o...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Oct. 12 continued its steady stream of assays from the 2023 drilling on its Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories, with results from holes testing the BIG East and Shorty pegmatites. Yellowknife Lithium consists of 11 properties that cover some of the most prospective targets within the Yellowknife Pegmatite Province, a 9,600-square-kilometer (3,700 square miles) area east of the NWT capital city. Li-FT has divided these properties into two...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Oct. 17 announced the next batch of assays from the company's Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories, with results from holes drilled at Fi Southwest, Fi Main, and the BIG East pegmatites. Consisting of 11 properties that cover some of the most prospective targets within the growing Yellowknife Pegmatite Province, the Yellowknife Lithium project is a 9,600-square-kilometer (3,700 square miles) area east of NWT's capital city. Divided into two...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Sept. 26 reported another batch of "consistently good" assays from its 2023 drill program at the Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories, including additional strong results from the BIG East pegmatite. Yellowknife Lithium consists of 11 properties that cover some of the most prospective targets within the Yellowknife Pegmatite Province, a 9,600-square-kilometer (3,700 square miles) area east of the NWT capital city. Li-FT has divided these proper...
Mining magnate agrees to invest in Goliath Resources following Precious Metals Summit. Goliath Resources Ltd. Sept. 20 announced that the abundant visible gold within the known zones and new discovery zone at Golddigger has attracted the attention of mining magnate Rob McEwen, who is participating in a C$5 million (US$3.7 million)* financing that will significantly expand the 2023 drill program at this exciting gold project that has emerged in Northern British Columbia. "We...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Oct. 4 released a new batch of assays from its 2023 drill program at the Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories, including another hole with better-than-expected results from the BIG East pegmatite. Yellowknife Lithium consists of 11 properties that cover some of the most prospective targets within the Yellowknife Pegmatite Province, a 9,600-square-kilometer (3,700 square miles) area east of the NWT capital city. Li-FT has divided these...
Osisko Metals Inc. Sept. 28 announced the next batch of assays from the 2023 drilling program at its Pine Point zinc-lead project in Northwest Territories, Canada, aimed at advancing it toward an updated resource estimate before the year is out. According to the most recent calculation, Pine Point hosts 15.8 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 4.17% zinc and 1.53% lead, plus 47.2 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 4.43% zinc and 1.68% lead....
North Arrow Minerals Inc. Sept. 18 and 20 announced assays from two of its lithium exploration properties – LDG and MacKay Lake – reporting significant lithium oxide from both and signaling the growing potential of its lithium portfolio. Located within the Lac de Gras kimberlite field, home to the world-class Ekati and Diavik diamond mines, the LDG lithium project resides near the easternmost portion of a diamond exploration property just south of Diavik. Covering an 18-...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Sept. 19 reported strong lithium intercepts and a BIG surprise in the latest batch of assays from its 2023 drill program at the Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories. Li-FT's Yellowknife Lithium project is made up of 11 properties that cover some of the most prospective targets within the Yellowknife Pegmatite Province, a 9,600-square-kilometer (3,700 square miles) area east of the NWT capital city. The company has divided these properties into...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Sept. 6 reported strong lithium results from holes drilled through four pegmatite bodies on three of the 11 properties that make up the company's Yellowknife Lithium project east of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. These properties cover some of the most prospective targets found within the Yellowknife Pegmatite Province, a 9,600-square-kilometer (3,700 square miles) area east of the NWT capital city, and have been divided into two groups – five p...
Osisko Metals Inc. Sept. 5 announced initial assays from its 2023 definition drilling at the Pine Point project in Northwest Territories, Canada, as part of the joint venture with Appian Capital, which intends to upgrade resources from the inferred to the indicated category in preparation for a feasibility study. Located just south of the Great Slave Lake, Pine Point is home to a former mine operated by Cominco (now Teck Resources) that produced roughly 14 billion pounds of...
North Arrow Minerals Inc. Aug. 28 announced the latest channel sample assay results from its DeStaffany lithium property in Northwest Territories, which maintain the significant lithium potential of this northern Canadian hard rock lithium project. Acquired by North Arrow in January, DeStaffany is an early-stage exploration project roughly 18 kilometers (11 miles) northeast of Vital Metals Ltd.'s Nechalacho rare earths mine and approximately 115 kilometers (71 miles) from...
Li-FT Power Ltd. Aug. 15 reported that it is temporarily demobilizing personnel, essential equipment, and key drill core from the Hidden Lake Camp due to wildfires near the company's Yellowknife Lithium Project in Northwest Territories. Currently, two fires are burning near Li-FT's Hidden Lake Camp – the Ingraham Trail Fire about 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the northwest and the Dettah Fire about 26 kilometers (16 miles) to the southwest. Although the Hidden Lake Camp is n...
North Arrow Minerals Inc. August 14 announced the prospecting results from its mapping and sampling program at the company's recently acquired McKay lithium project in Northwest Territories, Canada, reporting four grab samples with significant lithium content. Approximately six kilometers (four miles) from the edge of its Lac de Gras diamond-lithium project, the MacKay project is found near the MacKay Lake area in Northwest Territories. Immediately adjacent to the winter road...
