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Fortune Minerals Ltd. Sept. 23 announced the start of a 3,000-meter resource expansion and exploration drill program at its Nico cobalt-copper-bismuth-gold project in Canada's Northwest Territories.... — Updated 9/30/2021

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. July 13 reported an increase in diamond production at Gahcho Kué during the second quarter, putting the Northwest Territories mine on pace to reach at least the... — Updated 8/12/2021

Nighthawk Gold Corp. Aug. 3 reported that one hole drilled into the high-grade core of the Cass target at Indin Lake cut 51 meters averaging 6.92 grams per metric ton gold, confirming that this... — Updated 8/5/2021

Osisko Metals Inc. July 14 announced the start of a 13,000-meter summer-fall drill program at Pine Point focused largely on continued infill drilling to upgrade inferred resources outlined at this p... — Updated 7/22/2021

Gold Terra Resource Corp. July 20 announced the start of a 10,000-meter second phase of 2021 drilling on the Newmont Option gold project in Northwest Territories. Located between the Yellowknife... — Updated 7/22/2021

Vital Metals Ltd. June 3 announced that its Canadian subsidiary, Cheetah Resources Corp., will receive C$1.26 million from Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) to help fund the est... — Updated 7/6/2021

Nighthawk Gold Corp. May 8 reported the first batch of results from a planned 75,000-meter drill program at its Indin Lake gold property in Canada's Northwest Territories. This enormous 2021 drill... — Updated 7/1/2021

Vital Metals Ltd. and its Canadian subsidiary Cheetah Resources May 26 reported wide sections of high-grade rare earths mineralization in the first round of drill results from the early 2021 drillin... — Updated 6/3/2021

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 (26 miles)... — Updated 5/27/2021

Vital Metals Ltd. May 12 reported that contractors have completed the first blast marking the official start of rare earths mining at the company's Nechalacho rare earths project in Canada's... — Updated 5/13/2021

Vital Metals Ltd. Feb. 22 announced that its Canadian subsidiary Cheetah Resource Corp. has signed a definitive contract with Det'on Cho Nahanni Construction Ltd. to begin mining at the North T... — 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 Northwest... — 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 55% of... — Updated 4/22/2021

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 Ventures... — 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 project about... — 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

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 Territories. According... — Updated 3/25/2021

Nighthawk Gold Corp. March 1 reported significant increases to all resource categories at its Indin Lake gold property in Northwest Territories. According to the latest calculation, Indin Lake... — Updated 3/11/2021

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 constructed along... — Updated 3/11/2021

North Arrow Minerals Inc. Feb. 17 announced that a ground geophysics program is underway at its Loki diamond project in the Lac de Gras region of Northwest Territories. Roughly 35 kilometers (22... — Updated 2/25/2021

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Jan. 25 reported that it received C$27.8 million (US$21.8 million) from the sale of 241,827 carats of diamonds recovered from the Gahcho Kué Mine in Northwest... — Updated 1/28/2021

Dominion Diamond Mines Nov. 13 announced it will be recalling roughly 60 furloughed employees to prepare for an anticipated restart of its Ekati diamond mine in Northwest Territories. In mid-March,... — Updated 11/25/2020

Osisko Metals Inc. Nov. 12 reports that its latest batch of drill results includes one hole that indicates a major expansion of O53, one of the deposits that make up the large zinc-lead resource at... — Updated 11/12/2020

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Nov. 2 announced it received C$45.7 million (US$34.3 million) from the Oct. 30 sale of 559,528 carats of diamonds from the Gahcho Kué Mine in Canada's Northwest... — Updated 11/5/2020

Nighthawk Gold Corp. Oct. 21 said it is encouraged by the drilling in resource expansion areas of the Colomac project on its Indin Lake gold property in Canada's Northwest Territories. According to... — Updated 10/22/2020