Alexco adds 12.1M oz silver to Bermingham

Alexco Resource Corp. Jan. 3 reported a major expansion of the Bermingham deposit at its Keno Hill Silver District in the Yukon.

Bermingham now hosts 868,000 metric tons of indicated resource averaging 628 grams per metric tons silver. The 17.3 million ounces of contained silver is more than a 300 percent expansion from 5.2 million oz in the previous estimate.

Additionally, Bermingham's inferred r...