StrikePoint Gold Inc. Oct. 23 announced that drilling has encountered gold and copper at Pluto, one of 22 Yukon mineral exploration properties the company acquired from IDM Mining earlier this year.

Located in the Kluane region of southwestern Yukon, Pluto is an early stage exploration project where prospecting has identified skarn mineralization.

The 2017 program at Pluto included 12 rotary...