Gold
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GOLD: Golden Predator’s technical team for the Brewery Creek project
VANCOUVER – Golden Predator Mining has chosen its technical team of contractors to advance the Brewery Creek gold project 55 km east of Dawson City, Yukon, toward reopening. Pre-construction work is expected to begin next year. Robin Fraser of Canadian…
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GOLD: Barkerville delivers 185K oz/year PEA for Cariboo project
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Barkerville Gold Mines of Toronto has received a positive preliminary economic assessment of its flagship Cariboo gold project 83 km east of Quesnel. The project covers deposits on Island, Cow and Barkerville mountains and will recover gold…
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GOLD: Gatling drills 12.3 g/t over 5 metres at Cheminis
ONTARIO – Vancouver-based Gatling Exploration has shared new drill results from its initial program at the Cheminis deposit, part of the Larder Lake project in the Cadillac-Larder Break. A second drill rig at the site returned core that assayed 12.3…
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Premier Gold hits exploration hard at Mercedes mine
Premier Gold Mines (TSX: PG) is convinced it can add years to the mine life at its 2,000-tonne-per day Mercedes gold-silver mine in Mexico’s Sonora state. “We’ve got about a 4 to 5-year mine life based on current reserves, and that…
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GOLD: Great Bear releases drill results from Dixie in Red Lake
ONTARIO – Great Bear Resources released the latest drill results from its 100% owned Dixie project in the Red Lake district in Ontario. A new, high grade sub-zone was discovered to the west of and above the Hinge zone, returning 30.81 g/t…
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ENVIRONMENT: Federal government pledges $2.2B for mine cleanup in North
YELLOWKNIFE, NWT – The federal government has announced it will invest $2.2 billion over the next 15 years for the cleanup of various mine sites in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. The announcement was made by the Hon. Carolyn Bennett,…
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GOLD: Treasury Metals’ Goliath mine receives federal environmental okay
ONTARIO – The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has issued a positive decision, allowing Treasury Metals to develop and mine the Goliath gold deposit 20 km east of Dryden. The Goliath project consists of development, mining, decommissioning and reclamation of an…
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GOLD: McEwen drills Gold Bar South, adds to mine plan
NEVADA – Toronto-based McEwen Mining is looking to expand the resources at its Gold Bar mine near Eureka, where the first gold was poured last February. Commercial production was achieved on May 23, 2019. Of particular interest is the Gold…
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GOLD: Probe Metals intersects gold on Val-d’Or East
QUEBEC – Probe Metals has intersected gold mineralization on its 100%-owned Val-d’Or East property located 1.5 km west of the New Beliveau deposit in Quebec. Results from 22 follow-up drill holes totalling 6,210 metres in the Courvan area, released on Aug.…
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GOLD: Rubicon PEA outlines potential Phoenix revival
ONTARIO — Several years after Rubicon Minerals was forced to shut down trial mining at its Phoenix gold mine in Red Lake, Ont., when it realized its geological model was faulty, the company has released a new preliminary economic…
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PGM: NAP vests 51% interest in Transition’s Sunday Lake
ONTARIO – News comes from Transition Metals Corp. of Sudbury, Ont., that its partner at the Sunday Lake platinum group metals project, North American Palladium (NAP), has earned a vested 51% interest in the project 25 km north of Thunder…
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GOLD: Bell Creek, Timmins West may be sold by Pan Am Silver
ONTARIO – Vancouver based Pan American Silver may put its Bell Creek and Timmins West gold mines up for sale, reported Northern Ontario Business last week. Pan Am acquired the mines with its US$1.1-bilion takeover of Tahoe Resources earlier this…
