Skeena exercises option on Barrick’s Eskay Creek
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE) will be exercising its option to acquire 100% of the Eskay Creek gold-silver project from Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) via a binding term sheet…
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GT Gold tables resource for Saddle North porphyry in BC
GT Gold (TSXV: GTT) has released a maiden resource estimate for the Saddle North gold-rich copper porphyry within its wholly owned 468-sq.-km Tatogga property in northern British Columbia. Total indicated…
Arizona Metals hits massive sulphide at Kay mine
Drilling has intersected massive sulphide mineralization at the South zone of Arizona Metals’ (TSXV: AMC) Kay mine property, 69 km north of Phoenix and adjacent to Black Canyon City in…
Trevali suspends Santander mine after 19 workers test positive for coronavirus
Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) has suspended operations at its Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru after 19 workers tested positive for the Covid-19. Trevali said the workers were asymptomatic…
TSX Venture rises, June 22-26
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 5.56% to finish the trading week at 598.74. Spot gold jumped US$27.70 per oz., or 1.59%, to US$1,771.50 per ounce. Great Bear Resources topped…
Riverside options Los Cuarentas gold-silver project to Hochschild
Riverside Resources (TSXV: RRI; US-OTC: RVSDF) has optioned its Los Cuarentas project, in Sonora, Mexico, to Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) in a deal that will see the major spend US$8…
Alexco receives key water permit for Keno Hill
Alexco Resource (TSX: AXU; NYSE-AM: AXU) has received a draft water licence from the Yukon Water Board for its Keno Hill silver operation, and is moving forward with plans to produce…
Rio Tinto to drill Janice Lake copper-silver project in Saskatchewan
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) has started exploration at Forum Energy Metals’ (TSXV: FMC) Janice Lake sedimentary copper-silver project in northern Saskatchewan. The major is earning up to an…
Caldas Gold, Wheaton reach US$110M streaming deal
Caldas Gold (TSXV: CGC) has announced a US$110 million streaming transaction with Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: WPM) to expand operations at the Marmato project in Colombia. The proceeds…
Silver Dollar options First Majestic’s La Joya project
Canadian junior Silver Dollar Resources (CNSX: SIL) plans to earn 80% of First Majestic Silver’s (TSX: FR; NYSE: AG) La Joya silver-copper-gold project, 75 km southeast of the city of…
Crystal Lake targets porphyry system in BC
Last year’s maiden diamond drill program at the Burgundy Ridge area within Crystal Lake Mining’s (TSXV: CLM; US-OTC: SIOCF) 551-sq.-km Newmont Lake property in the Golden Triangle returned broad copper-gold-zinc-silver…
Skeena progresses Eskay Creek to prefeasibility
Skeena Resources (TSXV: SKE; US-OTC: SKREF) has started a preliminary feasibility study (PFS) for the Eskay Creek gold-silver project in the province’s Golden Triangle area. “The PFS is the next…