Overland ups resource in Yukon

ASX-listed Overland Resources has reported a 60% resources increase at its Darcy zinc deposit, at the Yukon base metals project, in Canada. The resource estimate for the Darcy zinc deposit was now at some 5.6-million tons, at 4.7% zinc. This has...

Fraser Institute poll names New Brunswick most attractive mining jurisdiction

New Brunswick has snatched the title as the most attractive jurisdiction to explore for minerals and build mines in the Fraser Institute’s yearly survey, jumping from last year’s position of twenty-third to beat Alberta. Of the 93...

Company Announcement: Tarsis Closes $1.2 million Financing

Tarsis Resources Ltd. (TSXV: TCC) (“Tarsis” and “the Company”) is pleased to announce that the financing announced on January 24, 2012 and increased on February 9, 2012 has been closed.

Company Announcement: Tarsis Increases Financing to $1.2 million

Tarsis Resources Ltd. (TSXV: TCC) (“Tarsis” and “the Company”) is pleased to announce that the financing announced on January 24, 2012 was oversubscribed. As a result, Tarsis increased the offering to $1.2 million to accommodate certain...

Northern Freegold CEO touts ‘district-scale’ potential of Yukon gold project

Shares in Northern Freegold Resources jumped over 30% on Wednesday after the company boosted the resource at its flagship gold project in the Yukon. The lift came from the Revenue deposit, which contains 1.1-million ounces of gold, 10.2-million...

Fort Knox mine, Alaska

An openpit mine, situated in Alaska

More fundraising problems for Selwyn

An already bumpy road to fund the reopening of the ScoZinc mine in Nova Scotia just got rougher for TSX-V-listed Selwyn Resources after it abandoned a second financing attempt in as many months. The company said on Monday it terminated an...

Golden Predator says now biggest Yukon landholder

Explorer Golden Predator has increased its mineral rights holdings in the Yukon to over 1.4-million acres, making it the biggest land position in the territory, the TSX-listed company said on Thursday. The biggest additions to its properties were...

Western Copper proceeds with unbundling plans, changes name

Western Copper, which owns the Casino copper-gold project in Canada’s Yukon, said on Friday it will spin off its other assets into two TSX V-listed firms, and changing its name to Western Copper and Gold. As part of the plan first unveiled in...

Victoria one step closer to permit for Yukon project

TSX-V-listed Victoria Gold has achieved an important milestone towards environmental-assessment approval for its Eagle Gold deposit in the Yukon territory, the firm announced this week. The Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Board has deemed...

Yukon court dismisses First Nation challenge to Selwyn project

The Supreme Court of Yukon has dismissed an application by the Liard First Nation to quash, suspend or stay a decision document issued by the territory's government for Selwyn Resources' namesake project, the firm said on Wednesday. The decision...

Western Copper to spin out Carmacks, Island Copper projects

Vancouver-based Western Copper on Thursday unveiled plans to spin out certain projects into two new companies, which the firm says will allow it to focus on its flagship Casino copper/gold/silver/molybdenum project, in the Yukon. The first...