North Country Gold Corp

North Country Gold's Fleet of Heavy Equipment. Source: North Country Gold

Auryn to buy North Country Gold

If the past is any guide, Shawn Wallace has a knack for spotting good projects. Last year, the mining executive sold a company that he co-founded called Cayden Resources to Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) for a tidy $205…



Nunavut explorers fired up for 2012

Nunavut has been a tough place for gold companies of late, with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) shelving its Hope Bay gold project and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) cutting years off its new Meadowbank gold mine in the face of cost overruns.


Nunavut explorers off to good start for 2012

VANCOUVER — Nunavut has been a tough place for gold companies of late, what with Newmont Mining (NMC-T, NEM-N) shelving its Hope Bay project and Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM-T, AEM-N) being forced to cut years off its Meadowbank mine in the…


Drilling at Midas Gold's Golden Meadows gold project in Idaho. Photo by Midas Gold

‘Rediscoveries’ among featured projects at Roundup 2012

Modern technologies combined with robust metal prices helped generate many of the domestic and international exploration successes featured at Mineral Exploration Roundup hosted by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME…


Machinery at North Country Gold's Three Bluffs gold project in Nunavut's Committee Bay greenstone belt. Photo by North Country Gold

Canaccord brokers pile back into North Country

At least 14 Canaccord Genuity brokers have picked up shares in Nunavut-focused gold explorer North Country Gold (NCG-V) in a recent private placement. North Country raised $12 million in late December by issuing 10.2 million flow-through shares…



North Country Gold extends Three Bluffs’ strike

Highlights from drilling at North Country Gold’s (NCG-V) Three Bluffs west zone in Nunavut include intercepts of 7.34 grams gold over 25 metres in hole 11TB104, 8.06 grams gold over 30 metres in hole 11TBC001, and 43.02 grams gold over 4 metres…


North Country Gold extends strike length

Highlights from drilling at North Country Gold’s (NCG-V) Three Bluffs West Zone in Nunavut include intercepts of 7.34 grams gold over 25 metres in hole 11TB104, 8.06 grams gold over 30.49 metres (11TBC001) and 43.02 grams gold over 4 metres…


An equipment plane on the airstrip at North Country Gold's Three Bluffs project in the Committee Bay greenstone belt, northeast of Baker Lake, Nunavut. Photo by North Country Gold

North Country Gold ramps up exploration at Three Bluffs

Since graduating with a geology degree from the University of Alberta in 1988, John Williamson has founded ten junior resource and mining companies with assets across Canada, Western Australia, South America and Africa. He has helped raise over…


North Country Gold ramps up exploration

Since graduating with a geology degree from the University of Alberta in 1988, John Williamson has founded ten junior resource and mining companies with assets across Canada, Western Australia, South America and Africa. He has helped raise over…


From right: Kaminak Gold geologist Joe Currie; vice-president of exploration Tim Smith; geologist Alan Wainwright; with staff at the Coffee gold project in the Yukon. Photo by Kaminak Gold

Kaminak starts $15M Yukon drill program

After one of the most successful initial drill programs in the Yukon last year, Kaminak Gold (KAM-V) is back with plans to drill up to 45,000 metres in 2011 on its 100%-owned Coffee gold project in the White Gold district.