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Ryan Gold looks to a strong year after challenging 2011
When The Northern Miner visited Ryan Gold’s (RYG-V) flagship Ida Oro project last August, the company was scrambling to finish its camp and make up for lost time.
Prophecy Platinum starts winter drill program at Wellgreen
Fifteen kilometres off the paved Alaska Highway in southwestern Yukon, the Wellgreen nickel-copper-platinum group metal (PGM) project sits largely as it has since 1973, when Hudson-Yukon Mining abandoned underground mining there after one year…
Brixton cuts mega-intercept at Thorn in BC
Brixton Metals (BBB-V) has pulled a whopper of an intercept from the Thorn project in northwest B.C., hitting 95 metres grading 904 grams per tonne silver equivalent from near surface.
Goldcorp falls short of production targets, again
Before Goldcorp (G-T, GG-N) began commercial production at its expanded Red Lake gold mine on Jan. 1, 2001, the company was a 100,000- oz.-a-year mid-tier gold producer struggling to become a senior gold miner. But by the end of the year, Red…
Three companies better than one for Western Copper family
Convinced its portfolio of projects weren’t being adequately appreciated in the market, Yukon-focused Western Copper last year spun out everything but its flagship Casino project into two new companies.
Tigray on the hunt for another Bisha
Recent drilling at Tigray Resources’ (TIG-V) flagship Harvest copper-gold-silver project in northern Ethiopia has returned several high-grade intercepts, including 21 metres grading 5.7% copper, 1.5 grams gold per tonne, 18 grams silver per…
Golden Predator makes gains in the Yukon
Golden Predator (GPD-T) started strong in 2012 with more drill results from the Sleeman zone at its flagship Brewery Creek deposit and a new gold discovery at Cache Creek. Golden Predator is the largest active-exploration property holder in the…