Exploration
Yukon site could be the world’s largest undeveloped zinc deposit
1 of 7Core library on Don Camp. — Photo courtesy of Selwyn Chihong Mining, Ltd. 2 of 7The office complex on Don Camp in the winter. Don Camp...
Yukon.
Yukon gold is getting a lot of attention these days—and we’re not talking potatoes. Shawn Ryan’s White Gold discovery in 2003 has spurred a flurry of exploration activity that has presented extremely encouraging drill results. Copper, lead, zinc and silver are among the other minerals being actively mined in the Yukon, and uranium is also an important resource.
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Revolutionizing prospecting and exploration in Yukon
1 of 3Launching the eBee drone. — Photo courtesy Shawn Ryan2 of 3The eBee drone in flight. — Photo courtesy Shawn Ryan3 of 3Computer work in...
Mines
Yukon Chamber of Mines celebrates 70 years
1 of 3Yukon Chamber of Mines headquarters in Whitehorse. — photo courtesy Government of Yukon2 of 3Kids try smashing geodes at the 2013 Mini...
Alberta
Draft recommendations on implementing mandatory reporting standards released
On June 14, 2013, the Revenue Resource Transparency Working Group released its draft recommendations on implementing mandatory reporting sta...
Education
Yukon College celebrates 50 years
1 of 4A student from Yukon College's Mineral Resources program working at the Minto Mine. — photo courtesy Yukon College2 of 4Yukon College...
Education
New trades trailer will help train Yukon residents
1 of 2The mobile trades trailer will be able to offer apprenticeship programs for millwright, welding and more. — Archbould Photography phot...
Mines
Wolverine Mine achieves full design capacity
1 of 2A new jumbo drills a rock face underground at Yukon Zinc's Wolverine Mine. — Photo courtesy Yukon Zinc Corp.2 of 2An operator works in...
Sustainability & Environment
Bardusan Placers is a leader in environmental stewardship
Premier Darrell Pasloski (far left) at the Yukon Geoscience Forum awards banquet with Energy Mines & Resources Minister Brad Cathers (centre...
First Nations
Yukon Zinc receives a second Robert E. Leckie Award
Yukon Zinc's chairman and CEO, Jing You Lu (L) accepts the company's Robert E. Leckie Award alongside Brad Cathers, Yukon's minister of ener...
Education
Yukon and Alaska: a significant collaboration
1 of 3A student tries out a mining simulator at Yukon College. — Archbould.com photo2 of 3Welding programs at Yukon College are always opera...
Exploration
Could this be a new gold district?
1 of 4The Justin property in southeastern Yukon is currently being explored for gold potential. — Photo courtesy Bernie Fox/TerraLogic Explo...
British Columbia
Alexco transforms the Keno Hill Silver District with environmental technologies
1 of 2The Bellekeno Mine area and broader Keno Hill Silver District hold decades of potential, Alexco officials believe. — Photo courtesy Al...
British Columbia
BCGold Corp.
1 of 3The historical Engineer Mine located near Atlin, B.C. — Photo courtesy BCGold Corp.2 of 3Gold in quartz measurements. — Photo courtesy...
Minerals
Even better the second time around
1 of 3Historical mining activity at the Bellekeno Mine area. — Photo courtesy of Alexco Resource Corporation2 of 3The new 400-tonnes-per-day...
Exploration
Yukon rush
Bill Sheriff, chairman of the Predator Mining Group, said the opportunities in the Yukon right now are unparalleled. — Photo courtesy Predat...
Exploration
The Yukon’s most important joint venture
Shawn Ryan and his wife, Cathy Wood, are best friends and business partners in the biggest news story in Canadian exploration. — Photo court...
Exploration
Where the action is
Mike Burke (L) examines core samples with geologist Carl Schulze, Gord Moffatt and Greg Hayes on Northern Tiger's Sonora Gulch Property. — T...
Exploration
Wake up and smell the java
The Kaminak Gold team is exhuberant after their first drill program at the Supremo Zone showed promising results. — photo courtesy Kaminak G...
Exploration
Positioned to be a player
Bill Sheriff's lifelong fascinations with the North and gold have been realized in his companies' Yukon interests. — Tanya Laing Gahr photo...