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New Discovery At Aurion-B2 JV

Aurion Resources reported a new greenfield discovery within the B2 Gold-Aurion JV in northern Finland. The discovery, named Sore, is located near the NW boundary of the JV property and returned multiple gold mineralized intervals e.g., 26.45g/t Au over 2.45m, 1.05g/t Au over 40.70m, 1.33g/t Au over 17.90m or 1.74g/t Au over 14.10m. Most mineralization […]

Northgold – Important Exploration Permit Becomes Valid

Northgold reported that its most important exploration permit of the Kiimala Trend project has gained legal force following a recent court ruling. The Haapavesi 8 permit includes multiple historic projects and prospects including the compliant Ă„ngesneva resource with 3.85Mt @ 1.19g/t Au and the historic Vesiperä resource amounting to 0.29Mt @ 2.52g/t Au. According to […]

Rupert Makes A Bit For B2 Gold’s Stake In Aurion JV

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Aurion Resources advised it received notice of an offer from Rupert Resources to acquire B2 Gold’s 70% stake in the Aurion-B2 Gold JV project. The offer has a value of more than 100 million CAD and would give Rupert control over the Helmi deposit, as well as an extensive and highly prospective exploration portfolio. According […]

High-Grade Intercepts From Ikkari And Heinä South

Rupert Resources announced new assay results from recent drilling at Heinä South and Ikkari. Drill hole #124019 intersected multiple zones of locally bonanza grade gold mineralization at Heina South with the best intersection returning 25m @ 16.5g/t Au, including 1m @ 363g/t Au and 2m @ 10.8g/t Au. Drilling at the prospect is ongoing with […]

Mustajärvi Depth Extension

Firefox Gold reported results from an additional six drill holes, totaling 1617.5m of drilling at its Mustajärvi gold project in northern Finland. The program was successful in extending the gold mineralization of the east target at depth. Drill hole 23MJ013 successfully intersected multiple high-grade zones of gold mineralization including 13.5m @ 3.16g/t Au from 230.6m. […]

High-Grade Intersections From Vanha Prospect

Aurion Resources reported assay results from four holes drilled at the Vanha prospect in the Kaaresselkä area. All of the four holes encountered gold mineralization, with the best intersection grading 3.68g/t Au over 11.35m (KS23071), thereby extending a higher-grade envelope some 30m towards the east. According to the company, the prospect remains open in all […]

Firefox Gold Exploration Update

Firefox Gold announced the completion of a six-hole, 1617.5m drilling campaign at its Mustajärvi gold project. Testing the depth extension of the near-surface, high-grade gold zone at the east target, the drilling intersected several intervals of quartz-carbonate-tourmaline-pyrite veining and intense alteration. Assay results are expected in early March. Surface sampling at the Jeesiö project further […]

Kuittila Inferred Resource & New Geochemical Target

Endomines published a new inferred mineral resource estimate for its Kuittila gold project, amounting to 814.7Kt @ 1.88g/t Au for a total of 49 170 oz of gold. Drill testing of the deep extensions of the mineralized system started at the end of January and is expected to run for two months. The company further reported […]

Bonanza Gold Grades From Heinä South

Rupert Resources published initial results from winter drilling at its Heinä South prospect, returning e.g. 24m @ 1.1g/t Au in drill hole 124001 or 2m @ 558g/t Au, including 1m @ 1115g/t Au in drill hole 124006. The drill program is ongoing with a focus on new targets in Area 1, Ikkari depth and strike […]

EM Conductors Identified At Kopsa

Northgold published results from a ground EM survey conducted at its flagship Kopsa project in November 2023. The geophysical survey resulted in the identification of two larger conductive bodies (conductors 2 and 3) below the Kopsa deposit and additional conductive features towards the southwest of the deposit. The conductors below the deposit appear to be […]