Mining News: New gold producer eyes Yukon startup

Yukon-Nevada Gold aims to develop open pit, underground mine to extract zones of mineralization, while nurturing local business

Rose Ragsdale

For Mining News

KETZA RIVER — Now that Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. is a producer at its Jerritt Canyon Mine in Nevada, the Vancouver, B.C.-based miner is poised to develop a mine at its gold- and silver-rich claims here in the southern Yukon. After three years of exploration drilling and even longer cleaning up an aban....

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Good drilling results

New facilities for new production

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