# Nickel Mining News in Yukon Canonical page: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news?commodities=nickel®ions=canada_yt Atlas summarizes and classifies mining-industry stories from third-party publishers. Follow each source link for the original reporting. Results: 10 Returned: 10 Coverage: drill results, resource updates, and metallurgy; primary commodity matching; all time unless dates are supplied. Region: Yukon (canada_yt) Commodity: Nickel (nickel) Applied filters: {"regions":["canada_yt"],"commodities":["nickel"],"commodity_scope":"primary","document_types":["drill_results","resource_update","metallurgy"],"document_type_match":"any"} Sort: published_at desc Offset: 0; page size: 10 ## Stakeholder Delivers Standout Assays from Hole BA2601 at the Loki Target: Highly Anomalous Cu-Ni-Co and Separate PGE Mineralization Confirm a Fertile Magmatic Sulphide System - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/stakeholder-delivers-standout-assays-from-hole-ba2601-at-the-loki-target-highly--b6b6b205-48be-4208-a46d-8c95b10a5fb0) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/stakeholder-delivers-standout-assays-from-hole-ba2601-at-the-loki-target-highly--b6b6b205-48be-4208-a46d-8c95b10a5fb0.md) - Original announcement: 2026-08-19T13:00:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: Stakeholder Gold Corp. (SRC) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/SRC/news/5516809223120354/stakeholder-delivers-standout-assays-from-hole-ba2601-at-the-loki-target-highly-) - Atlas sentiment: 0.696 - Atlas tags: QA/QC Disclosed, Nearology Play Stakeholder Gold Corp. has reported standout initial drill results from hole BA2601 at the Loki Target, intersecting a copper-nickel-cobalt sulphide zone and two separate platinum-group-element (PGE) zones. The results confirm a fertile magmatic sulphide system within a mafic-ultramafic intrusion. Assays for the remainder of the 498-metre hole are still pending. ## GT Resources Receives 10-Year, Class III Exploration Permit for the Canalask Copper - Nickel Project, Yukon - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-receives-10-year-class-iii-exploration-permit-for-the-canalask-copp--fbd25b6f-9297-40c0-a3fe-22190c102d1e) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-receives-10-year-class-iii-exploration-permit-for-the-canalask-copp--fbd25b6f-9297-40c0-a3fe-22190c102d1e.md) - Original announcement: 2026-07-27T10:30:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: GT Resources Inc. (GT) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GT/news/4867745049684939/gt-resources-receives-10-year-class-iii-exploration-permit-for-the-canalask-copp) - Atlas sentiment: 0.315 - Atlas tags: permitting, Historical Estimate Only GT Resources has secured a 10-year Class III Exploration Permit for its Canalask Copper-Nickel Project in the Yukon, enabling expanded drilling and trail construction. The release also references a historical 1968 resource estimate of 400,000 tonnes at 1.35% nickel, which the company cautions should not be relied upon. ## GT Resources Drilling Intersects 2.4% Copper and 3.1 g/t Gold Near Surface at the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-drilling-intersects-2-4-copper-and-3-1-g-t-gold-near-surface-at-the--ade48fe5-5b75-4ffa-ac43-bdd37cd04081) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-drilling-intersects-2-4-copper-and-3-1-g-t-gold-near-surface-at-the--ade48fe5-5b75-4ffa-ac43-bdd37cd04081.md) - Original announcement: 2024-12-10T11:30:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: GT Resources Inc. (GT) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GT/news/6823093734366304/gt-resources-drilling-intersects-2-4-copper-and-3-1-g-t-gold-near-surface-at-the) - Atlas sentiment: 0.732 - Atlas tags: None GT Resources Inc. announced final assay results from its 2024 exploration campaign at the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project in Yukon, Canada. Highlights include a new discovery of skarn-related copper-gold mineralization with intercepts up to 2.4% Cu and 3.1 g/t Au over 1.0 meter, and high-grade nickel mineralization up to 12.90% Ni over 0.2 meters. The results confirm the polymetallic potential of the project, with significant nickel, copper, gold, palladium, and platinum values, but reported widths are drilled widths and not true widths. ## GT Resources Intersects 2.0% Nickel over 33.5 meters at the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-intersects-2-0-nickel-over-33-5-meters-at-the-canalask-nickel-coppe--4a571113-4364-4946-b3aa-4c6f2f2baf54) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-intersects-2-0-nickel-over-33-5-meters-at-the-canalask-nickel-coppe--4a571113-4364-4946-b3aa-4c6f2f2baf54.md) - Original announcement: 2024-11-04T11:30:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: GT Resources Inc. (GT) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GT/news/6632640142228698/gt-resources-intersects-2-0-nickel-over-33-5-meters-at-the-canalask-nickel-coppe) - Atlas sentiment: 0.604 - Atlas tags: None GT Resources announced new drill assay results from its 2024 exploration campaign at the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project in Yukon, Canada. Hole CSK24-05 intersected 1.95% nickel over 33.5 meters, including higher-grade sub-intervals, along with copper, cobalt, gold, and palladium. The program, which included previously released results from CSK24-02, focused on footwall-style mineralization and identified new precious metal occurrences, suggesting a larger nickel sulphide accumulation. QA/QC procedures were disclosed, and a Qualified Person reviewed the technical information. ## GT Resources Intersects 2.12% Nickel Over 20 meters at the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-intersects-2-12-nickel-over-20-meters-at-the-canalask-nickel-copper--7d9e35ac-5b0c-487e-ac18-fdef91894978) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-intersects-2-12-nickel-over-20-meters-at-the-canalask-nickel-copper--7d9e35ac-5b0c-487e-ac18-fdef91894978.md) - Original announcement: 2024-09-24T13:29:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: GT Resources Inc. (GT) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GT/news/5823656136861289/gt-resources-intersects-2-12-nickel-over-20-meters-at-the-canalask-nickel-copper) - Atlas sentiment: 0.686 - Atlas tags: Bonanza Intercept, Apparent Width Only, QA/QC Disclosed GT Resources has announced successful initial drill results from its 2024 campaign at the Canalask Project in Yukon, highlighted by a 2.12% Ni intercept over 19.9m in the Footwall Zone. While the program encountered challenging ground conditions in the feeder dyke that prevented reaching planned depths, the results confirm significant nickel-copper-cobalt mineralization with precious metal credits. ## GT Resources Announces Diamond Drilling Underway on the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-announces-diamond-drilling-underway-on-the-canalask-nickel-copper-p--5c099e68-87a1-4c1a-b94e-e9ac0d092b78) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-announces-diamond-drilling-underway-on-the-canalask-nickel-copper-p--5c099e68-87a1-4c1a-b94e-e9ac0d092b78.md) - Original announcement: 2024-07-08T10:30:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: GT Resources Inc. (GT) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GT/news/7644670678121886/gt-resources-announces-diamond-drilling-underway-on-the-canalask-nickel-copper-p) - Atlas sentiment: 0.199 - Atlas tags: Nearology Play GT Resources has commenced diamond drilling at the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project in the Yukon, targeting a large electromagnetic (EM) Maxwell plate. The program aims to test for massive nickel-copper sulphide mineralization within a feeder dyke system. ## GT Resources Announces Completion of $1.84 million Non-Brokered Private Placement and Mobilization of Exploration Drill Rigs for the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-announces-completion-of-1-84-million-non-brokered-private-placement--83044fc6-edf7-46fe-ac78-60776a4f228d) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-announces-completion-of-1-84-million-non-brokered-private-placement--83044fc6-edf7-46fe-ac78-60776a4f228d.md) - Original announcement: 2024-06-13T20:15:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: GT Resources Inc. (GT) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GT/news/8882955639299213/gt-resources-announces-completion-of-1-84-million-non-brokered-private-placement) - Atlas sentiment: 0.291 - Atlas tags: capital_raise, exploration GT Resources has completed a C$1.84 million non-brokered private placement, which includes a significant increase in Glencore Canada's ownership to 16.1%. The funds will be used to mobilize exploration drilling at the Canalask nickel-copper project in the Yukon to test an EM Maxwell plate and locate massive sulphide mineralization. ## GT Resources Announces a $1.8 Million Flow-Through Non-Brokered Private Placement to Fund Drilling at the Canalask Nickel-Copper Project - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-announces-a-1-8-million-flow-through-non-brokered-private-placement--410a9a9b-b491-496b-b828-edd009308771) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gt-resources-announces-a-1-8-million-flow-through-non-brokered-private-placement--410a9a9b-b491-496b-b828-edd009308771.md) - Original announcement: 2024-05-15T21:27:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: GT Resources Inc. (GT) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/GT/news/6855786480117139/gt-resources-announces-a-1-8-million-flow-through-non-brokered-private-placement) - Atlas sentiment: 0.26 - Atlas tags: Inferred Resource, Nearology Play GT Resources has announced a C$1.8 million non-brokered flow-through private placement to fund a summer drilling program at the Canalask nickel-copper project in the Yukon. The funds will be used to test an electromagnetic plate and expand upon a historical resource estimate of 400,000 tonnes at 1.35% nickel. ## Nickel Creek Platinum Announces Positive PFS for its Nickel Shäw Project - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/nickel-creek-platinum-announces-positive-pfs-for-its-nickel-sh-xe4-w-project--0b6afc62-aacc-432d-a86c-67a92f7976a3) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/nickel-creek-platinum-announces-positive-pfs-for-its-nickel-sh-xe4-w-project--0b6afc62-aacc-432d-a86c-67a92f7976a3.md) - Original announcement: 2023-08-24T22:00:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. (NCP) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/NCP/news/4731261434899147/nickel-creek-platinum-announces-positive-pfs-for-its-nickel-sh-xe4-w-project) - Atlas sentiment: 0.16 - Atlas tags: Resource Update, PFS-Supporting, Measured Resource, Indicated Resource, Inferred Resource, QP/CP Signed, NI 43-101 Compliant, Contained Metal Growth, Cut-off Disclosed, Mill Route, Theoretical Recovery Only, Low Recovery, Multi-Domain Tested, Refractory Ore Nickel Creek Platinum announced a positive Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) for its Nickel Shäw Project in Yukon, Canada, reporting an after-tax NPV of $143 million and an IRR of 5.8%. The project hosts a substantial updated mineral resource estimate, with 79.3% in the Measured and Indicated categories, containing over 2.4 billion pounds of nickel and 1.2 billion pounds of copper. The PFS outlines a conventional open pit operation with a 45,000 tpd concentrator, and identifies opportunities for value enhancement through energy cost reductions, metallurgical optimization, and further exploration. ## Nickel Creek Platinum Announces Updated Mineral Resource Estimate at Nickel Shäw Project - Atlas analysis: [Read analysis](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/nickel-creek-platinum-announces-updated-mineral-resource-estimate-at-nickel-sh-x--a218675b-f2c0-4da3-999c-35e2194c6617) · [Markdown](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/nickel-creek-platinum-announces-updated-mineral-resource-estimate-at-nickel-sh-x--a218675b-f2c0-4da3-999c-35e2194c6617.md) - Original announcement: 2023-06-01T10:30:00.000Z - Atlas analysis published: Unknown date - Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. (NCP) - Original source: [tmx](https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/NCP/news/4822598901457619/nickel-creek-platinum-announces-updated-mineral-resource-estimate-at-nickel-sh-x) - Atlas sentiment: 0.493 - Atlas tags: Tonnage Growth, Contained Metal Growth, Resource Update Nickel Creek Platinum has announced an updated mineral resource estimate for the Nickel Shäw Project in the Yukon. The update shows significant tonnage increases in the measured and indicated categories, supported by 2022 drilling and refined metallurgical recoveries. # Atlas tag definitions - **Bonanza Intercept:** Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm. - **Metal Equivalent Opaque:** Metal equivalent grade reported without disclosing the price, recovery, or payability assumptions used. Requires an actual metal equivalent grade; a combined elemental basket such as PGE is not a metal equivalent. - **True Width Disclosed:** Actual thickness perpendicular to structure is stated, not just downhole length. - **Apparent Width Only:** Interval given as downhole width with no true width or drill orientation — apparent width may overstate true thickness. - **QA/QC Disclosed:** Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods (blanks, standards, duplicates). - **Compositing Transparent:** Cut-off grade and internal dilution rules are clearly stated for reported intervals. - **No QA/QC Disclosure:** Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document. - **Cut-off Undisclosed:** Cut-off grade not disclosed — cannot assess comparability to prior estimates or peers. - **Step-Out Extension:** Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit. - **Infill Drilling:** Confirmatory drilling to raise resource confidence, not new discovery. - **Stale Data Re-release:** Historical results re-announced with no new assays or reinterpretation — low genuine novelty. - **Deleterious Elements Present:** A source-stated penalty, refractory or recovery concern in the fact's scope. Element detection alone, including measured elements explicitly below penalty thresholds, does not trigger this tag. Respect negation and retain a separately stated concern even when another risk is explicitly absent. - **Refractory Ore:** Complex mineralogy requiring oxidation or other special processing before recovery. - **Nearology Play:** Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results. - **Measured Resource:** Highest confidence category — tonnage, grade, shape well-established from closely-spaced drilling. Basis for Proven Reserves. - **Indicated Resource:** Reasonable geological confidence based on adequate drilling; continuity can be assumed. Basis for Probable Reserves. - **Proven Reserve:** Measured Resource with demonstrated economic viability after applying modifying factors. - **Probable Reserve:** Indicated Resource with demonstrated economic viability after applying modifying factors. - **Inferred Resource:** Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone. - **All Inferred:** M&I share below the weak bound — very early stage, no engineering confidence. - **Tonnage Growth:** Tonnage increase reaching the strong tier vs prior estimate, with grade maintained or improved. - **Grade Improvement:** Average resource grade improved vs prior estimate — better deposit economics. - **Contained Metal Growth:** True scale improvement — contained metal ounces/tonnes increased vs prior, accounting for both tonnage and grade changes. - **Category Upgrade:** Resource confidence improved — Inferred upgraded to Indicated, or Indicated to Measured. De-risking signal. - **Tonnage Decline:** Resource tonnage decreased vs prior estimate — pit optimization removed marginal material or geological model revised down. - **Grade Decline:** Average grade fell below the red-flag bound vs prior estimate — deposit economics worsening. May indicate high-grading in early drilling. - **Contained Metal Decline:** Contained metal decreased vs prior despite tonnage growth — grade dilution exceeds volume gain. - **Category Downgrade:** Resource confidence decreased — Measured downgraded to Indicated, or Indicated to Inferred. Unusual and concerning. - **Dilutive Growth:** Tonnage increased but contained metal flat or down — likely from lower cut-off grade, not geological expansion. - **Cut-off Lowered:** Cut-off grade reduced beyond the suspicious bound vs prior estimate — tonnage growth may be artificial inflation. - **Cut-off Undisclosed:** Cut-off grade not disclosed — cannot assess comparability to prior estimates or peers. - **Stale Estimate:** Effective date is >2 years old — data currency concern, may not reflect current geological understanding. - **QP/CP Signed:** Qualified Person (QP) or Competent Person (CP) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association (e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo) with relevant experience. - **Cut-off Disclosed:** Cut-off grade used for resource reporting is clearly stated, enabling like-for-like comparison. - **JORC Compliant:** Resource estimate prepared in compliance with JORC Code (Australia) — high reporting standard. - **NI 43-101 Compliant:** Resource estimate prepared in compliance with NI 43-101 (Canada) — high reporting standard. - **Historical Estimate Only:** Estimate pre-dates or does not comply with current JORC/NI 43-101 standards — requires verification drilling. - **No Contained Metal:** Tonnage and grade reported but contained metal not calculated or disclosed — incomplete reporting. - **No QP/CP Disclosure:** No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience. - **Maiden Resource:** First formal MRE for the project — establishes baseline but typically exploration-stage with high Inferred component. No prior estimate exists, so every change band is not applicable. - **Resource Update:** Revised estimate for an existing resource — compare to prior to assess progress. - **PEA-Supporting:** Resource estimate prepared to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment — early-stage study. - **PFS-Supporting:** Resource estimate prepared to support a Pre-Feasibility Study — requires adequate M&I component. - **DFS-Supporting:** Resource estimate prepared to support a Definitive Feasibility Study — requires high M&I confidence. - **High Recovery:** Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route. - **Pilot Scale Complete:** Pilot or demonstration plant testing completed under continuous operation. - **Free Milling:** Simple, clean ore amenable to standard processing without oxidation. - **Multi-Domain Tested:** Variability across ore domains (oxide, transition, fresh) has been addressed. - **Recovery Improving:** Recovery improved versus a like-for-like prior test program on the same domain and route. - **Low Recovery:** Recovery below the weak band for the commodity and processing route. - **Bench Scale Only:** Only preliminary bench tests completed — no locked-cycle or pilot work. - **Refractory Ore:** Complex mineralogy requiring oxidation or other special processing before recovery. - **Single Domain Only:** Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established. - **Recovery Stagnant:** No improvement across multiple test programs on comparable material. - **Theoretical Recovery Only:** Only theoretical or liberation-derived recovery reported, with no actual test result. - **Heap Leach Route:** Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected. - **Mill Route:** Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation). - **Gravity Route:** Gravity separation forms a material part of the flowsheet. - **POX/BIOX Route:** Pressure or bio-oxidation for refractory ore — high CAPEX and OPEX. - **Byproduct Commodity:** The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver. - **DFS Bankable:** AACE Class 2-1 study complete and within the staleness window. - **PFS Complete:** AACE Class 3 study complete. - **PEA Only:** Only Class 4 / Initial Assessment economics available. Not bankable. - **No Study:** No formal economic study — no engineering basis for the economics quoted. - **Stale Study:** Beyond the staleness window measured from the estimate base date. - **Inferred Heavy Feed:** Material Inferred share of LOM mill feed, or the share is undisclosed. - **Resource Governance Undisclosed:** No QA/QC, top-cut methodology or QP independence disclosed. Caps study quality at the moderate tier. - **NPV Cut vs Prior Study:** A restated study reduces NPV materially against its own predecessor on the same asset. - **High IRR:** Post-tax real unlevered IRR in the strong tier or better. - **Low IRR:** IRR below the moderate tier. - **Below Jurisdiction Hurdle:** IRR below the greenfield or brownfield hurdle for its jurisdiction tier. - **IRR Basis Undisclosed:** Real vs nominal not stated, so the tier is not comparable across studies. - **Undervalued PNAV:** Funding-adjusted P/NAV in the strong tier or better. - **Overvalued PNAV:** Funding-adjusted P/NAV in the red-flag tier. - **Fast Payback:** Payback in the strong tier or better, on the required basis. - **Slow Payback:** Payback in the weak tier or worse. - **Bottom Quartile Cost:** P0-25 of the relevant commodity cost curve. - **Top Quartile Cost:** P75-100 of the relevant commodity cost curve — first to cut in a downturn. - **Cost Basis Undisclosed:** By-product vs co-product not stated, so quartile placement is unreliable. - **Low Capital Intensity:** Below the benchmark for its project type. - **High Capital Intensity:** Above the benchmark for its project type. - **Conservative Pricing:** Conservative on the worst of the spot, 3-year and consensus comparisons. - **Aggressive Pricing:** The study only works on a stretched price deck. - **No Price Sensitivity:** No price sensitivity disclosed — treated as a deliberate signal, not a neutral gap. - **No Discount Rate Sensitivity:** Blocks NPV normalisation to the common rate without reconstruction. - **Price Deck Unstructured:** Prices given only as free text, so conservatism cannot be scored. - **Long Reserve Life:** Reserve life index in the top tier of the single ladder. - **Short Reserve Life:** Reserve life index in the critical tier. - **Resource Life Upside:** Wide gap between reserve life and resource life — conversion upside rather than discovery dependence. - **Fully Funded:** Funding coverage at or above 1.0x counting committed facilities only. - **Material Funding Gap:** Funding coverage below the substantially-funded band. - **Funding Gap Exceeds Market Cap:** Red flag regardless of headline NPV — the upside is not reachable by the current equity holder. - **Encumbered by Stream:** An existing stream or royalty reduces attributable NAV and restricts future financing. - **Stability Agreement:** Fiscal terms fixed, with a term covering the mine life. - **High Government Take:** Total government take above the regional norm as a share of pre-tax cash flow. - **Fully Permitted:** Key permits granted with no unresolved challenge. - **Permit Challenge Outstanding:** An appeal or legal challenge is unresolved, which can defer first production indefinitely. - **No Community Agreement:** Permits held but no IBA or benefit agreement — the start date is unsupported. - **Closure Underprovisioned:** Closure provision materially below peers, unfunded, or undisclosed. - **Upstream TSF:** Upstream tailings construction, which is banned in Brazil and Ecuador.