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Rigs Are Turning on a 5,000-Metre Expedition for Yukon Copper-Gold
WHITEHORSE, Yukon, June 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CanadaNewsGroup.com News Commentary &#...
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Rigs Are Turning on a 5,000-Metre Expedition for Yukon Copper-GoldIssued on behalf of Yukon Metals Corp. WHITEHORSE, Yukon, June 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CanadaNewsGroup.com News Commentary — The Yukon has become one of the most closely watched mining jurisdictions in North America, a stable, mineral-rich territory where district-scale copper and gold discoveries are once again drawing exploration capital. As the 2026 field season opens, drills are turning across the territory — and that activity is pulling Yukon Metals Corp. (CSE: YMC) (OTCQB: YMMCF) (FSE: E770), Selkirk Copper Mines Inc. (TSXV: SCMI) (OTCQB: SKRKF), Gold Strike Resources Corp. (TSXV: GSR), White Gold Corp. (TSXV: WGO) (OTCQX: WHGOF), and Silver North Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SNAG) (OTCQB: TARSF) into the spotlight. For an exploration company, the start of a fully funded drill season is the moment a thesis meets the rock. Yukon Metals has just reached it on two of its flagship copper-gold properties at once — with rigs already turning and core in hand. Yukon Metals (CSE: YMC) announced on June 1, 2026 the start of its 2026 exploration programs at the AZ and Birch copper-gold properties in the Yukon. The fully funded programs are designed to advance porphyry- and skarn-style copper-gold targets and support their earlier stage exploration pipeline through drilling, geophysics, surface sampling and alteration mapping. Drill rigs are on site at both properties, with the first core produced at AZ on May 28, 2026 — and a 3D Induced Polarization (IP) geophysical survey already underway targeting porphyry zones at AZ. The plan calls for approximately 2,000 metres of diamond drilling at AZ and 3,000 metres at Birch — a 5,000-metre program in total — supplemented by drone aeromagnetic surveying, surface geochemical sampling and alteration mapping to refine the geological models and vector toward the best targets. At AZ, the work focuses on refining porphyry and skarn copper-gold targets supported by prior geochemistry and geophysics; at Birch, the program builds on positive 2025 drill results. “Seeing rigs turning at both AZ and Birch is exciting. We have first core in hand at AZ, a 5,000-metre program underway, and highly compelling targets at both properties,” said Jim Coates, Chief Executive Officer of Yukon Metals. “The Sumo prope...