Site visit: Atac builds critical mass at Rackla in Yukon
Atac Resources president and CEO Graham Downs at the Rackla gold property in the central Yukon. Credit: Atac Resources.
MAYO, YUKON — Even after repeated visits by this journalist to Atac Resources’ (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF) Rackla gold property in the central Yukon, the scenery as we journey into camp is never short of impressive. The company’s 185 km long land position runs through lush valleys alive with mature black spruce and lined by talus-covered hillsides. There are a few jokes during the helicopter ride about how Atac could run an ecotourism resort at the site if the whole mining thing doesn’t work out.
But that’s unlikely to happen because Rackla has been delivering discovery after discovery over the past six years.
Atac popped up on the industry radar screen back in 2010 when it announced Canada’s first Carlin-type gold discovery with a highlight intercept of 65 metres grading 4.65 grams gold per tonne at the Osiris cluster in hole 10-1.
Today, Atac is trying to balance making new discoveries with advancing those it has already made....ARTICLE CONTINUES at:
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