March 2017: Goldcorp pays $6.3 million for 19. March 2017: Newmont signs property earn-in with Goldstrike worth as much as $53 million June 2016: Goldcorp invests $2 million for 19.9% of Independence Goldĭecember 2016: Agnico Eagle pays $14.5 million for 19% of White Gold May 2016: Goldcorp buys Kaminak Gold for $520 million “The majors often move in as a group and move out as a group, they’ll find the next shiny place and go there.” Predominantly working with excavators, Brennan has gold fever and finds the most rewarding part of the job to be the gold weighs, Discovery explains. “If this round of investment is successful then the Yukon is going to really become a gold mining sector, if it isn’t in the next few years then interest might not return for a really long time,” Preston said. According to his Discovery profile, Brennan is a logger from Invermere, British Columbia.He made his Gold Rush debut in the show’s sixth season when he linked up with Parker’s crew. While some of the exploration dollars make a lot of sense, others seem to just be following the trend into the area, Preston said.įor all the promise the region holds, the area does not boast a major mine, apart from a dearth of infrastructure.
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Still, whether the new Yukon rush will result in a new gold mining district remains a question mark. The territory’s mining-friendly government and exploration and permitting supportive system only adds to its appeal, he added. In this week's installment, we meet second-year member. Link icon Copied Each week, gets to know two members of the 49ers Gold Rush. Nice gentlemen, they come into town, they spend a lot of money, they don't cause any trouble.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Meet the 2017 Gold Rush Squad: Cassie and Natalie. "As far as the relationship they've had with the town, it's all been five-star. He describes Todd and company as "nice." Understandably, Mayor Lane is also pleased to mention that the miners and the film crew are spending money in his jurisdiction. The mayor in Fairplay, Gabby Lane, doesn't seem to find any issues with the Hoffman crew. "All I've ever wanted to do all summer long is sit on my deck and have some quiet, and I couldn't do that this year because there was so much noise - it was unbelievable."
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One local resident, Ann Lukacs, expressed her frustration that her sought after solitude was disturbed by Todd Hoffman and his mining operation. Residents of this "bedroom community" claim that "the sound of dump trucks and trundling boulders have registered more than 20 decibels higher than the permitted level at their homes." They feel their peaceful community has been disrupted for "ratings," and they do not want a repeat next season. and end sometime in the evening and they are causing a ruckus. They are unhappy with the multitude of miners who use machinery who start their work at 7 a.m. Speaking to the Summit Daily, this group of 30 residents who make up the Save South Park group resides in the neighborhood adjoining Todd Hoffman's Fairplay mining claim.
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They believe that the disruption is because Discovery is "mining for ratings." On the eve of Friday's episode, "Blizzards and Bullets," a nearby residential group, calling themselves Save South Park, have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Todd Hoffman crew, that are featured on the Discovery Channel gold reality show, from returning to mine for gold in their Colorado town in 2018. Mining may have halted for the season at the Hoffman claim in Fairplay, Colorado, but the Gold Rush stars are still on the mind of the local residents.