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Article: Miranda Gold Acquires District Scale Gold Play in Alaska.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Miranda Gold Corp. ("Miranda") (TSX-V: MAD) reports that it has leased 171 Alaska state mining claims from Range Minerals Inc. ("Range") comprising the Ester Dome project in the Fairbanks Mining District approximately 5 mi (8 km) from Fairbanks, Alaska. The Ester Dome project covers approximately 13.8 sq. mi (35.7 sq. km).
Although outside of Miranda's normal exploration jurisdiction of Nevada, the Ester Dome acquisition presents Miranda a unique opportunity to control and explore a district-scale project with a historic gold endowment in excess of one million ounces. The Fairbanks District has produced over 9.5 million ounces of ...