Exploration History
- High Lake deposit is discovered by Kennarctic Exploration
- 1967-1970 Borealis Exploration completes reconnaissance traverses on the Hood River property for base metal exploration
- 1984 BHP stakes the Grumpy claim to protect a large auriferous arsenopyrite-rich quartz vein, the first reported gold showing in the High Lake Greenstone Belt
- 1985 Aber Resources prospects and drills the Hood River property
- 1988 BHP stakes the Ulu claim and surrounding areas after collecting a 1.2 g/t gold grab sample
- 1989 BHP discovers and drills the Flood Zone after collecting a series of >20 g/t gold grab samples over a 400m trend
- 1990-1993 BHP drills the Flood Zone and drill tests outboard gold showings peripheral to the Flood Zone, including the North Fold Nose
- 1993 Benachee/Snowpipe Resources stake the Hood River claims to explore for diamond potential
- 1995 Echo Bay purchases the Ulu project and generates a resource and mine plan to a 300 m depth at a rate of 750 t/d for seven years
- 1996 Echo Bay installs a camp at Ulu, a ramp to the 75 m level and builds an interim winter road between Lupin and Ulu, completes infill surface drilling on the Flood Zone and drills peripheral targets
- 1997 Echo Bay extends the ramp to the 155 m level and begins underground drilling at the Flood Zone alongside exploration drilling. Drillign and underground operations were suspended and a new resource estimate, feasibility study and new mine plan were produced.
- 2000 Tahera Diamonds acquires the Hood River MEA and discovers the Tenacity Kimberlite
- 2004 Wolfden acquires the Ulu Mining Lease and drills 44 holes, primarily at the Flood Zone
- 2005 Wolfden commissions a NI43-101 report on the Flood Zone
- 2006 Wolfden commissions a preliminary economic assessment of the Ulu property
- 2011 Elgin drills 13 holes at the Flood Zone and peripheral targets
- 2013 Inukshuk signs the current Hood River MEA exploration agreement with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
- 2014 WPC acquires the Hood River MEA and conducts a surface sampling program
- 2018 The Ulu property is transferred to WPC and a channel sampling program is completed
- 2019 WPC changes its name to Blue Star Gold Corp to reflect major changes to its management team and Board of Directors and represent the Company’s dedication to Canada’s North. A drill program is conducted on the North Fold Nose
- 2020 Blue Star drills at the Flood Zone, Nutaaq and North Fold Nose, and several peripheral targets
- 2021 Blue Star drills at the Flood Zone, Nutaaq and North Fold Nose, as well as several peripheral targets.
- 2022 Blue Star drills at the Flood Zone, Nutaaq and North Fold Nose, and several peripheral targets. An airborne geophysical survey is completed over all Blue Star claims.
- 2023 Blue Star completes a surface program with an extensive mapping component, and releases an updated NI43-101 technical report
- 2024 Blue Star drills at the Flood Zone, Nutaaq and several peripheral targets
