EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Pivoting year for Aston Bay as Virginia goldfields beckon

Aston Bay Holdings has pivoted from its base metals focus at its eponymous property on Baffin Island, Nunavut, to gold exploration in the historic Carolina Slate Belt of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, says CEO Thomas Ullrich.

Henry Lazenby in Beaver Creek, Colorado
 Aston Bay has encountered visible gold at the Buckingham target, Virginia

Aston Bay has encountered visible gold at the Buckingham target, Virginia

As the market regained interest in gold, at the expense of early stage copper-zinc plays, Aston Bay late last year picked up the Blue Ridge properties through an all-scrip acquisition of privately held...

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