Canyon Resources Corporation engages in the exploration, acquisition, development, and mining of precious metals, uranium, and other mineral properties. It has gold production operations in the western United States, as well as conducts exploration activities for mineral properties in the western United States. The company owns Briggs Mine located in southeastern California; Kendall Mine located near Lewistown, Montana; and Reward property that has approximately 1,600 acres in southwestern Nye County, as well as 99 lode claims and 6 placer claims located in southwestern Nevada. Its properties also include Tuscarora and Adelaide properties located in Nevada; Mount Edna prospect in southeastern Humboldt County, Nevada; and Tram prospect located at the western end of Yucca Mountain in southern Nye County, Nevada. In addition, Canyon owns Converse and Sand Creek Uranium Joint Ventures to explore for uranium in Converse and Niobrara Counties of Wyoming; Seven-Up Pete Venture that controls the Seven-Up Pete gold deposit located in Lewis and Clark County, Montana; and approximately 900,000 acres of mineral rights and lands in western Montana, as well as Barite properties, including Kenelty property located in Lincoln County, northwest Montana; Coloma property located in the Garnet Mountains in Missoula County, Montana; Elk Creek located in Missoula County, Montana; and Chippy Creek Barite prospect located in Sanders County, northwest Montana. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Golden, Colorado.
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