TSX Venture rises, Dec. 7-11 A drill site at Integra Resources’ DeLamar gold project in southwestern Idaho. Credit: Integra Resources. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose 1.46% (11.19 points) to finish the Dec. 7-11 trading week at 780.30. Spot gold dropped US$24.50 per oz. (1.31%) to US$1,839.50 per ounce. Shares of Whitehorse Gold surged $1.50 to $3.28 per share on a strong intercept from its 2020 drill program at its wholly owned Skukum gold project in the Yukon. Drillhole SC20-001 returned 8.07 metres (true width) grading 6.54 grams gold per tonne and 186.83 grams silver per tonne starting from 434.08 metres downhole, including 1.2 metres of 21.4 grams gold and 563 grams silver. The hole was drilled into the Rainbow Zone of the project’s Skukum Creek deposit. Results from three other holes are pending. The 170 sq. km project is about 55 km south of Whitehorse and has year-r0und access. The project hosts three deposits with resource estimates and underground development – the Skukum Creek deposit, Goddell deposit and the past-producing Mt. Skukum gold mine) along with multiple mineralized showings. Skukum Creek is the largest of the three deposits and contains 1 million indicated tonnes grading 5.85 grams gold and 166.4 grams silver and 537,000 inferred tonnes grading 4.99 grams gold and 108.3 grams silver.