New estimate touts higher grades at Livengood  06/25/2009
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. June 25 released an updated gold resource estimate for the Money Knob deposit at its Livengood gold project near Fairbanks, Alaska. The Livengood project has an es...Comments

Usibelli expects 1 billion-ton reserve at Healy coal mine  06/25/2009
Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. has identified a surface mineable reserve base of about 700 million tons, of which 450 million can be classified as proven and 250 million as probable. Some of the reserve are... Comments

Teck mine rescue teams earn 11 safety awards  06/25/2009
The Province of British Columbia recognized two of Teck Resources Ltd.’s coal operations for excellence in mine safety at the 54th Annual Provincial Mine Rescue, First Aid and Safety Awards ceremony... Comments

Seabridge agrees to sell Red Mountain for C$12 million  06/25/2009
Seabridge Gold Inc. June 25 said it signed a letter of intent to sell its interest in the Red Mountain gold property near Stewart, B.C. to BonTerra Resources Inc. for C$7.0 million in cash, plus a C$... Comments

Hackney files APOC complaint against ballot opponents  06/18/2009
A complaint was filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission by Arthur Hackney on June 15 alleging Alaskans Against the Mining Shutdown, the Council of Alaska Producers, and NANA Regional Corporati... Comments

CBR Gold, Hunter Dickinson agree to form Niblack JV  06/18/2009
CBR Gold Corp. and Hunter Dickinson Inc. have agreed to form a joint venture on CBR Gold’s Niblack copper-gold-silver-zinc project on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska, subject to completion...Comments

Underworld discovers deep gold-silver rich zone at White Gold  06/18/2009
Underworld Resources Inc. said that drilling has encountered a new, deep gold-silver rich zone at the White Gold Property in Yukon Territory. Hole WD09-31 intersected a 10.5 meter breccia zone at Gol... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  06/18/2009
GOLD – Mantra Mining Inc. June 15 said it has awarded a 2,500-meter drill contract on its Colorado Creek gold project in Southwest Alaska to Boart Longyear Co. The company expected to begin the explo... Comments

Yukon News Nuggets  06/18/2009
GOLD – Cariboo Rose Resources Ltd. June 15 said it has signed a letter of intent option agreement with Alder Resources Ltd. giving Alder the option to earn a 60 percent interest in Cariboo Rose’s 12,... Comments

APOC: Fine and investigate anti-Pebble syndicate  06/11/2009
A June 4 report by the Alaska Public Offices Commission staff recommends an anti-Pebble syndicate led by McKinley Capital Management CEO Bob Gillam be levied the maximum civil penalties for multiple... Comments

Millrock forms alliance with Altius to explore Alaska  06/11/2009
Millrock Resources Inc. has entered into a private placement agreement with Altius Minerals Corp., a natural resource project generation and royalty business based in Newfoundland and Labrador, to in...Comments

Junior to purchase interest in Yukon’s Brewery Creek  06/11/2009
Golden Predator Royalty & Development Corp. June 8 said it has signed a letter of intent with Alexco Resource Corp. to acquire up to a 75 percent interest in the Brewery Creek Project located in nor... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  06/11/2009
PEBBLE - Truth About Pebble, a citizen’s organization formed to support the process for the Pebble project, has called for broadcasters to pull the television advertisements accusing the Pebble Partne... Comments

Yukon News Nuggets  06/11/2009
COPPER/GOLD – Capstone Mining Corp. June 9 reported for measured and indicated mineral resources at the high grade Minto copper-gold mine in Yukon Territory increased by nearly one-third. The miner sa... Comments

Ashburton acquires gold property in Circle district  06/04/2009
Ashburton Ventures Inc. June 2 said it has acquired an option, from Royal Pretoria Gold Ltd., to earn a 100 percent interest in the Bullion Hills gold property located about 240 kilometers, or 150 mi... Comments

BC Court assigns Redcorp assets to receiver  06/04/2009
Redcorp Ventures Ltd. May 29 said that in response to a petition brought by its secured creditors, the British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that an extended stay of bankruptcy proceedings to June...Comments

Territory cuts funding for vital prospector program  06/04/2009
De Beers Canada Inc. May 28 released its 2008 Snap Lake Mine Socio-Economic Report, which summarizes the company’s contribution to the economic, social and cultural well-being of the Northwest Territ... Comments

De Beers reports impact of Snap Lake Mine  06/04/2009
The Northwest Powerline Coalition May 29 released “Delivering Green Power to Northern British Columbia,” an updated report based on a 2008 document by the Mining Association of B.C. Delivering Green... Comments

Northwest power line would deliver huge green benefits  06/04/2009
The Northwest Powerline Coalition May 29 released “Delivering Green Power to Northern British Columbia,” an updated report based on a 2008 document by the Mining Association of B.C. Delivering Green P... Comments

News Nuggets  06/04/2009
GOLD - Millrock Resources Inc. May 29 said Kinross Gold Corp. purchased its securities in a private placement valued at C$350,000. Kinross bought 2,187,500 units in Millrock at C16 cents per Unit. Eac... Comments

News Nuggets  06/04/2009
COPPER/GOLD – Copper Ridge Explorations Inc. May 29 said it has entered into a subscription and distribution agreement with Platoro West Holdings Inc. in which Platoro will subscribe, on a non-brokere...Comments

News Nuggets  06/04/2009
ENERGY – The Tahltan Central Council May 29 said it reached an agreement with the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and BC Hydro on a process for assessment of the pro... Comments

Rimfire, Geoinformatics agree to merge  05/28/2009
Rimfire Minerals Corporation and Geoinformatics Exploration Inc. have agreed to merge. Under the agreement, Geoinformatics will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Rimfire at an excha... Comments

Regulator directs Redcorp to correct violations  05/28/2009
Redcorp Ventures Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary Redfern Resources Ltd. May 25 said they have been served with an Inspector’s Direction from Environment Canada to correct environmental violation...Comments

Coeur awarded for international safety  05/28/2009
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation has again been recognized by the International Society of Mine Safety Professionals with six national and international safety awards at its operating and exploration... Comments

News Nuggets  05/28/2009
ZINC - Zazu Metals Corp. May 28 unveiled an NI 43-101 resource estimate on the Lik zinc-lead-silver deposit, located 22 kilometers, or 14 miles, from Teck Resources’ Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska.... Comments

Kinross expands Fort Knox, eyes Livengood  05/21/2009
The Fort Knox Mine outside Fairbanks is planning major exploration and expansion in 2009 despite the woes of the economy, according to the mine’s general manager. The Associated Press reported that L... Comments

International Tower Hill banks another C$23 million  05/21/2009
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. May 20 said it has received C$23.11 million from the exercise of 7.75 million warrants, broker options and broker warrants that expired May 9. The junior reports t...Comments

News Nuggets  05/21/2009
FINANCE - Mantra Mining Inc. May 20 said it closed a non-brokered private placement and the acquisition of interests in five claim blocks located in Alaska’s Kuskokwim Mineral Belt. The junior sold 14... Comments

APOC says hats off to Alaska governor  05/14/2009
The Alaska Public Offices Commission has ruled that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did not break Alaska campaign laws when she told reporters that she was going to vote “No” on Ballot Measure 4. Brian Kraf... Comments

NovaGold unit settles Rock Creek issues with EPA  05/14/2009
Alaska Gold Corp., a subsidiary of NovaGold Resources Inc. operating its Nome Operations, May 12 said it has entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resol...Comments

Taseko reports stronger production performance  05/14/2009
Taseko Mines Ltd. May 13 reported dramatically improved first-quarter earnings that resulted mainly from rigorous cost-cutting. For the three months that ended March 31. The owner of the Gibraltar co... Comments

Tileston Award nomination deadline May 15  05/14/2009
The deadline for nominations for this year’s second annual Tileston Award is May 15. The award is presented by the Resource Development Council and the Alaska Conservation Alliance jointly to recogn... Comments

Underworld begins drilling, expands White Gold  05/14/2009
Underworld Resources Inc. said drilling has commenced at its White Gold Property in western Yukon Territory. The junior has doubled the scale of the 2009 drill program to aggressively stepout along s... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  05/14/2009
RESIGNATION - Freegold Ventures Ltd. May 8 announced that Steve Manz has resigned as president, CEO and director of Freegold. The Vancouver B.C,-based junior is currently pursuing a number of alterna... Comments

Canada News Nuggets  05/14/2009
COPPER – Western Copper Corp. May 4 won approval of its general site plan for the Carmacks Copper Project, 198 kilometers, or 128 kilometers, north of Whitehorse, from Yukon Territory mine regulators....Comments

High Court seeks more information in Kensington case  05/07/2009
The U.S Supreme Court May 4 asked for supplemental briefs in a case that challenges Coeur Alaska Inc.’s federal permit to dispose of tailings from the Kensington gold mining project into a nearby lake... Comments

Mantra to buy Alaska properties from Electrum affiliate  05/07/2009
Two separate deals announced by Mantra during the first week of May will give the Vancouver-based junior a 55 percent stake in 20,040 acres of Southwest Alaska gold properties, plus C$5 million in wo...Comments

Pure Nickel to spend US$4.9 million at Man Project  05/07/2009
Pure Nickel Inc. May 6 said it will conduct a US$4.9 million exploration program at the Man project in Interior Alaska. Pure Nickel and Tokyo-based Itochu Corp. finalized a US$4.4 million exploration... Comments

Kinross reports production slump at Fort Knox  05/07/2009
Kinross Gold Corp. said in its first quarter 2009 report it is on track to produce between 2.4 million and 2.5 million gold equivalent ounces this year. Though the Toronto-based miner realized a com... Comments

Kaminak chases “White” gold in Yukon Territory  05/07/2009
Kaminak Gold Corp. May 4 said it has acquired an option to purchase 100 percent interest in three highly prospective gold properties located about 120 kilometers south of Dawson City, Yukon Territory... Comments

News Nuggets  05/07/2009
ZINC - Mantra Mining Inc. May 4 said it has completed acquisition of 100 percent interest in the 5,428-hectare, or 13,081-acre, Gnome zinc claims from Charles James Greig for C$3,000 in cash and 15,00... Comments

News Nuggets  05/07/2009
GOLD – Northern Freegold Resources Ltd. May 6 said it completed its final payment of C$100,000 and 1 million shares of its stock to ATAC Resources Ltd. and exercised an option May 1 to acquire 100 per...Comments