Mining News: Japan plays key role in Alaska mining  08/29/2010
Japan is an important player in Alaska’s mining industry. The island nation imports more than US$125 million in minerals from the Far North state annually and Tokyo-based businesses own the Pogo gold mine and are making significant investments in other mining projects across the state. To fur...

Mining News: Columnist tips hat to mine developers  08/29/2010
In the last month, several of Alaska’s major metal mines reported strong operating numbers; one company released a preliminary economic assessment and three new mineral exploration companies acquired exploration interests in Alaska. While the functions of explorers and producers are quite differen...

Mining News: Resource quandary evokes famous poem  08/29/2010
As we approach the 2010 primary election (which will be history by the time this article is read), it is worth pondering how rapidly Alaskans, like the crewmates of the Ancient Mariner, are plunging toward oblivion in the midst of a sea of plenty. The warnings of those who opposed statehood are no...

Mining News: Explorers trek to mining-friendly Yukon  08/29/2010
THISTLE CREEK, Yukon Territory – The Bell Jet Ranger helicopter just landed, while the A-Star unloaded passengers before powering down its engines on the other side of the creek. A third, smaller copter whined as its rotors buffeted bystanders with gusts of dust and debris during takeoff. Meanwhil...

Mining News: Miners rock first-ever ‘Dawson Rocks’  08/29/2010
DAWSON, Yukon Territory – “If we hold it, they will come,” reasoned Mike Burke, head of Mineral Services at the Yukon Geological Survey. True to his expectations, some 70 prospectors, geologists and junior companies flocked to a Front Street meeting hall here Aug. 11 for the first-ever “Dawson Roc...

Mining News: Juniors pour millions into Yukon projects  08/29/2010
DAWSON, Yukon Territory – Hardrock mining explorers are capitalizing on unprecedented investor interest and going after paying gold, silver, copper-rich porphyry, lead-zinc and other metal deposits here with uncommon gusto this summer. A few years ago, a multimillion-dollar, single-season explo...

Mining News: Tower Hill unlikely to clone Fort Knox  08/29/2010
Having completed a preliminary economic assessment for the Livengood project in early August, International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. has shifted its focus toward bringing the multimillion-ounce gold property into production. “Our operational team is making excellent progress in advancing the pr...

Mining News: Constantine expands VMS, gears up for gold  08/29/2010
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd.’s 7,500-meter drill program continues to unravel the complex geology of Glacier Creek Prospect at the Palmer copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Southeast Alaska. The South Wall and RW zones at Glacier Creek has been the focus of Constantine’s drilling since the ju...

Mining News: Explorers seek new uranium discoveries  08/29/2010
While intrepid juniors are busy pursuing another season of uranium exploration in Nunavut, the Government of Nunavut, in partnership with the federal government through the Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office are participating in a major collaboration between government, industry and academia in hop...

Mining News: Fortymile resonates with Rolling Thunder  07/25/2010
FORTYMILE – The storm clouds responsible for the torrential rains that recently washed away long sections of the Taylor Highway are not the only source of rumbling in the Fortymile region of eastern Interior Alaska. Full Metal Minerals Ltd. has launched the Rolling Thunder Project here this summer....

Mining News: Coal miner advances Wishbone Hill  07/25/2010
With access granted and exploration permit in hand, Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. has started a drill program at its Wishbone Hill property 10 miles northeast of Palmer, Alaska. The fourth-generation, family-owned company said the estimated 14 million tons of bituminous coal at Wishbone Hill can fill an...

Mining News: Kensington joins ranks of big producers  07/25/2010
Two seminal events related to the Alaska mining industry occurred in the past month. First, in late June, Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. reported the commencement of production at it Kensington gold mine near Juneau. The mine has now joined the ranks of large-scale producers here in Alaska but only afte...

Mining News: Superior court weighs in on Pebble case  07/25/2010
On July 9 Alaska’s Superior Court entered an order in a case now pending against the state’s Department of Natural Resources concerning the propriety of a series of multiple land use permits and temporary water rights permits that had been issued to the Pebble Limited Partnership and its predecessor...

Mining News: Thompson Creek agrees to buy B.C. junior  07/25/2010
Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. and Terrane Metals Corp. said they have completed a definitive agreement for the Denver-based molybdenum producer to purchase Terrane Metals with cash and stock valued at about C$650 million. The deal, which won approval of both Thompson Creek and Terrane’s boards of...

Mining News: Explorers return to former gold diggings  07/25/2010
Though most of the gold fever sweeping northern Canada these days is focused on Yukon Territory’s White Gold district to the west and near Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.’s new Meadowbank Mine to the east in Nunavut, a growing number of explorers are trekking to the territory in between. Mining companies a...

Mining News: REEs become rarer on China export cuts  07/25/2010
China, which mines the majority of the global supply of rare earth elements within its borders, has, over recent years, increasingly restricted its exports of the unique minerals to non-China-based production facilities. This trend has continued with a July announcement that the Far East country int...

Mining News: Kensington opening benefits Coeur, Juneau  07/25/2010
In June 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 ruling that upheld a tailings disposal permit for the Kensington gold mine near Juneau.  Owner Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. fired up Kensington’s mill June 24, one year and two days after the high court made its decision. “The startup of productio...

Mining News: Geo-mapping Far North pays dividends  07/25/2010
As we contemplate manned space flights to Mars, it may be hard to believe that there are still vast areas of the earth’s surface that we have yet to explore. Believe it. The world’s knowledge of the geology of Canada’s Far North is very limited. To fill this knowledge gap, Canada’s federal governm...

Mining News: In-depth Pebble study nears completion  07/25/2010
PEBBLE — Pebble Partnership CEO John Shively opened his June 21 presentation to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Make it Monday Forum with the query, “How many people here have heard of the Pebble Mine Project?” The room resonated with laughter in response to Shively’s rhetorical question. Though e...

Lenders sue for controlling interest of Liberty Star  09/02/2010
Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp. Sept. 2 said two former lenders of the company, Platinum Long Term Growth VI LLC and Alpha Capital Anstalt, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court ag...Comments

Golden Predator doubles its Yukon holdings  09/02/2010
Golden Predator Corp. Sept. 1 said it has signed an option agreement under which it can acquire a 100 percent interest in six separate properties located in east-central Yukon Territory, which would... Comments

Chamber hails decision on uranium mining in Nunavut  09/02/2010
The NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines Aug. 31 reported that the Government of Nunavut has responded to a petition tabled in the spring legislature calling for a public inquiry regarding the wisdom of a... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  09/02/2010
MANAGEMENT – NovaGold Resources Inc. Aug. 1 said Gerry McConnell has been appointed chairman of its board of directors. Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse continues as president and CEO of the company and will rem... Comments

British Columbia  09/02/2010
REVENUE-SHARING – The British Columbia government and the McLeod Lake Indian Band signed a historic mining revenue-sharing agreement Aug. 24 aimed at sharing mineral tax revenue generated by the Mt. M... Comments

Northwest Territories  09/02/2010
TRAINING – Canadian Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Diane Finley Sept. 1 unveiled a partnership with the Dehcho First Nations Futures Society for its “Our People, Our Future” projec... Comments

Nunavut  09/02/2010
IRON – Advanced Explorations Inc. Aug. 31 reported that XinXing Pipes Group Co., Ltd. completed its initial review and site visit of the Roche Bay Magnetite Project in Nunavut and based on their posit... Comments

Yukon Territory  09/02/2010
GOLD – Northern Tiger Resources Inc. Sept. 2 said four separate gold-bearing zones have been identified on its 3Ace Property in southeast Yukon Territory. In addition, initial drill results from the S... Comments

Kiska delivers Whistler report to Kennecott; back-in decision expected by November  08/26/2010
Kiska Metals Corp. has delivered the geological and geophysical report detailing the results from 264 line-kilometers of induced polarization geophysical survey and 23 drill holes at Kiska's Whistler... Comments

Fraser Institute: Attitudes become ‘more hostile’ to mining  08/26/2010
No fewer than 41 of the 51 jurisdictions surveyed – some 80 percent – say attitudes are becoming more hostile to mining, according to the Fraser Institute's latest Survey of Mining Companies: 2010 Mi...Comments

Sabina reports more discoveries at Hackett River in Nunavut  08/26/2010
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Aug. 24 reported the discovery of new mineralized lenses and copper stringer zones at its Hackett River Project in Nunavut. Highlights include: SHR10-39A at East Cleaver,... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  08/26/2010
SPIN-OUT - International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. Aug. 23 said the Supreme Court of British Columbia granted the final order approving the spin-out of its Alaska and Nevada projects, other than the Liven... Comments

Canada  08/26/2010
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Aug. 24 said the small community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, will become the new home of a long-awaited High Arctic Research Station, according to a CTV report. T... Comments

British Columbia  08/26/2010
COAL – Fortune Minerals Ltd. Aug. 23 said it has developed a new commercially competitive railway transportation option for transporting anthracite metallurgical coal products from the company’s Mount... Comments

Northwest Territories  08/26/2010
DIAMONDS – Kinross Gold Corp. Aug. 25 reported the completion of its sale of the 22.5 percent interest it owned in a partnership that holds Harry Winston Diamond Corporation’s 40 percent interest in t... Comments

Nunavut  08/26/2010
DIAMONDS – Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Aug. 23 reported the recent discovery of six new kimberlites at the Chidliak project on Baffin Island in Nunavut. The new discoveries bring the total number of kimbe... Comments

Yukon Territory  08/26/2010
GOLD – Expedition Mining Inc. and Aldrin Resources Corp. Aug. 25 reported exploration progress on its Brew project located in Yukon Territory about 20 kilometers east of Kinross/Underworld’s White Gol... Comments

Native group seek EPA help to limit Pebble discharges  08/19/2010
Bristol Bay Native Corp. has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to exercise its authority under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to prohibit the discharge of dredged or fill material... Comments

Sabina cuts 10.52 g/t AU over 65.55 meters at Back River  08/19/2010
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. Aug. 11 reported further significant results from drilling at its new Llama Lake, Umwelt Lake and Echo discoveries at the Goose Lake property on its Back River project in N...Comments

Drilling continues to expand Livengood project  08/19/2010
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. Aug. 17 reported results from the latest 22 drill holes of its 2010 summer exploration program at Livengood gold project in Interior Alaska. The 50,000-meter drill... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  08/19/2010
SPIN-OUT – International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. Aug. 13 said its shareholders voted 99.85 percent in favor of approving the spin-out of its Alaska and Nevada exploration assets into Corvus Gold Inc. by... Comments

Canada  08/19/2010
ECONOMY – Canada’s three territories are expected to post strong economic growth this year, thanks to a rebound in global demand for commodities, according to report released Aug. 10 by The Conferenc... Comments

British Columbia  08/19/2010
COPPER/GOLD – The management of Romios Gold Resources Inc. Aug. 18 reported the completion of more than 3,000 meters drilling on its Trek Property in northwestern British Columbia. Trek consists of 5... Comments

Northwest Territories  08/19/2010
MANAGEMENT – The Nwt & Nunavut Chamber of Mines has appointed Tom Hoefer to the position of executive director, effective Sept. 6. Hoefer is well known for promoting and advancing Canada’s northern re... Comments

Nunavut  08/19/2010
GOLD – North Country Gold Corp. Aug. 16 reported results from initial exploratory drilling at the Hayes area of the Three Bluffs Gold Project in the Committee Bay Greenstone Belt located northeast of... Comments

Yukon Territory  08/19/2010
GOLD – Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. Aug. 18 reported favorable results from a 2010 drilling program it has re-started and is ongoing at the Ketza River Project in southeastern Yukon Territory. The Ketza Ri... Comments

Quebec’s three-year reign as favorite place to mine ends on tax increases  08/12/2010
Alberta toppled Quebec as the world's most attractive jurisdiction for mineral exploration and development. This, according to the Fraser Institute's Survey of Mining Companies: 2010 Mid-Year Update.... Comments

Full Metal options Alaska Peninsula project to Chilean copper miner  08/12/2010
Full Metal Minerals Ltd. Aug. 10 announced it has entered into an option agreement with Chile-based copper producer Antofagasta Minerals S.A. to explore the Pyramid copper-gold-molybdenum porphyry pr...Comments

Capstone nets US$45.4M in second quarter; discovers high-grade copper at Wildfire  08/12/2010
Capstone Mining Corp. Aug. 10 announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, including net earnings of US$45.4 million or US23 cents per share in the second quarter and U... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  08/12/2010
CANCELATION - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has postponed two mining information sessions that were scheduled to take place on August 11 and 12 in the Southwest Alaska communities of Dilli... Comments

British Columbia  08/12/2010
COPPER/GOLD - Imperial Metals Corp. Aug. 5 released assay results from drilling at its Red Chris property in northwest British Columbia. Results from drill hole RC10-393 include 317.5 meters grading... Comments

Northwest Territories  08/12/2010
GOLD - Tyhee Development Corp. Aug. 11 announced the discovery of two new gold zones on its Yellowknife Gold Project, Northwest Territories. The Bear and Spud zones, were discovered within the 7-kilom... Comments

Nunavut  08/12/2010
GOLD - Commander Resources Ltd. Aug. 12 said it is extending the 2010 field program at its Kanosak gold prospect (formerly Hebert) at its Baffin Island gold project. AngloGold Ashanti, Commander’s jo... Comments

Yukon Territory  08/12/2010
GOLD/COPPER - Dawson Gold Corp. began publicly trading on the TSX-Venture Exchange on August 10. The Vancouver B.C.-based mineral exploration company is currently focused on the development and explor... Comments

PEA: 500,000-ounce annual gold output at Livengood  08/05/2010
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. Aug. 3 released an independently prepared preliminary economic assessment for its Livengood gold project in Interior Alaska. The PEA envisions processing 81,000 met... Comments

Junior makes copper, gold, silver discovery in Yukon  08/05/2010
Tarsis Resources Ltd. Aug. 3 said it made a new grassroots copper, gold and silver discovery in Yukon Territory, while carrying out porphyry generative exploration. Rock specimens were collected wit...Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  08/05/2010
REGULATION – U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, Aug. 2 introduced H.R. 5992, which, if passed, would amend the Clean Water Act to remove the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to veto an Army Corps... Comments

British Columbia  08/05/2010
GEOLOGY – The British Columbia Geological Survey in July said its 2010 field program is dominated by new and continuing partnership projects, including four major field-based projects in addition to... Comments

Northwest Territories  08/05/2010
DIAMONDS – Diadem Resources Ltd. Aug. 4 said it hired drilling contractor Northtech Drilling Ltd. of Yellowknife, Nwt., which has been engaged and is mobilizing a drilling crew to the Parry Peninsula... Comments

Nunavut  08/05/2010
GOLD – Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. July 28 reported record payable gold production in the second quarter of 2010 totaling 257,728 ounces at total cash cost of US$487 per ounce. This compares with payable... Comments

Yukon Territory  08/05/2010
PRECIOUS METALS – Tarsis Resources Ltd. Aug. 4 reported that Silver Quest Resources Ltd., the optionee exploring its Prospector Mountain Project in Yukon Territory, has received assays from 84 select... Comments

Summer drilling discovers new gold zones at Livengood  07/29/2010
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. July 27 released the assay results from the initial 19 holes of its summer 2010 exploration at Livengood. The 45,000-meters drill program is focused on converting... Comments

Hecla banks US$80M and steps up exploration, development in Q2  07/29/2010
The 2.6 million ounces of silver recovered from its Greens Creek and Lucky Friday mines generated US$54 million in cash-flow for Hecla Mining Company. This equates to a margin of US$20.78 per ounce o...Comments

Increased coal sales drive Teck’s C$1B operating profit  07/29/2010
Teck Resources Limited July 22 announced quarterly earnings of C$260 million, or C44 cents per share, for the second quarter of 2010 compared with C$570 million or C$1.17 per share in the same period... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  07/29/2010
GOLD – Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. July 26 said it has extended long-term hedging against planned gold output due to continuing strength in bullion prices. The company produces about 7.5 tons of gold pe... Comments

British Columbia  07/29/2010
GOLD – TAD Mineral Exploration Inc. July 29 said it has recommenced operations on the Hazelton North Prospect located about 20 kilometers, or 12 miles, north of Hazleton, B.C. The next phase of opera... Comments

Northwest Territories  07/29/2010
TUNGSTEN – North American Tungsten Corp. Ltd. July 26 said it plans to restart production at the Cantung tungsten mine in the Northwest Territories. N.A. Tungsten’s board has approved a comprehensive... Comments

Nunavut  07/29/2010
FINANCE – Hornby Bay Mineral Exploration Ltd. July 29 released the terms of a rights offering to existing shareholders to raise gross proceeds of up to $1,937,533. The company will be offering to elig... Comments

Yukon Territory  07/29/2010
GOLD – ATAC Resources Ltd. July 29 reported another significant gold discovery at its Rau Gold Project in the Keno Hill Mining District of central Yukon Territory. The Osiris Showing occurs within th... Comments

TintinaGold encouraged by initial Kugruk assay results  07/22/2010
TintinaGold Resources Inc. has received preliminary assay results for two holes at its Kugruk property in Northwest Alaska about 20 miles, or 32 kilometers east of the Kotzebue Sound. The Vancouver B... Comments

Millrock options Cristo claims to newcomer Brixton  07/22/2010
Millrock Resources Inc. and Brixton Metals Corp. have reached an agreement for the exploration of Millrock’s Monte Cristo and St. Eugene properties, referred to as the Cristo claim group, in the Kahi...Comments

Chinese-backed junior seeks takeover of Tagish Lake  07/22/2010
New Pacific Metals Corp. July 21 said it has made an unsolicited purchase offer for financially beleaguered Tagish Lake Gold Corp., which owns the Skukum gold properties in southern Yukon Territory.... Comments

Fire, filters constrain Minto copper production  07/22/2010
Capstone Mining Corp. July 19 reported operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, from its Minto copper-gold mine in central Yukon Territory. For the three and six months ended J... Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  07/22/2010
MARKETING - In an effort to further strengthen Alaska’s significant trade and investment links to Asia, state Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin, Department of Environmental Conser... Comments

British Columbia  07/22/2010
COPPER/GOLD – Imperial Metals Corp. July 22 said it has discovered significant intervals of copper-gold mineralization in the WX zone located south of the Springer pit at its Mount Polley open pit mi... Comments

Northwest Territories  07/22/2010
RARE EARTH ELEMENTS - Avalon Rare Metals Inc. July 20 reported assay results from the remaining 21 holes of its 2010 winter drill program on the Nechalacho rare earth element deposit at Thor Lake, No... Comments

Nunavut  07/22/2010
DIAMONDS – Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. July 21 reported the discovery of eight new kimberlites at the Chidliak project on Baffin Island, Nunavut. Six of the new kimberlites, CH-19, CH-21 and CH-23 throug... Comments

Yukon Territory  07/22/2010
IOCG – REC Minerals Corp. July 16 said it completed its initial diamond drilling program at its Yukon Olympic Property, located in the Yukon Territory. The company currently holds an option to acquir... Comments

Thompson Creek agrees to acquire Terrane Metals  07/15/2010
Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. and Terrane Metals Corp. jointly reported completion of a definitive agreement under which Thompson Creek will acquire 100 percent of the issued and outstanding equity... Comments

Financing fuels NovaGold’s pursuits of opportunities  07/15/2010
NovaGold Resources Inc., in its second-quarter financial report, said it is now financed to meet its existing obligations for the next two to three years, with the additional flexibility to consider...Comments

Alaska News Nuggets  07/15/2010
REE – Ucore Rare Metals Inc. July 15 said drilling has begun at its Bokan-Dotson Ridge rare earth element project in Southeast Alaska. Ucore has approved a budget of more than C$3 million for the 2010... Comments

British Columbia  07/15/2010
GOLD – Canasia Industries Corp. July 13 said it has begun exploration at its Clone Gold Prospect in Stewart, B.C. Payment for the first phase of the 2010 drill program has been forwarded to the operat... Comments

Northwest Territories  07/15/2010
DIAMONDS – Darnley Bay Resources Ltd. and Diadem Resources Ltd. July 9 said they have agreed on the principal terms of a 50/50 joint venture agreement for exploration and production of diamonds and m... Comments

Nunavut  07/15/2010
IRON – Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation July 12 said it has commissioned AMEC Americas Ltd., an independent and internationally recognized engineering firm, to complete a definitive feasibility stud... Comments

Yukon Territory  07/15/2010
GOLD – Golden Predator Corp. July 13 said it began an oriented core diamond drilling on its Clear Creek project located 110 kilometers, or 68 miles, east-southeast of Dawson City in Yukon. This diamo... Comments