Two drillers test a nickel deposit on a warm late summer day in Alaska.

Alaska Energy Metals project rediscovered

NIKOLAI, ALASKA – Alaska Energy Metals Corp. President and CEO Greg Beischer has returned to finish what he started when he first landed in Alaska as a young geologist for INCO Ltd. in 1995 ... — Updated 9/14/2023

Geologist holds a loupe over a sample from the Turnagain nickel-cobalt deposit.

Next step for Northern BC nickel project

PFS details a large nickel-cobalt mine with minimal net CO2 emissions at Turnagain project. With the completion of a prefeasibility study, Giga Metals Corp. and joint venture partner Mitsubishi... — Updated 9/25/2023 Full story

Aerial view of the development progress at the Goose Mine site as of September.

Goose gold mine development on track

Upon the April completion of its buyout of Sabina Gold & Silver Corp., B2Gold Corp. hit the ground running at its new Back River gold property in Nunavut and remains on pace to pour its first... — Updated 9/18/2023 Full story

A technician with electronic equipment surveys a gold mine in Nevada.

Newmont CEO delivers powerful message

Urges the mining industry to build goodwill and trust to survive societal, geopolitical, and new technology megatrends in a changing world. Newmont President and CEO Tom Palmer did not waste his... — Updated 9/14/2023

Geologist samples an outcrop of brick red rock along a stream in Alaska.

Trilogy finds zinc-rich zone at Helpmejack

Trilogy Metals Inc. Sept. 27 reported that stream sediment and rock sampling has identified two zinc-enriched volcanogenic massive sulfide targets on the Helpmejack project toward the eastern end... — Updated 10/1/2023 Full story

Alaska mineral exploration camp and airstrip along a river and base of mountain.

Valhalla wraps successful Sun program

Valhalla Metals Inc. Sept. 18 reported the completion of an exploration program at Sun that included camp upgrades, geophysics, relogging of historical core, and four new holes drilled on the... — Updated 9/19/2023 Full story

Crew working a drill pad at Grande Portage’s Herbert Gold project.

First Herbert Gold results look promising

Grande Portage Resources Ltd. Sept. 14 announced an interim update on its 2023 drill program at the company's Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska, which has accrued roughly 3,050 meters of... — Updated 9/21/2023 Full story

An 8-inch section of gunmetal-colored drill core that is roughly 50% copper.

Drill cuts 0.5m of 50% copper at Thunder

American West Metals Ltd. Sept. 26 reported that assays from three deep holes drilled at Storm confirm a new zone of near-surface, high-grade copper at the Thunder discovery, along with a large... — Updated 9/28/2023

A geologist inspects a trench dug across a pegmatite dyke on the Fi property.

Consistently good Yellowknife Lithium

Li-FT Power Ltd. Sept. 26 reported another batch of "consistently good" assays from its 2023 drill program at the Yellowknife Lithium project in Northwest Territories, including additional strong... — Updated 9/28/2023

Gladiator Metals geologist inspecting copper mineralization on slope.

Gladiator returns to drill copper project

Gladiator Metals Corp. Sept. 26 announced the restart of drilling at the high-grade Cowley Park prospect on the company's Whitehorse Copper project in Yukon, Canada. "Gladiator is excited to... — Updated 10/1/2023 Full story

Drone image of historical BV trench with surface sampling and drill results.

Thesis taps 6.3m of 14.9 g/t gold at BV

Thesis Gold Inc. Sept. 28 reported strong gold mineralization was cut in the first three holes drilled this year below the historically mined BV pit on the company's Ranch project in the Toodoggone... — Updated 9/28/2023

Helicopter flying over a glacial valley in Alaska.

Helicopters unlock mineral exploration

With a world now connected by commercial aircraft, defended by sound-breaking jets, and explored by the bizarre rotors of a helicopter, aviation is a concept now often taken for granted but still... — Updated 9/14/2023 Full story

EPA announces new WOTUS amendment

On August 28, the EPA announced a revision to the jurisdictional regulations concerning waters of the United States to conform to the holding in Sackett v. EPA, 598 U.S., decided May 25, 2023.... — Updated 8/31/2023 Full story

A splattered mound of finely powdered recycled battery.

Battery metals require responsible recyclers

Separating your plastics, paper, metals, and food waste has generally been a personal choice throughout most of modern recycling history. However, current demand for resources predicts we won't... — Updated 9/13/2023 Full story

Silver Cadillac Lyriq EV rolls off a General Motors assembly line in Tennessee.

Graphite demand outpaces EV sales

Every electric vehicle rolling off an assembly line increases the demand for graphite by an average of around 160 pounds. With more than 30 million EVs expected to hit global highways each year by... — Updated 9/21/2023 Full story

Computer-generated image of a solid-state battery on a circuit board.

Solving solid-state batteries

While most leaders in the clean energy sector strongly indicate the concept of solid-state batteries is better, a few hurdles have long held this superior rechargeable battery in the realm of... — Updated 9/13/2023 Full story

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