20 questions for Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse
North of 60 Mining News is proud to introduce 20 questions for 2020. Over the course of this series, Mining News will interview mining and political leaders from Alaska, British... — Updated 1/30/2020 Full story
More than oil across Arctic Slope region
It was the vast petroleum reserves lying under what is now the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) region and the need to build a roughly 800-mile pipeline to deliver oil to global... — Updated 1/30/2020 Full story
Leaks reveal refined Pebble Mine plan
The executive summary of the Preliminary Final Environmental Impact Statement (PFEIS) for the Pebble copper-gold mine project in Southwest Alaska was leaked to select media outlets... — Updated 2/14/2020 Full story
Fort Knox Mine gold output hits new low
At just over 200,000 ounces, the 2019 gold production at Fort Knox Mine is the lowest in the 24-year history of this open pit operation a few miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The good... — Updated 2/14/2020 Full story
AIDEA affirms interest in funding Bokan
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. Feb. 10 announced that the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) has reaffirmed its interest in funding the Alaska Strategic Metals Complex,... — Updated 2/14/2020 Full story
South32, Trilogy finalize joint venture
South32 Ltd. and Trilogy Metals Inc. Feb. 11 announced the finalization of a joint venture to advance exploration and development of the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in the Ambler Mining... — Updated 2/14/2020
High grade gold resource outlined at Unga
Redstar Gold Corp. Jan. 10 published a maiden industry-compliant resource for the SH-1 zone, formerly known as the Shumagin zone, on its Unga gold project on the Alaska Peninsula. The... — Updated 2/14/2020
- Pebble picks salmon, sewers and beaches
- 64North drilling slated to begin in March
- Hecla silver reserves at record levels
- Ucore advancing Bokan toward feasibility
- Another high-grade drill target at JT
- Pogo, Northern Star reach inflection point
- White Rock adds Tintina Gold Belt target
- Excited about Lik discovery potential
Triumph updates Freegold Mtn resource
Triumph Gold Corp. Feb. 11 announced the first updated mineral resource estimates for the Freegold Mountain gold-copper-silver project in the Yukon since the end of 2014. Over the years,... — Updated 2/14/2020
Less 2020 Brucejack gold than envisioned
Pretium Resources Inc. Jan. 12 announced that the Brucejack Mine in northwestern British Columbia produced 354,405 ounces of gold last year at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of... — Updated 2/14/2020
Encouraging Eskay Creek results continue
Skeena Resources Ltd. Feb. 11 announced strong gold and silver grades tapped during infill drilling in the 21A and 21E zones toward the southern end of the open pit resource at the Eskay... — Updated 2/14/2020
Regulatory burden relief gains traction
A priority of the Trump administration in 2016 was the reduction of the regulatory burden on America's businesses. Three years ago, the President signed Executive Order 13771, "Reducing... — Updated 1/30/2020 Full story
Are mega-gold-mergers good for North?
The two mega-mergers that hit the gold mining sector early in 2019 – Barrick Gold Corp. combining with Randgold Resources Ltd. and Newmont Mining Corp. acquiring Goldcorp Inc. – is... — Updated 2/14/2020 Full story
Alaska is a great place to do business
When it comes to mineral exploration incentives, currency exchange and infrastructure, Alaska is at a disadvantage in the realm of attracting exploration investments from Canada and... — Updated 2/14/2020 Full story
- Goodpaster – Gold is where you find it
- HighGold hit the ground running in Alaska
- South32 invests in 2 Alaska copper projects
- A bigger GAME at the SAM gold property
- Northway completes IPO, explores Healy
- GT Gold explores its own Golden Triangle
- Nova Minerals excited about Estelle gold
- Alianza explores Yukon high-grade silver
- EV demand drives Graphite One in Alaska
- Teck explores Alaska, B.C. for zinc, copper
- Constantine unlocks gold, advances Palmer
- WAC&G consolidates Illinois Creek District
- A Tectonic shift for gold exploration
- Tower Hill advances Livengood optimization
- Mineral riches lure explorers to Yukon
- Garibaldi grows important BC nickel find
- Bumpy ride ahead for NWT mining
- Auryn applies AI to search for Nunavut gold
- Nunavut takes stock in 20th year
- Golden opportunities outweigh BC policy
- Success funds Silvertip, Kensington drilling
- Novagold focused on optimizing Donlin
- Skeena expands shallow Eskay Creek gold
- Explorer executes vision at Hope Bay
- Northern Star investing in Pogo future
- White Rock, Sandfire team up in Alaska
- Kinross finding more gold at Fort Knox
- High-grade gold helps de-risk Back River
- Alexco explores restart of Keno Hill Mine
- Bonanza gold beyond Valley of the Kings
- Triumph digs deep at Freegold Mountain
- Dolly Varden makes Chance silver discovery
- Millrock expands Goodpaster portfolio
- Freegold attracts South32 to Shorty Creek
- Drills expand Greens Creek beyond 2030
- Partners explore wider Peak Gold potential
- Premier Stewart area gold-silver miner
- Near mine find shows Gahcho Kué potential
- Explorer seeks Yukon gold
- Trilogy explorers prolific Ambler District
- Cantex expands spectacular North Rackla
- StrikePoint expands Stewart area projects
- Crystal Lake finds newly uncovered copper
- ATAC unlocking Rau's rich metal potential
- Golden Predator eyes gold mine restart
- Aben seeks high-grade gold in Yukon, BC
- ZincX targets Cardiac Creek zinc upgrades
- Victoria pours Eagle gold, explores Raven
- PolarX tests Saturn porphyry potential
- Luckystrike bets on Monte Carlo gold
- Agnico's golden Nunavut vision realized
- EMX invests in Goodpaster royalty, explorer
- Mission accomplished – KSM partner-ready
- TerraX traces Giant gold north onto YCGP
- Discoveries spur drilling at Indin Lake
- Osisko expands Pine Point zinc resource
- Klondike hits bonanza gold above Eldorado
- Solstice tests targets east of Meliadine
- Fireweed drills zinc deposit extensions
- North Arrow lands Naujaat diamond plant
- In memory of a rising geology superstar
Batteries create critical cobalt situation
Cobalt is a critical safety ingredient in the cathodes of lithium-ion batteries powering the ever-increasing number of electric vehicles traveling global highways and a plethora of... — Updated 2/14/2020 Full story
- EV batteries to drive 9x graphite growth
- New battery tech revives vanadium interest
- Alaska is rich in critical rare earths
- Strategic beryllium makes critical list
- China domination makes tungsten critical
- Copper turns green with critical minerals
- Rhenium – the hot superalloy element
- Tellurium – solar lights metalloid future
- US leaders address critical minerals
- Antimony – resists heat, draws criticality
- Indispensable twin metals critical to US
- Barite weighs in on critical minerals list
- PGEs – the hard-working precious metals
- Titanium – the lighter, whiter metal
- Indium – the everyday metal you never see
- Gold – a pathfinder to critical minerals
- No viable substitute for critical chromium
- Revealing Alaska's critical minerals
- Zirconium-hafnium – bound beyond nature
- Fiber-optics, solar drive germanium demand
- Tin – Alaska's gateway critical mineral
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