Donlin Gold crosses permit finish line
Roughly six years after applications to federal authorities, Barrick Gold Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc. have crossed the finish line on gaining the key federal permits needed to build a... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story
Fort Knox celebrates Gilmore expansion
FAIRBANKS: An Aug. 15 ceremonial groundbreaking for the Gilmore expansion at Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox Mine marked a new chapter in the life of this important gold operation in the... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story
Territory stumbles in race for riches
Northwest Territories may fall behind Canada's two other territories in mining activity in the near-future, but projects underway in the northern jurisdiction hold substantial promise for... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story
First Zackly assays do not disappoint
PolarX Ltd. Aug. 15 reported that assay results confirm the outstanding copper-gold mineralization observed in the core from hole ZX-18020, a hole drilled some 850 meters east of the current... — Updated 8/17/2018
Pentagon funding bans China rare earths
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. Aug. 14 said the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 signed into law by President Donald Trump is a turning point for the rare earth... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story
Barite co-product may add value to Palmer
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Aug. 13 reported that results from metallurgical testing demonstrate a premium-quality barite concentrate can be produced as a co-product to the copper,... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story
Teck takes the exploration lead at Lik
Solitario Zinc Corp. July 23 reported that Teck Resources Ltd. has begun a field program at Lik, a high-grade zinc project near the Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska. Solitario gained a 50... — Updated 8/3/2018 Full story
Cobalt may be a Trilogy "game changer"
Trilogy Metals Inc. July 20 filed a technical report that includes the 77 million pounds of cobalt resource outlined so far at the Bornite project in Northwest Alaska. "Now that we have... — Updated 8/3/2018
More stellar copper cut at Alaska Range
PolarX Ltd. July 24 reported that drilling at its Alaska Range project continues to cut stellar visible copper mineralization beyond the Zackly skarn deposit. A 13-hole drill program carried... — Updated 8/3/2018
High-grade Vertigo results from JP Ross
White Gold Corp. Aug. 15 said it has begun drilling near-surface high-grade gold mineralization recently discovered at the Vertigo Trend on the company's JP Ross property in Yukon's White... — Updated 8/17/2018
Klondike Gold expands drill program, focus
Klondike Gold Corp. Aug. 14 said it is expanding this year's drill program at its Klondike District property in the Yukon, including the addition of a second drill to test the Nugget zone.... — Updated 8/17/2018
Significant interest boosts Auryn financing
Auryn Resources Inc. Aug. 16 closed a C$7.3 million financing that will fund exploration of its Committee Bay and Gibson MacQuoid gold projects in Nunavut; and drilling on its Homestake... — Updated 8/17/2018
Ascot picks up Silver Coin near Premier
Ascot Resources Ltd. Aug. 13 reported that it has entered into definitive agreements with Jayden Resources Inc. and Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. to acquire a full ownership of Silver Coin, an... — Updated 8/17/2018
Unicorn gold supports Premier Mine restart
Ascot Resources Ltd. Aug. 9 reported that drilling has cut high-grade gold mineralization in the Unicorn and Province zones at Big Missouri Ridge, a target about 5,000 meters north of the... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story
Osisko steps up the pace at Pine Point
Osisko Metals Inc. July 24 announced plans to step up the pace of its already aggressive drill program at the Pine Point zinc project in Northwest Territories. "It's our intention to keep... — Updated 8/3/2018 Full story
IDM explores Red Mountain's Lost Valley
IDM Mining Ltd. July 24 reported high-grade gold and silver results from trenching at the Money Rock zone at the Lost Valley target, which is about 4,000 meters south of the resource at the... — Updated 8/3/2018
TerraX explores new Yellowknife gold zones
TerraX Minerals Inc. July 25 said its summer field program has extended gold zones on its Yellowknife City Gold project in Northwest Territories. This 771.6-square-kilometer project is... — Updated 8/17/2018
Critical Minerals Alaska – Tungsten
Extremely hard and with the highest melting point of all the elements on the periodic table, tungsten is a vital ingredient to a wide-range of industrial and military applications, yet none... — Updated 8/17/2018 Full story
Dead cat bounce for Alaska mining?
Although the Alaska mineral industry is in better health in the middle of 2018 than it has been in the last five years, the spirited recovery that was in progress in the first quarter of the... — Updated 8/3/2018 Full story
Risk of abandonment of claims continues
About 26 months ago, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources announced its intention to modify the regulations concerning the location of mining claims on state land. The process of... — Updated 7/26/2018 Full story
Weekly Update
- High-grade Vertigo results from JP Ross
- Klondike Gold expands drill program, focus
- Significant interest boosts Auryn financing
- Ascot picks up Silver Coin near Premier
- Unicorn gold supports Premier Mine restart
- First Zackly assays do not disappoint
- Pentagon funding bans China rare earths
- Barite co-product may add value to Palmer
- Donlin Gold crosses permit finish line
- Fort Knox celebrates Gilmore expansion
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