Is Newmont Goldcorp good for North?
The proposed combination of Newmont Mining Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. has raised questions about the future of the companies' gold assets in the Yukon and investments in other junior mining... — Updated 1/18/2019 Full story
Making the world's largest gold miner
Newmont Mining Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. are joining forces to create the largest gold mining company on Earth. This deal will also bring two exciting gold projects in the Yukon, Goldcorp's... — Updated 1/18/2019 Full story
Greens Creek produces 8 million oz silver
Hecla Mining Company Jan. 15 reported that its Greens Creek Mine in Southeast Alaska produced 8 million ounces of silver and 51,493 oz of gold in 2018, compared to 8.4 million oz silver and... — Updated 1/18/2019 Full story
Coeur brings Jualin, Silvertip mines online
Coeur Mining Inc. Jan. 14 reported that its Kensington Mine produced 113,778 ounces of gold in 2018, falling short of the 115,000 to 120,000 oz the company anticipated from the Southeast... — Updated 1/18/2019
Drills affirm Shorty Creek porphyry potential
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Jan. 16 reported that two holes drilled in 2018 cut wide widths of copper-gold-silver-tungsten mineralization at the company's Shorty Creek project about 75 miles... — Updated 1/18/2019 Full story
StrikePoint Gold cuts deal for Willoughby
StrikePoint Gold Inc. Jan. 16 announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Willoughby, a gold-silver exploration project about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Stewart, from... — Updated 1/19/2019 Full story
New finds tested at historic Dolly Varden
Dolly Varden Silver Corp. Jan. 14 reported the completion of a very successful field program at its namesake property in northwestern British Columbia, a program that included 29,108 meters... — Updated 1/18/2019
Historical core gives TerraX jump on 2019
TerraX Minerals Inc. Jan. 14 announced that, in cooperation with The Geological Survey of the Northwest Territories and The Giant Mine Remediation Project, it was able to recover 16,000... — Updated 1/18/2019
Assays look good for Eskay Creek open-pit
Skeena Resources Ltd. Jan. 15 reported additional high-grade gold-silver intercepts from the recently completed drill program at the Eskay Creek project in the Golden Triangle of... — Updated 1/18/2019
Variety of metals, deposits turn up at Rau
ATAC Resources Ltd. Jan. 16 said the final results from the 2018 exploration of the highly prospective Bobcat, Condor and Spotlight targets have advanced the company's understanding of the... — Updated 1/18/2019 Full story
Critical Minerals Alaska – Germanium
In addition to being a past producer and a future source of most of the 35 minerals and metals considered critical to the United States, Alaska currently contributes a globally significant... — Updated 1/4/2019 Full story
Mixed economic signals for Alaska mining
As the year waned, Alaska's mining industry reported some of the last of its 2018 seasonal field results while the University of Alaska and state of Alaska released some current and... — Updated 1/4/2019 Full story
EPA, Corps to release wetlands regulations
Earlier this month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced that they were proposing “a clear, understandable, and implementable... — Updated 12/27/2018 Full story
Alaska exploration trends north ... slowly
Thanks largely to increased investments from Aussie mining explorers, mineral exploration spending across Alaska topped US$100 million in 2018. This is well above the roughly US$95 million... — Updated 1/18/2019 Full story
Electrum Group funds strategic exploration
Since investing roughly US$70 million to acquire a 28 percent stake in Novagold Resources Inc. in 2009, American billionaire Thomas Kaplan and his Electrum Group of companies have taken a... — Updated 12/29/2018 Full story
A century of Premier northern BC mining
In 1918, the Premier gold mine opened a few miles north of Stewart, a mining town that is the southern gateway to British Columbia's famed Golden Triangle. Over the ensuing 34 years, this... — Updated 12/29/2018 Full story
Weekly Update
- StrikePoint Gold cuts deal for Willoughby
- New finds tested at historic Dolly Varden
- Historical core gives TerraX jump on 2019
- Assays look good for Eskay Creek open-pit
- Variety of metals, deposits turn up at Rau
- Greens Creek produces 8 million oz silver
- Coeur brings Jualin, Silvertip mines online
- Drills affirm Shorty Creek porphyry potential
- Is Newmont Goldcorp good for North?
- Making the world's largest gold miner
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