Ahtna offers great mineral opportunities
When it comes to managing its more than 1.5 million acres of land in a region of Southcentral Alaska renowned for its natural beauty, Copper River salmon, abundant wildlife and one of the richest... — Updated 5/31/2019 Full story
Drills turning at core White Gold targets
White Gold Corp. June 19 announced the start of a 17,000-meter core drill program on three of its properties in the Yukon – JP Ross, White Gold and QV. "The goal of this diamond drill program is... — Updated 6/21/2019 Full story
Auryn to drill AI targets at Committee Bay
Auryn Resources Inc. is gearing up test intriguing drill targets that artificial intelligence has generated on the Committee Bay gold project in Nunavut. "We are looking forward to turning the... — Updated 6/21/2019 Full story
DGGS is seeking geophysics survey partners
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys June 7 announced that it is seeking partners to share the costs and results of airborne magnetic and radiometric geophysical surveys... — Updated 6/21/2019 Full story
Nova has drills targeting gold at Estelle
Nova Minerals Ltd. June 21 announced the start of drilling at the Oxide gold prospect on the Estelle project about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The Australia-based explorer plans to... — Updated 6/21/2019 Full story
Coeur eyes southern Yukon silver project
Alianza Minerals Ltd. June 20 announced that Coeur Explorations Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coeur Mining Inc., has signed a letter of intent to explore the road-accessible Tim silver property... — Updated 6/21/2019
ZincX drilling targets Cardiac Creek core
ZincX Resources Corp. June 19 announced the start of a 2,500-meter drill program at its Akie zinc project in northern British Columbia. Focused on the central high-grade core of the Cardiac Creek... — Updated 6/21/2019
Spring Back River drilling taps high-grade
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. June 19 reported initial results from a roughly 6,400-meter spring drill program recently completed at the Back River gold project in Nunavut. The eight holes drilled... — Updated 6/21/2019
Swinging for the fences at Freegold Mtn
Triumph Gold Corp. June 18 announced the start of a drill program targeting a buried copper-gold porphyry target that has not been previously tested by drilling at the Freegold Mountain project in... — Updated 6/21/2019
Exploring beyond the vast KSM deposits
With the four main deposit at KSM – Kerr, Sulphurets, Mitchell and Iron Cap – advanced to the mine feasibility stage, Seabridge Gold Inc. June 18 said it is focusing its 2019 exploration program... — Updated 6/21/2019 Full story
Before the Klondike there was Forty Mile
There are many mine sites, towns and claims that invoke familiarity and prestige in the minds of present-day prospectors, but probably none as famous as the Klondike. Klondike, and the Yukon... — Updated 5/30/2019 Full story
PGEs – the hard-working precious metals
The six platinum group elements – platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium – are amongst the rarest metals on Earth. This scarcity, coupled with PGEs' uses in the automotive,... — Updated 5/29/2019 Full story
Copper turns green with critical minerals
While copper is not on the United States Geological Survey's list of 35 minerals and metals critical to America, there is no doubt of this metal's importance to both the everyday and avant-garde... — Updated 6/21/2019 Full story
Alaska is rich in critical rare earths
Alaska is rich in rare earth, a unique group of elements that are so distinctive that most are placed in their own separate section at the bottom of the periodic table. While scientist have long... — Updated 6/12/2019 Full story
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The 2019 mining game is afoot in Alaska
In the famous words of Sherlock Holmes, the game is afoot! After seasonally slower news from Alaska's mining industry in March and April, the dam has broken with over two dozen Alaska mining... — Updated 5/30/2019 Full story
Mining is making it in the Last Frontier
It is difficult not to be optimistic about the future of the mining industry in Alaska these days. Although the industry is still No. 2 – as compared to oil and gas – it remains lucrative, safe... — Updated 5/30/2019 Full story
Weekly Update
- Coeur eyes southern Yukon silver project
- ZincX drilling targets Cardiac Creek core
- Spring Back River drilling taps high-grade
- Swinging for the fences at Freegold Mtn
- Exploring beyond the vast KSM deposits
- DGGS is seeking geophysics survey partners
- Nova has drills targeting gold at Estelle
- Drills turning at core White Gold targets
- Auryn to drill AI targets at Committee Bay
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