CIRI real estate extends beyond Tikahtnu
With more than half of Alaska's entire population living within its region, Cook Inlet Region Inc., more commonly known as CIRI, is the most metropolitan of the 12 landholding Alaska... — Updated 1/2/2020
Decision looming, major drilling at Donlin
As we move into 2020 there are still no definitive indications of when joint venture partners Novagold Resources Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp. will make the final decision on development... — Updated 1/24/2020
Alaska gov welcomes mining investments
If you are not doing business in Alaska, you should be, this is the message Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy had for the mining community attending the Association for Mineral Exploration... — Updated 1/24/2020
Less metals from Kensington, Silvertip
Coeur Mining Inc. Jan. 16 reported a fourth quarter drop in metals production at both its Kensington gold mine in Southeast Alaska and the Silvertip silver-zinc-lead mine in northern... — Updated 1/24/2020
PolarX eyes Zackly skarn growth potential
PolarX Ltd. Jan. 20 announced that trenching, mapping and sampling has identified a potential 600-meter extension of the thick and high-grade copper-gold skarn mineralization it... — Updated 1/24/2020
Freegold, South32 tap Shorty Creek copper
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Jan. 16 announced results from the late-season 2019 drill program at Shorty Creek, a porphyry gold-copper project about 75 miles northwest of Fairbanks. The... — Updated 1/16/2020
- Consistent high grades drilled at Arctic
- Dunleavy to meet with miners at Roundup
- Avidian advances Amanita, Golden Zone
- Nova raises 2020 Estelle exploration funds
- Priority Unga gold drill targets found
- Van Nieuwenhuyse now Contango ORE CEO
- Greens Creek hits 9.9M oz silver in 2019
- Priority copper targets north of Pebble
- Ucore, Materion unite for Pentagon REE bid
- Leach gold recovery good sign for Estelle
New drilling, operator slated for Minto
Pembridge Resources plc Jan. 22 announced the launch of a 14,000-meter drill program aimed at expanding four deposits at its Minto copper mine in the Yukon. United Kingdom-based... — Updated 1/24/2020
Drills turning at Yellowknife gold project
TerraX Minerals Inc. Jan. 20 announced the start of a 10,000-meter drill program at its Yellowknife gold project in Northwest Territories. The Yellowknife project encompasses 783 square... — Updated 1/24/2020
Garibaldi expands Nickel Mountain zones
Garibaldi Resources Corp. Jan. 22 reported wide near-surface intervals of nickel- and copper-rich mineralization from nine holes drilled last year at Nickel Mountain, a magmatic sulfide... — Updated 1/24/2020
- More gold preps Premier mine feasibility
- Diamonds in Anchor kimberlite at LDG
- Eskay Creek drilling exceeds expectations
- Brewery Creek adds gold, more soon
- Ascot eyes Premier gold mine feasibility
- Sabina targets high-grade Back River gold
- Drills tap gold in new JP Ross targets
- Extending the widening Colomac gold zone
- TerraX raises cash to expand YCGP gold
Opposition to Alaska mining is shameful
This author, in this column and elsewhere, has often taken the position that Alaska, especially in remote locations, is the safest, most environmentally-sound and worker-friendly mining... — Updated 1/10/2020
The final entry of Captain Curt's log
In November 1996, a little over 23 years ago, I began writing quarterly mining news summaries for the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). Shortly after that, I began writing monthly... — Updated 1/2/2020
In memory of a rising geology superstar
On Aug. 8, 2011, I landed at the exploration camp at ATAC Resources' Rackla Gold property, a place buzzing with excitement and activity from the recent discovery of Carlin-style gold... — Updated 1/24/2020
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 1/24/2020
- Are mega-gold-mergers good for North?
- Goodpaster – Gold is where you find it
- HighGold hit the ground running in Alaska
- South32 invests in 2 Alaska copper projects
- GT Gold explores its own Golden Triangle
- Northway completes IPO, explores Healy
- Nova Minerals excited about Estelle gold
- EV demand drives Graphite One in Alaska
- Alianza explores Yukon high-grade silver
- A bigger GAME at the SAM gold property
- WAC&G consolidates Illinois Creek District
- Constantine unlocks gold, advances Palmer
- Tower Hill advances Livengood optimization
- A Tectonic shift for gold exploration
- Mineral riches lure explorers to Yukon
- Garibaldi grows important BC nickel find
- Teck explores Alaska, B.C. for zinc, copper
- Golden opportunities outweigh BC policy
- Auryn applies AI to search for Nunavut gold
- Novagold focused on optimizing Donlin
- Success funds Silvertip, Kensington drilling
- Skeena expands shallow Eskay Creek gold
- White Rock, Sandfire team up in Alaska
- Nunavut takes stock in 20th year
- Northern Star investing in Pogo future
- High-grade gold helps de-risk Back River
- Kinross finding more gold at Fort Knox
- Bumpy ride ahead for NWT mining
- Explorer executes vision at Hope Bay
- Bonanza gold beyond Valley of the Kings
- Dolly Varden makes Chance silver discovery
- Triumph digs deep at Freegold Mountain
- Alexco explores restart of Keno Hill Mine
- Premier Stewart area gold-silver miner
- Freegold attracts South32 to Shorty Creek
- Drills expand Greens Creek beyond 2030
- Partners explore wider Peak Gold potential
- Trilogy explorers prolific Ambler District
- ZincX targets Cardiac Creek zinc upgrades
- Explorer seeks Yukon gold
- StrikePoint expands Stewart area projects
- Victoria pours Eagle gold, explores Raven
- Crystal Lake finds newly uncovered copper
- Millrock expands Goodpaster portfolio
- Cantex expands spectacular North Rackla
- Golden Predator eyes gold mine restart
- PolarX tests Saturn porphyry potential
- Osisko expands Pine Point zinc resource
- EMX invests in Goodpaster royalty, explorer
- Near mine find shows Gahcho Kué potential
- Klondike hits bonanza gold above Eldorado
- Luckystrike bets on Monte Carlo gold
- Mission accomplished – KSM partner-ready
- Discoveries spur drilling at Indin Lake
- Agnico's golden Nunavut vision realized
- ATAC unlocking Rau's rich metal potential
- Aben seeks high-grade gold in Yukon, BC
- Fireweed drills zinc deposit extensions
- TerraX traces Giant gold north onto YCGP
- Solstice tests targets east of Meliadine
- North Arrow lands Naujaat diamond plant
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 1/24/2020
- 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
- No viable substitute for critical chromium
- Gold – a pathfinder to critical minerals
- 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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