"Fish First" guides BBNC resource policy
The Bristol Bay region is home to two resources that beyond a doubt earn the moniker "world-class" – an annual run of sockeye salmon that is second to none and Pebble, the largest... — Updated 6/27/2019 Full story
High grades boost Silvertip, Kensington
Increased ore grades and improved recoveries bolstered metals production at Coeur Mining Inc.'s two northern operations – the Silvertip silver-zinc-lead mine in northern British... — Updated 7/20/2019 Full story
Robust plan for Kudz Ze Kayah zinc mine
The economics of mining the zinc-rich ore at BMC Minerals Ltd.'s Kudz Ze Kayah (KZK) project in southeastern Yukon are robust, according to a feasibility study released on July 15. This... — Updated 7/19/2019 Full story
REE project could see output in 2020
Canada is one of the world's richest sources of raw commodities, not least of which are the so-called rare earth elements. While China currently dominates global production and hosts... — Updated 6/27/2019 Full story
Greens Creek sets 3-year silver record
Hecla Mining Company July 18 reported that its Greens Creek Mine produced 2.37 million ounces of silver during the first quarter of 2019, a 19 percent increase over the same period of... — Updated 7/18/2019
Sandfire ups 2019 spend at Red Mountain
White Rock Minerals Ltd. July 16 announced that its joint venture partner Sandfire Resources NL has committed another US$1.5 million into the 2019 exploration at Red Mountain, extending... — Updated 7/18/2019 Full story
Road work reveals more copper at NICO
Fortune Minerals Ltd. July 18 reported the discovery of a new zone of copper mineralization at its NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper project in Northwest Territories. This new zone, which... — Updated 7/21/2019 Full story
Deep hole expands Oban zone at Thorn
Brixton Metals Corp. July 15 reported long sections of copper-gold-silver mineralization in drill hole THN19-150, which targeted deep porphyry mineralization in the Oban zone on the... — Updated 7/19/2019
Banyan wraps drilling at Aurex-McQuesten
Banyan Gold Corp. July 16 announced the completion of a 1,000-meter drill program at its Aurex-McQuesten gold project near the community of Mayo, Yukon. Banyan had two objectives for its... — Updated 7/19/2019
Results roll in from busy season at Premier
Ascot Resources Ltd. July 17 reported another set of results from the roughly 20,000 meters of drilling carried out this year at the Big Missouri Ridge area of its Premier gold project... — Updated 7/19/2019
ATAC continues to expand Rau discoveries
ATAC Resources Ltd. July 16 said initial results from this year's exploration at Rau continues to expand the mineral potential across the 660-square kilometer (255 square miles) project... — Updated 7/18/2019
Drilling toward a resource at Saddle North
GT Gold Corp. July 17 reported that the first holes of its 10,000-meter initial phase of drilling on its Tatogga property in northwestern British Columbia have successfully expand the... — Updated 7/18/2019 Full story
Dust on the beach at Nome creates Rush
Alaska, the Last Frontier, it is home to some of the most influential pioneering and mining discoveries in history. A rich wilderness still rife with unexplored and untapped potential.... — Updated 7/19/2019 Full story
New battery tech revives vanadium interest
The strength and durability of steel and other alloys is greatly enhanced by adding a small amount of vanadium, currently the primary use of this critical mineral. While this toughness... — Updated 6/28/2019 Full story
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 6/28/2019 Full story
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- Indispensable twin metals critical to US
- Rhenium – the hot superalloy element
- Gold – a pathfinder to critical minerals
- China domination makes tungsten critical
- Antimony – resists heat, draws criticality
- Tellurium – solar lights metalloid future
- Titanium – the lighter, whiter metal
- Barite weighs in on critical minerals list
- Fiber-optics, solar drive germanium demand
- US leaders address critical minerals
- PGEs – the hard-working precious metals
- Revealing Alaska's critical minerals
- Indium – the everyday metal you never see
- Tin – Alaska's gateway critical mineral
- No viable substitute for critical chromium
- Zirconium-hafnium – bound beyond nature
- Strategic beryllium makes critical list
Metals feel love, explorers not so much
Earlier this month S&P Global put out a summary indicating that during the first quarter of 2019 metals like copper, zinc and nickel were up quarter over quarter by 11 percent, 22... — Updated 7/19/2019 Full story
Alaska's regulations need streamlining
One does not have to be a septuagenarian to recall how things were before Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act into law. Whole industries used the commons for... — Updated 6/27/2019 Full story
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