Fortune Minerals Ltd. reported Dec. 4 the startup of a $3.8 million pilot plant last month at SGS Lakefield Research Limited in Ontario for its Nico cobalt-gold-bismuth deposit in the Northwest Territories. Fortune aims to confirm the economic... — Updated 1/10/2018

Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell has appealed a lower court ruling to the Alaska Supreme Court concerning the proposed Alaska Clean Water Initiative, he said in a statement Nov. 7. The lieutenant governor denied certification of the proposed 07WATR... — Updated 1/10/2018

Hecla Mining Co. Feb. 21 posted 2007 income applicable to common shareholders of $52.2 million, or 43 cents per common share, on revenue of $222.6 million. Though the results reflected nearly a 24 percent drop in yearly earnings from $68.6... — Updated 3/30/2008

True North Gems has expanded its Beluga sapphire property by staking six additional claims, thereby doubling holdings. The Beluga sapphire property, now covers 38 square kilometers, or nearly 24 square miles, is located near the hamlet of... — Updated 2/24/2008

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiated a 30-day public comment period Jan. 14 on a permit application from Teck Cominco Alaska Inc. to increase the size of the tailings compound at its Red Dog zinc-lead mine near Kotzebue. In the application,... — Updated 1/27/2008

Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. and No Name Resources Inc. won the Yukon Territory's 2007 Robert E. Leckie awards for outstanding quartz (hard rock) and placer reclamation practices, respectively. The awards were announced Nov. 26 at the Yukon Geoscience... — Updated 1/27/2008

Andover Ventures Inc. has released the assay results from the final seven holes of its 2007 drill season at the Sun property west of Kotzebue in the Ambler Mining District of Northwest Alaska. Four of the assay results were from the northernmost... — Updated 12/30/2007

Hemis Corp., an international resource company, said it has completed the first phase of a gold exploration program in Alaska. The Anchor Gold project in the Cook Inlet of Alaska is a venture between Las Vegas-based Hemis and Aspen Exploration... — Updated 12/30/2007

Teck Cominco Alaska Inc. released the final report Nov. 29 of a six-year study that concludes it is safe to consume subsistence foods in all areas near the Red Dog Mine in northwestern Alaska without restrictions. The final report of the "DeLong... — Updated 12/30/2007

Canada's ministries of Fisheries and Oceans and Natural Resources have joined the attorney general of Canada and Imperial Metals Corp. subsidiary bcMetals Corp. in appealing a Sept. 25 ruling of the Federal Court of Canada, which set aside a... — Updated 11/25/2007

North of 60 Mining News has appointed a new management team led by contractor Rose Ragsdale and Shane Lasley. The changes follow the departure of former Editor-in-Chief Sarah Hurst. Veteran journalist Rose Ragsdale has been appointed contract... — Updated 10/28/2007

U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, spoke out at a congressional hearing Oct. 18 on issues facing the state under the Clean Water Act. The hearing before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, which Young chairs, examined the suc... — Updated 10/28/2007

The Canadian government has undertaken a $150 million initiative to streamline Canada's regulatory system tha will protect the environment and improve the competitiveness of Canada's resource industries. By creating a new Major Projects Management... — Updated 10/28/2007

Average base salaries paid to mining site workers in Canada climbed 3.8 percent since 2006, according to findings of an independent annual survey. In addition, 80 percent of the staffers were eligible for short-term cash incentives this year,... — Updated 10/28/2007

Federal regulators withdrew approval in late September for a permit that would allow the release of treated wastewater from Alaska's largest mine into waterways near the village of Kivalina, a Northwest Alaska village located 66 miles downstream... — Updated 10/28/2007

Stornoway Diamond Corp. and Teck Cominco Ltd. have uncovered promising kimberlites in separate exploration programs in Nunavut Territory this summer. Stornoway, one of Canada's leading diamond hunters, announced discovery Aug. 23 of a new... — Updated 9/30/2007

Kivalina residents chased away by flood warnings began trickling back home early Sept. 14 after the season's first storm died down, ending its assault on a frail seawall guarding the northwest coastal village. Wave action from the storm began erodi... — Updated 9/30/2007

Niblack Mining Corp. Sept. 20 announced the start of portal construction and tunneling at its copper-zinc-gold-silver Niblack Project in southeast Alaska. Niblack Mining, a Vancouver, B.C.-based junior exploration company, is pursuing an advanced... — Updated 9/30/2007

Sherwood Copper Corp. has completed phase 1 construction of the Minto copper-gold mine ahead of schedule and essentially on budget, while production continues to ramp up at the central Yukon Territory mine. Sherwood, a Vancouver, British... — Updated 9/30/2007

A joint panel created by the governments of British Columbia and Canada has ruled against the Kemess North copper-gold mine project as currently proposed by Northgate Minerals Corp., saying the project would not be in the public's interest, B.C.... — Updated 9/30/2007

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public comment on its plans to issue an air quality control minor permit to Teck Cominco Alaska Inc. for the Red Dog Mine in northwest Alaska, according to a public notice published... — Updated 7/30/2006

Workers at the huge Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories may soon enter a third month on strike with no end to the walkout in sight. The Ekati mine is 186 miles Northeast of Yellowknife and 124 miles south of the Arctic Circle. It... — Updated 5/28/2006

Tom Irwin has joined Golden Valley Electric Association as vice president of governmental and public affairs, a newly created position, GVEA said in a statement Jan. 16. Irwin, 59, is a mining industry veteran with more than 30 years of management... — Updated 1/29/2006

Full Metal Minerals Ltd. has launched an eight-hole drilling program covering 1,200 meters at the Lucky Shot Gold Project, about 40 miles north of Anchorage. The program - the initial phase of exploration at Lucky Shot by the Vancouver, British... — Updated 7/24/2005

Tri-Valley Corp. said July 18 that its wholly owned subsidiary Select Resources Corp. has purchased the Admiral Calder Calcium Carbonate Mine and associated assets from Sealaska Corp. and SeaCal LLC. Bakersfield, Calif.-based Tri-Valley said the... — Updated 7/24/2005