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Kinross Gold and its partner in the Gil project, Teryl Resources, plan exploration this year at the prospect some seven miles east of the Fort Knox gold mine and mill complex. But exploration budget plans have not yet been finalized, according to... — Updated 5/9/2004

All of the first six drill holes punched this spring on Teryl Resources' West Ridge property near Fairbanks, Alaska, encountered anomalous gold mineralization, according to a company press release issued April 28. Drilling work completed between... — Updated 5/9/2004 Full story

Operators of the Greens Creek polymetallic mine started surface core drilling in late April, the beginning of a summer long program designed to complete 40,000 feet of drilling at several targets surrounding the underground mine near Juneau,... — Updated 5/9/2004

A draft feasibility study completed this spring by Nuvista Light & Power Co. recommends construction of a coal-fired electric generation plant at Bethel, Alaska, plus construction of a 191-mile transmission line to the Donlin Creek gold project as... — Updated 5/9/2004

A Fairbanks-based environmental group that appealed a federal water discharge permit issued to developers of the Pogo gold project in mid-March has agreed to withdraw its permit challenge, following meetings with regulators on May 4 and 5. The... — Updated 5/9/2004 Full story

Businesses occasionally change names, usually to reflect a different structure, ownership or image. It's a task not lightly undertaken, as the transformation process can sometimes be confusing. For example, there's answering telephone calls - a... — Updated 4/18/2004 Full story

Calgary-based Golconda Resources Ltd., operator of the Shulin Lake diamond exploration joint venture, has concluded a spring drilling program conducted in March at the Southcentral Alaska property. About 25 miles due west of the Parks Highway and... — Updated 4/18/2004

The Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys has published a new bedrock geologic map of the Salcha River-Pogo area in the central Big Delta quadrangle of Alaska. The bedrock geologic map, released in late March, covers approximately 4... — Updated 4/18/2004

Prospectors looking for valuable minerals in Alaska hit the ground hard in 2003, laying claim to 507 square miles of state and federally controlled land in the Last Frontier. That's about double the effort by claim stakers in 2002, said Dave Szumig... — Updated 4/18/2004

Hunting hard in remote elephant country, NovaGold Resources can claim a lion's share of kills. Now the aggressive junior has to prove whether it's found any trophies that will make the company a metals producer. NovaGold announced March 26 an... — Updated 4/18/2004 Full story

State and federal regulatory agencies released a draft version of a supplemental environmental impact statement Jan. 23 for the Kensington underground hard rock gold mine. Project developer Coeur Alaska Inc., a subsidiary of Coeur d'Alene Mines... — Updated 4/18/2004

Calgary-based Western Warrior Resources Inc. plans to conduct underground geological mapping and additional drilling this year at the company's Cliff Mine gold exploration project at tidewater near Valdez, Alaska. "As soon as the snow goes out,... — Updated 4/18/2004

A surge in claim staking surrounding the Pebble gold-copper-molybdenum deposit in southwestern Alaska has continued through the first three months of 2004. Anchorage-based geological consultant Bill Ellis, part owner of Alaska Earth Sciences, estim... — Updated 4/18/2004 Full story

Describing Alaska as "a good place to do business," AngloGold (U.S.A.) Exploration's president of North America said the company's focus is shifting away from projects in Nevada and parts of Canada. The company increased its landholdings through a... — Updated 4/18/2004