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Since acquiring a 70% interest in Imperial Metals Corp.'s Red Chris Mine in 2019, Newcrest Mining Ltd. has envisioned establishing an underground block cave mine to unlock the full... — Updated 2/25/2021

Alianza Minerals Ltd. Feb. 16 announced results from the final two holes of the late 2020 drill program at its Haldane silver project about 25 kilometers (16 miles) west of Keno City,... — Updated 2/25/2021

Fury Gold Mines Ltd. Feb. 17 announced plans to complete 5,000 to 10,000 meters of resource expansion and exploration drilling this year at Committee Bay, a 270,000-hectare (667,000... — Updated 2/25/2021

Coeur Mining Inc. Feb. 17 reported that the 47,575 meters of drilling completed in 173 holes at Kensington during 2020 nearly replaced the 124,867 ounces of gold produced and has... — Updated 2/25/2021

Teck Resources Ltd. Feb. 18 reported that the Red Dog Mine produced 490,700 metric tons (1.08 billion pounds) of zinc during 2020, a roughly 11% drop from the 552,400 metric tons (1.22 bi... — Updated 2/25/2021

North Arrow Minerals Inc. Feb. 17 announced that a ground geophysics program is underway at its Loki diamond project in the Lac de Gras region of Northwest Territories. Roughly 35... — Updated 2/25/2021

When it comes to what global mining companies are looking for in a gold exploration project, Freegold Ventures Ltd.'s Golden Summit property in Alaska seems to have it all. Broad zones... — Updated 2/25/2021

The American Southwest is the best place in the world to find, permit, and build a mine, according to the mining executives that responded to the Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of... — Updated 2/25/2021 Full story

Heliostar Metals Ltd. reported two zones of strong mineralization from the first hole the company drilled into the Aquila target on its Unga project in Southwest Alaska. In November,... — Updated 2/25/2021

Graphite One Inc. Feb. 22 announced that it has raised C$10 million to help fund ongoing evaluation of Graphite Creek and the mid-year completion of a prefeasibility study for the... — Updated 2/25/2021

Australia-based Discovery Africa Ltd. Feb. 22 announced the staking of 308 state mining claims covering gold-silver-copper and tin-silver prospects in Southcentral Alaska. Known as the... — Updated 2/25/2021

Banyan Gold Corp. Feb. 24 announced the final assay results from a 2020 drill program that significantly expanded the footprint of gold mineralization at AurMac, a road accessible... — Updated 2/25/2021

Vital Metals Ltd. Feb. 22 announced that its Canadian subsidiary Cheetah Resource Corp. has signed a definitive contract with Det'on Cho Nahanni Construction Ltd. to begin mining at the... — Updated 2/25/2021

For most of the roughly 23,000 members of the global mining community that attended the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2020 convention, this enormous annual... — Updated 2/25/2021 Full story

ZincX Resources Corp. Feb. 24 reports that a district-wide evaluation of its Kechika regional zinc properties has identified 19 high-priority targets across this expansive land package... — Updated 2/25/2021

Mining and mineral exploration helped to bolster an Alaskan economy plagued by COVID-19 during 2020. According to a report prepared by the McKinley Research Group, a renowned... — Updated 2/25/2021 Full story

On track to begin the initial phase of rare earth production at the Nechalacho project in Northwest Territories later this year, Vital Metals Ltd. has launched a drill program to prepare... — Updated 2/22/2021 Full story

Heliostar Metals Ltd. Feb. 18 reported additional strong gold mineralization from a late-2020 drill program testing resource expansion targets at the SH-1 zone on its Unga project in... — Updated 2/18/2021

Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority Feb. 10 announced that its board has approved a long-term agreement with Ambler Metals LLC to share up to $70 million of the... — Updated 2/18/2021

Nova Minerals Ltd. Feb. 8 reports that it has extended the gold mineralization tapped with drilling at the Korbel Main deposit on its Estelle project in Alaska to 1,600 meters along... — Updated 2/18/2021

PolarX Ltd. Feb. 10 reported that sophisticated and professional investors have committed to a A$5 million (US$3.9 million) financing that will fund further exploration of the Australia-b... — Updated 2/18/2021

Whitehorse Gold Corp. Feb. 17 reported that its maiden drill program at Skukum has succeeded in enhancing the company's geological understanding and confirmed the high-grade tenor of this... — Updated 2/18/2021

Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Feb. 18 announced that its 2020 drilling tapped new bonanza grade gold-silver encountered during a 2020 drill program targeting areas that lie outside the... — Updated 2/18/2021

Millrock Resources Inc. Feb. 10 announce that it has staked 208 new state mining claims associated with the Treasure Creek and Ester Dome gold properties, expanding its total land... — Updated 2/11/2021

Long before COVID-19 became a household name for a global pandemic, remote mining camps have needed to take precautions to ensure more common illnesses did not spread amongst the... — Updated 2/11/2021 Full story