20 questions for Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse
North of 60 Mining News is proud to introduce 20 questions for 2020. Over the course of this series, Mining News will interview mining and political leaders from Alaska, British... — Updated 1/30/2020
More than oil across Arctic Slope region
It was the vast petroleum reserves lying under what is now the Arctic Slope Regional Corp. (ASRC) region and the need to build a roughly 800-mile pipeline to deliver oil to global... — Updated 1/30/2020
Coeur gold reserves down, silver rises
Coeur Mining Inc. Feb. 19 reported expansion of silver reserves during 2019 but a slight drop in gold reserves. Zinc and lead reserves were relatively consistent as infill drilling... — Updated 2/21/2020
Leaks reveal refined Pebble Mine plan
The executive summary of the Preliminary Final Environmental Impact Statement (PFEIS) for the Pebble copper-gold mine project in Southwest Alaska was leaked to select media outlets... — Updated 2/14/2020
Nova gets early start on Estelle drilling
Nova Minerals Ltd. Feb. 17 announced the start of a 18,500-meter 2020 phase-1 program at its Estelle gold project in Alaska. "We are pleased to have commenced the 2020 drill program so... — Updated 2/21/2020
South32 to fund more Shorty Creek drilling
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Jan. 19 announced that South32 Ltd. has agreed to fund at least US$2 million of exploration at the Shorty Creek porphyry copper project in Interior Alaska this... — Updated 2/20/2020
CopperBank drops Pyramid copper option
CopperBank Resources Corp. Feb. 14 announced the termination of its option on the Pyramid and San Diego Bay copper projects on the Alaska Peninsula. Pyramid, a large porphyry... — Updated 2/21/2020
- AIDEA affirms interest in funding Bokan
- South32, Trilogy finalize joint venture
- High grade gold resource outlined at Unga
- Pebble picks salmon, sewers and beaches
- 64North drilling slated to begin in March
- Hecla silver reserves at record levels
- Ucore advancing Bokan toward feasibility
- Another high-grade drill target at JT
- Pogo, Northern Star reach inflection point
- Excited about Lik discovery potential
- White Rock adds Tintina Gold Belt target
Linking the golden zones at Brewery Creek
Golden Predator Mining Corp. Jan. 20 said its 2019 drilling has confirmed a 2,800-meter continuous trend of gold mineralization at its Brewery Creek Mine project about a 45-minute drive... — Updated 2/22/2020
White Gold confirms, extends VG deposit
White Gold Corp. Feb. 20 said drilling has extended VG, the main deposit on its recently acquired QV gold property in Yukon's White Gold District. Acquired by White Gold early last year,... — Updated 2/20/2020
Nighthawk taps robust gold at Goldcrest
Nighthawk Gold Corp. Feb. 19 reported strong gold results from drilling at Goldcrest, a parallel sill located 400 meters east of the Colomac Main on the company's Indin Lake gold... — Updated 2/20/2020
- Triumph updates Freegold Mtn resource
- Encouraging Eskay Creek results continue
- Less 2020 Brucejack gold than envisioned
- Avalon investigates US and Canada REES
- Brewery Creek mine committee established
- Skeena sells BC projects for C$8 million
- Drills tap more gold at Treasure Island
- Coeur options project north of Silvertip
- Minto copper-con trucks deliver to Skagway
- NWT First Nation to mine first Canada REE
Regulatory burden relief gains traction
A priority of the Trump administration in 2016 was the reduction of the regulatory burden on America's businesses. Three years ago, the President signed Executive Order 13771, "Reducing... — Updated 1/30/2020
Are mega-gold-mergers good for North?
The two mega-mergers that hit the gold mining sector early in 2019 – Barrick Gold Corp. combining with Randgold Resources Ltd. and Newmont Mining Corp. acquiring Goldcorp Inc. – is... — Updated 2/21/2020
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 2/21/2020
- Goodpaster – Gold is where you find it
- HighGold hit the ground running in Alaska
- A bigger GAME at the SAM gold property
- South32 invests in 2 Alaska copper projects
- Northway completes IPO, explores Healy
- GT Gold explores its own Golden Triangle
- EV demand drives Graphite One in Alaska
- Nova Minerals excited about Estelle gold
- Teck explores Alaska, B.C. for zinc, copper
- Bumpy ride ahead for NWT mining
- Alianza explores Yukon high-grade silver
- Nunavut takes stock in 20th year
- Tower Hill advances Livengood optimization
- A Tectonic shift for gold exploration
- Constantine unlocks gold, advances Palmer
- WAC&G consolidates Illinois Creek District
- Mineral riches lure explorers to Yukon
- Auryn applies AI to search for Nunavut gold
- Garibaldi grows important BC nickel find
- Northern Star investing in Pogo future
- Explorer executes vision at Hope Bay
- Golden opportunities outweigh BC policy
- Novagold focused on optimizing Donlin
- Kinross finding more gold at Fort Knox
- Success funds Silvertip, Kensington drilling
- Millrock expands Goodpaster portfolio
- White Rock, Sandfire team up in Alaska
- Skeena expands shallow Eskay Creek gold
- High-grade gold helps de-risk Back River
- Alexco explores restart of Keno Hill Mine
- Near mine find shows Gahcho Kué potential
- Bonanza gold beyond Valley of the Kings
- Freegold attracts South32 to Shorty Creek
- Dolly Varden makes Chance silver discovery
- Triumph digs deep at Freegold Mountain
- Partners explore wider Peak Gold potential
- Explorer seeks Yukon gold
- Drills expand Greens Creek beyond 2030
- Cantex expands spectacular North Rackla
- Aben seeks high-grade gold in Yukon, BC
- ATAC unlocking Rau's rich metal potential
- Trilogy explorers prolific Ambler District
- StrikePoint expands Stewart area projects
- Crystal Lake finds newly uncovered copper
- Premier Stewart area gold-silver miner
- Agnico's golden Nunavut vision realized
- PolarX tests Saturn porphyry potential
- Luckystrike bets on Monte Carlo gold
- Golden Predator eyes gold mine restart
- Solstice tests targets east of Meliadine
- TerraX traces Giant gold north onto YCGP
- Mission accomplished – KSM partner-ready
- Victoria pours Eagle gold, explores Raven
- ZincX targets Cardiac Creek zinc upgrades
- EMX invests in Goodpaster royalty, explorer
- Fireweed drills zinc deposit extensions
- Osisko expands Pine Point zinc resource
- Discoveries spur drilling at Indin Lake
- Klondike hits bonanza gold above Eldorado
- North Arrow lands Naujaat diamond plant
- In memory of a rising geology superstar
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 2/21/2020
- 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
- Tellurium – solar lights metalloid future
- Rhenium – the hot superalloy element
- 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
- Gold – a pathfinder to critical minerals
- No viable substitute for critical chromium
- 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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