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President Trump is expecting to be briefed on the proposed Pebble Mine and on Wednesday told reporters that he will "listen to both sides" of the world-class copper-gold-molybdenum... — Updated 8/8/2020 Full story

Strong gold prices and the smooth ramp up to commercial production at its Eagle Mine is allowing Victoria Gold Corp. to pay off the loans taken out to develop the Yukon operation quicker... — Updated 8/6/2020 Full story

The International Council on Mining and Minerals (ICMM) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) have introduced standards for the safe management of new and existing mine... — Updated 8/6/2020 Full story

The July 24 release of a final Environmental Impact Statement that details a mine at Pebble capable of extracting copper, gold, and other valuable metals from a world-class deposit in... — Updated 7/30/2020 Full story

Barrick Gold Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc. Aug. 6 reported that initial results from the 2020 optimization drill program at Donlin Gold continue to tap near-surface, high-grade... — Updated 8/6/2020 Full story

Alaska Miners Association Aug. 4 announced the difficult decision to cancel its annual convention and trade show scheduled for Nov. 1-7, 2020 at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage, Alaska.... — Updated 8/6/2020

Skeena Resources Ltd. Aug. 4 announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Barrick Gold Inc., a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corp., to acquire full ownership of the past producing... — Updated 8/7/2020 Full story

Benchmark Metals Inc. Aug. 6 reported that drilling has tapped a wide section of gold-silver mineralization that includes a parallel zone outside the known resource area of the Cliff... — Updated 8/7/2020

White Gold Corp. Aug. 6 announced that drills are testing Ryan's Surprise a target that could add to the more than 1 million ounces of gold already outlined on the company's White Gold... — Updated 8/7/2020

Dolly Varden Silver Corp. Aug. 4 announced that a 10,000-meter exploration and resource expansion drill program is now underway on its Dolly Varden silver property in northwestern... — Updated 8/6/2020

From sourdoughs dipping pans into creeks at the northern edge of the frontier to enormous haul trucks dumping ore on a heap leach pad, the story of Dublin Gulch is a 125-year saga of... — Updated 8/7/2020 Full story

Each July for the past four decades I have traveled to the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Annual Institute for the purpose of maintaining my credentials as a lawyer and to... — Updated 7/30/2020 Full story

While mining activity remained strong in the Northwest Territories in 2019, industry and government officials alike worried that the robust sector, driven largely by production at three... — Updated 8/7/2020 Full story