US Permitting pandemic plagues Alaska
Alaska's unparalleled potential to be a major domestic supplier of the minerals and metals critical to the clean energy transition attracted some of North America's top commodities investors and... — Updated 6/2/2023 Full story
BC explorers Benchmark, Thesis to merge
Combination will consolidate two high-grade gold-silver projects in BC's Toodoggone Mining District. In a move that will merge two large gold projects in Northern British Columbia's Toodoggone... — Updated 6/5/2023 Full story
Li-FT launches drilling at Yellowknife
With its treasury full and a definitive exploration agreement with the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Li-FT Power Ltd. has launched a 45,000-meter drill program aimed at unlocking the obvious but... — Updated 6/8/2023 Full story
Revised plan for mining Mary River iron
Six months after the Canadian government rejected a plan to double approved output from the Mary River iron mine on Nunavut's Baffin Island, the mine's operator, Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., is... — Updated 6/1/2023 Full story
Western excited to begin 2023 drilling
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. June 5 announced that the 2023 drill program is now underway at the high-grade Waterpump Creek silver deposit on the company's Illinois Creek property about 300 miles... — Updated 6/5/2023 Full story
Drills mobilized for Herbert Gold program
Grande Portage Resources Ltd. June 6 announced the start of its 2023 drilling program, which aims for 20,000 meters in 15 to 20 holes at the company's Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska.... — Updated 6/8/2023
Felix Gold begins NW Array infill drilling
Felix Gold Ltd. May 30 announced the start of an infill drill program aimed at establishing a maiden resource for the NW Array target on the company's Treasure Creek gold-antimony project about 20... — Updated 6/1/2023 Full story
U.S. GoldMining begins Whistler program
U.S. GoldMining Inc. May 30 announced that it has mobilized crews for an up to 10,000-meter phase-one drill program at the Whistler gold-copper project about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage,... — Updated 6/1/2023 Full story
Snowline stakes more Rogue gold claims
Snowline Gold Corp. June 9 announced the staking of an additional 40,000 hectares (98,842 acres) of nearly all the remaining open ground over the Rogue Plutonic Complex, the broad geological... — Updated 6/9/2023 Full story
Drilling shows Blackjack growth potential
Sitka Gold Corp. June 6 announced the assay results for the second hole drilled during the company's planned 10,000-meter drill program expanding on its RC Gold project in the prolific Tombstone... — Updated 6/8/2023
High-grade Storm Copper results roll in
First six holes cut greater than 1% copper grades in shallow zone on Nunavut project. American West Metals Ltd. June 6 reported that high-grade copper has been encountered in the first six holes... — Updated 6/8/2023
Fireweed starts largest drill program ever
Fireweed Metals Corp. June 6 announced the start of a planned 16,000-meter drill program at Macmillan Pass in Yukon, Canada, which will be its largest-ever drill program with the goal of expanding... — Updated 6/8/2023
- Canadian North completes on-ice drilling
- Seabridge targets Iskut copper discovery
- Snowline kicks off 2023 drill season
- First 2023 Sitka Gold hole hits paydirt
- Seabridge ramps up exploration at 3 Aces
- Assays confirm strong copper at Storm
- Goliath to drill a Surebet gold discovery
- Banyan expands AurMac to 6.2 million oz
- Skeena raises C$73.5M for Eskay Creek
Alaska sustainable energy independence
Coming together to recognize the potential Alaska can bring to the table for the global transition to renewable energy, the 2023 Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference invited leaders in government,... — Updated 6/1/2023 Full story
The nuts are in charge of the nut house
Mark your calendar. June 30, 2023, will be just one more Day in Infamy when catastrophic changes at the hands of the Bureau of Land Management will reach their nadir. (These days, it seems,... — Updated 6/1/2023 Full story