Articles from the March 1, 2018 edition
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Mining sector about to rocket ... or not
Seven days of near-continuous rain did nothing to dampen the mood at the recently concluded Cordilleran Roundup Convention in Vancouver. The event was buoyed by a realistic optimism we have not... — Updated 9/24/2020
Chidliak now hosts 22M carats
Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. Feb. 15 reported that its 2017 resource development program has increased the inferred mineral resource of the CH-6 kimberlite pipe at the company's Chidliak diamond project... — Updated 9/24/2020
Better than expected Donlin gold
Novagold Resources Inc. Feb. 20 said the 16-hole drill program carried out last year at Donlin Gold, a world-class gold mine project in Yukon-Kuskokwim region of western Alaska, encountered long... — Updated 9/24/2020
Bill offers Graphite Creek funding
Sen. Donny Olson, D-Golovin, Feb. 19 introduced Senate Bill 203, legislation that would allow the Alaska Industrial Development Export Authority (AIDEA) to issue up to US$80 million in bonds to fina... — Updated 9/24/2020
Seabridge revisits Courageous Lake, NWT
Seabridge Gold Inc. Feb. 20 reported the start of a planned 7,200-meter drill program at its Courageous Lake gold project in Northwest Territories. This 36-hole program will test seven separate targ... — Updated 9/24/2020
Agnico closes production gap
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. Feb. 14 reported that its plans to bring the Amaraq and Meliadine gold mines in Nunavut into production is ahead of schedule. In recent years, the company expanded its... — Updated 9/24/2020
Arctic Mine project
The prefeasibility study for the Arctic deposit in Northwest Alaska details plans for a financially robust mine that is expected to produce 1.9 billion pounds of copper, 2.4 billion lb of zinc, 405... — Updated 9/24/2020
Critical Minerals Alaska – Rare Earths
Before color televisions hit the markets in the 1960s, rare earths where a curious group of elements that had the distinction of occupying their own separate section at the bottom of the periodic... — Updated 9/24/2020
Mine leaders deliver good news to Juneau
With rising metals prices helping to bolster the state's mining sector, Alaska mine leaders had good news to deliver to Alaska Senate and House resource committees during a Feb. 13 trip to Juneau.... — Updated 2/22/2018
State administration gets into the weeds
In an earlier column (Dec. 24, 2017), the question of proposed regulations affecting mining on State land was flagged for readers’ attention because the initial scope of the contemplated changes did... — Updated 2/22/2018
