Articles from the May 27, 2012 edition
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Abrupt CEO departure rocks Tower Hill
One year after donning the mantle of chief executive officer at International Tower Hill Mines Ltd., James Komadina abruptly vacated the position recently. The unexpected departure comes less than... — Updated 5/27/2012 Full story
Miners gear up for summer exploration
Although spring took its good old time in arriving across much of Alaska, the mining industry's busy summer exploration and development season has arrived. Five of Alaska's major mines reported stro... — Updated 5/27/2012
Administration adrift but water is clean
On May 18, 2012, the EPA released for public comment a draft scientific study of the Bristol Bay watershed and its natural resources. Under the Clean Water Act, EPA claims the authority to perform s... — Updated 5/27/2012 Full story
Independent NovaCopper targets Ambler
The stock symbol "NCQ" lit up the boards on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges May 2, marking the official launch of NovaCopper Inc. as an independent mineral exploration company under the lea... — Updated 5/27/2012
Junior eyes 2013 Brewery Creek startup
For the past 18 months, Golden Predator Corp. has been working fast and furiously to get a handle on the gold resource it has steadily uncovered at its flagship Brewery Creek Project located about 55 kilometers (34 miles) east of Dawson City in... — Updated 5/27/2012
Partners roll Pebble toward permitting
The Pebble Limited Partnership has approved a budget of about US$107 million to advance the enormous Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project in 2012, with the objective of readying to initiate... — Updated 5/27/2012 Full story
Shear processes stockpiles at Jericho
Shear Diamonds Ltd. is advancing a plan to return the Jericho Diamond Mine located in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut to full production as early as 2014. The junior reported May 1 that it has begun processing high-grade concentrate stockpiles at... — Updated 5/27/2012
Rewards balance hardships in the North
Taking as its theme, "Building a Resourceful Future," the 15th annual Nunavut Mining Symposium held April 16-19, 2012 in Iqaluit, Nunavut, featured several presentations that examined the challenges facing mining and the importance of regulatory... — Updated 5/27/2012 Full story
Mining looks profitable in near term
The Nunavut Mining Symposium, held April 16-19 in Iqaluit, NU, the northern territory's capital, drew more than 500 delegates, a record for the annual gathering. Patricia M. Mohr, vice president of Scotiabank, delivered the keynote address,... — Updated 5/27/2012
EPA study has implications beyond Pebble
Though the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emphatically denies it has predetermined whether to exercise its authority under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to prohibit or restrict... — Updated 5/27/2012 Full story
