Articles from the September 1, 2019 edition
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Alaska's topsy-turvy exploration season
As the rest of the country suffers through the Dog Days of summer, Alaska is approaching the end of a topsy-turvy summer season that saw unseasonably hot, dry weather in some parts of the state duri... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story
Seabridge targets high-grade gold at KSM
Seabridge Gold Inc. Aug. 27 announced the start of a 4,000-meter drill program designed to follow-up on high-grade gold identified during 2018 geotechnical drilling within the proposed Sulphurets... — Updated 9/26/2020
Osisko tests orphaned Pine Point targets
Osisko Metals Inc. Aug. 27 announced the start of a 5,000-meter fall drill program targeting expansion areas at its Pine Point zinc-lead project in the Northwest Territories. Cominco Ltd. (now Teck... — Updated 9/26/2020
Hidden Atlin draws Klondike crowd south
By 1898, the Klondike Gold Rush was beginning to wane and many of the roughly 100,000 people that trekked to the Yukon were seeking new regions to make their golden fortunes - moving in every... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story
Mineral exploration slows in the Yukon
Yukon Territory, a mineral exploration frontrunner in Canada's North, is witnessing a significant slowdown in 2019. As a result, growth in Yukon's economy is expected to slow this year but rebound... — Updated 9/26/2020
BLM requests public input on Ambler Road
United States Bureau of Land Management Aug. 30 published the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road to the Federal Register, marking... — Updated 9/26/2020
Northway completes IPO to explore Healy
Northway Resources Corp., a new company with two gold exploration properties in Alaska, Aug. 26 announced the completion of an initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange. "We... — Updated 9/26/2020
Alaska gov nominates Bokan REE as priority
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. Aug. 29 reported that Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy has asked the White House to designate Bokan-Dotson Ridge rare earth project as a high priority infrastructure project,... — Updated 9/26/2020
Copper exploration at Groundhog resumes
Quaterra Resources Inc. Aug. 26 announced the start of a 1,500-line-kilometer ZTEM (z-axis tipper electromagnetic) geophysical survey at Groundhog, a 40,000-acre property that covers a northern exte... — Updated 9/26/2020
Koniag continues a tradition of mining
The Koniag Inc. region covers the Kodiak Archipelago, a group of islands off the southern coast of mainland Alaska better known for their enormous brown bears than vast mineral potential. The... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story
Federal permitting delays are a scandal
It is no secret that much of the western United States was built on the back of natural resources found on federal land or within adjacent federal waters. Likewise, it is no secret that prior to... — Updated 9/6/2019
