Articles from the October 25, 2009 edition
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Trial run at Chandalar ruled success
Goldrich Mining Co. completed a brief pilot program during the final weeks of the short Arctic placer mining season at Little Squaw Creek on the miner's 14,993-acre Chandalar property located in... — Updated 10/25/2009 Full story
Recession walloped exploration spending
As the active exploration season winds down in Alaska, both good news and bad is afoot and both sets of news turn out to be the same data. Double speak you say? Read on and judge for yourself.... — Updated 10/25/2009 Full story
Nonprofit does not mean public interest
It seems that with the passage of time the concept of the common good, the general welfare and the public interest, all variations of the same theme, have become so diluted as to make them indecipherable. There was a time when charitable, education... — Updated 10/25/2009
New agency for 'North' awards key grants
Canada's new economic development agency for the Far North has awarded a new round of mining research and business development grants, providing significant funding to key projects in Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory. Known as... — Updated 10/25/2009 Full story
Global gold demand continues to climb
For many undercapitalized junior mining companies, the past 12 months have been a sort of annus horribilis. As capital remains tight in the current economic climate, financing for speculative exploration projects continues to be hard to come by.... — Updated 10/25/2009
Discovery unleashes mini-gold rush
Decade Resources Inc.'s decision to option up to 80 percent of the Red Cliff property in the Stewart Mining Region last November is shaping up to be one of the best exploration plays in 2009 in northwestern British Columbia. The Vancouver,... — Updated 10/25/2009
Miners rush to gold claims near Stewart
Thanks to one junior's report of encountering substantial gold mineralization this season near the old Red Cliff Mine in Northwest British Columbia's Stewart Mining District, a gaggle of excited juniors are grabbing up mineral claims and leases in... — Updated 10/25/2009 Full story
Miners reclaim Alaska mines as they work
Reclamation is a critical element of modern mining and mine planning. In Alaska, companies who wish to extract minerals from the earth must first present a plan on how they propose to return the... — Updated 10/25/2009
Fish Creek restoration earns Fort Knox operator the Tileston Award
Kinross Gold Corp. subsidiary, Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc., recently received accolades for its reclamation of Fish Creek, a stream draining the Fort Knox gold mine area. The Alaska Conservation... — Updated 10/25/2009
Gold prices top US$1,000-an-ounce mark
Gold shone brightly through the financial tempest that caused base metal prices to plummet and sent stock markets tumbling during the past year. Neither the global financial meltdown of 2008, nor th... — Updated 10/25/2009
Junior chases gold near Yellowknife
After seven years of looking for gold to produce economically in the Yellowknife Gold Camp in Northwest Territories, Tyhee Development Corp. is closing in on a potentially lucrative payday. The Vancouver, B.C.-based junior has grown into the... — Updated 10/25/2009
Minto tackles water treatment problems
For the past two years, mines in Alaska and Northwest Canada have encountered problems with unusually large volumes of stormwater runoff or snowmelt during spring breakup, but it's too soon to determine if it is a trend. This year, the Minto Mine... — Updated 10/25/2009 Full story
Livengood gold resource triples in 2009
The gold resource at International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.'s Livengood property in Interior Alaska more than tripled to 12.5 million ounces in October from 4 million ounces going into 2009. The junior... — Updated 10/25/2009
