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NovaCopper Inc. Oct. 21 reported that drillers cut zones of high-grade mineralization in all 14 holes drilled during its 2015 summer field program at the Arctic volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in Northwest Alaska. The Arctic project is part of the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects located in the Ambler mining district. Highlights from the 2015 program include: AR15-0145, which intersected four mineralized intervals - 22 meters of 3.86 percent copper, 0.86 grams per metric ton...
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker Oct. 21 clarified to Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority the intent behind Administrative Order 271 - a memo that halted new spending on six "mega-projects" in Alaska - as it relates to the Ambler Road Project. The conclusion reached by the administration paves the way for AIDEA to spend up to US$3.6 million of previously appropriated funds to begin an environmental impact statement process for a 200-mile road linking the copper-, zinc-,...
Hecla Mining Co. Oct. 20 reported production of 2.59 million ounces of silver and 43,635 oz. of gold during the third quarter 2015. The Greens Creek Mine produced 1.99 million oz. of silver during the third quarter, a 5.3 percent increase over the same period of 2014. Gold production at the Southeast Alaska operation was 14,376 oz., 6.3 percent higher than the third quarter of last year. The increased precious metals production was a result of higher recoveries and tonnage,...
Alexco Resource Corp. Oct. 20 said its wholly owned subsidiary, Alexco Environmental Group, has completed the construction and initiated operation of a 1,200-gallon-per-minute interim water treatment facility at the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colo. The abandoned Gold King Mine is where more than 3 million gallons of metals-laden water was released during an Aug. 5 site investigation led by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency. Alexco Environmental Group's contract to de...
Kennady Diamonds Inc. Oct. 19 reported encouraging preliminary valuation of diamonds recovered from the Kelvin kimberlite at its Kennady North project located in Northwest Territories. Kennady Diamonds retained the services of WWW International Diamond Consultants to value and model a diamond parcel weighing 989 carats recovered from sampling of the Kelvin kimberlite. This parcel represents 442.82 carats from Zone A, 447.05 carats from Zone B, 80.44 carats from Zone C and a...
Kaizen Discovery Inc. Oct. 19 reported that reconnaissance drilling has significantly expanded the area of sediment-hosted copper-silver mineralization at its Coppermine project in Nunavut. The majority of a nine-hole drill program completed this year targeted sediment-hosted, stratiform copper-silver mineralization at the base of the Neoproterozoic Rae Group. Previous work by Cominco in the early 1990s and Teshierpi Mines in the late 1960s intersected stratiform copper... Full story
Kivalliq Energy Corp. Oct. 19 said the result from its inaugural drill program at the Dipole discovery demonstrate the effectiveness of geophysical and geochemical surveys to making uranium discoveries at its Angilak property in Nunavut. The nine-hole Dipole drill program was designed to test the center of a 2,000-meter-long very low frequency electromagnetic conductor with a coincident 3,400-meter-long uranium-in-soil anomaly. Highlights from this drilling include: 2.34... Full story
Dominion Diamond Corp. Oct. 15 reported that its Diavik Diamond Mine in Northwest Territories produced 1.27 million carats of diamonds from 480,000 metric tons of ore during the third quarter of 2015. Diamonds recovered during the third quarter were 24 percent lower than output during the same period of 2014, reflecting a 15 percent drop in the amount of material processed and lower recovered grades from the A-154 South and A-418 kimberlite pipes. This was partially offset by...
Given an abundance of cheap coal available on the Pacific Rim, Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. is focusing on its core business - delivering more than 1 million tons of ultra-low-sulfur coal mined at its Healy operation to electricity- and heat-generating customers in Interior Alaska. "Right now, we are sort of regrouping, focusing on our domestic customers," Usibelli Vice President of Government Affairs Lorali Simon told business and government leaders gathered for an Oct. 16... Full story
