North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Ascot Resources Ltd. Oct. 29 announced it has completed the acquisition of Silver Coin, an advanced stage, gold-silver property immediately adjacent to Ascot's Big Missouri project and five... — Updated 9/25/2020

As Alaska's mining industry nears the end of another hectic year during which metals prices and investor sentiments rose and fell as precipitously as the world's major stock exchanges, the industry... — Updated 9/25/2020

Freegold Ventures Ltd. Oct. 30 provided an update on its exploration activities at its Shorty Creek and Golden Summit projects. This fall, Freegold completed a modest two-hole drill program at... — Updated 9/25/2020

Skeena Resources Ltd. Oct. 31 said long sections of gold-silver mineralization cut in six additional holes from the phase I drilling at Eskay Creek continue to demonstrate the excellent grade and ge... — Updated 9/25/2020

Usibelli Coal Mine Inc. Oct. 26 announced that it has acquired the Tri-Valley subdivision in Healy, Alaska from Alaska Railroad Corp., a major step in the coal mining company's goal to make these... — Updated 9/25/2020

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Oct. 30 said drilling at AG Zone continues to trace a thick lens of precious and base metals-rich massive barite-sulfide with potential to add substantial tonnage to... — Updated 9/25/2020

Grande Portage Resources Ltd. Oct. 29 said drilling has tapped high-grade gold in the Goat vein on the Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska. Earlier this year, Grande Portage reported very high-... — Updated 9/25/2020

Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Oct. 30 published major-oxide and trace-element geochemical data from rocks collected from the Northeast Tanacross project in 2018. From June 19... — Updated 9/25/2020

It's clear by now that famed prospector Shawn Ryan has the Midas Touch when it comes to making significant mineral discoveries in the White Gold District of west-central Yukon Territory. During the... — Updated 9/25/2020

While claim staking and mineral exploration has rocketed in Yukon's famed White Gold and Klondike districts, this prolific action nearly comes to a halt at the territory's western border with... — Updated 9/25/2020

With a melting point of 5,756 degrees Fahrenheit and a heat-stable crystalline structure, rhenium is extremely resistant to both heat and wear. This durability makes it a vital element in... — Updated 9/25/2020

Skeena Resources Ltd. has assembled an impressive portfolio of precious and base metals properties in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. This year the company focused its exploration primarily on... — Updated 11/23/2018

A roughly 25,000-meter drill program carried out by Dolly Varden Silver Corp. in 2018 focused on expanding and defining the deposits of high-grade silver at its Dolly Varden project in northern... — Updated 11/23/2018

Millrock Resources Inc. is a project generating mineral exploration company with five projects in Alaska, three in British Columbia (transferred to Sojourn Exploration Inc.), 16 in Mexico and one... — Updated 11/23/2018

11 is a milestone year for Kinross Gold Corp. – 25 years as a growing force in the global gold mining sector. Over its first quarter-century, Kinross has grown exponentially, from producing 83,000... — Updated 11/23/2018

Continuing its founding strategy of building ounces of gold in the ground per share on the market, Seabridge Gold Corp. had drills turning this year at its projects in British Columbia, Northwest Te... — Updated 11/16/2018

I have always been bemused by an apparently historic inconsistency between the Declaration of Independence and the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. The first speaks of "life, liberty and the pur... — Updated 11/2/2018

Cantex Mine Development Corp. Oct. 29 reported spectacular zinc-lead-silver results from this year's drilling at the aptly named Massive Sulphide zone on the company's North Rackla property in the... — Updated 11/2/2018

IDM Mining Ltd. is focused on developing British Columbia's next underground gold mine at the company's Red Mountain project a few miles east of Stewart. A feasibility study completed in 2017... — Updated 11/1/2018

Teck Resources Ltd. is investing roughly US$110 million on mill upgrades at its Red Dog Mine that will help ensure strong zinc production from this Northwest Alaska zinc operation until at least... — Updated 11/1/2018

Reaching commercial production at Brucejack in mid-2017, Pretium Resources Inc. focused this year's work on accelerated underground development and exploration at this bonanza grade underground... — Updated 11/1/2018

A combination of exploration and acquisition substantially boosted Coeur Mining Inc.'s precious metals reserves and resources in 2018. The Chicago-based miner entered the year with 335.8 million... — Updated 11/1/2018

Peak Gold, a joint venture between Contango ORE Inc. (60 percent) and Royal Gold Inc. (40 percent), is beginning to investigate the economics of mining the gold-rich Peak and North Peak skarn... — Updated 10/26/2018

Ascot Resources Ltd. brought on a new chairman, president and CEO, and chief operating officer towards the end of 2017. With this new leadership came a new vision for resuming operations on its... — Updated 10/22/2018

Thanks to its ongoing exploration success, Hecla Mining Company entered 2018 with the highest silver, gold and lead reserves in its 127-year history, as well as the highest level of zinc reserves... — Updated 10/21/2018