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 By Shane Lasley    In-depth
The Red Dog camp and mill facilities reflect off a pond during a summer day.

Alaska Standard for mining energy metals

State's inaugural sustainability report details the ESG advantages of looking North to Alaska for energy transition metals. The global energy transition has steered Alaska to a critical minerals... — Updated 12/1/2023 Full story

 
Drill crew working at a pad at the 4100N Zone at the Storm property.

Storm Copper high-grade, potential grows

American West Metals Ltd. Nov. 6 announced that its 2023 drilling has tapped more impressive near-surface mineralization in expansion targets at the 4100N Zone on its Storm Copper project in... — Updated 11/22/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    News
A barge delivers goods to Back River during the ice-free summer days in Nunavut.

B2Gold delivers the goods at Back River

Summer shipping and construction success keep the Goose Mine on track for first gold pour in Q1 2025. With a successful summer construction and shipping season, B2Gold Corp. says its Back River... — Updated 11/17/2023

 
Aerial view of an exploration camp at the Sun VMS project in Alaska.

Drilling shows Sun expansion potential

Valhalla Metals Inc. Oct. 30 reported that all four step-out holes drilled this year at its Sun project in the World Class Ambler Mining District of Northwest Alaska cut significant zones of volcano... — Updated 11/16/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    News
A headframe from historic exploration rises above a fall landscape at Bornite.

BLM's Ambler Road SEIS raises concerns

Alaska Delegation says Ambler Road is guaranteed by Congress; Alaska Natives come out for, against road. Roughly a year and a half after suspending the previously issued federal permits to build a 2... — Updated 11/10/2023

 
Li-FT geologist standing atop pegmatite outcrop at Yellowknife Lithium project.

Canada's long-forgotten lithium province

Like many other northern regions, Canada's North was settled because of its mineral resources. When the Canadian Dominion Government first purchased its arctic regions from the British Crown in the... — Updated 10/19/2023

 
Geologist samples an outcrop of brick red rock along a stream in Alaska.

Trilogy finds zinc-rich zone at Helpmejack

Trilogy Metals Inc. Sept. 27 reported that stream sediment and rock sampling has identified two zinc-enriched volcanogenic massive sulfide targets on the Helpmejack project toward the eastern end... — Updated 10/5/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    News
Aerial view of the development progress at the Goose Mine site as of September.

Goose gold mine development on track

Upon the April completion of its buyout of Sabina Gold & Silver Corp., B2Gold Corp. hit the ground running at its new Back River gold property in Nunavut and remains on pace to pour its first gold... — Updated 10/4/2023

 
Alaska mineral exploration camp and airstrip along a river and base of mountain.

Valhalla wraps successful Sun program

Valhalla Metals Inc. Sept. 18 reported the completion of an exploration program at Sun that included camp upgrades, geophysics, relogging of historical core, and four new holes drilled on the... — Updated 10/4/2023

 
Silver Cadillac Lyriq EV rolls off a General Motors assembly line in Tennessee.

Graphite demand outpaces EV sales

Every electric vehicle rolling off an assembly line increases the demand for graphite by an average of around 160 pounds. With more than 30 million EVs expected to hit global highways each year by... — Updated 9/21/2023 Full story

 
A headframe from historic exploration rises above a fall landscape at Bornite.

Ambler Road draft SEIS expected this month

Trilogy Metals Inc. Sept. 11 reported that 2023 summer field activities at the Upper Kobuk Minerals Project were subdued as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management reevaluates the permits for the propose... — Updated 9/14/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    News
Rock sample with metallic gold mineralization coated with green copper oxides.

Bornite's germanium potential revealed

Colorado School of Mines thesis confirms that the germanium values at Bornite deposit have long been underreported. In addition to hosting 6.3 billion pounds of copper and 88 million lb of cobalt cr... — Updated 9/14/2023

 
Copper cables used for electrical transmission.

Copper is critical to almost everyone

Everyone agrees that historically enormous quantities of copper are essential to wiring a world in which low-carbon electricity delivered via powerlines supplants fossil fuels pumped through... — Updated 9/14/2023 Full story

 
Aerial view of new 24-person mineral exploration camp at Sun, Alaska.

Valhalla begins drilling the Sun project

Valhalla Metals Inc. July 19 announced the start of its 2023 exploration program at Sun, which is slated to include up to 4,000 meters of drilling focused on expanding the high-grade volcanogenic... — Updated 9/3/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    In-depth
Underground mine in an outline of Alaska on a critical minerals background.

Alaska critical minerals take center stage

From the Pentagon's multi-million-dollar investment in Graphite One Inc. to China's restrictions on the exports of gallium and germanium, Alaska's current critical minerals supply and future... — Updated 8/31/2023

 
A hand pointing at a large spodumene crystal in NWT, Canada.

North Arrow confirms LDG hard rock lithium

North Arrow Minerals Inc. Aug. 10 announced an exciting update to its field program at its Lac de Gras kimberlite property in Canada's Northwest Territories, confirming at least four spodumene... — Updated 8/10/2023

 
A geologist examines a slope riddled with copper mineralization.

Gladiator copper project open everywhere

Gladiator Metals Corp. July 31 announced an update to its ongoing data compilation of historic drilling and the largely untested shallow, high-grade Arctic Chief prospect as the once-producing... — Updated 8/10/2023

 
Drill pad set up on the Lac de Gras property in NWT, Canada.

Lac de Gras may hold more than diamonds

North Arrow Minerals Ltd. July 13 announced the start of the 2023 field program for its recently fully acquired Lac de Gras kimberlite property in Northwest Territories, Canada – while primarily a... — Updated 8/10/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    News
Underground mine in an outline of Alaska on a critical minerals background.

Alaska critical minerals summit in DC

Alaska mining and Washington policy leaders gather to discuss forging a path forward to critical minerals in US's Arctic state. Building upon the discussions and strategic ideas set in motion during... — Updated 7/29/2023

 
 By A.J. Roan    News
The largest diamond found at Ekati, a 186-carat gemstone.

Ekati finds a new home with Burgundy

Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd. has finalized its acquisition of the Ekati diamond mine in Canada's Northwest Territories, adding another precious stone mine to its portfolio. Already a 40% partner... — Updated 7/20/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    News
A headframe from historic exploration rises above a fall landscape at Bornite.

BLM drags feet on Ambler Road decision

Despite the growing calls by Alaska Native tribal and municipal leaders for an expedited review of the Ambler Access Project, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced that it will take six extra... — Updated 6/29/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    In-depth
Daniel Yergin and Gov. Dunleavy onstage for a fireside chat on Alaska energy.

US Permitting pandemic plagues Alaska

Alaska's unparalleled potential to be a major domestic supplier of the minerals and metals critical to the clean energy transition attracted some of North America's top commodities investors and... — Updated 6/29/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    News
Alaska Native drillers test world-class Arctic deposit in the Ambler District.

Alaska Native leaders support Ambler Road

A growing and increasingly vocal group of Alaska Native leaders are joining the 49th State's delegation in Washington DC on pressing the Biden administration to carry out a timely review of the... — Updated 5/11/2023

 
 By Shane Lasley    In-depth
A view of the ends of various-sized copper cables for electrical transmission.

A northern solution to copper shortage

The North of 60 Mining area hosts billions of pounds of copper ready to be delivered to a world craving this metal in sky-high demand for wiring the electric vehicles and renewable energy... — Updated 5/11/2023 Full story

 
 By Shane Lasley    News
A headframe from historic exploration rises above a fall landscape at Bornite.

Two Arctic boroughs support Ambler Road

North Slope and Northwest Arctic boroughs ink joint resolution in favor of Ambler access. The Northwest Arctic and North Slope boroughs have put their combined political weight behind an effort to... — Updated 5/1/2023 Full story

 

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