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

Welcome to the 10th anniversary of Mining Explorers! While there have been tectonic shifts in the mineral exploration markets over the past decade, two things have remained rock solid ... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

Since investing roughly US$70 million to acquire a 28 percent stake in Novagold Resources Inc. in 2009, American billionaire Thomas Kaplan and his Electrum Group of companies have taken a kee... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

Thanks largely to increased investments from Aussie mining explorers, mineral exploration spending across Alaska topped US$100 million in 2018. This is well above the roughly US$95 million... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

In 1918, the Premier gold mine opened a few miles north of Stewart, a mining town that is the southern gateway to British Columbia's famed Golden Triangle. Over the ensuing 34 years, this... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

More than three dozen explorers chased lucrative mineral deposits in Yukon Territory in 2017 and most of these junior and senior companies returned to the northern jurisdiction this year to... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

Skeena Resources Ltd. Dec. 5 reported gold-silver intercepts from another eight holes drilled at the Eskay Creek project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Skeena cut a deal with Barrick... — Updated 12/7/2018 Full story

Skeena Resources Ltd. reported additional strong gold-silver results from its phase-I drill program at Eskay Creek, including one hole that cut 31.5 meters averaging 10.16 grams per metric... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

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... — Updated 11/2/2018 Full story

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... — Updated 11/9/2018 Full story

ATAC Resources Ltd.'s Rackla Gold project saw roughly C$13 million of exploration in 2018. Barrick Gold Corp. invested about C$6 million at Orion, a gold project that lies in the middle of... — Updated 10/26/2018 Full story

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... — Updated 11/23/2018 Full story

Novagold Resources Inc. took several giant steps this year toward its ultimate goal – developing a world-class mine at its 50-percent-owned Donlin Gold project in Southwest Alaska. The 39 m... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

Skeena Resources Ltd. Oct. 16 announced that Peru-based miner Hochschild Mining plc has entered into an option to earn a 60 percent interest in Skeena's Snip gold project in British... — Updated 10/26/2018 Full story

Novagold Resources Inc. Oct. 2 reported that it is well-funded to see the Donlin Gold project in Southwest Alaska to a construction decision but provided very few clues as to when to expect... — Updated 10/12/2018

Skeena Resources Ltd. Oct. 1 reported high-grade gold-silver intercepts from the company's initial phase of drilling at the Eskay Creek project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Skeena... — Updated 10/12/2018

When Skeena Resources Ltd. acquired Eskay Creek from Barrick Gold Corp. in 2017, the exploration company believed this historic mine property hosted significant quantities of gold and silver... — Updated 9/28/2018 Full story

Skeena Resources Ltd. Sept. 11 reported that it cut 27.7 meters averaging 29.49 grams per metric ton gold and 973 g/t silver, or 43.39 g/t gold-equivalent, during the initial phase of... — Updated 9/21/2018

Underscoring the interconnected nature of the global mining market, not 48 hours after the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law, the mining industry began... — Updated 9/7/2018 Full story

The Donlin Project took one step closer to becoming the next major mine in Alaska when on Aug. 13, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the Interior signed off on a record of... — Updated 9/7/2018 Full story

Roughly six years after applications to federal authorities, Barrick Gold Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc. have crossed the finish line on gaining the key federal permits needed to build a... — Updated 8/24/2018 Full story

Novagold Resources Inc. July 27 announced it has closed the deal to sell Newmont Mining Corp. its 50 percent interest in the Galore Creek copper-gold project in northwestern British Columbia... — Updated 8/10/2018 Full story

Although the Alaska mineral industry is in better health in the middle of 2018 than it has been in the last five years, the spirited recovery that was in progress in the first quarter of the... — Updated 8/3/2018 Full story

ATAC Resources Ltd. July 17 said results of the first three holes drilled at Osiris, the easternmost of three properties that make up the Rackla Gold property in the Yukon, show the... — Updated 7/27/2018

Novagold Resources Inc. June 27 reported that the permitting to develop a mine at Donlin Gold project is nearly complete but the timing of the final go-ahead decision on whether to develop a... — Updated 7/13/2018

ATAC Resources Ltd. June 18 reported a 1.69-million-ounce maiden gold resource for Osiris, one of three projects that make up the 1,700-square-kilometer (656 square miles) Rackla Gold... — Updated 6/29/2018 Full story