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

There is nearly a $1 trillion chasm between where the United States' lithium battery supply chain is today and where it needs to be by 2035 in order to build the envisioned green energy future... — Updated 9/13/2023 Full story

Few men and women could attest to having lived with an adventurous spirit and actually having gone and adventured, but this isn't so for mining and aviation pioneer Ronald Sheardown. Soon to be... — Updated 6/15/2023 Full story

Yukon takes over, hires JDS Mining to maintain site; mine closure may sink Minto Metals and Pembridge. Inundated by the forces of nature and finance, Minto Metals Corp. is shuttering operations at... — Updated 6/1/2023

Minto Metals Corp. March 16 announced that it will not be shipping Minto Mine copper concentrate through the ore terminal in the Southeast Alaska port town of Skagway for at least the next two... — Updated 3/30/2023

After being spun out from parent purchaser Pembridge Resources plc, Minto Metals Corp. kicked off the year with its strongest quarter yet with production results from its Minto copper mine in... — Updated 1/18/2023

Minto Metals Corp. April 28 reported that the results from its ongoing 2022 exploration drilling at Minto are showing strong potential for expanding the resource and life of this copper mine in the... — Updated 4/28/2022

After being spun out from parent purchaser Pembridge Resources plc, Minto Metals Corp. April 6 announced the company's first-quarter production results from its Minto copper mine in central Yukon.... — Updated 4/14/2022

Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Aug. 19 announced major changes to its board of directors, management, and technical team that reflect a transition toward prefeasibility and permitting at the company's... — Updated 8/26/2021

Pembridge Resources plc May 12 reported that the life of its Minto copper mine in the Yukon has been extended out to 2028, five years beyond the 2023 life of mine previously reported by the London... — Updated 6/24/2021

Alaska, Northern British Columbia, and the Yukon are home to a dozen advanced stage exploration and mine projects hosting billions of pounds of copper ready to deliver to a world demanding massive... — Updated 5/27/2021

Pembridge Resources plc Jan. 28 announced that trucks are now delivering copper concentrates from its Minto Mine in the Yukon to the Skagway Ore Terminal in Southeast Alaska. Access to the Minto... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Pembridge Resources plc Jan. 22 announced the launch of a 14,000-meter drill program aimed at expanding four deposits at its Minto copper mine in the Yukon. United Kingdom-based Pembridge finalized... — Updated 9/26/2020

Pembridge Resources plc Dec. 4 announced that its revenue from the restart of operations at the Minto copper mine in the Yukon now exceeds US$7 million. United Kingdom-based Pembridge, which... — Updated 9/26/2020

Pembridge Resources plc Nov. 6 reported the first revenue from Minto since the restart of operations at its recently acquired copper mine in the Yukon. Since finalizing a deal in June to acquire... — Updated 9/26/2020

Kutcho Copper Corp. Sept. 17 announced the start of permitting for its Kutcho copper-zinc project in northern British Columbia. The three deposits that make up the Kutcho project – Main, Esso and S... — Updated 9/26/2020

Yukon Territory, a mineral exploration frontrunner in Canada's North, is witnessing a significant slowdown in 2019. As a result, growth in Yukon's economy is expected to slow this year but rebound... — Updated 9/26/2020

Pembridge Resources PLC July 22 announced that it has cut a deal with Sumitomo Corp. for copper concentrates from its newly acquired Minto Mine in the Yukon. Under this offtake agreement, Pembridge... — Updated 9/26/2020

In a deal that is good for the buyer, seller and the Yukon, Capstone Mining Corp. has agreed to sell the Minto copper mine to United Kingdom-based Pembridge Resources PLC. "The sale of the Minto... — Updated 9/25/2020

Granite Creek Copper Ltd. Feb. 19 said it has secured a substantial historical database detailing exploration work conducted on the area covered by the company's newly acquired Stu... — Updated 9/25/2020

Kutcho Copper Corp. Oct. 18 said the latest round of drill results at its namesake project in northern British Columbia have confirmed the high-grade mineralization in the Main deposit and is... — Updated 9/25/2020

Capstone Mining Corp. Oct. 11 announced that it will be shutting down the Minto Mine due to Pembridge Resources' inability to raise the requisite funds to acquire the copper operation in the Yukon.... — Updated 9/25/2020

Though mineral exploration in Yukon Territory this year lagged the pace seen in 2018, mine development projects advanced at a steady clip in 2019, while several past-producing mines moved toward res... — Updated 8/14/2020 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 take... — Updated 3/1/2019 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 3/1/2019 Full story

Kutcho Copper Corp. entered British Columbia's minerals exploration scene in 2017 and is already considering the feasibility of developing a mine in the province's northern reaches. Under its... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story