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Aleut Corp. is committed to promoting economic opportunities for its more than 4,000 shareholders while preserving the traditional culture and values developed from living in a ruggedly beautiful... — Updated 1/6/2022

CopperBank Resources Corp. Feb. 14 announced the termination of its option on the Pyramid and San Diego Bay copper projects on the Alaska Peninsula. Pyramid, a large porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum... — Updated 9/26/2020

Aleut Corporation is committed to promoting economic opportunities for its more than 4,000 shareholders, while preserving the traditional culture and values developed from living in a ruggedly... — Updated 9/26/2020

In 2017 Alaska’s mineral exploration industry saw its first up-tick in exploration spending since 2011, an increase that S&P Global Market Intelligence’s “World Exploration Trends” indicates was mir... — Updated 9/24/2020

Seven days of near-continuous rain did nothing to dampen the mood at the recently concluded Cordilleran Roundup Convention in Vancouver. The event was buoyed by a realistic optimism we have not... — Updated 9/24/2020

With 13 holes drilled in 2017, CopperBank Resources Corp. has added more than 160 million pounds of copper to its Pyramid project on the Alaska Peninsula. "For a small investment in 2017, our team... — Updated 9/24/2020

As we transition from 2017 into 2018, the weight of evidence pointing to a long-awaited mining industry up-tick is being trumpeted from every financial institution, brokerage house and mining... — Updated 9/24/2020

CopperBank Resources Corp. Jan. 22 said a 3D radar model carried out by Auracle Geospatial Science Inc. has turned up some interesting new targets for the 2018 drill programs at the company's... — Updated 9/24/2020

CopperBank Resources Corp. Oct. 4 said results from the first two holes of its 2017 drill program at Pyramid demonstrate the expansion potential of the copper deposit on the Alaskan Peninsula.... — Updated 3/14/2018

CopperBank Resources Corp. sees the need for copper rising sharply as the world shifts to renewable energy sources and believes its Pyramid porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum project on the Alaska... — Updated 2/6/2018

CopperBank Resources Corp. Nov. 17 said Auracle Geospatial Science Inc. will complete a remote sensing radar and hyperspectral survey for the Pyramid and San Diego Bay copper projects on the... — Updated 1/25/2018

CopperBank Resources Corp. sees the current transition to renewable energy sources driving the demand for copper higher in the coming years and is focused on identifying world-class deposits of... — Updated 1/24/2018

Alaska's minerals exploration sector is on an upswing, thanks to Australian mining explorers looking north and mining majors upping their activities in the state. South32 Ltd., a Perth,... — Updated 1/24/2018

The summer solstice has come and gone, but the Alaska mining industry has paid little attention to the decreased amount of daylight because it is high summer in the high latitudes, time to be out... — Updated 1/14/2018

At a recent mining industry panel discussion at the Western States Land Commissioners Association meeting in Anchorage, I was asked if the recent upturn in activity in the Alaska mining industry... — Updated 1/14/2018

CopperBank Resources Corp. Aug. 14 announced plans to expand its 2017 drill program at the Pyramid copper-gold-molybdenum project on the Alaska Peninsula. The company had already expanded the... — Updated 1/14/2018

CopperBank Resources Corp. Oct. 23 reported results from two additional holes drilled this summer at the Pyramid copper project on the Alaska Peninsula. Hole DDH 17PY033, drilled in the Main zone... — Updated 1/13/2018

For the first time in five long years, the mood at the recently held Alaska Miners Association Convention in Anchorage was buoyant, the result of a slow but steady turnaround on mineral investments... — Updated 1/10/2018

In early November, the Alaska Miners Association will hold its annual convention in Anchorage. Unlike the past four or five years, the excitement surrounding the convention this year is palpable... — Updated 11/5/2017

The Alaska mining industry continued its increased pace of activities in August, even as the first hint of autumn starts to be felt across the state. Metals prices were relatively stable with... — Updated 9/3/2017