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Critical Minerals AK – Indispensable Twins
With nearly indistinguishable physical and chemical properties, niobium and tantalum are almost always found together in nature. Both are also critical to the defense, energy and high-tech sectors... — Updated 9/25/2020
DGGS publishes data from Tanacross survey
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
Majors quietly move into eastern Alaska
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
Critical Alaska geological maps needed
One of the most common complaints I hear from companies and individuals working in the mineral industry in Alaska is our deplorable lack of modern, usable-scale digital geophysical and geologic... — Updated 9/25/2020
Critical Minerals Alaska – Cobalt
Cobalt is an essential ingredient to optimizing the performance of batteries in the growing number of electric vehicles on global highways, yet essentially none of this battery metal is mined in... — Updated 9/25/2020
Critical Minerals Alaska – PGEs
The six platinum group elements – platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium, and osmium – are amongst the rarest metals on Earth. This scarcity, coupled with PGEs' uses in the aut... — Updated 9/25/2020
Critical Minerals Alaska – Tin
Primarily associated with cans, cups and roofs, tin may not be the flashiest metal on the market, but it has been a strategic metal that has defined human progress since the onset of the Bronze Age... — Updated 9/24/2020
Critical Minerals Alaska – Rare Earths
Before color televisions hit the markets in the 1960s, rare earths where a curious group of elements that had the distinction of occupying their own separate section at the bottom of the periodic... — Updated 9/24/2020
Critical potential
Exploration companies familiar with Alaska already know the Far North State is great place to look for critical minerals such as rare earth elements, platinum group metals, cobalt and tin. A new... — Updated 2/5/2018
Mining Explorers 2016: Mining brightens Alaska economy
The State of Alaska’s mining industry continues to be a bright spot for Alaska’s economy during difficult fiscal times. Thanks to our world-class natural resource endowment, investors continue to be interested in new exploration and dev... — Updated 2/3/2018
Worth of Alaska mines' output falls 12%
Though lower metals prices weighed on the value of Alaska’s mining sector, the production of minerals, not including coal and oil, in the 49th State topped US$3 billion for the sixth year r... — Updated 1/26/2018
Peak Gold resource
Having outlined 1.26 million ounces of gold, 5.11 million oz of silver and 39.6 million pounds of copper in the measured and indicated resource category at the Peak deposits, Royal Gold and Contango... — Updated 1/15/2018
Critical infrastructure
Alaska is rich in mineral potential but poor in the critical infrastructure needed to fully realize this potential, that was the message Alaska Division of Geological and Geological Surveys... — Updated 1/13/2018
DGGS reports more gold-silver-copper-zinc findings near Tok
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Nov. 15 published a new report on mineralization in the Tok River area, a relatively underexplored region of Alaska's Interior about 25 miles... — Updated 11/20/2016
Australian junior eyes larger VMS potential of Bonnifield district
White Rock Minerals Ltd. June 9 reported that it has begun compiling historical geochemical and geophysical surveys in order to define new high-grade zinc -silver exploration targets at the Red... — Updated 6/19/2016
DGGS finds undocumented gold, copper occurrences south of Tok
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys March 10 published a preliminary report on mineral occurrences observed during a 10-day preliminary geologic reconnaissance of the Tok River area... — Updated 3/20/2016
DGGS maps metals-rich Talkeetna Mountains
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys July 16 published preliminary results of geologic mapping conducted in the Talkeetna Mountains during 2014. The resultant map presents new,... — Updated 7/26/2015
DGGS releases data for emerging Tok area
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys April 8 issued a report from the 2014 Tok electromagnetic and magnetic geophysical survey, which covers roughly 2,500 square kilometers (965... — Updated 4/19/2015
Geological Material Center considers fees
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys is considering instating a fee schedule for services offered at the Alaska Geologic Materials Center in Anchorage. Fees would help offset increased... — Updated 4/5/2015
Cassiterite a deal
Primarily associated with cans, cups and roofs, tin is not the flashiest metal on the market. Despite its lowly ranking, even among base metals, this lackluster commodity fetches around US$8.00 per... — Updated 3/22/2015
Tonsina survey data released
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Jan. 2 published data from a 2014 Tonsina electromagnetic and magnetic geophysical survey, which will better define the extent and location... — Updated 1/18/2015
Mining Explorers 2014: DNR tackles broad spectrum of issues
The increasing crush of complex issues and decisions facing state land managers has a silver lining for Alaskans and our mining industry. It means things are happening. The busier we are at the Department of Natural Resources, the better Alaska is... — Updated 11/2/2014
Alaskans tout mining at industry meet
I recently attended the 119th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Mining Association in Reno and came away feeling better about Alaska than when I arrived. Alaska Miners Association Director Deantha Cro... — Updated 12/22/2013
Mining Explorers 2013: Alaska works to attract mining companies
It's been deceptively quiet - with a few notable exceptions - within Alaska's minerals sector this year. Thanks to low metals prices and risk-averse investors, we haven't seen much new mineral exploration in Alaska in 2013. That's after a series... — Updated 11/3/2013
Mining Explorers 2012: CORE eyes Interior Alaska gold
With its sights set on gold, Contango Ore Inc. raised US$8.8 million in March to fund a US$6.75 million exploration program on its Alaska projects during the 2012 field season - the bulk of which... — Updated 11/11/2012
