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

10-year mine life could provide the much-needed nickel and copper for clean energy technologies. Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. Aug. 24 published the results of a pre-feasibility study for the Nickel... — Updated 9/14/2023

White Gold Corp. April 25 announced an updated mineral resource estimate for its flagship White Gold project which has added the Ryan's Surprise and VG deposits to the tally, reaffirming its... — Updated 9/8/2023

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

Dunleavy takes a first-hand look at mine projects at end of a proposed 100-mile road into West Susitna area. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Department of Transportation and Public Facilities... — Updated 8/24/2023

Potentially rich deposits of lithium in the terrain near Yellowknife, the capital of Northwest Territories, has spurred a small stampede of mining companies to Canada's north this summer as... — Updated 8/24/2023

For those in the know, Alaska's resources aren't just some surprise windfall for renewable energy technologies. While precious metals like gold and silver have been the primary focus of more than a... — Updated 8/24/2023

Resolution Minerals Ltd. Aug. 21 announced that it staked a 114-square-mile land package in an area of Alaska prospective for nickel with associated copper, cobalt, and platinum group metals.... — Updated 8/24/2023

U.S. GoldMining Inc. Aug. 21 announced the start of the first phase of a 10,000-meter drill program at the company's Whistler gold-copper project 105 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. "The... — Updated 8/23/2023

With the acquisition finalized, major invests in spin-out, leaving all parties satisfied. After weeks of deliberation, Hecla Mining Company has finalized the acquisition of ATAC Resources Ltd. and t... — Updated 7/27/2023

Amid renewed market interest in gold, White Gold Corp. recently reported increased mineral resource estimates for its flagship White Gold Project and unveiled plans for a 2023 exploration program... — Updated 7/20/2023

The world's leading mining companies have a big problem – with the industry being transformed by a mad rush to acquire raw materials supporting the worldwide energy transition, and mining c... — Updated 7/13/2023

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

Klondike Gold Corp. June 19 announced that new academic research is providing insights into exploring for the lode source of the nearly 20 million ounces of placer gold recovered from the streams... — Updated 6/22/2023

Merged company will hold several world-class gold, copper assets in Northern BC's Golden Triangle. In a deal that will bring together several world-class copper and gold projects in British Columbia... — Updated 6/1/2023

Let's talk about electric car batteries, their mineral content, the source of the minerals, and where those minerals are refined. Generally speaking, according to a recent piece in the Washington Po... — Updated 5/4/2023 Full story

Vital Metals CEO resigns after just 4 months; Ucore adds former Vital top executive to its growing team. With former Vital Metals Ltd. Managing Director Geoff Atkins joining the team at Ucore Rare... — Updated 4/8/2023

Li-FT Power Ltd. March 22 announced that it has raised C$35 million (US$25.5 million) for exploration of its lithium properties in Canada, including the company's flagship Yellowknife Lithium projec... — Updated 3/23/2023

From competing offers for an exploration company with large and intriguing mineral projects in the Yukon, to the world's largest gold miner making a US$17 billion bid to buyout an Australian mining... — Updated 3/23/2023

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Gathering together leaders, decision-makers, and experts toward the common goal of understanding the value of Alaska's mineral endowment and how to unlock it for America's... — Updated 3/23/2023

Seeking a balance between their traditional lifestyle and economic opportunities that allow their villages and the people that live there to thrive, the tribal councils of Allakaket and Huslia have... — Updated 3/11/2023

With 50M oz from Keno Hill, Hecla's silver reserves top 240M oz in 2023. With the addition of the Keno Hill Mine in the Yukon, Hecla Mining Company now has more than 240 million ounces of silver in... — Updated 3/2/2023

In what could be the most consequential "pollice verso" for Alaska, in a time when the federal government is seeking to shift the paradigm from more than a century of petroleum dependency to clean... — Updated 3/2/2023

White Gold Corp. Feb. 23 announced the latest batch of assays shows that the 2022 diamond drilling program on the Ryan's Surprise and Ulli's Ridge targets intersected multiple zones of gold... — Updated 2/23/2023

Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. Feb. 16 announced, after more than a decade, an updated mineral resource estimate for its Niblack property in Southeast Alaska. "Our updated mineral resource... — Updated 2/16/2023

Barrick, Novagold now considering updated feasibility study for world-class gold project. To round out a large and highly-successful 2022 program at Donlin Gold, project partners Novagold Resources... — Updated 2/10/2023