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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 Full story

2018 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the Palmer copper-zinc-silver-gold project in Southeast Alaska. A roughly US$9 million exploration program outlined by Constantine Metal Resources Ltd.... — Updated 9/25/2020

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. May 1 said it intends to raise C$10 million through a non-brokered private placement that will include a major strategic investment from Electrum Strategic... — Updated 9/25/2020

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Jan. 6 named Ian Cunningham-Dunlop as the company's vice president of advanced projects, an appointment that signals the transition to advanced stage exploration and... — Updated 9/24/2020

From wide zones of high-grade copper and zinc in resource expansion drilling to a discovery hole with grades worthy of being compared to Greens Creek, Constantine Metals Resource and Dowa Metals... — Updated 5/3/2018 Full story

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd.'s plan to expand exploration at its copper- and zinc-rich Palmer project near Haines has ruffled the feathers of some members of the Southeast Alaska community. A mu... — Updated 2/6/2018 Full story

Reuters recently reported that the 10 largest gold-producing companies worldwide have steadily increased their near-mine exploration budgets over the past few years to 56 percent in 2015 from 45... — Updated 2/5/2018

Mineral exploration spending in Alaska hit an apex of US$365 million in 2011, but as venture capital for mining explorers dried these expenditures plummeted 78 percent to US$80 million in 2015. Howe... — Updated 2/3/2018

Mining's contribution to Alaska's economy starts with the hefty paychecks being issued to the some 4,350 miners that work in the state, according to recent study completed by the Alaska Miners... — Updated 1/27/2018 Full story

With metal prices stabilizing, physical stockpiles dwindling and demand again on the rise, things are beginning to look up for the beleagered mining industry. Gold's performance over the past... — Updated 1/26/2018

As a follow-up to last month's realization that once again "the game is afoot" in the mining industry, major gold producer Goldcorp recently presented some arresting statistics at the Bank of... — Updated 1/26/2018

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 Full story

With winter programs winding down and summer efforts rapidly ramping up, it is becoming clear that 2017 will be a much more vigorous year for the Alaska mining industry than the 2013 to 2016 period.... — Updated 1/16/2018

As the Alaska mining industry prepares for and kicks off exploration, development and production activities for 2017, the question on everyone’s lips at the recent Cordilleran Roundup mining... — Updated 1/13/2018

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Nov. 7 said it has entered an agreement to sell a portion of its gold properties in Ontario for C$4.5 million, funds that it can apply to furthering exploration at... — Updated 11/13/2016

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. July 6 reported the start of a 2016 drill program at its Palmer copper-zinc-silver-gold project in Southeast Alaska. Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd., which can earn... — Updated 7/10/2016

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. May 9 outlined plans for a US$3.7 million work program at the Palmer volcanogenic massive sulfide project in Southeast Alaska. This work will include a drill... — Updated 5/15/2016

Although there is plenty of Alaska mining industry news this month, the big dog in the pen is the dramatic and unexpected run-up in the price of gold, which moved from a low of $1,078 per ounce to a... — Updated 2/28/2016 Full story

Imperial Metals Corp. Feb. 5 said the Huckleberry Mine in western British Columbia will be placed on care and maintenance until there is an improvement in the price of copper. Huckleberry Mines... — Updated 2/14/2016