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While many of its peers are struggling to find money to continue exploration at their promising mineral prospects and deposits, Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. has managed to forge ahead with... — Updated 1/6/2022

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

The owners of Alaska’s five large metal mines – Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo, Hecla Mining Company, Kinross Gold Corp, Teck Resources Ltd. and Coeur Mining Inc. – accounted for nearly half the US$92 m... — Updated 1/28/2018 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

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

Imperial Metals Corp. Jan. 6 reported the suspension of pit operations at the Huckleberry copper-gold-silver mine in central British Columbia. Imperial holds 50 percent interest in Huckleberry... — Updated 1/10/2016

As the curtain rings down on 2015, the sound of clapping and cheering can already be heard from the mining industry as it anticipates the end of a largely depressing year which started out looking... — Updated 12/27/2015

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Nov. 24 said the 2015 exploration program at the Palmer copper-zinc-silver-gold project in Southeast Alaska resulted in the discovery of new volcanogenic massive... — Updated 12/6/2015

Mining is a notoriously cyclical business that generally ebbs and flows with the overall state of the global economy, and these cycles are amplified for junior mining companies charged with... — Updated 8/9/2015

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. July 28 reported that Dowa Metals & Mining Alaska Ltd. has selected a small subset of the Haines Block mining lease that surrounds the Palmer Property to become... — Updated 8/2/2015

The world's mining industry has once again transmogrified itself in the face of changing global metals markets and investor expectations. In a recent Reuters report, several companies, including... — Updated 6/28/2015 Full story

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. June 3 reported that field crews have mobilized for the start of its 2015 drill program at the Palmer copper-zinc-silver-gold in Southeast Alaska. Roughly 6,000... — Updated 6/14/2015 Full story

I recently returned from the Geological Society of Nevada's once-every-five-years Symposium in Reno and was surprised to learn a number of things regarding Alaska, despite the symposium's tight focu... — Updated 5/31/2015

While many of its peers are struggling to find money to continue exploration at their promising mineral prospects and deposits, Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. has managed to forge ahead with... — Updated 5/17/2015

The state of the world's exploration industry was recently summarized in SNL Metal & Mining's annual "World Exploration Trends" publication, released at the Prospectors and Developers Association... — Updated 3/29/2015 Full story

Slipping metals prices and investors' ongoing reluctance to risk venture capital in the junior mining sector is hitting Alaska's mineral exploration sector hard; and the Far North state is not the... — Updated 3/29/2015 Full story

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. March 3 said that Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd. has approved a 2015 budget of US$5 million for the continued exploration of the Palmer project in Southeast Alaska.... — Updated 3/8/2015 Full story

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Feb. 23 said it ended its fiscal year (Oct. 31) with C$587,481 in cash and working capital of C$470,841, compared with cash of C$181,557 and working capital of... — Updated 3/1/2015 Full story

Amid the volatile metals markets that have become the norm in the past year, miners, developers, explorers, prospectors and investors met in Vancouver at the end of January for the annual Cordillera... — Updated 2/22/2015 Full story

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Jan. 26 reported final drill results and summarized key advancements of the 2014 exploration program at its Palmer copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Southeast... — Updated 2/1/2015