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

The State of Alaska has established clear ownership of two historic trails in northern Alaska under a settlement reached with federal and Native corporation officials of the state's claim to the trails under federal law RS 2477, a top Palin... — Updated 1/28/2007

A newly expanded company is making Alaska its exploration target, and it's backed by a mining heavyweight. Vancouver-based International Tower Hill Mines was barely a glimmer on anyone's radar screens until last summer, when South African major... — Updated 12/24/2006

By most years' standards, the last month has been a barn burner for mining news. By 2006 standards it hardly measures on the Mining Industry Care-O-Meter, a highly subjective, totally unscientific measurement of what is happening in Alaska's... — Updated 9/24/2006

The last month has seen the 2006 summer season's first offering of new discoveries, new drilling results and new companies in Alaska. While a number of programs were delayed due to an unseasonably cold spring (bring on the global warming!), most pr... — Updated 6/25/2006

Expanding its Alaska properties dramatically, Vancouver-based junior Full Metal Minerals announced in late May that it had acquired 811,000 acres in an option agreement with Alaska Native regional corporation Doyon. Full Metal Minerals may earn a 1... — Updated 5/28/2006

The new president of Alaska-focused exploration company Select Resources is ready to talk to any potential customer or joint venture partner if there is an opportunity to develop the business. That's the message from Henry "Rick" Sandri, who was... — Updated 1/29/2006

Tonogold Resources Inc., a California junior mining company, is mounting a gold exploration campaign in Alaska's Kuskokwim River Delta this summer not far from the city of Bethel. The move marks Tonogold's first exploration venture in Alaska and th... — Updated 6/19/2005

Alaska Native corporations have considerable experience partnering with mining companies and have seen economic benefits for their shareholders from the mining industry. They are also aware of people's concern about the effect of mining on the... — Updated 4/24/2005

Residents of Southwest Alaska - including a former state governor - expressed passionate opinions about the proposed Pebble open-pit mine at a conference in the village of Newhalen April 7-9, demonstrating that there will be a host of social... — Updated 4/24/2005

By suing the U.S. Department of Interior for quiet title to the state's rights of way for the Coldfoot-Chandalar Lake, Caro-to-Coldfoot and Wiseman-to-Chandalar trails, the state of Alaska may breathe new life into a century-old gold mining... — Updated 4/24/2005

A new mining company has staked out a future in Alaska with the acquisition of the Shorty Creek prospect near Livengood. Select Resources, formed last December, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bakersfield, Calif.-based Tri-Valley. Gold Range Ltd.,... — Updated 1/30/2005

Drilling, trenching and prospecting results are pouring in from all over the state as the 2002 summer season hits its annual mid-point. The most active place in the states continues to be the Seward Peninsula although a number of other areas are... — Updated 8/11/2002

Spring is in everyone's step in the Alaska mining industry even if spring is not quite yet in the air here in Alaska. Buoyant spirits are related to surprisingly buoyant metals prices and positive economic news from the U.S. economy. Plans for 2002... — Updated 3/24/2002