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Though effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lingered, mineral explorers rushed to the Yukon like moths to a flame during 2022. Mining's most daring sector rallied to generate the busiest field season... — Updated 2/2/2023 Full story

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 Full story

K2 Gold Corp. June 4 said it has begun an initial phase of its 2018 exploration program at Wels, a western Yukon gold property about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of the Alaska-Yukon border. A re-in... — Updated 9/25/2020

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

K2 Gold Corp. May 17 announced that it has staked 123 state of Alaska mining claims along the Alaska-Yukon border about 20 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of Northway. Known as the McArthur Creek... — Updated 9/25/2020

K2 Gold Corp. April 12 said a recent re-interpretation of geochemical and geophysical data suggest the potential for a larger gold system than previously envisioned at Wels, a western Yukon property... — Updated 9/24/2020

Thanks largely to increased investments from Aussie mining explorers, mineral exploration spending across Alaska topped US$100 million in 2018. This is well above the roughly US$95 million invested... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story