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

Thanks to its own rich mineral endowment, Australia is a juggernaut in the world of mining, especially across the Southern Hemisphere. Over the past couple of years, however, a growing... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

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... — Updated 11/30/2018 Full story

WESTERN ALASKA Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. announced that it had finalized a surface right of way agreement with Alaska Peninsula Corporation for use of that latter's lands for the... — Updated 12/7/2018 Full story

A combination of exploration and acquisition substantially boosted Coeur Mining Inc.'s precious metals reserves and resources in 2018. The Chicago-based miner entered the year with 335.8... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story

As Alaska's mining industry nears the end of another hectic year during which metals prices and investor sentiments rose and fell as precipitously as the world's major stock exchanges, the... — Updated 11/9/2018 Full story

Coeur Mining Inc. Oct. 9 indicated that it expects strong precious metals production from its Silvertip Mine in northern British Columbia and Kensington Mine in Southeast Alaska during the... — Updated 10/19/2018

Underscoring the interconnected nature of the global mining market, not 48 hours after the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law, the mining industry began... — Updated 9/7/2018 Full story

Although the Alaska mineral industry is in better health in the middle of 2018 than it has been in the last five years, the spirited recovery that was in progress in the first quarter of the... — Updated 8/3/2018 Full story

Coeur Mining Inc. July 9 reported a steady climb in mill throughput rates at its newly commissioned Silvertip Mine in northern British Columbia during the second quarter of 2018. Last... — Updated 7/20/2018

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... — Updated 6/8/2018 Full story

An early spring coupled with low snow fall in many parts of Alaska have combined to enable companies large and small to start their summer field programs early this year. As expected, competi... — Updated 4/26/2018 Full story

Coeur Mining Inc. April 25 reported a 25 percent increase in proven and probable reserves at its Kensington gold mine. According to the updated technical report, Kensington now hosts 620,700... — Updated 6/17/2018 Full story

Coeur Mining Inc. April 9 reported that the Kensington Mine in Southeast Alaska produced 26,064 ounces of gold during the first quarter of this year, which is comparable to the 26,197 oz... — Updated 4/20/2018

Coeur Mining Inc. March 8 announced that it has completed commissioning of the mill at Silvertip and begun production at the high-grade silver mine in northern British Columbia. "The... — Updated 3/23/2018 Full story

Seven days of near-continuous rain did nothing to dampen the mood at the recently concluded Cordilleran Roundup Convention in Vancouver. The event was buoyed by a realistic optimism we have... — Updated 3/1/2018 Full story

Coeur Mining Inc. Feb. 6 reported healthy increases to its precious metals reserves and resources thanks to the exploration and acquisition programs it carried out in 2017. "During 2017, we... — Updated 2/16/2018

As we transition from 2017 into 2018, the weight of evidence pointing to a long-awaited mining industry up-tick is being trumpeted from every financial institution, brokerage house and... — Updated 1/26/2018 Full story

Coeur Mining Inc. Jan. 8 reported that its Kensington Mine produced 115,094 ounces of gold in 2017, falling short of the 120,000 to 125,000 oz the company anticipated from the Southeast... — Updated 1/19/2018

With the price for an ounce of gold pushing back above US$1,300 to ring in the new year – along with zinc and copper selling at multi-year highs and trending higher – 2018 is shaping up... — Updated 1/12/2018 Full story

For the first time in five long years, the mood at the recently held Alaska Miners Association Convention in Anchorage was buoyant, the result of a slow but steady turnaround on mineral... — Updated 1/10/2018 Full story

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

As some of the world's biggest gold miners nab exciting plays that turned up across Yukon Territory during the past decade, Yukon's mining explorers continue to seek the next generation of... — Updated 1/24/2018 Full story

Coeur Mining Inc.'s high-grade Kensington gold mine in Southeast Alaska is becoming a hub for expansion into British Columbia and Yukon Territory. In September, Coeur cut a deal to acquire... — Updated 1/24/2018

With high-grade ore being hauled to the surface from the Jualin deposit, Coeur Mining Inc.'s Kensington Mine in Southeast Alaska is poised to churn out more gold at lower costs moving... — Updated 1/25/2018