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

In the days before Fairbanks' rise to prominence as the economic and transportation hub of Interior Alaska, a small trade camp about five miles downriver was already attracting all the attention.... — Updated 3/2/2023

Klondike Gold Corp. Feb. 21 announced that receipt of the latest assays included the exciting news of a surface outcrop discovery of high-grade gold-silver in quartz veining at the Gay Gulch... — Updated 2/23/2023

Klondike Gold Corp. Feb. 16 announced its plans to acquire the Quartz and Sulphur properties from C2C Gold Corp., located in the Dawson Mining District in Yukon, Canada, which would increase its lan... — Updated 2/16/2023

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

Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Jan. 18 announced the first assay results from its 2022 exploration program at Klaza that push the company closer to an updated mineral resource estimate and... — Updated 1/19/2023

Sitka Gold Corp. Jan. 11 announced the assay results for the final drill holes of its 2022 drill program at the company's RC Gold project in Yukon's Tombstone Belt, including one hole that Sitka... — Updated 1/12/2023

Start with the biggest deposit of gold ever reported, add in a dash of remote, inaccessible jungles of Indonesia, and let simmer for almost a decade, and you have a recipe for the largest... — Updated 1/5/2023

With mineral exploration expenditures nearly doubling over the past year, Nunavut has dethroned Yukon as the most popular Canadian territory to discover and expand deposits of industrial, precious,... — Updated 12/15/2022

Klondike Gold Corp. Nov. 10 announced its first resource estimate for deposits on its namesake gold project in the hills above the famed Eldorado and Bonanza placer gold streams near Dawson City,... — Updated 11/17/2022

Klondike Gold Corp. Oct. 27 said its 2022 exploration program at the Klondike District gold project in the Yukon's Dawson Mining District has yielded discoveries and important geological insights... — Updated 10/27/2022

For this special spooky edition, North of 60 Mining News is revisiting some of the most bizarre and disturbing ghost towns in its northern coverage area. From one of the most haunted places in... — Updated 10/10/2022

Continuing a trend of supporting mineral exploration with its cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning software, Minerva Intelligence Inc. has carried out a case study on the Lone... — Updated 10/6/2022

"What is the impact of not mining in Alaska?" Liz Cornejo, vice president Dowa Metals & Mining Alaska, asked during the 2022 Alaska's Minerals: A Strategic National Imperative summit. For such a... — Updated 9/15/2022

Rare metalloid is key element of CdTe thin-film solar cell tech The rising popularity of thin-film solar cells as a highly effective means of converting sunlight into electricity is creating... — Updated 9/15/2022

It all began in 1991, when geologists Charles E. Fipke and Stewart Blusson found 81 small diamonds at Lac de Gras in Northwest Territories, Canada, marking the first diamond pipe discovery in North... — Updated 7/21/2022

Rockhaven Resources Ltd. July 21 reported the start of a 10,000-meter drill program at its Klaza gold-silver project in the Yukon. Found in the Dawson Range Gold Belt of southern Yukon, the Klaza... — Updated 7/21/2022

Doyon Ltd., the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regional corporation for Interior Alaska, is strengthening its partnership with Tectonic Metals Inc. with another investment into the equity of... — Updated 6/2/2022

Klondike Gold Corp. April 21 reported an update for its planned 2022 exploration program at its 586-square-kilometer (226 square miles) Klondike District property near Dawson City, Yukon. For this... — Updated 4/21/2022

Roughly a 90-minute drive from Anchorage, it can be easy to miss Willow as one makes their way northbound. The view of Denali on the horizon, perhaps a visit to the Princess Lodge or a journey to... — Updated 3/3/2022

Building upon the success from systematic exploration carried out over the previous two seasons, Tectonic Metals Inc. focused its 2021 program on testing high-grade and bulk tonnage gold targets on... — Updated 1/26/2022

Considering itself the best-kept secret in the gold investment community, Klondike Gold Corp. focused its 2021 exploration on establishing the first industry-compliant hardrock resource in the... — Updated 1/26/2022

From exploring resource expansion and discovery targets on its namesake property to testing a potential hardrock source of the rich placer streams in the Sixtymile district near the Alaska border,... — Updated 1/26/2022

Mining exploration and production activity soared in Yukon Territory in 2021 thanks to high metals prices, pro-industry government policies, and mounting successes in the field. Bouncing back from s... — Updated 1/26/2022

"During the two decades preceding and those following World War I, when the United States produced more than half the world's copper, the mines at Kennecott, Alaska were among the nation's largest,... — Updated 1/20/2022

Alianza Minerals Ltd. Jan. 18 released its first 2022 announcement with the overall results of 2021 and the outlines for this year's program at many of its properties including the 100% owned... — Updated 1/20/2022