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  • Map showing location of Vinasale and other mineral projects in Alaska.

    Discovery Alaska nabs Doyon's Vinasale

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 11, 2024

    SW Alaska deposit hosts 2-million-oz gold deposit; DAF plans to reconfirm historic resource, explore project's upside potential. Discovery Alaska Ltd. Jan. 5 announced it has secured a 15-year lease on the 2-million-ounce Vinasale gold project in Alaska. Located about 16 miles south of the Southwest Alaska mining town of McGrath, Vinasale is a roughly 6,500-acre project owned by Doyon Ltd., the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation for the state's...

  • The Red Dog camp and mill facilities reflect off a pond during a summer day.

    Alaska Standard for mining energy metals

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 1, 2023

    State's inaugural sustainability report details the ESG advantages of looking North to Alaska for energy transition metals. The global energy transition has steered Alaska to a critical minerals crossroad that will shape the economic future of America's Last Frontier. On the one hand, the push for low-carbon energy is expected to put a dent in the demand for petroleum, which has been Alaska's economic lifeblood for more than five decades. On the other, Alaska happens to be... Full story

  • Two-track trail across the Flat gold property in Southwest Alaska.

    Tectonic ready for Flat gold drilling

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jul 13, 2023

    Tectonic Metals Inc. July 13 announced that it is set to begin a 5,000-meter drill program at Flat in August that will involve two phases of drilling to define and expand the gold mineralization on this property in the Kuskokwim Mineral Belt of Southwest Alaska. "Our inaugural 2023 drill program is all about unveiling the tier one potential of the Flat Gold Project," said Tectonic Metals President and CEO Tony Reda. Located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the...

  • Driller removes core from a drill tube at the Donlin Gold project in Alaska.

    Donlin Gold wraps 2022 with high grades

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 10, 2023

    Barrick, Novagold now considering updated feasibility study for world-class gold project. To round out a large and highly-successful 2022 program at Donlin Gold, project partners Novagold Resources Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp. reported additional high-grade gold intercepts in the final batch of assays from last year's drilling at the world-class gold mine project in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. Being advanced toward a production decision by Donlin Gold LLC...

  • A colorful sunset paints the horizon orange at the Graphite Creek project in AK.

    North to the critical mineral future

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Jan 20, 2023

    The increasing number of electric vehicles charged with renewable energy, connected to 5G networks, and boasting the computing power of 200 laptops to autonomously traverse global highways is creating a meteoric rise in demand for the minerals and metals critical to clean energy and high-tech. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the foremost authority on lithium battery supply chains, estimates that more than 300 new mines will need to come online by 2035 – just to produce the c... Full story

  • Geologist collects rock samples from a steep slope on a gold project in Alaska.

    Tectonic expands Doyon gold partnership

    Shane Lasley|Updated Jan 18, 2023

    Toward its foundational goal of being an ESG-focused gold exploration company that is a catalyst for economic development and improved social well-being in the areas where it works, Tectonic Metals Ltd. has built a strong partnership with Doyon Ltd., the Alaska Native corporation for the region of Alaska it is exploring for gold. The Doyon region blankets a mineral-rich swath of Alaska's Interior that is nearly the size of Texas. The Alaska Native corporation owns 12.5...

  • Geologist explains the mineralization in drill core being logged at Donlin Gold.

    Drills tap 42m of 1 oz/t gold at Donlin

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 17, 2022

    Novagold Resources Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp. Nov. 1 reported intercepts of up to 42.3 meters averaging 30.68 grams (0.99 ounces) per metric ton gold from the 2022 drilling at the Donlin Gold project in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. Being advanced toward a production decision by Donlin Gold LLC – a joint venture owned equally by Novagold and Barrick – this enormous mine project hosts 504.81 million metric tons of proven and probable reserves averaging 2.0...

  • Map showing the location of Tectonic’s Flat gold project in Southwest Alaska.

    Tectonic starts with metallurgy at Flat

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Tectonic Metals Inc. Sept. 7 announced that it is carrying out a baseline metallurgical program aimed at de-risking Flat, an intrusion-hosted, bulk tonnage gold project about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the Donlin Gold project in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. "Metallurgical testing is one of the most critical steps a company can take in successfully transforming an exploration-stage project into a profitable mining opportunity," said Tectonic Metals...

  • Drill tests a gold zone near Pogo Mine in Alaska’s Goodpaster Mining District.

    Doyon upping its stake in Tectonic Metals

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jun 2, 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 the company exploring for gold on Doyon and state lands in Alaska. "Working on Native Owned Land is one thing, but being funded by Alaska Natives to explore on their land is something completely different," said Tectonic Metals President and CEO Tony Reda. "It is truly an honour, a...

  • Donlin Gold joint venture Novagold Resources Barrick 2021 assay highlights map

    Strong 2021 finish preps Donlin for 2022

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 17, 2022

    With intercepts such as 19 meters averaging 18.23 grams per metric ton gold, the final batch of drill results from the 2021 program at Donlin Gold continue to show the strength of mineralization of the 39-million-ounce gold deposit and set the stage for the largest program at the world-class mine project in more than a decade. Being advanced toward a production decision by Donlin Gold LLC – a joint venture owned equally by Novagold Resources Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp. – thi...

  • Alaska Native Claims Data Mine North ANCSA Section 7(i) mining economy

    A miner's guide to Alaska Native Claims

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Jan 6, 2022

    Alaska boasts what many consider the most successful aboriginal land claims settlement on Earth – a solution that has not only turned out to be a cultural success but a brilliant business move for the more than 140,000 Alaska Natives and an economic boon for the state that covers the resource-rich lands these industrious and innovative peoples have called home for millennia. Signed into law by U.S. President Richard Nixon on Dec. 18, 1971, the Alaska Native Claims S... Full story

  • Calista Corporation Donlin Gold ANCSA Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act mining

    A golden opportunity for Calista region

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Jan 6, 2022

    Calista Corp. and its more than 33,000 Yup'ik, Cup'ik, and Athabascan shareholders are on the cusp of realizing the benefits that will come with the sustainable development of a mine at the 45-million-ounce Donlin Gold project on their land in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. With 39 million oz of gold in measured and indicated resources that average 2.24 grams per metric ton, and another 6 million oz in the inferred category averaging 2.02 g/t gold, Donlin... Full story

  • Alaska Natives Claims Settlement Act ANCSA Data Mine North magazine Section 7(i)

    Sharing the hunt with ANCSA Section 7(i)

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Jan 6, 2022

    From the wide distribution of the massive resources provided by a bowhead whale harvested in the icy waters of the Beaufort Sea to sharing the catch from successful fishing in the Gulf of Alaska, sharing the bounty nature has to offer is among the most important core values of Alaska Natives across the state. This millennia-long tradition of sharing the hunt has been enshrined in the sections 7(i) and 7(j) provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. From the early... Full story

  • Tectonic Metals Doyon Flat gold project lease agreement ANCSA regional map

    Tectonic leases Doyon's Flat gold project

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Oct 7, 2021

    Building upon a strong relationship it has made with Doyon Ltd., Tectonic Metals Inc. has entered into an agreement to lease the Flat gold project owned by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regional corporation. Located about 25 miles north of the Donlin Gold project being advanced under a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc., the 92,160-acre Flat property hosts intrusive-hosted, sheeted quartz vein gold mineralization similar to that...

  • Donlin Gold Novagold Resources Alaska drill highlights assay results map

    Drilling taps exceptional gold at Donlin

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 2, 2021

    With grades as high as 42.2 g/t gold over 5.74 meters, this year's drilling at Donlin Gold continues to tap fantastic zones of mineralization within this 39-million-ounce gold deposit in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. "As with last year's program, drilling has delivered multiple examples of outstanding gold intercepts," said Novagold Resources Inc. President and CEO Greg Lang. Being carried out by Donlin Gold LLC, a joint venture partnership owned equally by... Full story

  • Novagold Resources Barrick Gold world class Donlin project Alaska

    Donlin drilling exceeds high expectations

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated May 27, 2021

    With the final assay results now in, Donlin Gold LLC partners Barrick Gold Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc.'s 2020 drill program exceeded the high geological bar set for their 39-million-ounce gold project in Southwest Alaska while also meeting an even higher standard for safety. "By far, our most important objective in 2020 was to protect the health and safety of our workforce, contractors, and the residents of the Yukon-Kuskokwim region," said Donlin Gold General Manager...

  • Donlin Gold Mine Earthjustice certificate of reasonable assurances DEC denied

    Judge opines on Donlin water certificate

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated May 6, 2021

    Administrative Law Judge Kent Sullivan from the Alaska Office of Administrative Hearings has proposed that there is no "reasonable assurance" that the Donlin Gold Mine in western Alaska will comply with Alaska's water quality standards. As part of the larger permitting process, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation's Division of Water issued a certificate concluding that there is reasonable assurance that the proposed mine at Donlin will comply with the applicabl...

  • Donlin Gold Mine Project TKC Calista advisory committee DATROP COVID-19

    Donlin Gold seeks local subsistence input

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Apr 29, 2021

    Donlin Gold LLC, Calista Corp. and The Kuskokwim Corporation are seeking the perspectives and local knowledge of people living in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region when it comes to subsistence and the proposed Donlin Gold Mine project. Calista, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regional corporation for the Yukon-Kuskokwim area of Southwest Alaska, owns the subsurface rights at Donlin, and TKC, the ANCSA village corporation that owns the surface lands covering the...

  • Alaska mining sector Donlin Sprott Kinross HighGold Mining Explorers 2020

    Alaska exploration recovers from COVID-19

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Feb 4, 2021

    Strong metal prices and an infusion of cash from notable resource investors helped to salvage much of a 2020 mineral exploration season in Alaska that became lethargic with disruptions, delays, and shelving of field programs infected by the COVID-19 pandemic early in the year. At its onset, 2020 was looking like it would be the best year for Alaska's mining sector in a decade. Australia-based mining companies were slated to invest nearly US$100 million in mineral exploration... Full story

  • Donlin Gold LLC Greg Lang COVID-19 Novagold Resources Calista TKC Mark Bristow

    Rewarding gold assays, no COVID at Donlin

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 28, 2021

    While 103.9-meter drill intercepts averaging 6.1 grams per metric ton gold continues to demonstrate the robustness of mineralization at Donlin Gold, completing a 23,400-meter drill program during 2020 without a single COVID-19 case or lost time injury is an even more rewarding achievement for the 39-million-ounce gold mine project in western Alaska. "Well done to the Donlin team for delivering a safe and COVID-free year," said Barrick Gold Corp. President and CEO Mark...

  • Mining Explorers 2020 Alaska Novagold Resources Donlin Gold Barrick Gold Corp

    Donlin Gold's world-class value increases

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 14, 2021

    Donlin Gold LLC, a joint venture partnership owned equally by Barrick Gold Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc., completed 23,400 meters of drilling this year to gain a better understanding of the 39-million-ounce Donlin gold mine project in Southwest Alaska. "Diligent exploration and detailed geological modeling are essential in establishing a strong foundation on which to deliver optimal value from an asset the size of Donlin," said Barrick Gold President and CEO Mark Bristow.... Full story

  • Barrick Novagold Resources world class Donlin gold mine project Calista Alaska

    Donlin Gold program exceeds expectations

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 25, 2020

    Despite a two month suspension of activities and other challenges related to protecting workers and local communities from COVID-19, Donlin Gold LLC managed to exceed its planned drilling at its 39-million-ounce gold project in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. "I'd like to congratulate the joint venture team, as well as thank our Native corporation partners, Calista Corporation and The Kuskokwim Corporation, on successfully completing drilling despite the...

  • Doyon geologist and shareholder core boxes mineral exploration

    Doyon fosters golden Alaska partnerships

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Doyon Ltd. is seeing a resurgence of mineral exploration on its lands across Interior Alaska, especially on gold properties held by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regional corporation. Running the breadth of Alaska between the Brooks Range to the north and Alaska Range to the south, the Doyon region blankets a mineral-rich swath of Alaska's Interior that is nearly the size of Texas. Doyon itself, owns 12.5 million acres of land within this vast region, making it the... Full story

  • world class gold mine project Yukon Kuskokwim region Alaska

    High grade drill results bolster Donlin

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Barrick Gold Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc. Aug. 6 reported that initial results from the 2020 optimization drill program at Donlin Gold continue to tap near-surface, high-grade mineralization that could likely be mined during the early stages of operations at the 39-million-ounce gold project in Southwest Alaska. Donlin Gold LLC – a 50-50 joint venture between Novagold and Barrick – began gearing up for a roughly 22,000-meter drill program at Donlin in February but the...

  • Calista shareholder Junior Polty Donlin Gold mine Yukon Kuskokwim Alaska

    Drills are turning again at Donlin Gold

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    After a two-month suspension due to COVID-19, drills are once again turning at the Donlin Gold project in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. Donlin Gold LLC – a 50-50 joint venture between Novagold Resources Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp. – began gearing up for a roughly 22,000-meter drill program at Donlin in February and had drills turning on the 39-million-ounce gold project by March. With the novel coronavirus outbreak elevating to pandemic levels, the par... Full story

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