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Large Storm Copper drill program brewing
American West plans to expand high-grade resources, test discovery targets this year. American West Metals Ltd. Feb. 26 announced plans for 22,000 meters of resource expansion, definition, and... — Updated 2/29/2024
Metallic unveils maiden resource for Keno
Combined inferred resource between underground and in-pit total 18.2 Moz silver-equivalent. Metallic Minerals Corp. Feb. 26 announced an inaugural mineral resource estimate for its Keno Silver... — Updated 2/29/2024
AEM reenergizes Nikolai nickel project
With firsthand knowledge that the Nikolai property in Alaska is seemingly tailor-made to be a domestic source of the nickel, cobalt, copper, and platinum group metals needed for America's energy... — Updated 1/30/2024
Metallic assays elevate future Keno MRE
Metallic Minerals Corp. Jan. 10 announced the results from its 2023 exploration campaign at the company's Keno Silver project in Yukon, Canada, with all its holes encountering high-grade silver,... — Updated 1/25/2024
Gold, critical minerals top Yukon list
Raging wildfires and record hot temperatures challenged the well-laid plans of a score and more of mineral explorers in Canada's Yukon this year as the 2023 field season shifted into high summer.... — Updated 1/17/2024
Metallic drills for Keno silver resource
Metallic Minerals Corp. Oct. 19 announced the completion of its 2023 exploration program at its Keno Silver project in Yukon, Canada. Covering 171 square kilometers (66 square miles) within the... — Updated 10/19/2023
Alaska Energy Metals project rediscovered
NIKOLAI, ALASKA – Alaska Energy Metals Corp. President and CEO Greg Beischer has returned to finish what he started when he first landed in Alaska as a young geologist for INCO Ltd. in 1995 ... — Updated 9/14/2023
Keno silver supplies another Yukon miner
Metallic Minerals Corp. April 10 announced the final results from the 2022 exploration at its Keno Silver project in Canada's Yukon. While small, the program unearthed impressive silver grades that... — Updated 4/13/2023
Fortune seeks critical mineral funding
Fortune Minerals Ltd. March 23 reported that it is in discussion with the Canadian, United States, and European Union governments to secure financial support for the development of the company's... — Updated 4/8/2023
Newcrest adds bonanza gold to BC assets
Gaining ownership of the Brucejack Mine through the US$2.8 billion buyout of Pretium Resources Inc., Newcrest Mining Ltd. consolidated all the current large-scale gold, silver, and copper... — Updated 2/26/2023
Gold, silver lure pack to Yukon in 2022
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
49 critical minerals in the 49th State
From antimony historically mined near the Interior Alaska city of Fairbanks to the zinc and germanium produced at the Red Dog Mine, America's 49th State is a past producer, and a potential future... — Updated 11/16/2022
It's 1, 2, 3, 4 whata we fightin' for?
Being cynical by nature, and having a solid distrust of the integrity of the popular press, it crosses my mind that the political determination of the United States and its NATO allies to dump our... — Updated 9/15/2022
Natural resources are tied to survival
"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... — Updated 9/15/2022
Underdog aluminum is critical metal too
Shining a light on a metal used in nearly all today's economic sectors Used in everything from beer cans to spacecraft, aluminum is a metal most people interact with nearly every day. What many... — Updated 9/15/2022
Strongest metal shows US supply weakness
Tungsten could be held ransom unless domestic mines open Tungsten, or wolfram, is the 74th element on the periodic table of elements and, like many other metals that have found their way onto... — Updated 9/15/2022
Niobium gets a promotion into high-tech
Superconductors, super magnets, and superalloys, this metal is super The stories behind the discovery of many elements in the periodic table make for a fascinating read, but perhaps top among them... — Updated 9/15/2022
Busy 2022 on Millrock's Alaska projects
From an expected multimillion-dollar exploration program on the hardrock sources of the placer gold discovered by Felix Pedro in the Fairbanks Mining District 120 years ago to preliminary... — Updated 3/4/2022
Nunavut exploration heats up in 2021
Mineral exploration activity in Nunavut intensified in 2021 as mining companies mounted larger and more extensive programs in response to stronger capital markets, government infrastructure... — Updated 2/10/2022
Chugach Alaska seeks sustainable growth
Covering a roughly 450-mile stretch of postcard-worthy Gulf of Alaska coastline where glacier-carved fjords and bays teeming with fish, birds, and marine mammals are framed by dense forests of... — Updated 1/6/2022
"Fish First" guides BBNC resource policy
The Bristol Bay region is home to two resources that beyond a doubt earn the moniker "world-class" – an annual run of sockeye salmon that is second to none and Pebble, the largest undeveloped copp... — Updated 1/6/2022
Engine of civilization, fueled by mining
With such incredible technologies at mankind's disposal today, it is easily forgotten the ingenuity and sheer gumption that our predecessors brought to solving some of the more rigorous and demandin... — Updated 10/29/2021
The quantum states of germanium demand
From the transistors in quantum computers that are millions of times faster than their classical counterparts to fiber optic cables that send data at the speed of light, germanium is a little-known... — Updated 9/16/2021
Titanium demand drivers are in whitening
Lightweight, strong, and resistant to corrosion, titanium is best known for the properties it lends to rockets, aircraft, and high-performance sports equipment. Only about 3% of the more than 8... — Updated 9/16/2021
Tough tungsten vulnerable to China control
Extremely hard and with the highest melting point of all the metals, tungsten's toughness is legendary. Like many of the other metals that have found their way onto critical mineral lists in... — Updated 9/16/2021