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An abnormally long fall has allowed the Alaska mining industry to extend seasonal work well into mid-October, creating a lot of new information about project work conducted around the state. Exploration efforts, in particular, benefitted from this additional field time. Based on information available to date, 2019 exploration expenditures are expected to be in the $135-140 million range, well ahead of the $120-125 million exploration spending tracked for 2018. In addition,...
PolarX Ltd. Oct. 21 reported that the encouraging porphyry copper mineralization encountered in the first hole at the Mars target on its Alaska Range property increased in intensity to the bottom of the hole. On Oct. 1, the Australia-based company announced that its Mars discovery hole, 19MAR001, cut roughly 300 meters of porphyry-style mineralization starting at a depth of about 5.3 meters. Today, the company said this visible copper and molybdenum mineralization increased...
Australia-based Northern Cobalt Ltd. has agreed to invest as much as US$20 million over the next four years to earn up to a 60 percent interest in Millrock Resources Inc.'s enormous land package covering highly prospective gold targets in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District. Goodpaster has gained a lot of attention since Northern Star Resources Ltd.'s 2018 purchase of the Pogo gold mine at the heart of the district. While it has been just over a year since the acquisition,...
Millrock Resources Inc. Oct. 9 reported that the results from its recently completed geophysical program has identified a compelling drill target on the company's West Pogo property in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District. The company completed 13 kilometers (eight miles) of controlled-source audio-frequency magnetotellurics (CSAMT) geophysical surveys at West Pogo. This is the same geophysical technique used to identify buried structures that commonly host gold veins on the No...
Millrock Resources Inc. Oct. 1 said it is investing the C$1.58 million it recently raised to position the company and its properties for expected improving markets for gold-focused exploration companies. "The moves Millrock has made over the past three months has positioned the company well for what appears to be a coming bull market in precious metals," said Millrock Resources President and CEO Greg Beischer. "We have developed an enviable gold project portfolio that is...
Nova Minerals Ltd. Sept. 30 said it is gearing up for a planned 25,000-meter drill program at its Estelle gold property in Alaska. The Australia-based explorer, which submitted applications for the permits needed to carry out the exploration and establish a permanent camp at Estelle, plans to have drills turning on the gold property in January. "We are currently in planning and permitting stage on the Estelle gold project and will be drilling as soon as permits are in," said...
PolarX Ltd. Oct. 1 announced that drilling has tapped encouraging porphyry copper mineralization at the Stellar project, part of the Australia-based explorer's Alaska Range property. This Stellar copper, however, was not encountered at Saturn, the primary target of porphyry exploration at Alaska Range. Instead, this mineralization was identified in core from the first hole drilled at Mars, another porphyry target at the opposite end of a 7.5-mile- (12 kilometers) long...
If you have watched the metals markets over the last month, you know why Alaska's mineral industry has surged, stalled, swerved, swooped, slowed, shelved and stuttered, sometimes all at the same time! Gold has gone above US$1,500 per ounce; copper pundits are predicting an increasingly dour future; zinc markets are looking to dive below $1.00 per pound; tin markets have marched strongly upward due to supply disruptions; and silver bulls are calling for annual worldwide...
Millrock Resources Inc. Sept. 23 announced that First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has been granted the exclusive right to enter an option agreement on Dragonslayer, a porphyry copper-gold project Millrock has identified in eastern Alaska. To earn the option right, First Quantum is funding C$100,000 of initial exploration that includes geochemical surveys, mapping, and prospecting. This work is focused on a geophysical anomaly located in a belt of Cretaceous-aged rocks southeast of...
Nova Minerals Ltd. Sept. 17 announced that re-assaying of core from previous drilling has confirmed another potential gold deposit on its Estelle property in Alaska. Last week, the Australia-based explorer announced a maiden inferred resource of 181.3 million metric tons averaging 0.43 g/t (2.5 million oz) gold for the Oxide Korbel deposit at the north end of Estelle. Now, the company reports promising results from RPM, a target at the southern end of the roughly 18-mile-long...
Nova Minerals Ltd. Sept. 11 reported that it has outlined 2.5 million ounces of gold in a maiden inferred resource estimate for the Oxide Korbel deposit on the company's Estelle project in Alaska. Previously known as Oxide Ridge, the Oxide Korbel is located at the northern end of the roughly 18-mile-long Estelle property. The Oxide Korbel discovery hole, drilled by Millrock Resources Inc. in 2011, cut 450.7 meters averaging 0.38 grams per metric ton gold in an area Nova now...
Nova Minerals Ltd. Sept. 2 said results from this year's drill program at its Estelle gold project in Alaska has cut higher grade, near-surface mineralization within a bulk tonnage gold deposit at Oxide Korbel. Oxide Korbel is a prospect area that roughly covers an area previously referred to as Oxide Ridge toward the north end of the roughly 18-mile-long Estelle property. SE11-01, the Oxide Ridge discovery hole drilled by Millrock Resources Inc. in 2011, cut 450.7 meters...
As the rest of the country suffers through the Dog Days of summer, Alaska is approaching the end of a topsy-turvy summer season that saw unseasonably hot, dry weather in some parts of the state during some parts of the summer, while other parts of the state have seen record rainfall and unseasonably early snowfall. Gold prices have skyrocketed over the $1,500 per ounce mark and silver prices have moved strongly up, now trading at a one-year high. However, copper and zinc are a...
StrikePoint Gold Inc. Aug. 13 announced the start of a second phase of drilling a Willoughby, a gold-silver project about seven kilometers (four miles) east of Ascot Resources Ltd.'s Red Mountain Mine project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. StrikePoint acquired Willoughby earlier this year and began a phase 1 drill program on the property in July. This initial phase of drilling targeted the North zone, one of two zones drilled at Willoughby in the 1990s. Gold-silver...
Nova Minerals Ltd. Aug. 12 reported that the preliminary resource drill program at its Estelle gold project in Alaska has been completed on time and under budget. As a result of the acceleration of its induced polarization (IP) geophysical survey and drill campaign this year, Nova said it has made significant headway toward reporting an initial Australian Joint Ore Reserves Committee- (JORC) compliant for Oxide Korbel, a new occurrence in the Oxide area at the north end of the...
PolarX Ltd. Aug. 6 reported that initial data from an induced polarization (IP) geophysical survey over the Saturn target at its Alaska Range project has identified large anomalies which are consistent with the porphyry copper‐gold mineralization being targeted by drilling that is now underway. Funded by an A$4.3 million investment by Lundin Mining Corp. in June, this 5,000-meter drill program is expected to include eight to 10 deep holes. PolarX identified Saturn as a p...
Millrock Resources Inc. July 29 announced that it has raised C$1 million to help fund exploration of its West Pogo gold project in the Goodpaster Mining District, as well as generate new properties and seek out partners to fund further exploration in Alaska. As a project generating mineral exploration company, Millrock has long been bullish on the potential of the Goodpaster, a gold mining district about 100 miles east of Fairbanks that hosts Northern Star Resource Ltd.'s...
StrikePoint Gold Inc. July 22 announced that it has raised C$2 million, providing funds to begin exploring its newly acquired Willoughby property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Located roughly 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Stewart, Willoughby is an intrusion related gold-silver exploration project with similarities to Ascot Resources Ltd.'s Red Mountain Mine project about seven kilometers (four miles) to the west. Drilling from 1989 through 1995 tapped high-grade...
PolarX Ltd. July 10 said a roughly 5,000-meter drill program is slated to begin this month at the Saturn copper‐gold porphyry target within its Alaska Range project. Funded with the recent AU$4.3 million investment by Lundin Mining Corp., this program is expected to include eight to 10 deep holes targeting a porphyry copper‐gold target identified in early 2018 through evaluation of regional aeromagnetic geophysical data and confirmed through a higher‐resolution survey carried...
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 copper and gold deposits known to exist on Earth. These world-renowned resources, however, have stirred up controversy in this Oklahoma-sized region of Southwest Alaska, as many of the roughly 7,400 Bristol Bay residents are concerned that mining the copper, gold, molybdenum and other m...
Lundin Mining Corp. has agreed to invest AU$4.3 million (US$3 million) to acquire 14.3 percent of PolarX Ltd. shares, a deal that gives the Canada-based miner an option to earn a 51 percent interest in the Australia-based junior's Stellar copper-gold project in Alaska. Lundin Mining is a global base metals miner with copper, nickel and zinc operations in Chile, United States, Portugal and Sweden. The Toronto, Ontario-based miner also holds a 24 percent stake in the Freeport...
When it comes to managing its more than 1.5 million acres of land in a region of Southcentral Alaska renowned for its natural beauty, Copper River salmon, abundant wildlife and one of the richest lodes of copper to ever by mined on earth, Ahtna Inc. balances development for the prosperity of its current shareholders and preservation of resources for future generations. An important facet of this management is ensuring that there are plenty of plants, fish and wildlife to suppo...
Great American Minerals Exploration Inc. is investing roughly US$10 million on exploration this year at its 55,465-acre SAM gold project about 45 miles west of the Pogo Mine. Having staked its first claims in at the SAM project area in 1999, GAME, as the privately held exploration company is commonly known, is no stranger to this emerging gold-rich stretch of the Tintina Gold Belt between the Pogo and Fort Knox mines. GAME's previous land position, however, covered only a...
StrikePoint Gold Inc. focused its 2019 exploration primarily on Willoughby, the Vancouver, British Columbia-based junior's newest gold and silver property in B.C.'s Golden Triangle. An intrusion related gold-silver project with similarities to Ascot Resources Ltd.'s Red Mountain Mine project about seven kilometers (four miles) to the west, Willoughby is the second Golden Triangle property StrikePoint added to its portfolio in as many years. The other, Porter, is a past...
Melbourne, Australia-based Nova Minerals Ltd. first looked north to Alaska late in 2017, when it acquired five Alaska properties – Estelle, a gold-copper-silver project about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage; Chip-Loy, a nickel-copper-cobalt-gold-silver-platinum group element project; Bowser Creek, a silver-zinc-lead project; Windy Fork, a rare earth elements property; and Ozzna Creek, a gold-silver-zinc-copper-lead property. Nova Minerals' 2019 exploration focused p...
