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Explosion of mining activity in Alaska
Following a couple of quiet months where Alaska's mining industry focused on its work, the last month has seen an explosion of new info come out regarding that effort, some of it profound in its... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story
Alaska geologists enter Valhalla Metals
A group of Alaskans led by renowned geologist Curt Freeman have created Valhalla Metals Inc., a private Alaska exploration company that has nabbed exciting volcanogenic massive sulfide projects... — Updated 9/25/2020
More copper-cobalt, drilling at Bornite
With initial results from the 2018 drilling at Bornite topping 5 percent copper, Trilogy Metals Inc. and South32 Ltd. have decided to extend this year's program at the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects... — Updated 9/25/2020
Northern Cordillera experts join GP council
Golden Predator Mining Corp. June 21 named globally recognized geological experts Richard Goldfarb, Lance Miller, Craig Hart and Bill Threlkeld to the company's newly formed exploration management... — Updated 9/25/2020
Critical Alaska geological maps needed
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 geologic... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story
Severe winter weather slows Red Dog output
Teck Resources Ltd. March 24 reported that mill throughput at the Red Dog zinc mine in Northwest Alaska was impacted by extreme winter weather that closed the Delong Mountain Transportation System... — Updated 9/25/2020
Trilogy raises funds for advancing Ambler
A US$28.7 million financing that closed today provides Trilogy Metals Inc.the funds to take major strides in achieving its goal of beginning to develop the vast mineral potential that the... — Updated 9/24/2020
Ambler Copper: Part of the Problem or Part of the Green Energy Solution?
Governments around the world are collaborating to focus on addressing Climate Change and Global Warming. The Paris Climate Accord adopted numerous measures to "limit a global temperature rise this... — Updated 9/24/2020 Full story
Alaska exploration mirrors global trend
In 2017 Alaska’s mineral exploration industry saw its first up-tick in exploration spending since 2011, an increase that S&P Global Market Intelligence’s “World Exploration Trends” indicates... — Updated 9/24/2020 Full story
A great Alaska AIDEA
Born from an idea to create a vehicle that could provide Alaska businesses lower interest rates offered by tax-exempt financing, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA,... — Updated 9/24/2020 Full story
Mining sector about to rocket ... or not
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 not... — Updated 9/24/2020 Full story
Arctic Mine project
The prefeasibility study for the Arctic deposit in Northwest Alaska details plans for a financially robust mine that is expected to produce 1.9 billion pounds of copper, 2.4 billion lb of zinc, 405... — Updated 9/24/2020
Red Dog produced 1.2B lb zinc during 2017
Teck Resources Ltd. Feb. 14 reported that the Red Dog zinc mine in Northwest Alaska produced 541,900 metric tons (1.19 billion pounds) of zinc and 111,300 metric tons (245.4 million lb) of lead... — Updated 9/24/2020
Good time to be in Alaskan mineral sector
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 mining... — Updated 9/24/2020 Full story
Rising metals prices ring in 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 to be a... — Updated 9/24/2020 Full story
Aussie miners look north to land of giants
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 number of... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story
DNR names Mining Chief, OPMP executive
Alaska Department of Natural Resources Feb. 23 announced that it has filled two key positions important to the state's mining sector. Faith Martineau has joined the Alaska Department of Natural Reso... — Updated 3/9/2018
Mine leaders deliver good news to Juneau
With rising metals prices helping to bolster the state's mining sector, Alaska mine leaders had good news to deliver to Alaska Senate and House resource committees during a Feb. 13 trip to Juneau.... — Updated 2/22/2018 Full story
Red Dog delivers 2.2 billion lb zinc
Thanks to an extended shipping season, roughly 2.2 billion pounds of zinc is being delivered from the Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska to world markets starving for the galvanizing metal. “The... — Updated 1/25/2018
Willie Hensley joins Trilogy board
Trilogy Metals Inc. Dec. 11 announced the appointment of renowned Alaska Native leader William Iggiagruk Hensley to its board of directors. Born in Kotzebue, Northwest Alaska, Hensley was a key... — Updated 1/25/2018
Mining Explorers 2017: Trilogy Metals: Developing a district
With two world-class metals deposits and strong partnerships Trilogy Metals Inc. aims to develop the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in Northwest Alaska into one of the highest grade copper mining... — Updated 1/24/2018
Mining Explorers 2017: State witnesses major upturn in activity
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
War on mining is over
When When Steve Wackowski asked his superiors at the U.S. Department of Interior office in Washington D.C. for a message to deliver at the Alaska Miners Association's annual convention in... — Updated 1/14/2018
Rising metals prices
Healthy price gains for zinc and copper this year, and gold rocketing through the US$1,300-per-ounce threshold on Aug. 28, is good news for Alaska's mining sector. Together, zinc and gold account... — Updated 1/11/2018
As winter rolls in, so do field results
As the first snows of the coming winter began to fall at high elevations across Alaska, results of summer programs likewise began to trickle in from far-flung areas of the state. Meanwhile, second-... — Updated 10/1/2017 Full story