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

After two years of legal wrangling, Pebble Limited Partnership and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have traded the courtroom floor for a negotiating table to resolve differences that would... — Updated 2/3/2018

The owners of Alaska’s five large metal mines – Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo, Hecla Mining Company, Kinross Gold Corp, Teck Resources Ltd. and Coeur Mining Inc. – accounted for nearly half the US$92 m... — Updated 1/28/2018 Full story

Earlier in November, the Alaska Miners Association held its annual convention and trade show in Anchorage and as always, the well-attended convention overlapped with election Tuesday. While the... — Updated 1/26/2018

Mineral exploration spending in Alaska will likely struggle to top US$80 million for 2014, a dramatic fall from the US$365.1 million pinnacle reached in 2011. "The din of mineral industry activity t... — Updated 1/26/2018

If you have ever played or followed sporting events, you are probably familiar with that bizarre and often game-changing event known as the "change of momentum". This is when the team that was on... — Updated 1/26/2018 Full story

Is the impasse between Pebble Limited Partnership and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the potential development of the world-class Pebble copper deposit in Southwest Alaska about to be... — Updated 1/26/2018

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. March 8 said Pebble Limited Partnership has selected HDR Alaska, Inc. to serve as lead regulatory and permitting consultant for the world-class Pebble... — Updated 1/18/2018

With the opening late last month of a public comment period for the environmental impact statement on the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Project, I am cautiously optimistic that... — Updated 1/18/2018

There are good indications that large porphyry copper deposits may be found beyond the borders of the Pebble property held by Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Quaterra Resources Inc. has cut a deal... — Updated 1/16/2018

As the Alaska mining industry prepares for and kicks off exploration, development and production activities for 2017, the question on everyone’s lips at the recent Cordilleran Roundup mining c... — Updated 1/13/2018

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. May 26 said it plans to raise up to US$17 million to fund its multi-dimensional strategy to prevent the U.S. Environment Protection Agency's proposed pre-emptive... — Updated 6/5/2016

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Nov. 2 said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire full ownership of Mission Gold Ltd., a Vancouver, B. C.-based exploration company with roughly C$9... — Updated 11/8/2015

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Oct. 8 said it entered into a binding letter agreement to acquire Mission Gold Ltd., a Vancouver, B. C.-based exploration company with C$9 million in cash and full... — Updated 10/18/2015 Full story

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Aug. 31 reported the closing of a C$10.2 million private placement that involved the issuance of 25,624,408 special warrants exercisable into the company's listed comm... — Updated 9/6/2015

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Aug. 11 reported plans to raise up to C$20 million by issuing C$10-C$15 million of special warrants exercisable into the company's listed common shares at a price of C... — Updated 8/16/2015

Over the past month Alaska's mining industry has suffered a perfect storm of manmade and natural issues that read like something from a pulp fiction novel. On the man-made side of the ledger, gold,... — Updated 7/26/2015

The world's mining industry has once again transmogrified itself in the face of changing global metals markets and investor expectations. In a recent Reuters report, several companies, including... — Updated 6/28/2015 Full story

Galvanized by higher zinc prices and strong production at Teck Resources Ltd.'s Red Dog Mine, the value of Alaska's mineral production topped US$3 billion for the fifth year running. Larry Freeman,... — Updated 2/22/2015

In an industry eager for even a scintilla of good news, a recent report from industry analyst SNL Metals & Mining recently gave the good-news-starved industry a bit of hope. SNL's article, titled,... — Updated 10/26/2014

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has offered the proposal of allowing the Pebble Limited Partnership to apply for permits to develop a less than average-size porphyry mine at the world's... — Updated 7/27/2014

The din of mineral industry activity that is normally a part of the summer months in Alaska is decidedly muted this year as the global mining industry attempts to lift itself off the bottom of a... — Updated 6/29/2014 Full story