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Pogo Mine owner Northern Star Resources Ltd. continues its growth with the proposed merger with fellow Australian gold miner Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd. In an all-shares deal announced... — Updated 10/7/2020 Full story

Northern Star Resources Ltd., owner of the Pogo gold mine, has donated more than US$1.5 million of medical personal protective equipment to communities throughout Alaska, with a focus on... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Tectonic Metals Inc. July 20 announced that drills are turning on its Tibbs Gold project less than 22 miles (35 kilometers) from Northern Star Resources Ltd.'s high-grade Pogo Gold Mine... — Updated 8/6/2020

Tectonic Metals Inc. Sept. 14 reported strong gold intercepts from drilling at Lower Trench, a discovery zone about 1,500 meters northwest of the Michigan zone on the Tibbs project in... — Updated 10/8/2020 Full story

Resolution Minerals Ltd. and Millrock Resources Inc. Sept. 28 said they are disappointed but not discouraged by the weakly anomalous gold encountered in a 22-meter zone of veining in... — Updated 10/1/2020

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... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Resolution Minerals Ltd. Sept. 17 reported that the seventh hole of the 2020 season at 64North project has tapped a seven-meter-thick quartz vein at Aurora indicative of the Pogo-style... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Northway Resources Corp. Sept. 10 reported that recently completed geochemical and geophysical surveys have identified some very compelling exploration targets on the company's Healy... — Updated 9/26/2020

Millrock Resources Inc. and Resolution Minerals Ltd. Sept. 10 provided results from two more holes drilled at 64North and an update on other exploration activities being carried out... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Rising metal prices are helping to soften the blow COVID-19 has landed on Alaska's mining sector in 2020. While mining has been deemed an essential business in Alaska, which has helped... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Millrock Resources Inc. and Resolution Minerals Ltd. Aug. 17 reported that drilling is now underway at the Echo target on the 64North gold project in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District.... — Updated 9/26/2020

Northern Star Resources Ltd. Aug. 13 reported that its Pogo Mine in Alaska now hosts 6.7 million ounces of gold in 21.25 million metric tons of resources averaging 9.8 grams per metric... — Updated 9/26/2020

Resolution Minerals Ltd. July 27 said it is positioned to carry out the full US$5 million program this year at 64North, a gold exploration project next to Northern Star Resources Ltd.'s... — Updated 9/26/2020

Northern Star Resources Ltd. June 8 reported that its Pogo Mine in Alaska produced 49,353 ounces of gold during the second quarter of 2020, despite several cases of COVID-19 at this opera... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Tectonic Metals Inc. June 25 announced that it has added a new gold property in the Goodpaster Mining District and acquired a dataset that will assist the company's exploration across... — Updated 9/26/2020

Millrock Resources Inc. and Resolution Minerals Ltd. have resumed the highly anticipated drilling at the 64North project in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District. The exploration partners g... — Updated 9/26/2020

White Rock Minerals Ltd. June 10 said a team of geologists is slated to explore the Last Chance prospect in preparation for the first drilling at this gold discovery on the company's Red... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Tectonic Metals Inc. June 2 announced plans to raise an additional C$3 million to fund 2020 drill programs on two of its Alaska properties – Tibbs and Seventymile. In April, Doyon Ltd.... — Updated 9/26/2020

Northway Resources Corp. May 26 announced plans to carry out mapping, sampling, and geophysics to refine gold targets on its Healy and Napoleon gold projects in Alaska's Eastern Interior... — Updated 9/26/2020

Millrock Resources Inc. and Resolution Minerals Ltd. May 13 announced the balance of assay results from winter drilling at the 64North project in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District and... — Updated 9/26/2020

Millrock Resources Inc. and Resolution Minerals Ltd. April 27 provided preliminary results from the 2020 drilling at 64North and plans for resumption of the program that was cut short... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Northern Star Resources Ltd. April 28 reported that its Pogo Mine in Alaska produced 49,340 ounces of gold during the first three months of 2020. While this is a 3,194 oz increase over... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Northern Star Resources Ltd. April 16 report that there are three active cases of COVID-19 among the workforce from its Pogo gold mine in Alaska and another three have tested positive... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

White Rock Minerals Ltd. April 5 said that despite the market uncertainty and travel restrictions related to COVID-19, it intends to carry out at least a limited drill program to expand... — Updated 9/26/2020

Northern Star Resources Ltd. April 5 reported that a Pogo gold mine employee from Fairbanks, Alaska tested positive for COVID-19 while at home on rostered leave. Located about 85 miles... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story