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

While copper has the potential to be a major contributor to Alaska's economic future, this "new oil" of the low-carbon economy will be hard-pressed to beat out the old money being produced at... — Updated 2/24/2022 Full story

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 Full story

Northern Star Resources Ltd. Jan. 20 reported that Pogo gold mine in Alaska continued to underperform expectations during the fourth quarter, but there are indications that gold production will be... — Updated 1/27/2022

Mineral exploration activity in Northwest Territories showed signs of revival in 2021, coming on the heels of the slowest year in recent memory. Excited by renewed interest in gold deposits in and... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Looking to expand resources and build reserves for the expanded mill at its Pogo gold mine in Alaska, Northern Star Resources Ltd. carried out surface drilling across the Goodpaster discovery zone... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Building upon the success from systematic exploration carried out over the previous two seasons, Tectonic Metals Inc. focused its 2021 program on testing high-grade and bulk tonnage gold targets on... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Kenorland Minerals Ltd., which has been exploring the Tanacross porphyry copper-gold project in eastern Alaska as a private company for several years, is now a publicly listed company with a strong... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

As a project-generating exploration company, Millrock Resources Inc. identifies and secures grassroots mineral projects and brings on partners to fund the high-risk early stages of exploration. In... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Mining exploration and production activity soared in Yukon Territory in 2021 thanks to high metals prices, pro-industry government policies, and mounting successes in the field. Bouncing back from s... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

Tectonic Metals Inc. heads into the new year eagerly awaiting the results from roughly 85% of the 5,018 meters of drilling completed at its Tibbs gold project in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District... — Updated 1/6/2022

Spread across the Tanana Valley foothills, accessible by road, rail, and air, Fairbanks is called Alaska's Golden Heart City for a reason. Laying claim to a colorful history, the city at the center... — Updated 12/9/2021 Full story

Tectonic Metals Inc. Oct. 25 reported that its first-ever oriented core drill program at Tibbs cut high-grade gold at Gray Lead and Michigan, the two zones targeted during the initial phase of 2021... — Updated 11/18/2021

Tectonic Metals Inc. Nov. 10 reported the discovery of Pogo-style high-grade gold mineralization at West Trench, a prospect found in the western gneissic terrain on the company's Tibbs property abou... — Updated 11/11/2021

Resolution Minerals Ltd. announced the completion of the first trenching program at Tourmaline Ridge, a gold prospect at the company's 64North project in Alaska's Goodpaster District. Located about... — Updated 11/4/2021

Challenged by a spike of COVID cases in Alaska and unplanned downtime due to a failure of the primary conveyor that delivers ore to the mill, Northern Star Resources Ltd.'s Pogo Mine in Alaska... — Updated 10/28/2021

Canada is positioning itself as the "global supplier of choice" for the critical minerals and metals essential to tomorrow's technologies, especially the almost unfathomable quantities of raw materi... — Updated 10/7/2021 Full story

Building upon a strong relationship it has made with Doyon Ltd., Tectonic Metals Inc. has entered into an agreement to lease the Flat gold project owned by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act... — Updated 10/7/2021

Throughout the relatively short modern history of Alaska, many nameless and oft unrecognized explorers have contributed to the Last Frontier state in ways that future generations will never be able... — Updated 9/30/2021 Full story

Tectonic Metals Inc. Sept. 7 reported assays as high as 50.5 grams per metric ton gold from rock samples collected from the Jorts prospect at Tibbs South, a property immediately south of Tibbs being... — Updated 9/23/2021

Roughly 38,000 metric tons of rare earth concentrates were produced from American soil during 2020, yet the United States remains 100% reliant on foreign countries for its supply of these 17... — Updated 9/16/2021 Full story

Tectonic Metals Inc. Aug. 18 reported that a deep-penetrating Titan-160 ground-based geophysical survey targeting has identified what appears to be low- and high-angle structures coinciding with... — Updated 9/8/2021

Adding to the major Australian investments in unlocking Alaska's mineral potential by South32 Ltd. and Northern Star Resources Ltd., junior explorer Nova Minerals Ltd. is briskly expanding the... — Updated 8/26/2021

Northern Star Resources Ltd.'s late 2018 acquisition of the Pogo gold mine in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District was celebrated as both good news for the future of the underground gold mine and... — Updated 8/26/2021

Accounting for at least US$100 million invested in mineral exploration and mine development in Alaska during 2021, Australian companies continue to work along the entire breadth of the Last... — Updated 8/26/2021

An Alaska-based mineral explorer that has long attracted Australian companies to projects it has generated, Millrock Resources Inc. is actively working with two such companies on gold exploration... — Updated 8/26/2021