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  • An EV drives past wind turbines on a rural road to the mountains.

    Canada to feed a minerals hungry world

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Sep 29, 2022

    Develops strategy to be the world's critical minerals supplier of choice Understanding that the renewable energy and electric vehicle revolution offers a "generational opportunity for Canada and its world-class mining sector," Ottawa is leveraging the nation's wealth of critical minerals to become a powerhouse that feeds raw materials into resource-hungry clean energy and technology supply chains. "Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy will position Canada as the global supplier...

  • Kenorland Minerals Alaska Goodpaster Mining District Healy Bronk map gold mine

    Kenorland cuts widespread gold at Healy

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Apr 7, 2022

    Kenorland Minerals Ltd. April 1 reported that its 2021 drilling at the Healy gold project provides further evidence of a large gold system on the 45,600-acre (18,470 hectares) land package in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District. "The maiden diamond drill program confirmed the presence of a large-scale gold system at Healy evidenced by broad mineralisation encountered throughout the wide-spaced drilling across multiple target areas," said Kenorland Minerals CEO Zach Flood....

  • Kenorland Minerals Goodpaster Mining District Explorers 2021 magazine map

    Kenorland goes public, explores Healy

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Jan 26, 2022

    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 treasury and extensive portfolio of mineral exploration projects in Alaska, Quebec, and Ontario. As a private project-generating explorer, Kenorland entered into an agreement with Freeport-McMoRan to further investigate the potential at Tanacross, a more than 100,000-acre property... Full story

  • Tectonic Metals Doyon Flat gold project lease agreement ANCSA regional map

    Tectonic leases Doyon's Flat gold project

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Oct 7, 2021

    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 regional corporation. Located about 25 miles north of the Donlin Gold project being advanced under a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corp. and Novagold Resources Inc., the 92,160-acre Flat property hosts intrusive-hosted, sheeted quartz vein gold mineralization similar to that...

  • Kenorland Minerals Goodpaster mining District 2021 drill program map

    Drilling underway at Healy gold project

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jun 17, 2021

    Kenorland Minerals Ltd. June 3 announced the start of a 4,000-meter drill program at the Healy gold project in Alaska's prolific Goodpaster Mining District. "We're thrilled to be back in Alaska and kicking off the maiden diamond drill program at Healy," said Kenorland Minerals CEO Zach Flood. "This project represents an excellent opportunity for another completely greenfields gold discovery." Healy covers numerous untested gold targets across a 45,600-acre (18,470 hectares)...

  • Mining Explorers 2020 Alaska map Tectonic Metals Inc Eric Buitenhuis Seventymile

    Tectonic builds Alaska partnerships, lands

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 17, 2021

    A relatively young mineral exploration company led by a veteran team noted for their success in advancing Coffee Gold in the Yukon from a grassroots discovery to a roughly 5-million-ounce gold mine project, Tectonic Metals Inc. is exploring the overlooked gold potential Alaska has to offer. Formed as a private company in 2018 and taken public on the TSX Venture Exchange towards the end of 2019, Tectonic has already built an impressive portfolio of gold properties and strong... Full story

  • Kenorland Minerals TSX-V Tanacross Zach Flood Northway Resources Corp

    Kenorland now trading on TSX-V Exchange

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Jan 14, 2021

    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 treasury and extensive portfolio of mineral exploration projects in Quebec and Alaska. "We are extremely excited to begin this next chapter of Kenorland Minerals," said Kenorland Minerals President and CEO Zach Flood. "The company has grown significantly since our inception in 2016...

  • Tetlin Village Peak Gold lease mineral exploration property gold silver mine

    Peak Gold deal launches new Contango ORE

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 19, 2020

    In the few months since taking the helm at Contango ORE Inc., Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse has steered this unconventional mineral exploration company toward being the 30% owner of Alaska's next million-ounce gold producing mine. This coming mine at Contango ORE's Peak Gold deposit quickly surpassed Donlin Gold, Livengood, and other top contenders for Alaska's next large gold operation when Kinross Gold Corp. acquired a 70% interest in the high-grade gold project and unveiled a... Full story

  • Kinross Alaska Fort Knox Gold mine near Fairbanks

    Kinross Alaska seeking gold across state

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Oct 29, 2020

    Kinross Gold Corp.'s new long-term strategy for its Fort Knox Mine is a paradigm shift for mineral exploration companies with gold projects on or near the road system within a 300-mile-radius of the iconic gold operation about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Under this new operating plan, Kinross is looking for Alaskan projects that can deliver high-grade ore to the underutilized 14-million-metric-ton-per-year mill at Fort Knox. "There is an economic radius around Fort... Full story

  • Doyon geologist and shareholder core boxes mineral exploration

    Doyon fosters golden Alaska partnerships

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 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 corporation. Running the breadth of Alaska between the Brooks Range to the north and Alaska Range to the south, the Doyon region blankets a mineral-rich swath of Alaska's Interior that is nearly the size of Texas. Doyon itself, owns 12.5 million acres of land within this vast region, making it the... Full story

  • Reverse Circulation RC drill rig Goodpaster gold mining district Alaska

    Northway refines gold targets at Healy

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    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 gold project in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District. Healy was first identified by Newmont Corp., which staked the property after carrying out four years of analysis across a large swath of Alaska's Eastern Interior region. Follow-up soil sampling by the major gold producer identified three...

  • Tectonic Metals exploration vice president Seventymile gold Alaska Doyon

    Tectonic adds to Alaska exploration funds

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    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. invested US$1.5 million (C$2.1 million) to acquire a 16.1% strategic ownership of Tectonic. An Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation, Doyon owns 12.5 million acres of land spanning Alaska's Interior, making it the largest private landholder in the state and one of t...

  • Exploration drilling at Healy gold project Goodpaster Mining District Alaska

    Northway to advance Alaska gold projects

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 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 region. Formed in 2018 and taken public last year, Northway is TSX Venture Exchange-listed company that focused its 2019 exploration primarily on Healy, a discovery stage gold project in the vicinity of Northern Star Resources 10-million-ounce Pogo Gold Mine property. Healy was first identifie...

  • Drill rig dozer truck at Peak Gold deposit Tetlin Alaska Contango Royal JV

    JV opts to delay Peak Gold exploration

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Contango ORE Inc. May 6 announced that management of the Peak Gold joint venture – Contango ORE (60%) and Royal Gold Inc. (40%) – has decided to postpone exploration on the Tetlin gold project in eastern Alaska in order to protect the health of workers and stakeholder during the COVID-19 outbreak. "These are certainly difficult times for everyone, and our primary concern is to ensure that our employees, contractors and community members remain safe and healthy," said Con... Full story

  • Tectonic Metals gold exploration Seventymile Doyon land Interior Alaska

    Doyon nabs major stake in Tectonic Metals

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    In an unprecedented deal that offers a bit of good news for gold exploration in Alaska, Doyon Ltd. has invested US$1.5 million (C$2.1 million) to acquire a 16.1% strategic ownership of Tectonic Metals Inc., a junior exploration company currently advancing three gold projects in eastern Alaska. An Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation, Doyon owns 12.5 million acres of land spanning Alaska's Interior, making it the largest private landholder in the sta...

  • Water well for winter gold exploration drilling at Aurora West Pogo Alaska

    64North drilling slated to begin in March

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Millrock Resources Inc. and Resolution Minerals Ltd. are gearing up for an early March start of drilling on the West Pogo property, part of the larger 64North gold project in Alaska's Interior. Previously known as the Goodpaster project, 64North includes nine claim blocks – West Pogo, Shaw, Eagle, LMS-X, South Pogo, East Pogo, North Pogo, Last Chance and Divide – covering roughly 160,000 acres in the Goodpaster District, a gold-rich area anchored by Northern Star Resources Ltd...

  • The final entry of Captain Curt's log

    Curt Freeman, Special to Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020
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    In November 1996, a little over 23 years ago, I began writing quarterly mining news summaries for the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). Shortly after that, I began writing monthly summaries for this publication's ancestor, Mining News Alaska, and have continued both monthly, quarterly and annual mining news summaries ever since. With this summary, I have written my last Alaska update for North of 60 Mining News. When I wrote my first summary, Greens Creek was milling only... Full story

  • Prepping for early 2020 West Pogo drilling

    Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Millrock Resources Inc. Nov. 4 reported that all the pieces are falling in place for an early 2020 drill program at West Pogo, one of nine blocks of claims that make up the company's district-scale Goodpaster gold project in Interior Alaska. In mid-October, Australia-based Northern Cobalt Ltd. cut a deal to earn up to a 60 percent interest in the Goodpaster project by investing US$20 million in exploration, plus paying US$200,000 in cash and issuing 38 million in Northern...

  • Alaska exploration extends into mild fall

    Curt Freeman, Special to Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    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,...

  • Northway hits gold in all holes at Healy

    Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Northway Resources Corp. Oct. 21 reported that gold mineralization was encountered in all 10 reconnaissance holes completed during a maiden drill program carried out this year at the Healy project in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District. Northway is a new mineral exploration company that completed an initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in August. At about the same time as the IPO, Northway began a maiden drill program at Healy, a discovery stage...

  • Alaska mining traces erratic global trend

    Curt Freeman, Special to Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    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... Full story

  • Alaska is a great place to do business

    Shane Lasley, Mining Explorers|Updated Aug 14, 2020

    When it comes to mineral exploration incentives, currency exchange and infrastructure, Alaska is at a disadvantage in the realm of attracting exploration investments from Canada and Australia, countries that are home to the majority of mining companies. The Far North State's vast and underexplored mineral potential, however, trumps these handicaps in the minds of a growing number of miners and mineral explorers. Mining executives from around the globe perennially rank Alaska... Full story

  • Are mega-gold-mergers good for North?

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Aug 14, 2020

    The two mega-mergers that hit the gold mining sector early in 2019 – Barrick Gold Corp. combining with Randgold Resources Ltd. and Newmont Mining Corp. acquiring Goldcorp Inc. – is forever changing the gold mining landscape around the world. While the two largest gold mining companies Newmont Goldcorp (No. 1) and Barrick (No. 2) are still in the process of shedding assets following the mega-mergers, it seems that Newmont Goldcorp will emerge with a much stronger foothold in... Full story

  • Goodpaster – Gold is where you find it

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Aug 14, 2020

    The Goodpaster Mining District in Interior Alaska adds credence to the sourdough mining adage "gold is where you find it." Unlike the 8.3 million ounces of placer gold recovered from the Fairbanks Mining District to the west, 1.2 million oz from the Circle Mining District to the northwest or 20 million oz from Yukon's Klondike District to the east, the Goodpaster Mining District has thrown off a paltry 2,050 oz of placer aurum. Yet, Northern Star Resources Ltd.'s Pogo Mine in... Full story

  • Northway completes IPO, explores Healy

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Aug 14, 2020

    Northway Resources Corp., a new company with two gold exploration properties in Alaska, Aug. 26 announced the completion of an initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange. "We are very excited about closing this transaction and being listed as a new public company on the TSXV," said Northway Resources President and CEO Zach Flood. "Northway Resources was founded last year with the primary focus to explore for gold in Alaska." Northway is currently focused...

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