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

Gold dominates Alaska mineral exploration, but a critical shift arises. Since the discovery of gold in what is now the Alaska capital city of Juneau, prospectors, geologists, and fortune... — Updated 2/2/2023

Nova Minerals Ltd. Jan. 15 announced the discovery of a large high-grade gold system within the emerging RPM Mining Complex at the southern end of the company's Estelle property in... — Updated 1/19/2023

By the time the calendar flipped to 2022, Nova Minerals Ltd. had outlined 9.6 million ounces of gold in the inferred and indicated resource categories at its Estelle project. And with the... — Updated 1/18/2023

Nova Minerals Ltd. Dec. 21 said its resource expansion drilling at RPM is building a strong case for this high-grade gold deposit to be a second smaller mining center on the company's... — Updated 12/22/2022

Nova Minerals Ltd. Oct. 4 reported that drilling continues to cut wide sections of strong gold mineralization at the RPM North deposit on the Australian company's Estelle project in... — Updated 10/20/2022

From flashlights to supercomputers, tin is the glue for an electronic age Lost in the clamor for lithium, nickel and other metals needed for the batteries powering electric vehicles and... — Updated 9/15/2022

Tests potential high-grade zone near Korbel Main gold deposit Nova Minerals Ltd. Aug. 30 reported the start of drilling at Cathedral, an exploration target about 1,000 meters southwest... — Updated 9/8/2022

Nova Minerals Ltd. Aug. 22 followed up on the long sections of high-grade gold assays reported earlier this month from drilling at RPM North with even longer sections of higher-grade... — Updated 9/3/2022

"Grade is king" is an adage that guides mineral exploration and mining. The premise behind this basic axiom of the mining business is the less ore that needs to be mined and processed per... — Updated 9/3/2022

Wide sections of high-grade gold cut in the first holes drilled this year at RPM North continue to demonstrate the robust nature of this emerging gold deposit on Nova Minerals Ltd.'s... — Updated 8/18/2022

Nova Minerals Ltd. Aug. 8 reported highly encouraging gold recovery results from its first phase of metallurgical test work on mineralization from its high-grade RPM North deposit on the... — Updated 8/11/2022

Nova Minerals Ltd. June 16 announced the start of the 2022 drill program at the high-grade RPM gold deposit on the Australia-based company's Estelle project in Alaska. Based on one hole... — Updated 6/23/2022

Nova Minerals Ltd. May 15 announced that it has begun an up to 50,000-meter drill program slated for this year at its Estelle gold property in Alaska. With the drills focused on... — Updated 6/16/2022

Nova Minerals Ltd. Feb. 28 announced the completion of a scoping study that provides a first glimpse of the economics and parameters of developing a mine at the Korbel Main deposit on... — Updated 3/17/2022

GoldMining Inc. Feb. 28 announced the creation of a new subsidiary, U.S. GoldMining Inc., to advance the company's Whistler copper-gold-silver project adjacent to Nova Minerals Ltd.'s... — Updated 3/10/2022

Nova Minerals Ltd. Jan. 19 announced plans to complete more than 20,000 meters of drilling to expand upon the wide sections of high-grade gold mineralization encountered last year at the... — Updated 2/28/2022

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... — Updated 2/24/2022

"Due to significant backlogs at assay labs, the results from this program are pending" is the theme for the 2021 mineral exploration season across Alaska and Canada's North. The... — Updated 2/10/2022

Assays are pending, the unofficial slogan of the 2021 mineral exploration season across Alaska and Canada's North, is a phrase that continues to echo in a void left by the lack of drill r... — Updated 2/3/2022

Seeking to expand and upgrade its multi-million-ounce Korbel gold deposit in preparation for feasibility-level studies and explore the intriguing gold targets across the 125-square-mile... — Updated 1/26/2022

Nova Minerals Ltd. Dec. 22 announced that drilling has now outlined 9.6 million ounces of gold at its Estelle property in Alaska, a 55% increase over the 6.2 million oz reported by the Au... — Updated 1/6/2022

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority Oct. 27 announced the receipt of $8.5 million in funds for the advancement of predevelopment work for the West Susitna Access Road... — Updated 11/14/2021

Nova Minerals Ltd. Oct. 27 announced that a maiden inferred resource of 1.5 million ounces gold has been calculated for the RPM North deposit, bringing the total gold outlined so far at t... — Updated 11/4/2021

Nova Minerals Ltd. Oct. 18 reported two additional long intercepts of strong gold mineralization from this year's drilling at the RPM North target on the Australian company's Estelle... — Updated 10/28/2021

While one hole does not make a deposit, the long section of strong gold mineralization in Nova Minerals Ltd.'s fifth hole at the RPM North prospect on its Estelle project in Alaska is a... — Updated 10/21/2021