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When it comes to attracting mining investment, Alaska, British Columbia and all three Canadian territories rank among the top 20 jurisdictions in the world on the Fraser Institute Survey of Mining... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

As Alaska's mining industry nears the end of another hectic year during which metals prices and investor sentiments rose and fell as precipitously as the world's major stock exchanges, the industry... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

Riversgold Ltd. Oct. 8 reported that it has staked a block of new state mining claims to cover high-grade gold the Australian exploration company has identified between its Quicksilver and Gemuk... — Updated 9/25/2020

Following a couple of quiet months where Alaska's mining industry focused on its work, the last month has seen an explosion of new info come out regarding that effort, some of it profound in its... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

Underscoring the interconnected nature of the global mining market, not 48 hours after the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act was signed into law, the mining industry began wondering... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

Riversgold Ltd. Aug. 22 announced the start of a 1,000-meter drill program testing the highest priority targets identified so far on its gold exploration properties in Southwest Alaska. Perth,... — Updated 9/25/2020

Although the Alaska mineral industry is in better health in the middle of 2018 than it has been in the last five years, the spirited recovery that was in progress in the first quarter of the year... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

Riversgold Ltd. July 9 said it has begun a seven-week exploration program that is expected to include drilling at several targets on its gold properties in Southwest Alaska. A Perth-based mineral... — Updated 9/25/2020

The summer field season is in full bloom across Alaska with programs stretching from the Brooks Range to southeastern Alaska, and from the Yukon border to southwestern Alaska. Exploration targets... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

Riversgold Ltd. June 6 reported that it plans to complete 1,000 meters of drilling on its Southwest Alaska gold properties. A Perth-based mineral exploration company that listed on the Australia Sto... — Updated 9/25/2020

An early spring coupled with low snow fall in many parts of Alaska have combined to enable companies large and small to start their summer field programs early this year. As expected, competition is... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

Riversgold Ltd. April 18 said it is putting together plans to accelerate drilling at gold properties in Southwest Alaska and Australia in the coming months. "We have been working behind the scenes... — Updated 9/24/2020

Thanks to its own rich mineral endowment, Australia is a juggernaut in the world of mining, especially across the Southern Hemisphere. Over the past couple of years, however, a growing number of... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

Thanks largely to increased investments from Aussie mining explorers, mineral exploration spending across Alaska topped US$100 million in 2018. This is well above the roughly US$95 million invested... — Updated 3/1/2019 Full story

When Riversgold Ltd. listed on the Australia Stock Exchange late in 2017, the Perth-based gold exploration and development company held the Southwest Alaska project among its assets, a property... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story