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Mining Explorers 2014: A quiet year for Alaska explorers
Mineral exploration spending in Alaska will likely struggle to top US$80 million for 2014, a dramatic fall from the US$365.1 million pinnacle reached in 2011. "The din of mineral industry activity t... — Updated 1/26/2018
JV to test outlying Tetlin targets
Contango ORE Inc. May 15 reported that US$5 million has been budgeted for an initial phase of exploration at the Tetlin gold project in eastern Interior Alaska. This will mark the first exploration... — Updated 5/24/2015
Mount Milligan gold deliveries rise
Royal Gold Inc. April 17 reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, RGLD Gold AG, received about 26,200 ounces of gold from the Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in British Columbia for the quarter... — Updated 4/26/2015
Fighting headwinds
Slipping metals prices and investors' ongoing reluctance to risk venture capital in the junior mining sector is hitting Alaska's mineral exploration sector hard; and the Far North state is not the... — Updated 3/29/2015
Good, bad and ugly hits Alaska mining
Several events have dramatically affected Alaska's mining industry in recent weeks, underscoring critical links between Alaska and the global economy. First came bad news for newly-elected Gov.... — Updated 1/25/2015
Hope for rebound in recent mining news
In an industry eager for even a scintilla of good news, a recent report from industry analyst SNL Metals & Mining recently gave the good-news-starved industry a bit of hope. SNL's article, titled,... — Updated 10/26/2014
Royal Gold agrees to invest in Tetlin
Two companies that trace their roots to the oil and gas sector have agreed to form an alliance to continue exploration at the Tetlin gold-copper-silver property in Alaska's eastern Interior. In earl... — Updated 10/26/2014
Developer eyes Mount Milligan startup
The Government of British Columbia's push in recent years for mine exploration and development in the northern region of the province is slowly bearing fruit. An early plum is Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc.'s Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in... — Updated 5/26/2013
Wily junior advances promising porphyry
Copper Fox Metals Corp. recently completed a positive feasibility study of its Schaft Creek porphyry copper, gold, molybdenum and silver project in northwestern British Columbia that could mark an important turning point for the project. The... — Updated 4/28/2013
PDAC convention attracts record crowd
More than 30,000 people attended the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention held in Toronto March 4 - 7, breaking last year's attendance record of 27,714 participants from 120 countries. The annual convention, currently in its... — Updated 3/25/2012
Tulsequah targets 2015 production start
One year after going public, Chieftain Metals Inc. is blazing a trail through roadblocks that impeded past efforts to re-open the historical Tulsequah Chief Mine, a precious metals-rich... — Updated 1/22/2012
New NovaGold leaders focus on Donlin
NovaGold Resource Inc. has made tectonic shifts in its leadership and corporate structure. Shedding all of its assets except for the Donlin Gold project in Southwest Alaska, the restructured... — Updated 12/25/2011
Early bird stakes claims in Southwest
While most fortune-seeking juniors and investors joining the recent stampeded to Yukon Territory are scrambling to acquire properties in the highly prospective White Gold area located in the central Dawson Range and the eastern Selwyn Basin... — Updated 7/31/2011
Constantine expands VMS, gears up for gold
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd.'s 7,500-meter drill program continues to unravel the complex geology of Glacier Creek Prospect at the Palmer copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Southeast Alaska.... — Updated 8/29/2010
Thompson Creek agrees to buy B.C. junior
Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. and Terrane Metals Corp. said they have completed a definitive agreement for the Denver-based molybdenum producer to purchase Terrane Metals with cash and stock valued at about C$650 million. The deal, which won... — Updated 7/25/2010
Corps gives go-ahead for Kensington Mine
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Aug. 14 re-issued a long-disputed tailings permit to Coeur Alaska for the Kensington Mine. Modifications to the permit extend its expiration to 2014, offsetting the... — Updated 8/30/2009
Despite late spring, it's all ahead flank!
The sound of boots, hammers, drills and helicopters is starting to drown out the sounds of "we are planning," "we hope to" and "later this year" that we've been hearing for the last few months. Despite a late spring through most of Alaska, a... — Updated 4/23/2006
B.C. mine offers model for Alaska's Pebble
Northern Dynasty Ltd., would-be developer of the Pebble project, is convinced that the huge copper-gold mineralization in southwestern Alaska can be accessed and brought to market in an environmentally benign manner that promises economic prosperit... — Updated 3/26/2006