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Company amends option agreement to earn 49% interest in compelling Golden Triangle property; will gain 100% ownership with resource estimate. Goliath Resources Ltd. April 15 announced that it has... — Updated 4/18/2024

Gov. Dunleavy urges BLM to consider recent Alaska Native support as it finalizes its reassessment of the Ambler Access Project. "I strongly believe that the road will greatly benefit my community... — Updated 4/4/2024 Full story

New model substantially expands the volume of gold mineralization within the Surebet corridor at Golddigger. Goliath Resources Ltd. March 4 reported that a new structural model has identified six ne... — Updated 3/8/2024

Pogo Mine owner is underwriting A$4.9M financing by Australia-based junior exploring Alaska Range. PolarX Ltd. Feb. 27 announced that Northern Star Resources Ltd. has agreed to participate in a... — Updated 3/7/2024

Raging wildfires and record hot temperatures challenged the well-laid plans of a score and more of mineral explorers in Canada's Yukon this year as the 2023 field season shifted into high summer.... — Updated 1/17/2024 Full story

With a summer marred by unprecedented wildfires behind them, companies exploring the mineral-rich Northwest Territories are reporting impressive results from their 2023 programs. Seeking new deposit... — Updated 1/17/2024 Full story

From Pentagon's $37.5M grant to Graphite One to emerging nickel deposits, critical minerals are a hot AK mining topic. With Washington investing billions of dollars into ensuring safe and secure... — Updated 11/30/2023 Full story

As the White House continues to dole out hundreds of billions of dollars to position America as the global leader in clean energy and digital technologies, Beijing initiates a strategy to put Americ... — Updated 10/5/2023 Full story

PolarX Ltd. Oct. 3 announced that it has initiated a metallurgical testing program focused on improving copper recovery and concentrate grades at Caribou Dome, as well as gold recovery at Zackly,... — Updated 10/5/2023

Early this summer, Blue Star Gold Corp. launched an exploration program, hoping to identify favorable prospects and advance targets on its landholdings in western Nunavut to drill-ready status for... — Updated 9/14/2023

PolarX Ltd. Aug. 27 published the results from an updated scoping study for its Alaska Range project that incorporates a much larger resource for the Caribou Dome copper deposit. A 2022 Alaska... — Updated 9/7/2023

Hole GD-23-157 cuts 9 meters of 45.3 g/t gold and 225.4 g/t silver; prospecting turns up 4 discoveries. Goliath Resources Ltd. Aug. 15 announced that assays have returned 23 meters of high-grade... — Updated 8/16/2023

Australia-based Mine Discovery Fund launches Wiseman Metals to explore Doyon-owned copper & critical minerals properties; more deals to come. Since emerging on the Alaska mineral exploration scene... — Updated 7/20/2023

Amid renewed market interest in gold, White Gold Corp. recently reported increased mineral resource estimates for its flagship White Gold Project and unveiled plans for a 2023 exploration program... — Updated 7/20/2023

PolarX Ltd. June 13 announced a massive increase in the quantities of copper and silver contained within the Caribou Dome deposit on its Alaska Range project. According to the updated resource estim... — Updated 6/15/2023

More gold, strong zinc prices helped push value higher; critical minerals could add a boost moving forward. Alaska mines produced approximately $4.51 billion worth of nonfuel minerals last year, a... — Updated 3/11/2023

Gaining ownership of the Brucejack Mine through the US$2.8 billion buyout of Pretium Resources Inc., Newcrest Mining Ltd. consolidated all the current large-scale gold, silver, and copper... — Updated 2/26/2023

Newcrest Mining Ltd. Jan. 25 reported a drop in gold and copper production at its two mines in Northern British Columbia during the fourth quarter of calendar year 2022. Newcrest's BC assets... — Updated 2/10/2023

Although small, program confirmed model and sets groundwork for 2023 exploration program. Seabridge Gold Inc. Jan. 17 announced that its drilling has concluded, and assay results from the limited... — Updated 1/19/2023

Working with First Nations is key to unlocking the Golden Triangle's vast potential. A world-class copper-gold district that is also enriched with nickel, cobalt, platinum group metals, and other... — Updated 1/18/2023 Full story

Northern Star Resources Ltd. Dec. 21 acquired a 10% interest in mineral exploration company PolarX Ltd. Both Australia-based companies have interests in Alaska – Northern Star owns and operates t... — Updated 1/5/2023

With mineral exploration expenditures nearly doubling over the past year, Nunavut has dethroned Yukon as the most popular Canadian territory to discover and expand deposits of industrial, precious,... — Updated 12/15/2022 Full story

Silver Range Resources Ltd. Oct. 24 reported that its partner Silver47 Exploration Corp. has cut high-grade silver-zinc mineralization in its initial drilling at the Silver Matt discovery on its... — Updated 10/27/2022

Study shows mine is feasible, could be enhanced with more exploration. A scoping study provides the first glimpse of potential mines at the Zackly and Caribou Dome deposits on PolarX Ltd.'s Alaska... — 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 modern... — Updated 9/15/2022