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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

Osisko Metals Inc. Nov. 13 announced the latest drilling results from the recently established Pine Point Mining Limited joint venture project in Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just south... — Updated 11/24/2023

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

"What is the impact of not mining in Alaska?" Liz Cornejo, vice president Dowa Metals & Mining Alaska, asked during the 2022 Alaska's Minerals: A Strategic National Imperative summit. For such a... — Updated 9/15/2022 Full story

Tahltan Nation Development Corp. and Central Mountain Air Ltd. March 9 announced the finalization of a contract with Newcrest Mining Ltd. for air transportation of crews to and from the Red Chris... — Updated 3/21/2022

During a 2021 exploration program focused largely on collecting further geological and metallurgical data for a scoping study on establishing a mine at its Alaska Range property, PolarX Ltd. made a... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story

As an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regional corporation that is balancing traditional values with economic opportunities across a 26-million-acre picturesque and resource-rich traditional... — Updated 1/6/2022 Full story

HOPE, Alaska – An Alaska partnership between Trout Unlimited and Kinross Gold Corp. demonstrates that cooperation and collaboration are more powerful than conflict and polarization when it comes t... — Updated 9/30/2021

Australia-based PolarX Ltd. has refocused its Alaska exploration on the Zackly high-grade copper-gold-silver skarn on its roughly 100-square-mile (261 square kilometers) Alaska Range property.... — Updated 1/17/2021 Full story

PolarX Ltd. Dec. 17 reported that its 2020 drilling continues to encounter near-surface copper-gold mineralization at Zackly East, and geophysics has identified a new porphyry target associated... — Updated 12/30/2020

PolarX Ltd. Sept. 14 reported that this summer's drilling has encountered strong near-surface copper-gold mineralization at Zackly East, extending this emerging new resource area on the company's... — Updated 9/26/2020

PolarX Ltd. May 19 announced plans to carry out a roughly 3,000-meter drill program to test the high-grade copper and gold previously encountered in the Zackly East skarn deposit on its Alaska... — Updated 9/26/2020

PolarX Ltd. Jan. 20 announced that trenching, mapping and sampling has identified a potential 600-meter extension of the thick and high-grade copper-gold skarn mineralization it discovered at... — Updated 9/26/2020

Victoria Gold Corp. Nov. 25 announced that its Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon has surpassed 10,000 ounces of gold production. Construction at Eagle Gold was completed in July and on Sept. 17 Yukon's... — Updated 9/26/2020

PolarX Ltd. Nov. 18 reported that the first hole drilled at Mars has indeed tapped a wide section of copper-gold-molybdenum mineralization, confirming the porphyry potential of this target on the... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story

Investors looking for mineral exploration companies boasting a team with a proven track record and gold properties in safe and mineral-rich jurisdictions have a new choice with the Tectonic Metals... — Updated 9/26/2020

PolarX Ltd. Oct. 21 reported that the encouraging porphyry copper mineralization encountered in the first hole at the Mars target on its Alaska Range property increased in intensity to the bottom... — Updated 9/26/2020

PolarX Ltd. Oct. 1 announced that drilling has tapped encouraging porphyry copper mineralization at the Stellar project, part of the Australia-based explorer's Alaska Range property. This Stellar... — Updated 9/26/2020

PolarX Ltd. July 10 said a roughly 5,000-meter drill program is slated to begin this month at the Saturn copper‐gold porphyry target within its Alaska Range project. Funded with the recent AU$4.3 mi... — Updated 9/25/2020

Earlier this month S&P Global put out a summary indicating that during the first quarter of 2019 metals like copper, zinc and nickel were up quarter over quarter by 11 percent, 22 percent and 25... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

Lundin Mining Corp. has agreed to invest AU$4.3 million (US$3 million) to acquire 14.3 percent of PolarX Ltd. shares, a deal that gives the Canada-based miner an option to earn a 51 percent... — Updated 9/25/2020

When it comes to managing its more than 1.5 million acres of land in a region of Southcentral Alaska renowned for its natural beauty, Copper River salmon, abundant wildlife and one of the richest lo... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story

PolarX Ltd. Jan. 29 reported that the final assays from the 2018 drill program at its Alaska Range project continues to tap copper-gold-silver mineralization below the resource boundaries of the... — Updated 9/25/2020

Australia-based PolarX Ltd. and its copper- and gold-rich Alaska Range property has drawn the interest of Canada-based Lundin Mining Corp. In a deal finalized in June, Lundin invested roughly US$3 m... — Updated 8/14/2020

Primarily focused on gold, copper and silver, Millrock Resources Inc. is a project generating mineral exploration company that has built a large portfolio of highly prospective mineral exploration... — Updated 8/14/2020 Full story