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Strategic Metals Ltd., surely the most active project generator in northern Canada, recently reported substantial mineral exploration and transaction activities in 2022 and early 2023. This... — Updated 4/13/2023

Vital Metals CEO resigns after just 4 months; Ucore adds former Vital top executive to its growing team. With former Vital Metals Ltd. Managing Director Geoff Atkins joining the team at Ucore Rare... — Updated 4/8/2023

SPC Nickel Corp. March 28 announced a major expansion of its Muskox nickel-copper-platinum group metal project in Nunavut. Under an option agreement with Bathurst Metals Corp., SPC has the right to... — Updated 3/30/2023

North Arrow Minerals Inc. March 30 reported that its ongoing data review has identified eight lithium targets on its newly acquired DeStaffany project in Northwest Territories. Acquired by North... — Updated 3/30/2023

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Gathering together leaders, decision-makers, and experts toward the common goal of understanding the value of Alaska's mineral endowment and how to unlock it for America's... — Updated 3/23/2023

Millrock Resources Inc. March 1 announced that it is shifting its focus to exploration of Nikolai, an Alaska project prospective for a large deposit of critical energy metals such as nickel,... — Updated 3/11/2023

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 seekers hav... — Updated 2/2/2023

Though effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lingered, mineral explorers rushed to the Yukon like moths to a flame during 2022. Mining's most daring sector rallied to generate the busiest field season... — Updated 2/2/2023

The increasing number of electric vehicles charged with renewable energy, connected to 5G networks, and boasting the computing power of 200 laptops to autonomously traverse global highways is... — Updated 1/20/2023

As a project-generating exploration company, Millrock Resources Inc. identifies and secures grassroots mineral projects and brings on partners to fund the high-risk early stages of exploration.... — Updated 1/18/2023

Originally formed as a private company in 2018, Valhalla Metals Inc. launched onto the TSX Venture Exchange in the fall of 2022 with two high-grade volcanogenic massive sulfide projects at either en... — Updated 1/18/2023

Strategic Metals Ltd., a longtime project generator in the Yukon, is helping to spur industry interest in the prospectivity of the territory's southwestern region for critical minerals as more... — Updated 1/18/2023

Mining activity in Northwest Territories held steady in 2022 despite constraints imposed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as a cadre of mainly junior mining companies took up the international... — Updated 1/17/2023

Pushes ahead AK mine, WA plant to meet vast EV battery demand. As automakers look to secure the graphite required for lithium-ion batteries that will power the hundreds of millions of electric vehic... — Updated 1/17/2023

Has the discovery and development of the mines essential to meeting the massive demand for battery metals, copper, rare earths, and other critical minerals reached the end of the road? Not a... — Updated 1/17/2023

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

Li-FT Power Ltd., a relatively new junior exploration company led by a team with a track record of discovering and financing mineral projects, has acquired an exciting hardrock lithium project that... — 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

PhotonAssay tech offers a modern, faster alternative to fire assaying for gold analysis. Assays are the very crux of mineral exploration – timely results returned from the lab help guide the s... — Updated 12/3/2022

As Alaska-based company preps for 2023, Alaska Delegation calls for swift Ambler Road resolution. After spending this summer preparing for its initial drill program at the Sun co... — Updated 11/17/2022

Brixton Metals Corp. Nov. 2 announced that BHP Group Ltd. has agreed to invest at least C$13.4 million to acquire a 19.9% interest in the junior exploring the Thorn copper-gold project in Northern... — Updated 11/17/2022

Having identified 12 high-priority targets from high-resolution geophysical data, StrategX Elements Corp. is planning to conduct a first-phase, 2,000-meter diamond drill program on its Nagvaak... — Updated 11/17/2022

ZincX Resources Corp. Nov. 15 reported that it has received high-resolution lidar data that will aid future exploration and development on Akie and Mt. Alcock, two of 11 properties that make up the... — Updated 11/17/2022

Teslin Tlingit Council and Strategic Metals Ltd. Oct. 24 announced the signing of an access and exploration agreement that aims to deepen relations and create the foundation for future cooperation b... — Updated 11/3/2022

A shortage of the graphite required for the lithium-ion batteries powering the transition to electric mobility is elevating the criticality of Graphite One Inc.'s plans to develop a mine in Alaska... — Updated 10/27/2022