North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

A group of diverse global-scale mining companies hailing from Australia, Japan, and the United States are quietly exploring a relatively small region of Alaska's Interior. Two of these... — Updated 2/4/2018 Full story

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

Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo LLC Sept. 30 reported production of 3 million ounces of gold at its Pogo Mine in Interior Alaska. To mark the occasion, 25 mine employees were selected by drawing to view... — Updated 10/4/2015

Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo Aug. 31 reported that the employees at the Pogo gold mine in Interior Alaska have worked more than two years without a lost-time incident. Mine management said this... — Updated 9/6/2015

Mining is a notoriously cyclical business that generally ebbs and flows with the overall state of the global economy, and these cycles are amplified for junior mining companies charged with... — Updated 8/9/2015

Millrock Resources Inc. July 29 reported that it has struck a deal with Corvus Gold Inc. to purchase Raven Gold Alaska LLC's assets located in or pertaining to the Goodpaster Mining District of... — Updated 8/2/2015

Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo May 7 reported to Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation that a ruptured line spilled roughly 90,000 gallons of paste backfill at the Pogo gold mine in Interior... — Updated 5/17/2015

Northern Empire Resources Corp. has laid claim to Richardson, a 52,000-acre gold property in Alaska's Interior and has formed an alliance to begin exploring a segment of this vast parcel. Northern E... — Updated 4/12/2015 Full story

Bloomberg Business March 30 reported rumors that Teck Resources Ltd. and Antofagasta Plc are exploring a merger that would create one of the world's largest copper producers. Attributing the... — Updated 4/5/2015

International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. March 26 announced that Karl Hanneman has been elevated to the role of chief operating officer. Hanneman has worked for Tower Hill since 2010, most recently... — Updated 4/5/2015

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 Full story

Sonoro Metals Corp. March 11 said it has signed a letter of intent to enter into an option agreement to acquire a 60 percent interest in Northern Empire Resources Corp.'s 7,840-acre Hilltop Gold... — Updated 3/22/2015

Galvanized by higher zinc prices and strong production at Teck Resources Ltd.'s Red Dog Mine, the value of Alaska's mineral production topped US$3 billion for the fifth year running. Larry Freeman,... — Updated 2/22/2015

Continuing its success in finding new deposits of high-grade gold in the shadow of the mill at the Pogo Mine located in Interior Alaska, Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo - a joint venture between... — Updated 11/2/2014

As is normally the case in high summer in Alaska, news has started to trickle out of the hills on projects where new work is being conducted, and several properties have changed hands or are in the... — Updated 7/27/2014

Alaska's natural gas is increasingly replacing diesel as the fuel of choice for mines and mining projects across the Far North State and Yukon Territory. At roughly 37 trillion cubic feet, Alaska... — Updated 6/29/2014 Full story

FAIRBANKS - The Arctic International Mining Symposium in Fairbanks afforded Interior Alaska mines the opportunity to provide an update on the latest developments at local operations. While the... — Updated 4/27/2014

If you believe what you see in the press, Alaska's mineral industry was recently given a Christmas gift that trumps even the high-grade anthracite coal that most Alaskans were dreaming of during... — Updated 1/26/2014 Full story

Spurred by a record-setting pace at Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox Mine, Alaska gold production topped 1 million ounces during 2013, a golden milestone not achieved by Last Frontier gold miners... — Updated 1/26/2014

I recently attended the 119th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Mining Association in Reno and came away feeling better about Alaska than when I arrived. Alaska Miners Association Director Deantha Cro... — Updated 12/22/2013