(126) stories found containing 'Sun'
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Pioneering explorer, pilot Ron Sheardown
Few men and women could attest to having lived with an adventurous spirit and actually having gone and adventured, but this isn't so for mining and aviation pioneer Ronald Sheardown. Soon to be... — Updated 6/15/2023 Full story
Bill Ellis blazed trail of Alaska discovery
On March 18, 2022, Alaska's mining community lost Bill Ellis, a close friend and geologist that was universally loved for his kind spirit and optimism, traits that will live on as a legacy as solid... — Updated 3/31/2022 Full story
The emerging new oil pipeline in Alaska
Goldman Sachs' declaration that "copper is the new oil" may serve as a foreshadowing of Alaska's economic future, one that is not so heavily reliant on the revenues from petroleum flowing from the... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story
All will soon be able to buy into Valhalla
Valhalla Metals Inc., a privately held junior mining company focused on the exploration of the Sun and Smucker properties in Alaska's Ambler Mining District, may soon have easier access to funding... — Updated 12/9/2021
Forging Critical Minerals Alliances
While the history of human innovation is a series of discoveries, each building on the last, there are certain "eureka moments" that mark a shift in the trajectory of mankind – taming fire, stone... — Updated 10/7/2021 Full story
Bill Ellis blazes trail of Alaska discovery
Throughout the relatively short modern history of Alaska, many nameless and oft unrecognized explorers have contributed to the Last Frontier state in ways that future generations will never be able... — Updated 9/30/2021 Full story
Soaring critical energy minerals demand
Global governments and industries are setting increasingly ambitious targets for the phasing out of fossil fuel-burning automobiles in favor of electric vehicles charged with green energy.... — Updated 9/16/2021 Full story
Titans forge critical lithium alliances
The lightest of all the metals in the universe, lithium has emerged as the namesake for the batteries powering electric vehicles down global highways and storing renewable energy for those EVs to... — Updated 9/16/2021 Full story
Major shifts for Rockhaven and its team
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Aug. 19 announced major changes to its board of directors, management, and technical team that reflect a transition toward prefeasibility and permitting at the company's... — Updated 8/26/2021
Mining new oil in Northern Copper Triangle
Alaska, Northern British Columbia, and the Yukon are home to a dozen advanced stage exploration and mine projects hosting billions of pounds of copper ready to deliver to a world demanding massive... — Updated 5/27/2021
Reports contrast role of fishing, mining
In February, the Alaska Miners Association (AMA) released its annual report on the Economic Benefits of Alaska's Mining Industry. That report highlighted the fact that 4,700 direct and 9,600 indirec... — Updated 4/1/2021 Full story
Yukon explorers rally after late start
From the first glimpse of a potential new discovery to watching the first load of ore pour into a new mill, mineral explorers working in Yukon Territory during 2020 reported experiencing the full ga... — Updated 2/11/2021 Full story
Meeting America's strategic antimony need
Best known for its ability to resist heat and corrosion, antimony is in a wide array of consumer goods – from paints and plastics to batteries and wind turbines. This critical mineral is also... — Updated 12/23/2020 Full story
Ambler Metals suspends 2020 field work
Trilogy Metals Inc. July 8 confirmed that the 2020 field programs at the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in Northwest Alaska has been deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ambler Metals LLC, a joint... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story
The silver-lined history of Keno City
More than a century-old silver discovery turned settlement may see a revitalization with recent exploration efforts at the Keno Hill District. Lying within the traditional land of the First Nation... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story
Priority Unga gold drill targets found
Redstar Gold Corp. Jan. 13 reported that recently completed structural mapping on its Unga gold project on the Alaska Peninsula has identified several new priority drill targets along the Shumagin... — Updated 9/26/2020
South32 agrees to landmark JV in Alaska
Development of the rich mineral resource in Alaska's Ambler Mining District took another major leap forward with the Dec. 19 announcement that Australia-based South32 Ltd. is investing US$145... — Updated 9/26/2020 Full story
Geophysics light up Sun for Valhalla
Valhalla Metals Inc. is excited about new targets identified by airborne geophysics flown over Sun, a volcanogenic massive sulfide exploration project in Alaska's Ambler Mining District that is... — Updated 9/26/2020
BLM requests public input on Ambler Road
United States Bureau of Land Management Aug. 30 published the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road to the Federal Register, marking... — Updated 9/26/2020
Northway completes IPO to explore Healy
Northway Resources Corp., a new company with two gold exploration properties in Alaska, Aug. 26 announced the completion of an initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange. "We... — Updated 9/26/2020
Bonanza gold above Eldorado Creek, Yukon
Klondike Gold Corp. Aug. 6 reported a bonanza grade gold and silver intercept from this summer's drilling at Nugget Zone on the company's 576-square-kilometer (217 square miles) Klondike District... — Updated 9/26/2020
The 2019 mining game is afoot in Alaska
In the famous words of Sherlock Holmes, the game is afoot! After seasonally slower news from Alaska's mining industry in March and April, the dam has broken with over two dozen Alaska mining... — Updated 9/25/2020 Full story
Quadrennial silly season starts again
Every four years Americans get the delicious treat of a Presidential campaign during which contenders for leadership of the free world get to stand before the electorate and pontificate about... — Updated 8/27/2020 Full story
Alaska is a great place to do business
When it comes to mineral exploration incentives, currency exchange and infrastructure, Alaska is at a disadvantage in the realm of attracting exploration investments from Canada and Australia,... — Updated 8/14/2020 Full story
Northway completes IPO, explores Healy
Northway Resources Corp., a new company with two gold exploration properties in Alaska, Aug. 26 announced the completion of an initial public offering and listing on the TSX Venture Exchange. "We... — Updated 8/14/2020