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The Red Dog Mine has been a gamechanger for the more than 14,000 Iñupiat shareholders of NANA Corp., the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation that owns the... — Updated 12/30/2019 Full story

Alaska boasts what many consider the most successful Aboriginal land claims settlement on Earth – a solution that has not only turned out to be a cultural success, but a brilliant busin... — Updated 12/30/2019 Full story

Osisko Metals Inc. Aug. 27 announced the start of a 5,000-meter fall drill program targeting expansion areas at its Pine Point zinc-lead project in the Northwest Territories. Cominco... — Updated 9/26/2019

As the rest of the country suffers through the Dog Days of summer, Alaska is approaching the end of a topsy-turvy summer season that saw unseasonably hot, dry weather in some parts of the... — Updated 9/6/2019 Full story

With the completion of Ross River Dena Council's independent environmental assessment review of Kudz Ze Kayah (KZK), BMC Minerals Ltd. crosses a major milestone along its path to... — Updated 7/19/2019 Full story

ZincX Resources Corp. June 19 announced the start of a 2,500-meter drill program at its Akie zinc project in northern British Columbia. Focused on the central high-grade core of the... — Updated 6/28/2019

Crystal Lake Mining Corp. June 12 said a large copper-gold porphyry target area with high-grade gold potential, known as Chachi Corridor, has been outlined on the eastern side of its Newm... — Updated 6/21/2019

StrikePoint Gold Inc. June 13 announced the formation of a technical advisory committee to assist and provide technical guidance to the management team regarding all aspects of... — Updated 6/21/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. May 22 reported the final batch of results from the 1,031 holes completed at Pine Point since the company began its initial drill campaign at the Northwest Territories... — Updated 5/31/2019

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... — Updated 5/30/2019 Full story

Like many single-industry towns, once the well dries up, people seek greener pastures. However, the residents of a place many probably have never even heard of hold on to the remnants of... — Updated 5/10/2019 Full story

Osisko Metals Inc. May 1 reported assay results for an additional 100 holes drilled into X-65, a resource area within the North Zone of the Pine Point zinc project about 42 kilometers... — Updated 5/10/2019

Teck Resources Ltd. April 22 reported that extreme winter weather forced a closure of the Delong Mountain Transportation System road that connects the Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska to... — Updated 5/3/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. April 24 said the latest round of results from its extensive drill program at Pine Point show the potential for continuous high-grade zinc mineralization between... — Updated 5/3/2019

Crystal Lake Mining Corp. April 1 announce the closing of a C$4.6 million financing, which will primarily be used to fund a 2019 drill program at the Newmont Lake gold-copper-silver... — Updated 4/12/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. April 4 reported results from an additional 34 drill holes drilled in the East Mill zone at the Pine Point zinc project in Northwest Territories. Located about 42... — Updated 4/12/2019

Those of you that attended the recent Cordilleran Roundup Convention in Vancouver can attest to the exuberant, upbeat atmosphere that pervaded the conference and was very much in... — Updated 3/15/2019 Full story

Solitario Zinc Corp. Feb. 19 announced that Teck American Inc., a subsidiary of Teck Resources Ltd., will manage a 2019 exploration program at Lik, a high-grade zinc project near the Red... — Updated 3/1/2019

Teck Resources Ltd. Feb. 12 reported that the Red Dog zinc mine in Northwest Alaska produced 583,200 metric tons (1.29 billion pounds) of zinc during 2018, a roughly 8 percent increase ov... — Updated 2/22/2019

Osisko Metals Inc. Jan. 30 reported additional near surface zinc intercepts from the 2018 drill program at the company's Pine Point project in Northwest Territories. Located about 42 kilo... — Updated 2/8/2019

Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Jan. 18 announced that Teck Resources Ltd. has put in a lead order to acquire shares during Fireweed's upcoming C$5 million private placement financing. Teck, which... — Updated 2/1/2019 Full story

Fireweed Zinc Ltd. Jan. 2 provided a review of its accomplishments at Macmillan Pass during 2018, a year of resource and property expansion for the company's zinc-lead project in eastern... — Updated 1/11/2019 Full story

In addition to being a past producer and a future source of most of the 35 minerals and metals considered critical to the United States, Alaska currently contributes a globally... — Updated 1/4/2019 Full story

Osisko Metals Inc. Dec. 6 reported its Pine Point project in Northwest Territories hosts 3.9 billion pounds of zinc and 1.6 billion lb of lead in 38.4 million metric tons of inferred... — Updated 12/14/2018 Full story

Teck Resources Ltd. is investing roughly US$110 million on mill upgrades at its Red Dog Mine that will help ensure strong zinc production from this Northwest Alaska zinc operation until... — Updated 11/1/2018 Full story