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Alaska Mining Day – a historic crossroad
May 10, 2022, celebrates the ninth annual Alaska Mining Day. Established in 2013, Alaska Mining Day was created through legislation sponsored by Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, "to... — Updated 5/12/2022 Full story
Illinois Creek exploration now underway
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. May 5 announced that is has raised C$5 million (US$3.9 million) to fund its 2022 exploration program at the Illinois Creek project in Alaska, which is... — Updated 5/6/2022 Full story
White Gold 2021 soil sampling success
White Gold Corp. April 21 reported that regional exploration work on its more than 1-million-acre (422,730 hectares) land package in Yukon's White Gold District has identified... — Updated 4/21/2022
Western Alaska eyes silver rich CRD belt
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. March 29 said a new geological interpretation based on 2021 and historical data suggests that the historical and high-grade Waterpump Creek silver-zinc-lead... — Updated 4/14/2022
White House puts up an Ambler roadblock
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is leveraging its control over federal land along the Dalton Highway corridor to throw up a roadblock on the proposed industrial access to Alaska's... — Updated 3/16/2022 Full story
Ambler roadblock defies Biden energy plan
In a move criticized by a wide swath of Alaska policymakers and trade organizations, the Biden administration has filed a motion to reverse the federal authorizations for a proposed... — Updated 3/4/2022
Exploring Alaska's golden mining future
While copper has the potential to be a major contributor to Alaska's economic future, this "new oil" of the low-carbon economy will be hard-pressed to beat out the old money being... — Updated 2/24/2022 Full story
Making the Ambler District connection
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority and Ambler Metals LLC have agreed to equally fund $30.8 million for a 2022 field program to advance the Ambler Access Project, a... — Updated 2/24/2022
Nunavut exploration heats up in 2021
Mineral exploration activity in Nunavut intensified in 2021 as mining companies mounted larger and more extensive programs in response to stronger capital markets, government... — Updated 2/10/2022 Full story
WAM targets high-grade Waterpump silver
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Jan. 18 reported additional high-grade silver-zinc-lead intercepts from 2021 drilling at the Waterpump Creek carbonate replacement deposit on the company's... — Updated 2/3/2022
The emergence of Western Alaska Minerals
As a milestone toward achieving its mission to unlock the vast precious and base metals potential across its 35,520-acre Illinois Creek Mining District property, Western Alaska Copper... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story
ATAC perseveres after tote road setback
ATAC Resources Ltd. focused its 2021 mineral exploration largely on the East Goldfield project in Nevada and the Connaught project in western Yukon, a departure from more than a decade... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story
Rockhaven systematically advances Klaza
Focused on both collecting the data to support a prefeasibility study for establishing a mine at Klaza and testing high-priority targets outside the current mineral resources, Rockhaven... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story
White Gold focuses on discovery targets
From exploring resource expansion and discovery targets on its namesake property to testing a potential hardrock source of the rich placer streams in the Sixtymile district near the... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story
2021 Yukon exploration bounces back
Mining exploration and production activity soared in Yukon Territory in 2021 thanks to high metals prices, pro-industry government policies, and mounting successes in the field. Bouncing... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story
White Rock explores two fronts in Alaska
Since first coming to Alaska to explore zinc-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits at Red Mountain, Australia-based White Rock Minerals Ltd. has continually added zinc-silver and... — Updated 1/26/2022 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... — Updated 1/26/2022 Full story
Silver at Wolf portends broader potential
Dolly Varden Silver Corp. Dec. 20 said high-grade silver encountered during drilling at the Wolf deposit provides another encouraging sign that strong mineralization continues north from... — Updated 1/6/2022
Chugach Alaska seeks sustainable growth
Covering a roughly 450-mile stretch of postcard-worthy Gulf of Alaska coastline where glacier-carved fjords and bays teeming with fish, birds, and marine mammals are framed by dense... — Updated 1/6/2022 Full story
CIRI real estate extends beyond Tikahtnu
With more than half of Alaska's entire population living within its region, Cook Inlet Region Inc., more commonly known as CIRI, is the most metropolitan of the 12 landholding Alaska... — Updated 1/6/2022 Full story
Large resources enrich Koniag lives
The Koniag Inc. region covers the Kodiak Archipelago, a group of islands off the southern coast of mainland Alaska better known for their enormous brown bears than vast mineral... — Updated 1/6/2022 Full story
Aleut's Ring of Fire mineral potential
Aleut Corp. is committed to promoting economic opportunities for its more than 4,000 shareholders while preserving the traditional culture and values developed from living in a ruggedly... — Updated 1/6/2022 Full story
Ahtna region lies at Alaskan crossroads
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... — Updated 1/6/2022 Full story
"Fish First" guides BBNC resource policy
The Bristol Bay region is home to two resources that beyond a doubt earn the moniker "world-class" – an annual run of sockeye salmon that is second to none and Pebble, the largest undev... — Updated 1/6/2022 Full story
First assays from 2021 Klaza drilling roll in
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. Dec. 15 reported results from the first 29 of 72 holes drilled this year at Klaza, a road-accessible gold-silver project in southern Yukon. The 14,256-meter 2021... — Updated 12/16/2021