Since investing roughly US$70 million to acquire a 28 percent stake in Novagold Resources Inc. in 2009, American billionaire Thomas Kaplan and his Electrum Group of companies have taken a keen inter... — Updated 3/1/2019

Thanks to its own rich mineral endowment, Australia is a juggernaut in the world of mining, especially across the Southern Hemisphere. Over the past couple of years, however, a growing number of... — Updated 3/1/2019

Thanks largely to increased investments from Aussie mining explorers, mineral exploration spending across Alaska topped US$100 million in 2018. This is well above the roughly US$95 million invested... — Updated 3/1/2019

Golden Predator Mining Corp. kicked off 2018 with results from 43 "grade control" holes drilled at its 3 Aces project in southeast Yukon, including the highest-grade gold intersection drilled on... — Updated 11/30/2018

Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. is focused on developing its Nickel Shäw (formerly Wellgreen) project in southwestern Yukon into Canada's next world-class nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM sulfide mine. Towards... — Updated 11/23/2018

Alexco Resource Corp. is making headway toward resumption of commercial mining operations at its Keno Hill Silver District project in the Yukon. In May, the company reported completion of an... — Updated 11/23/2018

Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. continues to advance its flagship property, the Palmer copper-zinc-silver-gold-barite project near the port-town of Haines in Southeast Alaska, as it looks to create... — Updated 11/23/2018

With continued financial and technical support from Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. and Kinross Gold Corp., White Gold Corp. carried out a budgeted C$9 million program in 2018 to expand known deposits and e... — Updated 11/23/2018

Since reaching commercial production at the Doris Bay Mine in 2017, TMAC Resources Inc. has been working toward achieving the gold recoveries, ore throughput and gold output envisioned for this... — Updated 11/23/2018

With US$17.5 million invested into the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (UKMP) in 2018, Trilogy Metals Inc. took major strides in achieving its goal of beginning to develop the vast mineral potential... — Updated 11/16/2018

Nova Minerals Ltd. (formerly Quantum Resources Ltd.) completed an inaugural drill program in 2018 at its newly acquired Estelle gold-copper-silver project about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage,... — Updated 11/12/2018

When Riversgold Ltd. listed on the Australia Stock Exchange late in 2017, the Perth-based gold exploration and development company held the Southwest Alaska project among its assets, a property... — Updated 11/1/2018

Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. is in search of Congo-style copper and Polaris-size zinc across its Aston Bay property on Somerset Island, Nunavut. The company has a head start on this goal with the 9,000... — Updated 11/1/2018

Novagold Resources Inc. took several giant steps this year toward its ultimate goal – developing a world-class mine at its 50-percent-owned Donlin Gold project in Southwest Alaska. The 39 million ou... — Updated 11/1/2018

Northern Star Resources Ltd. cut a deal in August to acquire full ownership of the Pogo gold mine in Alaska, the Perth-based mid-tier gold producer's first operation outside of Australia. The Aussie... — Updated 11/1/2018

Australia-based White Rock Minerals Ltd. set its sights on Alaska's vast and underexplored mineral potential when it acquired Red Mountain, a zinc-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide project about 60... — Updated 11/1/2018

North Arrow Minerals Inc. is focused on the identification and evaluation of its seven diamond projects in Canada – Naujaat, Mel and Luxx in Nunavut; Lac de Gras and Loki in Northwest Territories; P... — Updated 11/1/2018

Dunnedin Ventures Inc. is focused on exploring Kahuna, a large diamond property about 16 miles (26 kilometers) northeast of Rankin Inlet in Nunavut. Two kimberlites on the property – Kahuna and N... — Updated 11/1/2018

Fireweed Zinc Ltd. is focused on advancing Macmillan Pass, a 470-square-kilometer (181 square miles) road-accessible zinc-lead-silver project in Selwyn Basin in southeastern Yukon Territory. Two... — Updated 11/1/2018

International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. continued optimization and environmental baseline studies at Livengood, an 11.5-million-ounce gold project located along a paved highway about 70 miles north of... — Updated 11/1/2018

Spun out of BHP Billiton in 2015, South32 Ltd. burst onto the mining scene with a portfolio of high-quality assets producing aluminum, coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc. This... — Updated 10/26/2018

Victoria Gold Corp. is transitioning from mining explorer to developer with its sights firmly locked on building Yukon Territory's next mine. Toward this goal, the company signed paperwork with Orio... — Updated 10/26/2018

Klondike Gold Corp. is exploring the hills above the legendary Yukon creeks that have produced more than 20 million ounces of placer gold since the stampede to the Klondike in 1898. The company's... — Updated 10/26/2018

ATAC Resources Ltd.'s Rackla Gold project saw roughly C$13 million of exploration in 2018. Barrick Gold Corp. invested about C$6 million at Orion, a gold project that lies in the middle of the... — Updated 10/26/2018

Spun out of Dunnedin Ventures Inc. in April, Solstice Gold Corp. is focused on exploring the gold potential at the Kahuna project, a large venture located about seven kilometers (4.4 miles) east of... — Updated 10/26/2018