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Felix drills more Treasure Creek gold
Felix Gold Ltd. Aug. 1 announced additional near surface gold intercepts from the 15,000-meter drill program being carried out this year on the Treasure Creek project about 20 miles... — Updated 8/11/2022
Assays affirm high-grade Waterpump Creek
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Aug. 2 reported that the first assay results from its 2022 drilling at Waterpump Creek has confirmed the high-grade silver-zinc-lead mineralization observed... — Updated 8/11/2022
Encouraging gold recoveries from RPM
Nova Minerals Ltd. Aug. 8 reported highly encouraging gold recovery results from its first phase of metallurgical test work on mineralization from its high-grade RPM North deposit on the... — Updated 8/11/2022
Fort Knox gold output hits four-year high
Kinross Gold Corp. July 27 reported that its Fort Knox Mine produced 77,184 ounces of gold during the second quarter of 2022, which is the highest quarterly gold production at the... — Updated 8/4/2022
Freegold makes Golden Summit connection
Freegold Ventures Ltd. July 28 reported strong gold mineralization encountered in the Dolphin deposit, the Cleary Hill Vein System, and the vanishing gap between these two primary... — Updated 8/4/2022
Exceptional 2022 Donlin Gold drill results
Novagold Resources Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp. July 28 reported intercepts of up to 52.3 meters averaging 14.63 grams per metric ton gold from the first batch of assay results from an exp... — Updated 8/4/2022
101.7m of massive sulfides at Waterpump
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. July 20 reported that drilling has cut 47- and 101.7-meter-thick intervals of massive sulfide mineralization at the high-grade Waterpump Creek carbonate... — Updated 7/28/2022
JT deposit tops 1M oz gold-equivalent
HighGold Mining Inc. July 12 announced a 40% increase in the gold-equivalent resource at the JT deposit on the company's Johnson Tract property in Southcentral Alaska. According to the... — Updated 7/28/2022
Greens Creek Q1 silver output steady
Hecla Mining Company July 12 reported that its Greens Creek Mine in Southeast Alaska produced 2.4 million ounces of silver and 12,413 oz of gold during the second quarter of 2022. The... — Updated 7/28/2022
Red Dog Mine posts another strong quarter
Teck Resources Ltd. July 26 reported another quarter of strong zinc production and revenues from its Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska. During the second quarter of this year, Red Dog... — Updated 7/28/2022
Seventymile gold project drilling begins
Tectonic Metals Inc. July 7 announced that drilling is now underway at Seventymile, a district-scale gold project in eastern Alaska. Optioned from Doyon Ltd., an Alaska Native regional co... — Updated 7/21/2022
Massive sulfides in Waterpump Creek core
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. July 5 reported encouraging massive sulfide intercepts in four of the holes drilled so far this year at the high-grade Waterpump Creek carbonate replacement... — Updated 7/21/2022
Pogo gold production jumps, costs dive
Northern Star Resources Ltd. July 20 reported that the trend of increased gold production and lower costs is continuing at its Pogo Mine in Alaska. During the second quarter of 2022, Pogo... — Updated 7/21/2022
Resolution drilling at Tourmaline Ridge
Resolution Minerals Ltd. June 29 announced the start of a 2,200-meter drill program at the Tourmaline Ridge prospect on the West Pogo block of the 64North gold project in Alaska.... — Updated 7/7/2022
Blackwolf preps for drilling at Cantoo
Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. July 5 announced the beginning of surface exploration work on its recently staked Cantoo and Mineral Hill properties within the Alaskan region of the... — Updated 7/7/2022
Testing shows good JT metals recovery
HighGold Mining Inc. June 22 reported that testing shows that conventional metallurgical techniques yield very high-quality copper, zinc, lead, and gold concentrates from the JT deposit... — Updated 6/30/2022
Expanding the Golden Summit deposit
Freegold Ventures Ltd. June 21 reported roughly 200-meter-wide sections of strong gold mineralization in holes drilled on opposite sides of the Dolphin deposit during the company's 2021... — Updated 6/30/2022
Blackwolf receives permits for exploration
Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. June 8 reported that permitting for its Niblack project has been granted, allowing surface exploration work to begin at this Southeast Alaska polymetallic... — Updated 6/23/2022
Nova begins drilling at RPM gold deposit
Nova Minerals Ltd. June 16 announced the start of the 2022 drill program at the high-grade RPM gold deposit on the Australia-based company's Estelle project in Alaska. Based on one hole... — Updated 6/23/2022
Felix strikes gold in second Alaska hole
Cutting 28.9 meters averaging 1.43 grams per metric ton gold in its second hole, Felix Gold Ltd. is off to a strong start at its Treasure Creek project a few miles north of Fairbanks, Ala... — Updated 6/23/2022
Drilling affirms high-grade Graphite Creek
Graphite One Inc. June 8 reported that its 2021 drilling at Graphite Creek continued to confirm that this deposit, approximately 37 miles north of Nome, Alaska, is the largest and highest... — Updated 6/16/2022
Alaska mining engineer to manage Palmer
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. June 6 announced the appointment of Ernie Siemoneit to the position of project manager and senior engineer for the Palmer copper-zinc-silver-gold-barite... — Updated 6/16/2022
Ambler Metals preps for UKMP exploration
Trilogy Metals Inc. June 8 provided details of the planned US$26.2 million exploration program slated for this year at the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in the Ambler Mining District of... — Updated 6/16/2022
HighGold preps for Johnson Tract 2022
HighGold Mining Inc. May 31 announced plans for a US$9 million exploration program at Johnson Tract that will include at least 13,000 meters of drilling to expand upon known polymetallic... — Updated 6/9/2022
Alaska lawmakers respond to EPA decision
Following the Environmental Protection Agency's revised "proposed determination" for the Pebble mine, Alaska policymakers came out in both scathing and measured statements regarding the... — Updated 6/9/2022