North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Grande Portage Resources Ltd. Sept. 14 announced an interim update on its 2023 drill program at the company's Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska, which has accrued roughly 3,050 meters of... — Updated 9/21/2023

Valhalla Metals Inc. Sept. 18 reported the completion of an exploration program at Sun that included camp upgrades, geophysics, relogging of historical core, and four new holes drilled on the... — Updated 9/19/2023

Trilogy Metals Inc. Sept. 11 reported that 2023 summer field activities at the Upper Kobuk Minerals Project were subdued as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management reevaluates the permits for the propose... — Updated 9/14/2023

HighGold Mining Inc. Sept. 6 reported another spectacular gold intercept in the initial batch of assays from the 2023 drill program at its Johnson Tract polymetallic project in Southcentral Alaska.... — Updated 9/14/2023

Freegold Ventures Ltd. Aug. 31 announced that as its rigs continue to turn – from the 30 holes already completed since the start of the company's resource upgrade and expansion drilling program... — Updated 9/14/2023

Contango Ore Inc. Aug. 30 announced the official start of mining operations at its 30% owned Manh Choh gold-silver mine near the crossroads town of Tok, Alaska, and the launch of 2023 drilling at... — Updated 9/14/2023

Usibelli Coal Mine Sept. 7 celebrated 1,000 consecutive days without a lost time accident. The fact that this milestone is not a record for Alaska's longest operating mine is a testament to... — Updated 9/8/2023

Nova Minerals Ltd. Aug. 21 announced the start of discovery drilling at Train, a highly prospective gold target about 4.5 miles (seven kilometers) north of the RPM deposit on the company's... — Updated 9/7/2023

PolarX Ltd. Aug. 27 published the results from an updated scoping study for its Alaska Range project that incorporates a much larger resource for the Caribou Dome copper deposit. A 2022 Alaska... — Updated 9/7/2023

Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. Sept. 5 announced the completion of the maiden drilling at its Southeast Alaskan Cantoo property. Although only three holes totaling 1,356 meters were drilled, the com... — Updated 9/7/2023

Valhalla Metals Inc. July 19 announced the start of its 2023 exploration program at Sun, which is slated to include up to 4,000 meters of drilling focused on expanding the high-grade volcanogenic... — Updated 9/3/2023

HighGold Mining Inc. Aug. 22 provided an update on the 2023 exploration and development program at the company's Johnson Tract property in Southcentral Alaska, showcasing the methodical efficiency w... — Updated 8/31/2023

American Pacific Mining Corp. Aug. 8 reported that the 2023 drill program at Palmer has cut up to 43-meter-thick zones of volcanogenic massive sulfide mineralization that include veinlets of native... — Updated 8/31/2023

UV lights up core from Last Hurrah drilling, indicating Western Alaska is nearing the fault-offset extension of Waterpump Creek Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Aug. 14 reports that drilling has cut... — Updated 8/24/2023

Alaska Energy Metals Corp. Aug. 16 announced that it has acquired a database from more than $30 million of exploration carried out since 1995 at the company's Nikolai nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum... — Updated 8/24/2023

Kinross Gold Corp. Aug. 2 reported that its Fort Knox Mine in Alaska produced 69,438 ounces of gold during the second quarter of 2023, which is a 6% increase over the 65,404 oz recovered during the... — Updated 8/24/2023

Resolution Minerals Ltd. Aug. 21 announced that it staked a 114-square-mile land package in an area of Alaska prospective for nickel with associated copper, cobalt, and platinum group metals.... — Updated 8/24/2023

U.S. GoldMining Inc. Aug. 21 announced the start of the first phase of a 10,000-meter drill program at the company's Whistler gold-copper project 105 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. "The... — Updated 8/23/2023

Hole WPC23-0029 cuts 19.4 meters of 158 g/t silver, 11.5% zinc, and 5.3% lead; WAM tests larger offset deposit extension. Western Alaska Minerals Corp. July 24 announced that the first assay... — Updated 8/14/2023

Teck Resources Ltd. July 26 reported that power system issues at Red Dog impacted second-quarter production at this world-class zinc mine in Northwest Alaska. Over the three months ending June 30,... — Updated 8/10/2023

Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. July 28 announced the launch of its maiden drill program at the company's Cantoo Mountain project on the Alaskan side of British Columbia's famed Golden Triangle.... — Updated 8/3/2023

Freegold Ventures Ltd. July 20 reported that holes testing the northwest boundaries of Dolphin-Cleary are continuing to hit gold along the margins of this 19.7-million-ounce gold deposit on the... — Updated 7/29/2023

Silver production hits 7.9 million oz during first half of 2023; a 2.5M oz boost expected from Keno Hill to close out the year. Hecla Mining Company July 13 announced that the startup of its Keno... — Updated 7/27/2023

Felix Gold Ltd. July 24 reported another batch of assay results that show its 2023 drill program at Treasure Creek is outlining a trend of strong near-surface gold and antimony at the NW Array... — Updated 7/26/2023

Northern Star Resources Ltd. July 19 reported that its Pogo Mine in Alaska produced 81,322 ounces of gold during the second quarter of calendar year 2023, the highest quarterly output in recent... — Updated 7/20/2023