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A true Alaska coal mining pioneer passes
Usibelli Coal Mine May 14 announced the passing of Joseph Usibelli, Sr., an Alaska mining pioneer in the truest sense. Born on Dec. 28, 1938, in Suntrana, a historic Alaska mining town... — Updated 5/16/2022
Regulatory approval is a go at Herbert Gold
Grande Portage Resources Ltd. May 3 announced that it has received regulatory approval for the 2022 drill program at its Herbert Gold project located within the Juneau Gold Belt in... — Updated 5/12/2022
Pebble will continue doing as it always has
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. April 28 announced its subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership is preparing crews and equipment for its 2022 field program at the Pebble project site in... — Updated 5/12/2022
Discovery Alaska begins work at Chulitna
Discovery Alaska Ltd. May 4 announced that an airborne geophysical survey is underway at the Partin Creek gold-silver-copper prospect on its Chulitna project in Alaska. Discovery Alaska... — Updated 5/12/2022
Felix Gold begins 2022 Alaska drilling
Millrock Resources Inc. May 4 announced that Felix Gold Ltd. has begun drilling on the Treasure Creek gold project north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Early in 2021, Felix entered into an... — Updated 5/12/2022
Goodpaster adds 1.1M oz gold to Pogo
Northern Star Resources Ltd. May 3 announced a 20% increase in the gold reserves at its Pogo Mine and a maiden resource for the Goodpaster discovery about 2,000 meters north of the curren... — Updated 5/12/2022
Niblack, Hyder exploration soon to begin
Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. May 11 reported an update for the 2022 exploration on its Southeast Alaska projects, including a multi-phased exploration campaign at Niblack, a maiden dril... — Updated 5/12/2022
Fort Knox gold production drops during Q1
Kinross Gold Corp. May 10 reported that its Fort Knox Mine in Alaska produced 54,803 ounces of gold during the first quarter of 2022, which is nearly a 26% drop from the 73,830 oz produce... — Updated 5/12/2022
Resolution to drill 64North gold prospect
Millrock Resources Inc. May 11 reported that Resolution Minerals Ltd. plans to complete roughly 2,200 meters of drilling in five holes at Tourmaline Ridge, a prospect on the 64North... — Updated 5/12/2022
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
Even more high-grade assays from Arctic
Trilogy Metals Inc. April 20 reported that high-grade copper and zinc, reinforced with strong gold and silver, was cut in all the final nine holes from the 2021 drill program at the... — Updated 5/5/2022
$20M raised for CORE Alaska gold projects
Contango ORE Inc. April 9 announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to raise US$20 million through the issuance of debenture, an unsecured loan that can be converted into... — Updated 4/28/2022
Coeur drills gold in Alaska, silver in BC
Coeur Mining Inc. April 28 reported that its first-quarter exploration has made an intriguing new resource expansion discovery at the Silvertip Mine project in Northern British Columbia,... — Updated 4/28/2022
More work to deliver on Pogo potential
Northern Star Resources Ltd. April 27 reported that while gold production is increasing and costs are coming down at Pogo, the Australian company's Alaska gold mine continues to... — Updated 4/28/2022
Greens Creek silver output on the rise
Hecla Mining Company April 12 reported that its Greens Creek Mine produced 2.4 million ounces of silver and 10,299 oz of gold during the first three months of 2022. The Southeast Alaska... — Updated 4/21/2022
Prepping for underground at Palmer VMS
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. April 13 announced that US$17.98 million (C$22.7 million) has been budgeted for the 2022 work at Palmer, a zinc-copper-silver-gold-barite project in South... — 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
Alaska DOT to study Manh Choh transport
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities March 25 announced that it will perform an independent analysis of the route between the proposed Manh Choh gold mine near the... — Updated 4/14/2022
Remaining results from Herbert Gold
Grande Portage Resources Ltd. March 29 announced the remaining drill results from its summer and fall 2021 drill program at the Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska. These results... — Updated 4/8/2022
Kenorland cuts widespread gold at Healy
Kenorland Minerals Ltd. April 1 reported that its 2021 drilling at the Healy gold project provides further evidence of a large gold system on the 45,600-acre (18,470 hectares) land... — Updated 4/7/2022
Washington chosen for Graphite One plant
Graphite One Inc. March 14 announced that it has selected Washington as the location for the processing plant that will upgrade concentrates mined at its Graphite Creek project in Alaska... — Updated 3/24/2022
Arctic assays meet high expectations
Trilogy Metals Inc. March 17 reported additional "outstanding but not unexpected" results from the 2021 infill drilling at the Arctic deposit on the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in... — Updated 3/24/2022
Testing Golden Summit growth potential
Freegold Ventures Ltd. reported additional strong gold mineralization from 2021 holes drilled in both the Cleary Vein and Dolphin zones on its Golden Summit exploration project about 25... — Updated 3/24/2022
PolarX to expand Caribou Dome copper
PolarX Ltd. March 15 announced that it plans to carry out further drilling this year to expand upon the very high-grade copper mineralization encountered last year at its Caribou Dome pro... — Updated 3/17/2022
Pogo-style gold veins discovered at Tibbs
Tectonic Metals Inc. March 10 announced that its 2021 Phase II drill program at the Tibbs gold project in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District has discovered the elusive low-angle,... — Updated 3/10/2022