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

Copper Ridge Exploration Inc. got its start 10 years ago when Gerald Carlson and Mark Fields organized the company.

Prior to forming Copper Ridge in 1999, Carlson was president and CEO of La Teko Resources Ltd., which held gold claims near the Fort Knox Mine in Interior Alaska.

Fields also worked for La Teko until Fort Knox owner Kinross Gold Corp. acquired that junior. The geologist also was i...