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  • Closeup of drill core with bands of white, green, grey, and gold mineralization.

    White Gold adds ounces to flagship project

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Yukon-focused explorer's namesake now hosts 2.3 million oz of gold in all resource categories. White Gold Corp. Nov. 19 reported that its White Gold project in the Yukon now hosts 1.2 million ounces of gold in indicated resources and another 1.12 oz in the inferred category. This marks a 4.3% increase in the gold contained within the indicated resource and an 18.5% increase in the gold reporting to the inferred category, when compared to a calculation completed in April of...

  • A rock scratch tool points to flecks of visible gold in drill core.

    Drilling confirms Trapper gold potential

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Brixton reports final batch of results from 2024 drilling at gold target, part of larger program at Thorn. Brixton Metals Corp. Nov. 19 said the final batch of assays from its 2024 drilling at Trapper continues to confirm the continuity of strong mineralization at this gold-rich target on the company's Thorn copper-gold project in Northern British Columbia. Located about 55 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Juneau, Alaska, Thorn is a 2,945-square-kilometer (1,137 square...

  • Box of drill core with bands of white, black, and grey sulfide mineralization.

    Silver47 cuts strong WTF mineralization

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Newly listed company confirms potential of the West Tundra Flats deposit on its flagship Red Mountain project in Alaska. Silver47 Exploration Corp. Nov. 21 said its inaugural drilling at West Tundra Flats indicates the potential of increasing both the size and grade of this deposit on the company's Red Mountain project about 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Fairbanks, Alaska. Since its Nov. 14 listing on the TSX Venture Exchange, Silver47 has released a steady stream of...

  • A drill tests a treeless hillside along the aptly named Dry Creek.

    Silver47 drills high-grade at Red Mountain

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Cuts 2.5 meters of 1,938.5 g/t silver-equivalent within 24.5-meter intercept during inaugural drilling at Alaska VMS project. Silver47 Exploration Corp. Nov. 18 reported that the first assays back from its inaugural drill program at Red Mountain include a 2.48-meter intercept averaging 61.4% zinc-equivalent, which combines the value of the silver, gold, zinc, lead, and copper cut in this hole testing the Dry Creek deposit on the volcanogenic massive sulfide project about 60...

  • A drill tests for gold under ribbons of green Northern Lights.

    Drills tap high grades at golden Goose

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    B2Gold's 2024 drilling at Back River confirms continuity of high-grade gold within Goose Mine plan, tap higher grades at expansion targets. B2Gold Corp. Nov. 13 reported that the 2024 drill program at Back River has confirmed the continuity of high-grade gold mineralization within the Umwelt deposit that will deliver ore to the Goose Mine mill after operations begin in 2025 and cut high-grade gold in deposits outside of the existing mine plan. Lying in southwestern Nunavut,...

  • Closeup of a metallic silver-colored iron-nickel nugget.

    FPX outlines Baptiste-like nickel in Yukon

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Surface sampling outlines a zone of awaruite mineralization that is comparable in size and grade to B.C. nickel mine project. FPX Nickel Corp. Nov. 14 reported that its summer sampling program at its Mich property in the Yukon has outlined a nickel zone that is comparable in size, grade, and style of mineralization as Baptiste, an advance-staged exploration project in central British Columbia that shows the potential of being a significant future supply of low-carbon nickel...

  • Mountains stained dark red from heavily mineralized outcrops.

    Mineral explorer Silver47 emerges in Alaska

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Lists on the TSX Venture Exchange with flagship Red Mountain VMS project. Backed by big names in mineral exploration investment, Silver47 Exploration Corp. has emerged on the Alaska scene with a mission to significantly expand upon the 168.6 million ounces of silver-equivalent outlined so far at Red Mountain, a polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulfide project about 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Fairbanks. "The objective of the company is to rapidly grow its resource...

  • Map of gold-silver deposits on the Lawyers-Ranch property in B.C.

    Thesis discovers new gold zone at Ranch

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Says Ring Zone discovery underscores potential to build upon 4.7 million gold-equivalent oz already outlined at Lawyers-Ranch. Thesis Gold Inc. Nov. 13 reported the discovery of a new zone of near-surface gold mineralization at Lawyers-Ranch that underscores the potential for new deposits to complement those already included in the recently updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for developing a mine on this gold-silver project in Northern British Columbia's Toodoggone...

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    PolarX traces Caribou Dome copper deeper

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    One drill hole cuts 11.86 meters of 1.8% copper, tracing Lense 5 to a depth of 300 meters. PolarX Ltd. Nov. 13 reported that the final two holes of the 2024 drill program further extended the high-grade copper mineralization at the Caribou Dome deposit on its district-scale Alaska Range project in Southcentral Alaska. Lying just north of the Denali Highway about 160 miles (250 kilometers) northeast of Anchorage, PolarX's 22-mile-long Alaska Range project hosts Caribou Dome, a...

  • A drill rig perched on a mountainside with the Aurora Borealis overhead.

    Assays ready Palmer for resource update

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    First batch of drill results help define resource as American Pacific and Dowa prepare new technical report for high-grade Alaska copper-zinc project. American Pacific Mining Corp. Oct. 31 reported the first batch of assays from a 15-hole drill program carried out this year to upgrade and expand the high-grade copper and zinc mineralization at its Palmer project in Southeast Alaska. Lying at the north end of the Southeast Alaska Panhandle, Palmer hosts 4.68 million metric...

  • Rock scribing tool points to a fleck of visible gold in drill core.

    Brixton drills encouraging gold at Trapper

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Latest assays include 2.25 meters of 18.5 g/t gold at the precious metals target on the Thorn copper-gold project. Brixton Metals Corp. Oct. 30 reported strong gold mineralization in two more holes drilled at the Trapper target on its Thorn project in the northwestern corner of British Columbia, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. While much of the 2024 drilling at Thorn is focused on expanding the large body of porphyry mineralization at Camp Creek...

  • An AI-generated image of the word “Zinc” chiseled onto a metallic rock.

    Tight zinc markets good news for Alaska

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    With demand outstripping supply, price for Alaska's highest-valued mined product sets up bright 2025 for 49th State and Red Dog. Rising demand and a three-year-long slide in supply are pushing up the price of zinc, which is good news for zinc-producing jurisdictions like Alaska but not so much for the buyers of this galvanizing metal widely used for renewable energy and transportation infrastructure, automobiles, and a wide array of other applications. Potential supply...

  • The periodic symbol for hydrogen over the Earth centered on the U.S. at night.

    Exploring for white hydrogen in SE Alaska

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Granite Creek assembles the catalyst-rich projects, scientific expertise to become a first mover in the geological hydrogen space. A belt of rocks spanning the Southeast Alaska Panhandle hosts at least a dozen prospects and deposits enriched with nickel, copper, and platinum group metals (PGM) needed for the energy transition. Could these projects also host hidden stores of geological hydrogen that could offer a clean-burning fuel for the 21st century? Granite Creek Copper...

  • Geologists inspect samples from orange outcropping rocks along a creek.

    ArcWest partners explore Northern BC

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Freeport-McMoRan-funded program refined targets for significant 2025 drill program at Todd Creek copper-gold project. ArcWest Exploration Inc. Oct. 29 provided an update on partner-funded exploration on its Oweegee Dome and Todd Creek copper-gold project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. ArcWest acquired Oweegee Dome and Todd Creek from Millrock Resources in 2020. The 76,600-acre (31,000 hectares) Oweegee Dome project has the potential to host several porphyry...

  • A drill test for critical minerals in a mountainous area of Alaska.

    New critical mineral discoveries at Nikolai

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Dec 3, 2024

    All three holes drilled at Canwell cut wide bodies of energy metals about 15 miles northeast of the 8 billion lb nickel deposit at Eureka. Alaska Energy Metals Corp. Nov. 21 reported that thick zones of nickel, cobalt, chromium, and platinum group metals encountered in holes drilled this year at the Emerick, Odie and Upper Canwell prospects underscore the broader critical minerals discovery potential at the company's Nikolai project. Nikolai is comprised of two blocks of...

  • An exploration camp and airstrip in front of an Alaska mountain.

    Contango drills exceptional gold at JT

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 25, 2024

    One hole cut 223.5 meters of 11.5 g/t gold-eq at newest addition to company's DSO portfolio. Contango Ore Inc. Nov. 21 said the results from its inaugural drill program at Johnson Tract highlights the exceptional continuity of high-grade polymetallic gold mineralization within the JT Deposit on the company's newly acquired project about 125 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. "The infill drilling serves as a reminder of the exceptional grade, continuity, and width of the JT...

  • Large hammer on top of rock samples with metallic blue stibnite mineralization.

    Nova grabs 54% antimony sample from Styx

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 20, 2024

    Exploration and sampling confirm a second high-grade antimony vein outcropping from the Estelle project. Nova Minerals Ltd. Nov. 20 reported that its crews collected samples containing as much as 54.1% antimony lying on the surface at the Styx prospect on the company's 198-square-mile (514 square kilometers) gold-critical minerals property about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. "Field crews visited the Styx prospect this year to follow-up on the initi...

  • Smartphone with Hecla logo on the screen in front of a computer monitor.

    Hecla names Krcmarov as president and CEO

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 13, 2024

    Geologist and former executive vice president of growth at Barrick takes the helm of America's largest silver mining company. Marking a new era for the oldest and largest primary silver-producing company in the United States, Hecla Mining Company has appointed Rob Krcmarov to be its new president and CEO beginning on Nov. 7. "Rob is a highly respected figure in the mining industry with a proven track record across various international markets," said Hecla Mining Chair...

  • A band of green aurora borealis above a drill on a winter night in Alaska.

    Freegold cuts 42 meters of 3.62 g/t gold

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 11, 2024

    Intercept demonstrates continuity of higher-grade gold at eastern edge of 25-million-oz deposit at Golden Summit. Freegold Ventures Ltd. Nov. 11 reported assays from four holes that demonstrate the strong potential to upgrade and expand the 25-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary gold deposit on the company's Golden Summit project about 20 highway miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a calculation completed in September, Dolphin-Cleary hosts 23.8 million ounces of open-pit...

  • Molten gold is being poured into a bullion mold.

    Kinross' Fort Knox produces record gold

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 8, 2024

    High-grade ore from Manh Choh elevates gold output at Interior Alaska mine above 149,000 oz during Q3. Kinross Gold Corp. Nov. 6 reported that its Fort Knox Mine in Alaska produced 149,093 ounces of gold during the third quarter of 2024, which is more than double the 69,914 oz produced during the previous three-month period and the 71,611 oz produced during the third quarter of 2024. This significant jump in production at the iconic mine about 20 miles north of Fairbanks,...

  • Aerial view of industrial building and ponds surrounded by fall foliage.

    Hecla silver production pace slows in Q3

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 7, 2024

    Eagle Mine heap leach failure impacts Keno Hill; silver output at Greens Creek and Lucky Friday also slows. Hecla Mining Company Nov. 7 reported that permitting delays at its Keno Hill mine in the Yukon, coupled with slightly lower quarterly production at its Greens Creek and Lucky Friday operations, has knocked the Idaho-based mining company off its pace to produce 17 million ounces of silver in 2024. Over the first six months of this year, Hecla's operations had produced...

  • Metallic silver-colored stibnite crystals radiate out from a central point.

    US Antimony stakes another Alaska project

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 6, 2024

    Montana-based antimony producer stakes Stibnite Creek project west of Tok, Alaska. United States Antimony Corp. Oct. 6 announced that it has staked six square miles (3,840 acres) of state mining claims covering the historical Stibnite Creek antimony project near the crossroads town of Tok in eastern Alaska, marking the second Alaska project picked up by the Montana-based antimony producer this year. "The State of Alaska is under-explored, and we are considering other mining...

  • Looking up a pile of core toward a drill testing a mineral project in Alaska.

    Evidence of larger Illinois Creek CRD system

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 5, 2024

    Drilling at Warm Springs mineralization reminiscent of Illinois Creek to the south and Waterpump Creek to the north. Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Nov. 5 reported that the final six holes of its 2024 drilling at Illinois Creek has added to the evidence that Warm Springs is a critical link along a roughly five-mile (eight kilometers) long trend of carbonate replacement deposit (CRD) mineralization that extends from the gold-rich Illinois Creek deposit to the silver-rich...

  • A drill at Northern B.C. project with mountains and glacier in the background.

    Bonanza gold drilled at Homestake Silver

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 4, 2024

    One hole cuts half meter of 701 g/t gold within 48 meters of 8.85 g/t gold at Northern BC project. Dolly Varden Silver Corp. Nov. 4 announced that holes infilling a wide gap between previous drilling at the Homestake Silver deposit have cut broad sections of high-grade gold mineralization in this deposit at the north end of the company's Kitsault Valley project in Northern British Columbia. "The identification of a gold-rich, wide and high-grade area within the Homestake...

  • “Critical Mining for these Critical Times” banner with AMA logo.

    Critical mining for these critical times

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Nov 1, 2024

    Alaska's critical minerals potential to take center stage at AMA convention; antimony and graphite expected to be hot topics. Rising geopolitical tensions around the globe, China's increasing use of critical minerals as a trade war weapon, and the International Energy Agency's forecast that an additional $800 billion needs to be invested into the mining of energy transition metals by 2040 in order to meet global climate ambitions, have political and military leaders looking...

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