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The Pebble Limited Partnership has published a long-anticipated environmental baseline document for the enormous Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project situated in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska. This marks a major milestone on the path to permitting, estimated to begin by mid-2013. "The release of the EBD comes after one of the most exhaustive environmental study programs in the history of U.S. mineral development," said Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. President...
There are some new statistics just out from the Alaska Miners Association that I thought you might like to see. For 2011, the Alaska mining industry accounted for 4,500 direct jobs and 9,000 indirect jobs. The industry paid US$620 million in payroll with the average salary totaling US$100,000 per year, which is double the statewide average for all sectors. The industry paid US$148 million in rents, royalties, taxes and other fees to the State of Alaska (up 170 percent over...
Once upon a time, not so many years ago, mining was a laudable calling. As a child I tapped my foot as Tennessee Ernie Ford sang about mining "16 Tons" of coal a day, and Jimmy Dean serenaded us about the heroic act of "Big Bad John" in saving his fellow miners. Even before that, I sat around many a campfire and sang (off key) about "My Darling, Clementine." In the pre-World War II days when the A. J. Mine in Juneau was stamping away at the gold-laden quartz that was being...
VANCOUVER, B.C. - To commemorate 100 years of advocating for mineral exploration and mining in British Columbia and around the world, the Association for Mining Exploration British Columbia's 2012 Mineral Exploration Roundup, held Jan. 23-26 in Vancouver, B.C., chose as its theme, "Celebrating our First Century of Global Discovery." "A century ago, a group of B.C.'s mining professionals gathered a few blocks from here, in what was then the council chambers of Vancouver City Ha...
Sharon McLeod heard that the mining industry was hiring and mining jobs typically paid good wages. "I had worked around heavy equipment and I was working with the local school district, but I couldn't make ends meet," recalled the single mother of two sons. "I thought that my previous experience in the mining industry and in the school district would help, so I applied to the mine. I never got a response." McLeod, 49, then heard about a group focused on helping Aboriginal people get jobs in the mining industry. As a member...
Results of a recent study of the projected labor force requirements of resource industries such as mining in northern British Columbia reinforces the need for organizations like British Columbia Aboriginal Mine Training Association to complete their mission. The study was commissioned by the Northern BC Resource Sector Human Resources Committee in the summer of 2011. R.A. Malatest & Associates Ltd. was contracted to forecast work force requirements for the northern region's resource industries, including mining, through...
British Columbia, Yukon Territory and Alaska - the headliners of the Association for Mining Exploration British Columbia's annual Mineral Exploration Roundup - tallied more than C$1 billion of mineral exploration spending and some C$12.7 billion in mine production in 2011. "We are going to talk in the next three sessions about the wrinkly parts of western North America - B.C., Yukon and Alaska. The geological phenomena that has created these mountain chains that we have in...
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.'s hunt for gold in Nunavut is rapidly becoming a tale of two deposits. Though the aggressive mid-tier gold producer is about to celebrate a second anniversary of gold production at its Meadowbank Mine near Baker Lake, it is increasingly looking to the Meliadine gold project located 290 kilometers (180 miles) to the southeast to make future investment in the northern territory worthwhile. An advanced-stage gold project, Meliadine is Toronto-based Agnico-Eagle's second major project in Canada's Low...
After 17 long years of working to develop the Gahcho Kué diamond deposit into what promises to be one of the world's largest and richest diamond mines, Mountain Province Diamonds Ltd. is turning its attention to the diamonds next door. The Toronto-based junior and its 51 percent partner De Beers are rapidly closing in on their long-sought goal at the Kennady Lake diamond project in the Northwest Territories. The joint venture is permitting an open-pit mine expected to produce about 4.5 million carats per year for 11 years...
The best place to find a new mine is in the shadow of a headframe" is an adage that has served geologists well in their search for new deposits of metals that the world needs and desires. This proverb has once again proven its worth at Alaska's largest producing gold mine. Though Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Pogo Mine does not boast an iconic headframe towering over its underground operations, new gold-rich zones discovered in the shade of the modern mill and mine facilities may...
