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With zinc prices on the rise and strong production of the galvanizing metal, the Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska generated strong profits for Teck Resources Ltd. and revenues for NANA Corp., the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation for Northwest Alaska. During the first quarter of this year, Red Dog produced 131,600 metric tons (290.1 million pounds) of zinc, a roughly 10% increase over the 119.7 metric tons (263.9 million lb) produced during the...
North Arrow Minerals Inc. April 26 reports the initial diamond recoveries from the first 70% (1,316 metric tons) of a bulk sample collected in 2021 from the Q1-4 diamond deposit at the Naujaat project in Nunavut. "These initial diamond results from the 2021 bulk sample confirm the presence of an important, potentially high value, fancy orange and yellow diamond population in the Q1-4 kimberlite and add significant confidence to past results," said North Arrow Minerals...
Independent testing commissioned by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority demonstrates that Ucore Rare Metals Inc.'s RapidSX rare earth elements separation technology is in fact faster, cheaper, more efficient, and environmentally sound than the conventional mixer-settler solvent extraction method it was designed to replace. Fundamentally, RapidSX is a modernization and technological upgrade to the conventional solvent extraction technique that has been the st...
CAVU Mining Corp. April 25 provided an update on its 5,000-meter drill program on the Hopper copper-gold-silver-molybdenum project located in the traditional territory of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations in the Yukon. The road-accessible 7,400-hectare (18,286 acres) Hopper project within the southern Dawson Range copper-gold belt in southwestern Yukon is presently owned by Strategic Metals Ltd. Most of the previous exploration at Hopper has focused on a skarn system...
Minto Metals Corp. April 28 reported that the results from its ongoing 2022 exploration drilling at Minto are showing strong potential for expanding the resource and life of this copper mine in the Yukon. The Minto mine has been in operation since 2007, with underground mining commencing in 2014. Over the past nearly 15 years, approximately 500 million pounds of copper have been produced from this operation. The previous owners, Capstone Mining Corp., put Minto into care and m...
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, and drills have cut high-grade gold at Kensington that shows promise for extending the life of the Southeast Alaska mine. At Silvertip, Coeur is building resources that it can upgrade to reserves ahead of restarting operations at the high-grade silver mine. Going into 2022, Silvertip hosted...
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 underperform expectations on both fronts. During the first three months of 2022, Pogo produced 57,489 ounces of gold from 260,508 metric tons of ore averaging 8.2 grams per metric ton gold. This is roughly a 15% increase in gold output from the previous quarter due to a slight increase in both the...
Contributing 17,001 ounces of gold over the first 22 days after Newcrest Mining Ltd. acquired Brucejack Mine, this high-grade underground operation in British Columbia's prolific Golden Triangle is already bolstering the Australia-based company's bottom line. "In March 2022, we completed the Pretium acquisition, adding the world class Brucejack mine to our already exceptional asset portfolio, generating immediate gold production and cash flows this quarter," said Newcrest Mini...
