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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...
High-grade zinc, lead, silver, and potential byproduct critical minerals point to further resource growth at Macpass. Fireweed Metals Corp. Oct. 30 announced a new batch of assays from this year's drill program at its Macpass zinc-lead-silver project in Yukon, Canada, reporting high-grade intersections that highlight the potential for a substantial increase in the overall tonnage at Boundary Zone. Located approximately 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of Ross River and 223 kil...
Results confirm near-surface, high-grade copper extends over 220 meters down plunge and remains open along strike. Gladiator Metals Corp. Oct. 28 reported that its 2024 drilling continues to expand high-grade copper skarn mineralization at the Cowley Park target on the company's historic Whitehorse Copper project in Yukon, Canada. Located just outside of Yukon's capital city, Gladiator's Whitehorse Copper project spans 5,280 hectares (13,294 acres) within the historically...
Latest drill results confirm high-grade mineralization to the southeast along strike. Klondike Gold Corp. Oct. 29 reported that assay results from eleven holes drilled this year have extended the Stander Zone on the company's Klondike District gold project by 300 meters to the southeast – a 50% increase in strike length. Located roughly 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of the famed gold rush mining town of Dawson City, Yukon, Klondike Gold's 727-square-kilometer (280 square...
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...
Several large-scale conductive anomalies discovered at Rae copper-silver project. White Cliff Minerals Ltd. Oct. 28 announced the identification of several large-scale conductive anomalies at its RAE copper-silver project in Nunavut, Canada, marking a significant advancement in the search for extensive sediment-hosted copper deposits within the newly delineated Hulk district. Located less than 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Kugluktuk, a hamlet previously known as Coppermine wit...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An interesting tale of a mineral that has shaped human progress for over a millennium, from alchemy to modern industry. Mysterious, enduring, and occasionally deadly, few elements have woven themselves into the tapestry of human history quite like antimony. Revered for its alchemical potential and wielding a double-edged role as both poison and remedy, this versatile element found its way into everything from ancient makeup and medicine to early batteries and, ultimately, a...
With the price of gold through the roof, now is a good time to be a gold miner in Alaska, but then again, it always has been. I have been ambling around Western Europe for the past few weeks. Wherever I go, I run into the same issue – there are a lot of people-watchers who fret about the pending Presidential election in the United States. My reaction is to urge them not to dismay; America has hosted bulls in the china shop before, and if that is what comes, so be it. My a...
