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Alaska and Canada's North poised to deliver in the 21st century. As the United States wrestles to loosen China's grip on the global supply of critical minerals, there is a growing realization that Alaska and Canada's North host rich deposits of the elements essential to the energy transition, national security, and the overall economy. Antimony and graphite in Alaska, platinum group metals (PGM) and tungsten in the Yukon, cobalt and lithium in Northwest Territories, nickel...
Pres. Trump vows to maximize Alaska's mining potential. As a state rich in gold, silver, copper, and 49 out of the 50 minerals deemed critical to the United States, Alaska is poised to benefit from rising precious metals prices and America's ambitions to become more self-reliant when it comes to producing the minerals and metals essential to the nation's economy and security. The importance of Alaska's rich natural resource endowment is recognized by incoming President Donald... Full story
Mining has a key role to play in self-reliance and prosperity. The Canadian and Nunavut governments kicked off 2024 with a historic devolution agreement that will transfer the management of lands and resources in Canada's largest territory in the hands of Nunavummiut (people of Nunavut). "With the signing of this agreement, we can now bring decision-making about our land and waters home," Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok said during the January signing of the devolution... Full story
Provincial and federal governments invest in Northern British Columbia's mineral-rich region. Home to roughly 75% of Canada's total copper reserves, along with rich stores of gold, silver, nickel, and other metals critical to the transition to clean energy, British Columbia's Golden Triangle has become a hotbed for government, mining companies, and First Nations investments. In 2024 alone, the provincial and federal governments have committed to spending a combined C$265... Full story
Studies high-grade mine; explores district-scale potential. Since optioning Storm Copper from Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. in 2021, American West Ltd. has been discovering, defining, and expanding upon high-grade copper deposits at this project near the coast of a Nunavut Island along Northwest Passage shipping lanes that could be developed into a low-cost, open-pit mining operation that directly ships ore to global markets. Without the cost or complexity of permitting and... Full story
From critical mineral projects and renewable energy strides to the challenges of climate and infrastructure, 2024 was a year of transformation for NWT. Navigating both adversity and opportunity, 2024 marked a turning point for the Northwest Territories as it faced a balancing act – leveraging its rich mineral potential to drive economic growth while addressing the vulnerabilities of a warming climate and the logistical hurdles of developing remote, underfunded infrastructure.... Full story
Mining Explorers 2024 digs into northern critical minerals. Data Mine North is proud to present the 2024 edition of Mining Explorers, the 16th edition of this perennial magazine that delivers unprecedented insights into the mining and mineral exploration companies exploring the vast and largely untapped mineral potential across a northern expanse that extends from the gold-rich beaches on Alaska's west coast to the world-class iron ore deposits on Nunavut's Baffin Island. Whil... Full story
Drills cut strong silver, zinc, lead, and critical minerals beyond the current deposits; property-wide exploration indicates larger potential. Coeur Mining Inc. Dec. 18 reported that the 20,827-meter drill program carried out at Silvertip this year has more than doubled the strike length of the Southern Silver Zone deposit at this advanced-stage exploration project in Northern British Columbia. Silvertip had just begun operations when Coeur bought the project in 2017. The...
DOD and NRCan co-invest in advancing company's Mactung tungsten mine project and upgrades to infrastructure in eastern Yukon. In a strategic bid to establish secure and reliable North American supplies of minerals critical to defense and the broader economy, the U.S. Department of Defense and Canadian government are jointly investing up to US$27.3 million (C$35.4 million) to aid Fireweed Metals Corp. in advancing the Mactung tungsten mine project in eastern Yukon toward a...
Trump's vow to maximize mining in Alaska , ESG benefits of mining in Northern BC, and historic investments in a NWT critical minerals project land on the list. From the launch of a new Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) initiative to position Indigenous youth as next-generation mining leaders to the collapse of the tailings storage facility at Victoria Gold Corp.'s Eagle Mine, North of 60 Mining News delivered more than 570 articles last year covering the... Full story
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...
Investments will support infrastructure for critical mineral projects in the Golden Triangle and the Yukon. Toward the goal of positioning Canada as a global leader in the production of minerals essential to the clean energy transition, Ottawa is investing C$60 million (US$44.2 million) in energy and transportation infrastructure in the Yukon and British Columbia's Golden Triangle. "These investments are needed to support critical minerals development in the region, improve co... Full story
Canadian miner cuts deal with ZincX to conduct metallurgical testing of material from Cardiac Creek zinc deposit in Northern BC. ZincX Resources Corp. Aug. 19 reported that Teck Resources Ltd. is carrying out advanced metallurgical testing of material from the Cardiac Creek zinc-lead-silver deposit on its Akie project in Northern British Columbia. The Cardiac Creek sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) deposit hosts 22.7 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 8.32% (4.16...
Australian explorer makes new mineral discoveries, confirms known targets at historic multi-metal project in Northwest Territories. White Cliff Minerals Ltd. July 9 reported that it has confirmed previously identified copper, cobalt, and uranium mineralization and made new discoveries during the first week of its inaugural exploration program at the Great Bear Lake iron ore-copper-gold-uranium (IOCG-U) project in Northwest Territories. "Finally, we are on the ground!" said...
Governments commit C$195 million to improving highway infrastructure in critical minerals-rich Northern BC. Heralded as a win for First Nations residents and the mining industry in Northern British Columbia, the federal and provincial governments are investing C$195 million (US$142.6 million) to upgrade highway infrastructure in the critical minerals-enriched Golden Triangle. "The Northwest BC Highway Corridor Improvements Project will benefit a critical mineral region and...
Embark on a journey through Radium Point, a pioneering uranium mine that shaped the history of NWT and perhaps the entire world. With the recent ban on Russian uranium imports, the United States has initiated a countdown on the pressing need to diversify its sources for this crucial clean energy metal. While the nation currently enjoys a three-year supply buffer before potential challenges arise in securing its uranium supply, revisiting the legacy of Radium Point – a h... Full story
Company sees enormous potential at overlooked project in Northern Canada. White Cliff Minerals Ltd. May 28 said it is excited about carrying out discovery level exploration of the highly prospective Nunavut Copper-Gold-Silver project in the northern Canadian territory. Lying near the Northwest Territories border, the Nunavut Copper-Gold-Silver project covers 805 square kilometers of (311 square miles) highly prospective mineral showings with massive bornite-chalcocite,...
As a mineral-rich Canadian province and a top global hub for mineral exploration and mining, British Columbia has the geology and technical expertise to be a global powerhouse when it comes to supplying the minerals and metals needed for the clean energy transition. Canada's westernmost province, however, has been lagging many of its mining peers when it comes to a cohesive strategy to take full advantage of the generational opportunity on its doorstep. The provincial...
Lying just deep enough into the mining frontier that value of its world-class deposits copper, gold, silver, nickel, and other metals has not been fully realized, yet home to the industrial-grade hydropower, road access, and Pacific Rim ports needed to unlock its vast mineral potential, Northern BC is well-positioned to be a major source of precious, base, and critical metals in the 21st century. This particularly mineral-rich section of the Canadian Cordillera also happens... Full story
Teck Resources Ltd. went into 2023 with a strategy to better position for the energy transition by spinning its steelmaking coal unit into the newly formed Elk Valley Resources, and advancing its copper- and zinc-forward metals assets under a rebranded Teck Metals Ltd. This proposed reorganization, however, was stymied by an aggressive takeover bid by Glencore that wanted to incorporate Teck's coal and metals assets into its own reorganization plans. While Teck fended off...
Raging wildfires and record hot temperatures challenged the well-laid plans of a score and more of mineral explorers in Canada's Yukon this year as the 2023 field season shifted into high summer. Most of the companies, however, managed to carry out their exploration for gold, silver, copper, and other minerals across the territory. The fierce and sometimes out-of-control blazes marked one of the worst wildfire seasons seen in Canada in nearly 30 years, consuming more than... Full story
Calculating a new resource for Niblack, growing its management, organizing talks of a centralized mill in Northern British Columbia, and drilling bonanza-grade gold at its first Golden Triangle project on the British Columbia side of the border, last year's hunt was plentiful for Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. Early last year, Blackwolf announced an agreement with Dolly Varden Silver Corp. and New Moly LLC to explore the possibility of building a centralized mill on New...
With a summer marred by unprecedented wildfires behind them, companies exploring the mineral-rich Northwest Territories are reporting impressive results from their 2023 programs. Seeking new deposits of valuable minerals, ranging from ever-popular diamonds and precious metals to recently designated "critical minerals," such as lithium, rare earth elements and zinc, a score of explorers took to the field across the territory. "An exciting new chapter is emerging for mining in t... Full story
As 2023 raced toward its final weeks, mining explorers working in Canada's northernmost territory wrapped up ambitious campaigns to identify new deposits of various lucrative minerals, ranging from cobalt to copper and gold to uranium. Both mineral production and exploration spending in Nunavut decreased in 2022 compared with the previous year's totals, and another drop is expected for 2023. Natural Resources Canada earlier projected a 28% decrease in planned spending for... Full story
From neighboring gold explorers merging to create a district-scale project that will likely be attractive to majors, to Glencore making an aggressive bid to buyout Teck Resources Ltd., 2023 was a year of North of 60 mergers, acquisitions, and attempts at takeovers. The multi-billion-dollar M&A frenzy across Alaska and Canada's North was underscored by B2Gold's roughly C$1.1 billion (US$820 million) acquisition of Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. and the Back River Gold Mine project... Full story
