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  • NANA Regional Corporation ANCSA Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act magazine

    NANA embraces two worlds with one spirit

    Shane Lasley, Data Mine North|Updated Jan 13, 2022

    The Red Dog Mine has been a gamechanger for the more than 15,000 Iñupiat shareholders of NANA Corp., the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation that owns the world-class Red Dog deposits in Northwest Alaska that are the source of nearly 5% of the world's new zinc supply each year. The revenues from shipping out more than 1 billion pounds of zinc annually, along with healthy portions of lead, silver, and minor amounts of germanium, have served as a... Full story

  • Pebble Mine Partnership U.S. Army Corps of Engineers appeal Bristol Bay Alaska

    Pebble assails Corps economic findings

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 25, 2021

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not subscribe to the idea that it is better for the residents of the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska to have worked and lost than never to have worked at all. In its public interest review for the Pebble project, Army Corps determined that some Bristol Bay residents that become accustomed to increased income and lower living costs from developing Pebble may be forced to move out of the region or lower their standard of living after... Full story

  • South32 agrees to landmark JV in Alaska

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Development of the rich mineral resource in Alaska's Ambler Mining District took another major leap forward with the Dec. 19 announcement that Australia-based South32 Ltd. is investing US$145 million to become a 50 percent joint venture partner in Trilogy Metals Inc.'s Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (UKMP). This Northwest Alaska project covers a more than 70-mile (115 kilometers) stretch of Earth's crust that is uncommonly rich in a variety of precious, base and critical... Full story

  • Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ANCSA mining on First Nations land

    NANA – "Two worlds, one spirit"

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 25, 2020

    The Red Dog Mine has been a gamechanger for the more than 14,000 Iñupiat shareholders of NANA Corp., the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation that owns the world-class Red Dog deposits in Northwest Alaska that are the source of around 5 percent of the world's new zinc supply each year. The revenues from shipping out more than 1 billion pounds of zinc annually, along with healthy portions of lead, silver and minor amounts of germanium, has served... Full story

  • Inupiat spirit thrives in two worlds

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Apr 24, 2011

    Two Worlds, One Spirit" is a motto that encompasses NANA Regional Corp.'s dedication to developing its natural resources in a way that preserves the integrity of its land and the traditional values of the people who have called Northwest Alaska home for millennia. "At NANA we like to say we live in two worlds but have one spirit - meaning that we will not forsake our traditional values when participating in the modern economy. We can be Native people and bring Native values...