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  • Agnico Nunavut Meliadine mine workers with gold bar Covid 19

    Canada's territories brace for pandemic

    Rose Ragsdale, For Mining News|Updated Feb 4, 2022

    The territories of northern Canada, so far, appear to have escaped the novel coronavirus pandemic that is currently sweeping the globe. This is due, in part, to the remoteness of the region. But it's also likely the result of extraordinary steps some mining companies are taking to keep COVID-19 out of the region. Sabina Gold & Silver Corp., a Canadian junior aggressively seeking gold in Nunavut, for example, reported March 17 to delay the start of its 2020 exploration program...

  • Dominion diamond Ekati Mine closure Northwest Territories 186 carat

    COVID-19 shutters Ekati, owner insolvent

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Northwest Territories' mining sector took a major blow with the news that Dominion Diamond Mines, majority owner of the Ekati diamond mine and 40% owner of the Diavik diamond mine has filed for insolvency protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). While it has been a tough year for diamond markets, the COVID-19 pandemic was the blow that has forced Dominion to file for creditor protection. "The CCAA filing was necessitated primarily by the impact of the...

  • Tectonic Metals gold exploration Seventymile Doyon land Interior Alaska

    Doyon nabs major stake in Tectonic Metals

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    In an unprecedented deal that offers a bit of good news for gold exploration in Alaska, Doyon Ltd. has invested US$1.5 million (C$2.1 million) to acquire a 16.1% strategic ownership of Tectonic Metals Inc., a junior exploration company currently advancing three gold projects in eastern Alaska. An Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation, Doyon owns 12.5 million acres of land spanning Alaska's Interior, making it the largest private landholder in the sta...

  • Premier mill buildings Stewart BC Red Mountain underground gold silver mine

    Premier Mine very robust at $1,400 gold

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Ascot Resources Ltd.'s vision of bringing commercial gold and silver mining back to Stewart, British Columbia took a major step towards reality with the completion of a feasibility study on breathing new life into the past producing Premier Mine. The feasibility study envisions four mines in the Stewart area – Silver Coin, Big Missouri, Red Mountain and Premier – providing ore to the existing 1990s era mill at Premier. With the mill operating at 2,500 metric tons per day, thi...

  • Underground American miner covid 19 mask great economic revival mining

    Miners to help support American economy

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Looking "to chart the path forward toward a future of unparalleled American prosperity" in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump has pulled together a wide array of business and thought leaders into various "Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups." National Mining Association President and CEO Rich Nolan was named among the esteemed leaders to the United States economic recovery group. "We appreciate President Trump's leadership during this...

  • Hecla Greens Creek silver mine workers 14 day Covid 19 quarantine

    Added silver, protocols at Greens Creek

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    While the COVID-19 outbreak is unique in terms of the government and societal response, Hecla Mining Company has dealt with pandemics over its 129-year history and had a plan that was implemented early on at its five mines in the United States, Canada and Mexico. "Hecla's quick response to the COVID-19 outbreak began in February and has protected our workforce, enabling them to continue to safely operate our mines," said Hecla Mining President and CEO Phillips Baker, Jr. Due...

  • Gold bars from Kinross Fort Knox Mine Alaska employee positive COVID 19

    Fort Knox miner positive for COVID-19

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    An employee at Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox gold mine near Fairbanks, Alaska has tested positive for COVID-19. Mine management was informed of the positive test on April 9 and informed the other worker at the open-pit gold operation. Fairbanks Gold Mining Inc., the Kinross subsidiary that operates the mine said the employee that tested positive is doing well and has not developed any serious symptoms at this time and is self-isolating at home. The infected employee has not...

  • Sunshine VMS Ambler Metals Upper Kobuk Mineral Project Northwest Alaska

    Ambler Metals plans on 2020 exploration

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Trilogy Metals Inc. April 8 said Ambler Metals LLC still plans to carry out the US$22.8 million program at the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in Northwest Alaska, but COVID-19-related health concerns and restrictions could delay or even prevent the planned 2020 work. This year's work program at UKMP was announced following the February formation of Ambler Metals, a 50-50 joint venture partnership between Trilogy Metals and South32 Ltd. The largest part of this program will...

  • Essential US COVID 19 mine worker at Rio Tinto Kennecott copper mine Utah

    Mining essential to US COVID-19 response

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    As the United States hunkers down to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic, it remains imperative for the nation to maintain the critical infrastructure needed to respond to the global emergency and ensure systems remain intact for after the coronavirus has passed. The Department of Homeland Security considers mining among 16 critical infrastructure industries that "have a special responsibility in these times to continue operations." In its March 28 "Guidance on the...

  • Red Chris open pit copper gold mine Golden Triangle Tahltan region BC

    First Nations, miner respond to COVID-19

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    In order to protect the health of its people and communities of northern British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic, Tahltan Central Government has been working closely with the other Tahltan Nation governments – Iskut Band and Tahltan Band – as well mining companies with operations in their territory. Tahltan Nation said it has been meeting extensively with Newcrest Mining Ltd., majority owner and operator of the Red Chris copper-gold mine in Tahltan Territory, to pri...

  • Kinross Gold Fort Knox mine Alaska trucks and shovel COVID 19 distancing

    Essential social distancing at Fort Knox

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Kinross Gold Corp. April 1 continues to implement comprehensive and proactive measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the implementation of more than 140 best practice measures at the Fort Knox Mine in Alaska. These new measures that allow employees to practice "social distancing" or "physical distancing" include: • Staggering shift start times and allowing 10 minutes to clock in and out. • Reducing the number of employees on buses at a time and staggering sea...

  • Back River gold exploration in Nunavut delayed due to COVID 19

    Back River exploration put on back burner

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. has deferred it planned drill program at the Back River gold project in Nunavut and has established work-from-home protocols for employees at its corporate office in Vancouver, British Columbia. "No positive COVID-19 cases have been reported from amongst the company's employee base. However, out of concern for the wellbeing of our employees, contractors, their families, and their communities, the company has elected to implement a work from home...

  • Fairbanks Senior Center Meals on Wheels coronavirus donations from mines

    Fairbanks area mines look after seniors

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Amidst the scramble to prepare for an imminent pandemic that is roiling mining and metals markets, the three large mines in Interior Alaska have taken the time to look after the members of their community most vulnerable to COVID-19. On March 12, Kinross Fort Knox Mine, Northern Star Resources Ltd. Pogo Mine and Usibelli Coal Mine collectively donated $21,000 to support an emergency funding request received from the North Star Council on Aging for the Fairbanks Senior Center....

  • Kinross Gold 25 York Toronto headquarters disinfected COVID 19 coronavirus

    Coronavirus infects North of 60 mining

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Crashing markets, quarantines, closed offices and cancelled events are reverberating across the North of 60 Mining sector in the wake of the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus strain officially known as COVID-19 a global pandemic. At first, the effects of COVID-19 on mining in Alaska and across Canada's North was being felt mainly by the precipitous drop in the share price of mining companies doing business here – a plunge that is being further fueled by a S...

  • ATAC Resources CEO Graham Downs at Rackla Gold exploration project Yukon

    PEA looks at higher grade gold at Tiger

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Rau, an intriguing precious and base metals property at the western end of the 185-kilometer- (115 miles) long Rackla Gold property in the Yukon, will continue to be the primary focus of ATAC Resources Ltd.'s exploration efforts in 2020. Last week, the company published the results from an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for Tiger, a carbonate replacement gold deposit that is the most advanced project on the 660-square kilometer (255 square miles) Rau property....

  • Gold Terra Resource drilling Yellowknife City Gold Project Northwest Territories

    Junior resumes gold hunt with new focus

    Rose Ragsdale, For Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Buoyed by the first-ever mineral resource estimate reported for its Yellowknife City Gold Project, Vancouver-based Gold Terra Resource Corp. (formerly TerraX Minerals Inc.) appears to be hitting its exploration stride after a half-dozen years of seeking gold in Northwest Territories. In February, the junior reported new intersections of gold mineralization in a winter drill program carried out at two deposits on its 790-square-kilometer (305 square miles) property. The junior...

  • Fraser Institute Survey of Mining Companies 2019 cover

    Fraser Survey: Alaska shines, Canada slips

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Canada's provinces and territories have fallen from grace in the eyes of the global mining community, according to the latest rendition of Fraser Institute's Annual Survey of Mining Companies. For the first time in a decade, no Canadian jurisdiction ranks in the top 10 for "investment attractiveness" in the annual survey conducted by the Canadian public policy think-tank. This report asks industry professionals from around the globe to score mining jurisdictions based on their...

  • Coeur Mining Kensington underground gold mine Southeast Alaska

    Aussie miner acquiring Kensington Mine?

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Another Alaska gold mine could soon be owned and operated by an Australian mining company, according to a recent report in a highly regarded Aussie business, finance and investment news publication. Street Talk, a segment of the Australia Financial Review that provides daily updates on Australia's capital markets, recently reported that Federation Gold is in talks to acquire Coeur Mining Inc.'s Kensington underground gold mine in Southeast Alaska. Federation is currently a pri...

  • Gold bar 4 millionth ounce gold pour at Northern Star's Pogo Mine Alaska

    Pogo gold mine reaches 4 million ounces

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Goodpaster Mining District, Alaska – At noon on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 a roughly 815-ounce gold bar containing the 4 millionth ounce of gold recovered from rich deposits at the Pogo Mine was cooling. While this was a momentous occasion for an Interior Alaska gold mine that began commercial production in 2007, it also seemed to mark a changing of the guard for this operation that is transitioning to a renewed life under the ownership of Northern Star Resources Ltd. "It is a...

  • Silvertip silver zinc lead mine in northern British Columbia temporarily closed

    Coeur gold reserves down, silver rises

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Coeur Mining Inc. Feb. 19 reported expansion of silver reserves during 2019 but a slight drop in gold reserves. Zinc and lead reserves were relatively consistent as infill drilling replaced depletion at the company's Silvertip Mine in northern British Columbia. Going into 2019, Coeur's five mines – Silvertip, Kensington (Alaska), Palmarejo (Mexico), Rochester (Nevada) and Wharf (South Dakota) – had 309.5 million tons of proven and probable reserves averaging 0.008 ounces per...

  • Workers at Pebble copper gold exploration mine project Bristol Bay Alaska

    Leaks reveal refined Pebble Mine plan

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    The executive summary of the Preliminary Final Environmental Impact Statement (PFEIS) for the Pebble copper-gold mine project in Southwest Alaska was leaked to select media outlets earlier this week, providing an early look at this draft document not yet ready for public release. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the federal agency charged with leading the EIS process for Pebble, last week sent the PFEIS to federal, state and tribal cooperating agencies for review. E&E New...

  • Gold pour at Kinross Fort Knox Mine near Fairbanks Alaska

    Fort Knox Mine gold output hits new low

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    At just over 200,000 ounces, the 2019 gold production at Fort Knox Mine is the lowest in the 24-year history of this open pit operation a few miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The good news is there are indications that gold output will trend higher during 2020. In its end of 2019 results, released on Feb. 12, Kinross Gold Corp. reported a nearly 22 percent drop in gold produced at its Fort Knox mine during 2019, when compared to the previous year. This operation about 25...

  • Pogo underground mine Alaska on pace to produce 300,000 ounces gold 2020

    Alaska mine output drops, nation's rises

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    Alaska mines produced roughly $3.13 billion worth of non-fuel minerals last year, down roughly 9 percent from the US$3.44 billion in 2018, according to Mineral Commodity Summaries 2020, an annual report published by the U.S. Geological Survey on Feb. 6 – the earliest comprehensive source of world mineral production data. The drop in Alaska mine production value is largely due to lower output from the two largest gold mines in the state – Fort Knox and Pogo. According to ear...

  • Heavy equipment at Victoria Eagle Gold mine Dublin Gulch Yukon Territory

    Explorers tout first gold, new finds

    Rose Ragsdale, For Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    After being stalled for decades, hardrock gold mine development in Yukon Territory appears to be picking up speed, as one company rockets toward full mine production by mid-2020, while at least two others report exciting new discoveries. The Yukon, legendary for producing millions of ounces of gold dating back nearly 125 years, is still one of the best places on Earth to find the precious metal. Yet few modern gold projects have managed to overcome the constraints imposed by...

  • Association Mineral Exploration AME BC Roundup mining conference

    Alaska gov welcomes mining investments

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    If you are not doing business in Alaska, you should be, this is the message Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy had for the mining community attending the Association for Mineral Exploration Roundup in Vancouver, British Columbia. During a Jan. 22 Alaska Night reception at the Roundup, Dunleavy said Alaska provides the environmental protections and jurisdictional securities that come with being a part of the United States, yet a rich and undeveloped mineral endowment of a frontier juris...

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