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Avidian Gold Corp. Jan. 15 said mapping and sampling at its Golden Zone project in Alaska has identified several high-grade gold occurrences and discovered a new mineralized breccia. Located about midway between Anchorage and Fairbanks, the Golden Zone property hosts numerous gold occurrences along an 8,000-meter-long trend. Breccia Pipe, the most advanced of these, is a deposit with 4.19 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 1.99 grams per metric ton (267,400...
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Feb. 23 announced a slight bump in the resource for its Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum-silver deposit in Southwest Alaska. The Pebble deposit now hosts 6.46 billion metric tons of measured and indicated resource averaging 0.4 percent (56.9 billion pounds) copper, 0.34 grams per metric ton (70.6 million ounces) gold, 240 parts per million (3.4 billion lb) molybdenum and 1.7 g/t (344.6 million oz) silver. Additionally, this world-class deposit...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration Feb. 22 announced that nearly 1,500 MSHA inspectors will be equipped with new tablets aimed at streamlining the mine inspection process. Known as the Mobile Inspection Application System, the Windows-based tablets replace an 18-year-old system that required mine inspectors to carry bulky laptops, cameras, reference material, and documentation from previous inspections. These new semi-ruggedized Wi-Fi-capable...
White Rock Minerals Ltd. Feb. 27 said it is gearing up for the start of a spring exploration program at Red Mountain, a zinc-rich volcanogenic massive sulfide project in Interior Alaska. "The company is very excited about the potential for its globally significant high-grade zinc VMS project at Red Mountain," said White Rock CEO Matt Gill. Last year, the company reported a maiden resource of 16.7 million metric tons averaging 4.1 percent (1.49 billion pounds) zinc; 1.7...
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Feb. 27 said it has initiated a metallurgical test program to determine if a marketable barite concentrate can be produced as a co-product from the Palmer copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Southeast Alaska. In a report published earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey named barite among 23 minerals considered "critical" to the economic and national security of the United States. Palmer hosts a volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit...
Novagold Resources Inc. Feb. 20 said the 16-hole drill program carried out last year at Donlin Gold, a world-class gold mine project in Yukon-Kuskokwim region of western Alaska, encountered long sections of high-grade gold within the reserve pit and in areas outside of the currently proposed mine area. "Donlin Gold's latest drill results are better than expected, further demonstrating the incredibly robust quality of this exceptional project," said Novagold President and CEO...
Sen. Donny Olson, D-Golovin, Feb. 19 introduced Senate Bill 203, legislation that would allow the Alaska Industrial Development Export Authority (AIDEA) to issue up to US$80 million in bonds to finance infrastructure and construction costs of the Graphite Creek graphite project on the Seward Peninsula. Located about 35 miles north of Nome, the Graphite Creek hosts 744,000 metric tons of graphite in 10.32 million metric tons of indicated resource grading 7.2 percent graphitic c...
Alaska Resource Education Jan. 13 announced that Ella Ede, a lifelong Alaskan with more than 25 years of experience in Alaska resource industries, has been appointed as the organization's executive director. Ede brings experience in mining as well as oil and gas, most recently as stakeholder engagement manager for Statoil Alaska. "Ella's experience, industry knowledge and demonstrated commitment to ARE's mission make her an outstanding choice to lead the organization," said AR...
Teck Resources Ltd. Feb. 14 reported that the Red Dog zinc mine in Northwest Alaska produced 541,900 metric tons (1.19 billion pounds) of zinc and 111,300 metric tons (245.4 million lb) of lead during 2017. During the fourth quarter, Red Dog produced 141,200 metric tons (331.3 million lb) of zinc, which was 3 percent lower than the same period a year ago. Teck attributes this drop primarily to slightly lower mill throughput and grade. Fourth quarter lead production of 25,000...
Hecla Mining Company Jan. 12 reported that drilling at Greens Creek continues to tap the high-grade mineralization that will help ensure a long and robust life for this silver mine in Southeast Alaska. "(D)rilling at Greens Creek discovered high-grade mineralization in the central part of the mine that could enhance Greens Creek's already exceptional mine economics and mine life," said Hecla President and CEO Phillips Baker, Jr. The fourth quarter drilling at Greens Creek targ...
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. Jan. 6 named Ian Cunningham-Dunlop as the company's vice president of advanced projects, an appointment that signals the transition to advanced stage exploration and evaluation work at the Palmer project in Southeast Alaska. South Wall-RW zone, the most advanced of the high-grade volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits and prospects identified at Palmer, hosts 8.1 million metric tons of inferred resource grading 1.41 percent copper, 5.25 percent...
PolarX Ltd. Feb. 7 reported that screen fire assays from the 2017 drilling of the Zackly deposit at its Alaska Range project have returned roughly 37 percent higher gold grades than the results of the initial conventional fire assays. Screen fire assays, which involve screening a large pulverized sample and analyzing the larger material separate from the material that goes through the 75-micron screen, is the most accurate way to assay material known to contain coarse gold....
TNR Gold Corp. Feb. 2 said it is seeking a major gold mining company to become a joint venture partner on its Shotgun gold project in Alaska. Located about 110 miles of Donlin Gold and about the same distance northeast of Pebble, this property lies at the intersection of two trends known to host big deposits. TNR optioned Shotgun from Novagold Resources Inc. in 2002 and gained full ownership of the property in 2010. The company subsequently granted 10 percent ownership of the...
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Feb. 5 reported that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has selected AECOM as the third-party contractor that will support them in completing an environmental impact statement for the Pebble project – a significant milestone in the advancement of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review of the proposed open pit copper-gold-molybdenum mine in Southwest Alaska. AECOM is a global, integrated engineering, environmental, construction and i...
Hecla Mining Company Feb. 7 reported the highest silver, gold and lead reserves in the Idaho-based miner's 127-year history, as well as the highest zinc reserve in the last five years. The company went into 2018 with 2.3 million ounces of gold in reserves, a 12 percent increase from the beginning of 2017; 177 million oz of silver, an increase of 3 percent; 737,290 tons of zinc, an 8 percent increase; and 840,870 tons of zinc, a 15 percent increase in reserves. "It is a...
Coeur Mining Inc. Feb. 6 reported healthy increases to its precious metals reserves and resources thanks to the exploration and acquisition programs it carried out in 2017. "During 2017, we successfully repositioned and strengthened the company on multiple fronts. We upgraded our portfolio and pipeline of assets to reflect a North American focus with the acquisition of the high-grade Silvertip mine in Canada, our announced divestiture of our highest cost mine in Bolivia and...
Novagold Resources Inc. Jan. 25 said the federal permitting process for Donlin Gold is expected to be finalized in the third quarter of this year. In the meantime, the company and its equal partner in the project, Barrick Gold Corp., are completing optimization studies for this 39-million-ounce gold project in western Alaska. "All of us have been motivated not only to make sure we successfully complete the permitting process for Donlin Gold, but to lay a solid foundation from...
PolarX Ltd. Jan. 31 announced that it has staked 34 state mining claims to cover potential extensions of copper mineralization at its Alaska Range project. The roughly 60,000-acre Alaska Range project encompasses the Stellar copper-gold and adjacent Caribou Dome high-grade copper properties. The Senator copper prospect on the Caribou Dome side of the Alaska Range project was discovered through a soil sampling program carried out in 2016. This work outlined a roughly 5,000- by...
Riversgold Ltd. Feb. 1 announced that it has staked 52 state mining claims over the Gemuk Mountain gold prospect in the Kuskokwim Mountains of Southwest Alaska. These newly staked claims are along strike from the newly-formed Australia-based company’s Luna-Quicksilver gold project. Gemuk is near the intersection of the Denali-Farewell Fault, one of the major bounding structures of the Tintina Gold Belt, and North Fork Fault, a district-scale structure. The gold potential was first recognized at Gemuk during a district-wide s...
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker Jan. 26 introduced legislation that would do away with the state's longstanding annual labor requirements to hold state mining claims, replacing the current system with increased rental rates. Under the proposed legislation, introduced to the Alaska Senate as S.B. 166, the new rental rate for prospecting sites would be a one-time fee of $300 for a two-year term. Rentals for mining leases and claims would be charged at a progressive rate based on the...
CopperBank Resources Corp. Jan. 22 said a 3D radar model carried out by Auracle Geospatial Science Inc. has turned up some interesting new targets for the 2018 drill programs at the company's Pyramid and San Diego Bay copper-gold projects on the Alaska Peninsula. Auracle has developed a system that transforms geospatial data captured from satellites, drones, and aircraft into high-resolution visual information about the earth. By combining radar and optical satellite data,...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Jan. 22 reported that results from its 2017 drill program at Shorty Creek continue to confirm the size potential of this large porphyry copper project in Interior Alaska. Highlights from the latest round of results was a 165-meter intercept in hole 17-05A that averaged 0.60 percent copper-equivalent, which includes the value of the copper, gold, silver and cobalt encountered. This hole was drilled at Hill 1835, a Shorty Creek target where the company...
Trilogy Metals Inc. Jan. 16 reported that large diameter holes drilled at its Arctic deposit – part of the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in the Ambler mining district of Northwest Alaska – returned high-grade copper and zinc. The five PQ sized (3.35-inch diameter) holes drilled at Artic in 2017 were designed to collect 2 tons of representative mill-feed material for bulk ore-sorting testing at an independent facility in Kentucky. Ore sorting is a technique that identifies un-...
Hecla Mining Company Jan. 10 reported that its Greens Creek Mine produced 8.4 million ounces of silver and 50,855 oz of gold in 2017. The mill operated at an average of 2,300 tons per day in 2017, a record which is about 15 percent higher than the throughput when Hecla became operator of the underground mine in 2008. Overall, Hecla's four mines – Greens Creek, San Sebastian (Mexico), Casa Berardi (Quebec) and Lucky Friday (Idaho) – produced 12.5 million oz of silver, 232...
Alaska Department of Natural Resources Feb. 23 announced that it has filled two key positions important to the state's mining sector. Faith Martineau has joined the Alaska Department of Natural Resources as executive director of the department's Office of Project Management and Permitting (OPMP), which coordinates the review of larger scale projects in Alaska. Large-scale mining, oil and gas, transportation and alternative energy projects typically impact multiple agencies and...
