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Millrock Resources Inc. Nov. 21 reported that the 2022 drilling being carried out by Felix Gold Ltd. continues to cut significant near-surface gold mineralization in multiple zones on the Treasure Creek property in Alaska's Fairbanks Mining District. As a private company, Felix entered into a strategic alliance with Millrock in 2021 on several Interior Alaska gold exploration projects – Treasure Creek and Ester Dome near the city of Fairbanks, plus the Liberty Bell project abo...
BLM anticipates publishing second draft EIS before mid-2023 and final record of decision by end of the year. Trilogy Metals Inc. Nov. 23 reported that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management expects to reach a final decision on the Ambler Access Project – a proposed 211-mile road that would connect the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects to Alaska's highway system – by the end of 2023. This industrial access road would provide an economical means of delivering mineral concentrates con...
Kinross Gold Corp. Nov. 9 reported another quarter of strong production at its Fort Knox gold mine in Alaska. During the third quarter, Kinross' Alaska operation produced 75,522 ounces of gold, which is down only slightly from the 77,184 oz of gold produced in the previous quarter and about 8% higher than the 71,336 oz recovered during the third quarter of 2021. Kinross attributes the strong third quarterly production to increasing mill throughput. During the three months...
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Oct. 31 announced that assay results confirm that its 2022 drilling continues to expand the high-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralization at the Waterpump Creek carbonate replacement deposit on the company's Illinois Creek project about 300 miles west of Fairbanks, Alaska. Previous exploration carried out by Anaconda Minerals Company and Novagold Resources Inc. outlined 166,000 tons of historical resource at Waterpump Creek averaging 295 grams per...
Grande Portage Resources Ltd. Nov. 3 announced the completion of a nearly 10,000-meter 2022 drill program and eagerly awaits the ensuing assays to continue upgrading and expanding the high-grade resource at its Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska. According to a calculation completed in 2021, Herbert Gold hosts 3.64 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 10.23 grams per metric ton (1.2 million oz) gold and 5.87 g/t (686,700 oz) silver; plus 1.14 million...
American Pacific Mining Corp. Oct. 31 finalized the acquisition of Constantine Metal Resources Ltd., providing the well-funded exploration and development company a roughly 45% interest in Palmer, a volcanogenic massive sulfide zinc-copper-silver-gold-barite mine project being advanced under a joint venture with Dowa Metals & Mining Alaska Ltd. "This is a transformational step for American Pacific as the Palmer Project gives us an established PEA-stage asset with a tremendous...
Novagold Resources Inc. and Barrick Gold Corp. Nov. 1 reported intercepts of up to 42.3 meters averaging 30.68 grams (0.99 ounces) per metric ton gold from the 2022 drilling at the Donlin Gold project in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. Being advanced toward a production decision by Donlin Gold LLC – a joint venture owned equally by Novagold and Barrick – this enormous mine project hosts 504.81 million metric tons of proven and probable reserves averaging 2.0...
Northern Star Resources Ltd. Oct. 18 reported a drop in gold production and an increase in per-ounce costs at its Pogo Mine in Alaska. During the third quarter of 2022, Pogo produced 54,330 oz of gold from 319,433 metric tons of ore averaging 6.1 grams per metric tons gold. While the mill throughput was only down slightly from the 322,290 metric tons processed during the previous quarter, gold grades were nearly 23% lower than the 7.7 g/t gold ore produced during the previous...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. Oct. 18 reported that step-out drilling cut 421 meters of strong gold mineralization on the western side of the Dolphin gold deposit on the company's Golden Summit project about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a 2016 calculation, the Dolphin deposit hosts 61.5 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.69 grams per metric ton (1.36 million ounces) gold; and 71.5 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging 0.69 g/t (1.5...
Teck Resources Ltd. Oct. 27 reported another quarter of rising zinc production and revenues from its Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska. During the third quarter of this year, Red Dog produced 157,800 metric tons (347.9 million pounds) of zinc, nearly 10% higher than the 143,800 metric tons (317 million lb) produced during the previous quarter and a 34% jump over the 118,000 metric tons (309.3 million lb) produced during the same period of 2021. Third quarter lead production at...
Millrock Resources Inc. Oct. 5 reported that its geological team has identified a section of the Eureka Zone on its Nikolai project in Alaska that could be upgraded to an NI 43-101-compliant inferred resource containing roughly 400,000 metric tons of nickel enriched with copper, cobalt, and platinum group metals with around seven new drill holes. Discovered by INCO Ltd. in the 1990s and explored by Pure Nickel Inc. from 2007 through 2014, the Eureka zone extends for about 10...
Trilogy Metals Inc. Oct. 5 announced the completion of the 2022 program at the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects that included 10,739 meters of resource upgrade and geotechnical drilling at the Arctic mine project, and exploration drilling of targets across the wider property that covers much of the Ambler Mining District in Northwest Alaska. Ambler Metals LLC, a joint venture company equally owned by Trilogy and South32 Ltd., originally budgeted US$26.2 million to carry out...
Nova Minerals Ltd. Oct. 4 reported that drilling continues to cut wide sections of strong gold mineralization at the RPM North deposit on the Australian company's Estelle project in Alaska. Located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, the 125-square-mile (324 square kilometers) Estelle property hosts two deposits with a combined 9.6 million ounces of gold and multiple of prospects and targets across an 18-mile- (29 kilometers) long...
Discovery Alaska Ltd. Oct. 12 reported that assay results have confirmed broad zones of lithium mineralization at the Coal Creek tin-silver-zinc prospect on the Australian exploration company's Chulitna property in Alaska. Situated roughly midway between Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska, and about four miles west of the paved Parks Highway, Chulitna consists of roughly 77 square miles of state mining claims covering the Partin Creek gold-silver-copper prospect and Coal Creek...
Hole 18 cuts 102m of 160 g/t silver, 5.4% zinc, and 5.3% lead next to Illinois Creek fault Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Sept. 22 reported that its 2022 drilling has encountered a zone that fed multiple stages of alternating zinc-dominant sphalerite and lead-silver-dominant galena sulfide mineralization in the high-grade Waterpump Creek carbonate replacement deposit at the company's Illinois Creek project. Previous exploration carried out by Anaconda Minerals Company and...
Historical core sampling shows third zone of nickel-cobalt-PGM mineralization at Alaska project. Millrock Resources Inc. Sept. 26 reported that resampling of historical core has identified a third zone of nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum group metals in the Eureka Zone on the company's Nikolai project about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Delta Junction, Alaska. Discovered by INCO in the 1990s and explored by Pure Nickel Inc. (now Galleon Gold Corp.) from 2007 through 2...
Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. Sept. 28 reported that it has received the permits necessary to begin exploration drilling at Cantoo and is gearing up to carry out drilling at this gold-silver-copper project near the town of Hyder in Southeast Alaska. "With receipt of these permits, Blackwolf will expedite completion of heritage and botanical surveying and crew training to prepare the Cantoo property for drilling," said Blackwolf Copper and Gold CEO Robert McLeod. "Depending on...
HighGold Mining Inc. Sept. 12 announced that its 2022 drilling is extending high-grade gold mineralization at Ellis Zone, a recently identified mineralized trend associated with the bonanza-grade gold drilled last year at the Difficult Creek (DC) prospect on the company's Johnson Tract property in Southcentral Alaska. Johnson Tract is currently anchored by JT Deposit, which hosts 3.49 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 5.33 grams per metric ton (598,000...
Tectonic Metals Inc. Sept. 20 said all nine of the reverse circulation holes drilled this year at Seventymile cut gold mineralization on this district-scale property in eastern Alaska. Optioned from Doyon Ltd., an Alaska Native regional corporation, Seventymile covers an underexplored 25-mile- (40 kilometers) long greenstone belt about 37 miles (59 kilometers) east of the town of Eagle, Alaska. Tectonic's 2022 drilling tested four targets along a roughly five-mile (eight...
In spite of the current uncertainty regarding a final decision by the Environmental Protection Agency, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and Pebble Limited Partnership has outlined the potential locations and solutions of a tailings pond for the proposed world-class copper-gold-silver-rhenium mine in Southwest Alaska. To alleviate concerns over the environmental impacts a mine like Pebble would have on the surrounding waters, especially the Bristol Bay watershed that supports...
Tests potential high-grade zone near Korbel Main gold deposit Nova Minerals Ltd. Aug. 30 reported the start of drilling at Cathedral, an exploration target about 1,000 meters southwest of the 8.1-million-ounce Korbel Main gold deposit on the company's Estelle property in Alaska. Reconnaissance exploration at Cathedral target in 2020 included sampling of outcropping quartz-arsenopyrite veining that returned grades as high as 114 grams per metric ton gold. Five other samples...
Tectonic Metals Inc. Sept. 7 announced that it is carrying out a baseline metallurgical program aimed at de-risking Flat, an intrusion-hosted, bulk tonnage gold project about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the Donlin Gold project in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Southwest Alaska. "Metallurgical testing is one of the most critical steps a company can take in successfully transforming an exploration-stage project into a profitable mining opportunity," said Tectonic Metals...
Kenorland Minerals Ltd. Aug. 24 announced the launch of a US$2 million exploration program funded by Antofagasta PLC at the Tanacross porphyry copper-gold project in eastern Alaska. In July, Kenorland announced that Antofagasta Minerals S.A, a subsidiary of Antofagasta, agreed to pay Kenorland an initial US$1 million in cash and spend US$30 million on exploration over eight years to earn a 70% joint venture interest in Tanacross, a 113,400-acre property lying alongside the...
Nova Minerals Ltd. Aug. 22 followed up on the long sections of high-grade gold assays reported earlier this month from drilling at RPM North with even longer sections of higher-grade gold at this exciting gold deposit on the Australia-based explorer's Estelle property in Alaska. Located about 16 miles south of the 8.1-million-ounce Korbel gold deposit at the north end of the Estelle property, RPM hosts 23.1 million metric tons of inferred resource averaging two grams per...
TNR Gold Corp. Aug. 24 reported that it is carrying out an exploration program this year at the Shotgun gold project in Southwest Alaska. Located about 110 miles south of the 39-million-ounce Donlin Gold mine project and about the same distance northeast of the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project, 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...
