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United States Environmental Protection Agency June 26 announced that it has instructed its Region 10 office to resume considering the elimination of a 2014 proposed determination to use "veto" authority to place restrictions on the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine project under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the federal agency charged with issuing permits for the disposal of dredge and fill material under Section 404 of the Clean...
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys June 7 announced that it is seeking partners to share the costs and results of airborne magnetic and radiometric geophysical surveys planned to be flown this summer over the Yukon-Tanana uplands of eastern Alaska. The survey intends to gather data from a 5,236-square-mile (13,562 square kilometers) primary area extending roughly 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Fairbanks; and, if funding allows, a 2,751-square mile...
Nova Minerals Ltd. June 21 announced the start of drilling at the Oxide gold prospect on the Estelle project about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. The Australia-based explorer plans to complete 5,000 meters of drilling in two phases. The second phase will be decided by the 2,500-meter phase-1 results. "It's great to be back drilling at the district-scale Estelle gold project," said Nova Minerals Managing Director Avi Kimelman. "A great deal of work has gone into...
EMX Royalty Corp., a company that has found success in generating royalties through low-cost property acquisition and early-stage exploration, has recently acquired gold royalties in Alaska's Goodpaster Mining District. "EMX is very excited about our interest in Goodpaster," EMX Royalty CEO David Cole said in a recent interview with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable. "The Goodpaster District is host to the Pogo Mine, which is a mine that has produced over three-almost...
Contango ORE Inc. June 11 announced that the sales process for the Peak Gold joint venture has concluded without identifying a buyer for the partnership that owns the high-grade Peak Gold project in Interior Alaska. Two adjacent skarn deposits at Peak Gold – Main Peak and North Peak – host 9.2 million metric tons of measured and indicated resources averaging 4.08 grams per metric ton (1.21 million ounces) gold and 14.19 g/t (4.2 million oz) silver. A preliminary economic ass...
Nova Minerals Ltd. June 3 said it is looking into the potential of selling or bringing on a partner to advance exploration of its Windy Fork rare earth elements (REE) project in Southwest Alaska. During recent meeting in New York City, Nova directors received strong interest in Windy Creek and the placer REE occurrences identified on the property. Bulk sampling at Windy Fork in the 1990s indicates that the placer deposit there contains roughly 17 million cubic meters of...
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. June 3 released a preliminary economic assessment for Palmer that outlines an economically robust and environmentally conscientious mine for the volcanogenic massive sulfide project in Southeast Alaska. "This PEA is the most significant milestone for Constantine to date, demonstrating a high-quality project with strong economics and a progressive, environmentally conscious mine design," said Constantine Metal Resources President and CEO...
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. May 29 announced a victory in the legal row over its option to acquire IBC Advanced Technologies Inc., part of Ucore's plans to establish a rare earth elements processing facility in the United States. Utah-based IBC is the pioneer of molecular recognition technology, a highly selective process for isolating an element or group of elements from solution. Using a solution derived from Ucore's Bokan Mountain project in Southeast Alaska, IBC and Ucore...
White Rock Minerals Ltd. May 20 announced the completion and preliminary results from a 311-mile (500 kilometers) airborne electromagnetic survey flown over its zinc-rich Red Mountain volcanogenic massive sulfide project in Alaska's Bonnifield Mining District. The Australia-based exploration company said the geophysical survey, which also included the collection of magnetics data, used a state-of-the-art data collection and processing system to identify potential VMS...
Trilogy Metals Inc. May 20 reported that permitting for the proposed road to provide surface access to the Ambler Mining District is slated for completion this year. The 211-mile Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Project (AMDIAP), the official name of this transportation corridor, would connect the Ambler Mining District to Alaska's contiguous highway system. This surface access is a key piece of infrastructure needed to begin realizing the vast potential of this...
Trilogy Metals Inc. May 23 named Janice Stairs as the new chair of its board of directors. Stairs, who has been a director of Trilogy Metals since 2011, graduated from Dalhousie Law School and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Queen's University. "Janice is well suited to chair the Trilogy board. With her strong legal background, her many years working in the mining sector and the fact that she has been an active director of Trilogy Metals since its...
Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. May 21 said it has finalized a deal to lease the Johnson Tract gold property from Cook Inlet Region Inc., an Alaska Native regional corporation more commonly known as CIRI. Situated about six miles west of Cook Inlet and roughly 125 miles southwest of Anchorage, the 20,942-acre Johnson Tract property hosts a gold and base metals deposit that is reminiscent of the historical Eskay Creek Mine in neighboring British Columbia and a 7.5-mile...
Iliamna Natives Ltd. (INL) May 15 is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Pebble Limited Partnership to provide transportation corridor access on INL lands to support the operation and construction of the proposed Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine in Southwest Alaska. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) corporation for the Village of Iliamna said this long-term agreement is a commitment to advance the Pebble project in a technically feasible,...
Contango ORE Inc. May 13 said the Peak Gold joint venture will carry out a US$6.9 million exploration program at the Peak Gold property near Tok, Alaska. At the same time, the project partners – Contango ORE (60 percent) and Royal Gold Inc. (40 percent) – are continuing negotiations for the sale of Peak to a mining company that will advance development of the high-grade gold deposits found there. Two adjacent skarn deposits at Peak Gold – Main Peak and North Peak – host 9....
Freegold Ventures Ltd. May 15 announced the start of a US$2.2 million exploration program focused on testing the wider copper-gold potential at its Shorty Creek property in Alaska's Interior. This exploration is being funded by South32 Ltd., an Australia-based mining company that has agreed to invest up to US$10 million into exploration at Shorty Creek. Freegold Ventures identified the potential for porphyry-style copper-gold mineralization at Shorty Creek in 2014, which was...
Grande Portage Resources Ltd. May 7 announced a significant expansion of resources at its high-grade Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska. Herbert Gold now hosts 1.88 million metric tons of indicated resource average 10.03 grams per metric ton (605,000 ounces) of gold. This is more than double the 267,950 oz of gold reporting to the indicated category in a resource calculated for the Juneau area gold project in 2018. In addition, Herbert Gold hosts 553,429 metric tons of...
Kinross Gold Corp. May 7 reported that the Fort Knox Mine in Interior Alaska produced 37,613 ounces of gold during the first three months of 2019, less than half the 79,928 oz of gold produced during the same period last year. The lower production resulted in a significant rise in costs at this open-pit operation about 25 miles north of Fairbanks. The cost for each ounce of gold sold during the first quarter was US$1,023, compared to US$530/oz during the first three months of...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District May 3 announced that it has extended the public comment period for the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum mine project in Southwest Alaska to June 29. This provides an added 30 days to the comment period, bringing the total length of time for the public to submit their comments on the project to 120 days. In late April, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) sent a letter asking t...
Decade Resources Ltd. May 2 announced results from sampling completed at its recently acquired Crest gold property near the town of Hyder in Southeast Alaska. Lying just across the border from British Columbia's Golden Triangle region, the Crest property is adjacent to Ascot Resources' Premier gold-silver mine property on the Canadian side of the border. Due to the lack of snow at lower elevations in the Stewart-Hyder area in December, Decade was able to carry out preliminary...
Millrock Resources Inc. April 24 reported that it has staked a large block of claims adjacent to Northern Star Resources Pogo gold mine property in Interior Alaska and has attracted funds to explore Millrock's expanded land package in the Goodpaster Mining District. "We believe that the Goodpaster District will ultimately prove to be a gold mining camp of significant stature. The area has seen very little exploration despite the obvious potential and proximity to...
Northern Star Resources Ltd. April 24 reported that the Australian company's investment in Pogo has resulted in reaching turnaround point for the Alaska gold mine. During the three months ending March 31, the Pogo Mine produced 33,381 ounces of gold from 190,868 metric tons of ore averaging 6.1 grams per metric ton gold. This is down 33 percent from the 50,106 oz of gold produced during the final quarter of 2018. This lower quarterly gold production is the result of both...
Teck Resources Ltd. April 22 reported that extreme winter weather forced a closure of the Delong Mountain Transportation System road that connects the Red Dog Mine in Northwest Alaska to the concentrate storage facility at the port for an extended period during January and February. As a result, the concentrator at Red Dog was idled for 20 days due to limited concentrate storage capacity at the mine site. Due to the downtime, the mill at Red Dog processed 887,000 metric tons...
Kinross Gold Corp. April 16 announced it is streamlining its senior leadership team by eliminating two senior vice presidents, including Lauren Roberts, who was general manager at Fort Knox before assuming the role of senior vice president and chief operating officer for the global gold mining company. "During his long and successful career at Kinross, Lauren was a relentless champion of safety and delivered many accomplishments, including achieving our annual production and...
Hecla Mining Company April 17 reported that its Greens Creek Mine in Southeast Alaska produced 2.23 million ounces of silver during the first quarter of 2019, a 17 percent increase over the first three months of 2018. The Southeast Alaska operation also churned out 14,328 oz of gold during the quarter ending March 31, which is up 9 percent compared to a year ago. The Idaho-based miner said higher ore grades and increased recoveries, partially offset by lower mill throughput,...
Coeur Mining Inc. April 11 reported a dip in gold production at its Kensington Mine in Southeast Alaska and an increase in silver, zinc and lead production at the Silvertip Mine in northern British Columbia. Kensington produced 29,973 ounces of gold during the first quarter of this year, which is down 15 percent from the 35,335 oz recovered at the Southeast Alaska mine during the previous quarter but up 15 percent from the 26,064 oz produced during the first three months of 20...
