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UV lights up core from Last Hurrah drilling, indicating Western Alaska is nearing the fault-offset extension of Waterpump Creek Western Alaska Minerals Corp. Aug. 14 reports that drilling has cut more high-grade silver at the southern end of Waterpump Creek, and there is strong evidence that drilling further south is closing in on a fault-offset extension of this silver-rich carbonate replacement deposit (CRD) on the company's Illinois Creek property about 300 miles west of...
Valhalla Metals Inc. July 19 announced the start of its 2023 exploration program at Sun, which is slated to include up to 4,000 meters of drilling focused on expanding the high-grade volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit on this property in Alaska's Ambler Mining District. "We are excited to get our drill program underway. The Sun deposit is ripe for expansion," said Valhalla Metals Chairman Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse. According to a 2018 calculation, Sun hosts 1.71 million metric...
American Pacific Mining Corp. Aug. 8 reported that the 2023 drill program at Palmer has cut up to 43-meter-thick zones of volcanogenic massive sulfide mineralization that include veinlets of native copper at this high-grade zinc-copper-silver-gold project in Southeast Alaska. "Drilling progress is ahead of schedule, and we are pleased to report that semi-massive and massive sulphide mineralization has been observed over drilled thicknesses of approximately 40 metres within...
Alaska Energy Metals Corp. Aug. 16 announced that it has acquired a database from more than $30 million of exploration carried out since 1995 at the company's Nikolai nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group metal project in Alaska. INCO Ltd. first discovered and explored Nickolai during the 1990s. Nevada Star Resources Ltd. picked up the property, which was known at the time as MAN, and carried out exploration with Anglo American (Canada) Ltd. from 2004 to 2006. As its...
Kinross Gold Corp. Aug. 2 reported that its Fort Knox Mine in Alaska produced 69,438 ounces of gold during the second quarter of 2023, which is a 6% increase over the 65,404 oz recovered during the first three months of this year but a 10% drop from the 77,184 oz produced during the second quarter of 2023. The company attributes the quarterly increase to increased mill throughput and higher-grade ore. During the second quarter, 2.08 million metric tons of ore averaging 0.82...
Hole WPC23-0029 cuts 19.4 meters of 158 g/t silver, 11.5% zinc, and 5.3% lead; WAM tests larger offset deposit extension. Western Alaska Minerals Corp. July 24 announced that the first assay results from its 2023 drilling at Waterpump Creek further confirm the continuity of the high-grade silver-zinc-lead mineralization within this carbonate replacement deposit on the company's Illinois Creek property about 300 miles west of Fairbanks, Alaska. Illinois Creek is a highly...
Teck Resources Ltd. July 26 reported that power system issues at Red Dog impacted second-quarter production at this world-class zinc mine in Northwest Alaska. Over the three months ending June 30, Red Dog produced 133,700 metric tons (294.8 million pounds) of zinc, which is 7% lower than the 143,800 metric tons (317 million lb) produced during the same period of 2022. Teck attributes the drop in zinc output primarily to lower zinc grades, which were expected as part of the...
Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. July 28 announced the launch of its maiden drill program at the company's Cantoo Mountain project on the Alaskan side of British Columbia's famed Golden Triangle. Situated immediately east of the Premier gold-silver mining project currently in development by Ascot Resources Ltd. and likely part of the same metallogenic system, the Cantoo property hosts multiple shallow southwest dipping vein structures up to 30 meters true thickness. Just a...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. July 20 reported that holes testing the northwest boundaries of Dolphin-Cleary are continuing to hit gold along the margins of this 19.7-million-ounce gold deposit on the company's Golden Summit project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. So far, the company has outlined 407.54 million metric tons of open-pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per metric ton (12 million oz) gold, plus 282.3 million metric tons of open-pit mineable...
Silver production hits 7.9 million oz during first half of 2023; a 2.5M oz boost expected from Keno Hill to close out the year. Hecla Mining Company July 13 announced that the startup of its Keno Hill mine in the Yukon and a more than 20-year production record at Lucky Friday in Idaho has helped to offset some of the lower second quarter silver production at the Greens Creek mine in Southeast Alaska. With the ramp-up to full production getting underway, Hecla's newly acquired...
Explores Ellis Zone expansion; begins groundwork for an underground exploration ramp at JT gold deposit. HighGold Mining Inc. June 29 announced the launch of a roughly 8,000-meter drill program that is part of a larger multi-year initiative to evaluate the potential for a smaller-footprint, high-grade underground gold mine on its Johnson Tract property in Alaska. "Our plans include significant exploration drilling to grow the property-wide mineral resource base and to...
Felix Gold Ltd. July 24 reported another batch of assay results that show its 2023 drill program at Treasure Creek is outlining a trend of strong near-surface gold and antimony at the NW Array target on this exploration property about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The Australia-based company completed 4,695 meters of drilling in 50 holes during an early season program at Treasure Creek. This drilling included 4,278 meters of resource delineation drilling in 45 holes at...
Initial 2023 holes trace high-grade deposit to a fault; the drills are now testing an offset extension in the Last Hurrah area. Western Alaska Minerals Corp. July 6 reported that the first five holes of its 2023 drill program has traced the high-grade silver-zinc-lead mineralization at Waterpump Creek to the Illinois Creek fault and two drills are now testing Last Hurrah, a large fault-offset extension of the deposit indicated by geophysics. Located on the Illinois Creek prope...
Nova Minerals Ltd. July 3 announced the start of a 15,000-meter drill program targeting the higher-grade gold mineralization identified in the RPM and Train areas at the southern end of Estelle, a district-scale Alaska property that hosts 1.1 billion metric tons of global resources averaging 0.3 grams per metric ton (9.9 million ounces) gold. "We are very excited to return to the field again in 2023 to continue to build on the exceptional growth we have shown in just four...
Northern Star Resources Ltd. July 19 reported that its Pogo Mine in Alaska produced 81,322 ounces of gold during the second quarter of calendar year 2023, the highest quarterly output in recent years. "Pogo delivered an exceptional June quarter with gold sales of 80,000 ounces, representing an annualized production rate in excess of 300,000 ounces per annum," Northern Star Resources Managing Director and CEO Stuart Tonkin said during a call with investors and analysts....
Tectonic Metals Inc. July 13 announced that it is set to begin a 5,000-meter drill program at Flat in August that will involve two phases of drilling to define and expand the gold mineralization on this property in the Kuskokwim Mineral Belt of Southwest Alaska. "Our inaugural 2023 drill program is all about unveiling the tier one potential of the Flat Gold Project," said Tectonic Metals President and CEO Tony Reda. Located about 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of the...
American Pacific Mining Corp. June 19 announced the start of a 9,000-meter resource upgrade and expansion drill program at Palmer, a high-grade volcanogenic massive sulfide project in Southeast Alaska enriched with zinc, copper, silver, and gold. American Pacific gained a roughly 45% interest in this advanced-stage polymetallic mine project through the acquisition of Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. in October of last year. Dowa Metals & Mining Company Ltd. owns the remaining...
Felix Gold Ltd. July 3 reported that initial assay results from the 2023 program at Treasure Creek show that the drilling is beginning to define a trend of strong near-surface gold mineralization at NW Array, the initial exploration target on this property about 20 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. In May, Felix launched a drill program that was slated to involve 3,500 meters of drilling in 30 to 40 reverse circulation holes focused on establishing a near-surface resource at...
U.S. GoldMining Inc. May 30 announced that it has mobilized crews for an up to 10,000-meter phase-one drill program at the Whistler gold-copper project about 100 miles northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. According to a 2021 calculation, the 53,700-acre Whistler property hosts 118.2 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.51 grams per metric ton (1.94 million ounces) gold, 2.19 g/t (8.3 million oz) silver, and 0.16% (422 million pounds) copper; plus 317 million...
Western Alaska Minerals Corp. June 5 announced that the 2023 drill program is now underway at the high-grade Waterpump Creek silver deposit on the company's Illinois Creek property about 300 miles west of Fairbanks, Alaska. First drilled by Western in 2021, Waterpump Creek is a carbonate replacement deposit (CRD) that hosted 166,000 tons of historical resource averaging 295 grams per metric ton silver, 16.1% lead, and 5.5% zinc. The last holes of the 2021 program, WPC21-09,...
Freegold Ventures Ltd. June 1 announced that the first holes of its 2023 drill program at Golden Summit have cut gold mineralization about 400 meters north of the 12-million-ounce Dolphin-Cleary gold deposit on this road-accessible project about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. According to a calculation completed earlier this year, the Dolphin-Cleary deposit hosts 407.54 million metric tons of open pit mineable indicated resource averaging 0.92 grams per metric ton (12...
PolarX Ltd. June 13 announced a massive increase in the quantities of copper and silver contained within the Caribou Dome deposit on its Alaska Range project. According to the updated resource estimate, Caribou Dome now hosts 7.2 million metric tons of measured, indicated, and inferred resources averaging 3.1% (224,375 metric tons) copper and 6.5 grams per metric ton (1.5 million oz) silver. This is 2.6 times the contained copper than in a 2017 resource estimate and is the fir...
Graphite One Inc. June 13 announced that it is acquiring a 1% net smelter production royalty interest against 133 state mining claims that make up a portion of the company's Graphite Creek project in Alaska. In exchange for the royalty, Graphite One will issue Alaska pilot and explorer Ronald Sheardown 456,500 company shares. "This purchase of a 1% NSR brings our total purchases to 3% NSR," said Graphite One CEO Anthony Huston. "We anticipate the purchase of the NSR will have...
Grande Portage Resources Ltd. June 6 announced the start of its 2023 drilling program, which aims for 20,000 meters in 15 to 20 holes at the company's Herbert Gold project in Southeast Alaska. Located 25 kilometers (16 miles) north of Juneau, the Herbert Gold project is an exploration stage, high-grade, gold-mineralized mesothermal quartz vein system in the historic Juneau Gold Belt. According to a 2021 calculation, Herbert Gold hosts 3.64 million metric tons of indicated...
Contango ORE Inc. May 30 announced that the Alaska-based mineral exploration and mine development company is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000 and Russell Microcap. Founded in 2010 to explore the mineral potential discovered on the Tetlin property by Chairman Brad Juneau while exploring for natural gas in eastern Alaska, Contango ORE is a homegrown mining company that is slated to be a gold producer in 2024 with the completion of the Manh Choh mine that stemmed from Ju...
