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Junior blazes own trail at Nixon Fork

Fire River launches drill program, studies mill configurations in anticipation of 2011 production at Alaska high-grade gold mine

NIXON FORK - Flying more than 200 miles, or 320 kilometers, northwest from Anchorage, on a route that roughly parallels the legendary Iditarod trail, Fire River Gold Corp.'s Nixon Fork Mine looms on the horizon. The 4,000-foot airstrip and array of buildings resting atop a gold-veined ridge is an island of productivity in this vast expanse of Interior Alaska.

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