MINING NEWS: Alaska profits from exploration explosion 12/24/2006
Vancouver-based companies dominate, but keep locals employed and active in the hunt for precious and base metals around the state
Mining companies spent an all-time record $103.9 million on exploration in Alaska in 2005, a big jump from the $70.8 million that was spent the previous year, and a long way from the relatively modest...

Oil Patch Insider 02/19/2006
ANGDA expands management team; Lisa Murkowski, Pebble's Hodgson to speak at Pac Com
The Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority has expanded its management team and begun business enterprise development for in-state use of North Slope natural gas and potential international trade. ...

MINING NEWS: Explorers tread carefully near precious Pebble 05/22/2005
Following in footsteps of Northern Dynasty, several exploration companies plan an active field season this year near Alaska deposit
Explorers from Canada, Washington, Arizona - and Alaska too - have staked claims in the vicinity of the massive Pebble gold-copper deposit. These juniors hope to emulate the success of Vancouver-based...

MINING NEWS: Alaska publishes data for Goodpaster 02/27/2005
The Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys released new airborne geophysical data and maps for the Goodpaster River area in Interior Alaska on Jan. 24. The survey covers approximately 2...

MINING NEWS: Drills continue churning at Pebble 09/12/2004
Northern Dynasty drill crews complete 110,000 feet at gold, copper molybdenum deposit; Liberty Gold preps for fall drilling
This summer's exploration, engineering and environmental baseline data work at the Pebble prospect in southwest Alaska is progressing "exceptionally well," according to a spokesman for the deposit's d...

MINING NEWS: Smoke hinders travel 09/12/2004
In late August, I was forced to send an email to Curt Freeman, owner of the Fairbanks-based Avalon Development, with the subject line, "Smoke hinders travel." Throughout the prior week, I could not f...

MINING NEWS: Freegold Ventures acquires Yukon property 08/08/2004
Company signs option on Grew Creek Gold Project, plans August drilling
Long-time Alaska prospector Freegold Ventures has ventured across the border into the Yukon Territory, optioning a gold property west of Ross River with a previously drilled, 221,000 ounce gold and 83...

MINING NEWS: Wildlands fires plague miners, prospectors 08/08/2004
Fires smoldering after burning through placer mine and hard rock prospecting sites, area declared disaster area
Heavy rains in late July and early August have dampened the number of wildlands fires that burned through Interior and the eastern part of Alaska, adversely affecting placer miners and metals prospect...

Freegold Ventures acquires Yukon property 07/25/2004
Junior exploration company signs option on Grew Creek Gold Project, plans August drilling
Freegold Ventures announced July 14 that it has signed an option agreement to earn a 100 percent interest in the Grew Creek gold property, 35 kilometers (21.7 miles) west of the historical mining town...

MINING NEWS: Area near Alaska's Pebble deposit booming 07/11/2004
Northern Dynasty boosts spending on large porphyry project, exploration starts on other properties in area
The skies north of Lake Iliamna in southwest Alaska are buzzing with helicopters that are supporting numerous drill crews working on exploration projects at and surrounding the Pebble gold-copper-moly...

MINING NEWS: Drills churning at Cleary 07/11/2004
Freegold, Meridian announce high-grade drill results from Golden Summit, more drilling planned on Tolovana property
Golden Summit gave up some of its glory in high-grade gold samples taken during a 4,900-foot drill program completed this spring at the gold property about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. Partne...

MINING NEWS: Pogo permit appeal withdrawn 05/09/2004
Settlement announced May 5, construction ramping up; two other exploration projects planned in Pogo area cancelled
A Fairbanks-based environmental group that appealed a federal water discharge permit issued to developers of the Pogo gold project in mid-March has agreed to withdraw its permit challenge, following m...

MINING NEWS: Activity kicks up another notch at Pebble 05/09/2004
Major claim stakers take to the ground, exploration programs start, Northern Dynasty bumps 2004 spending to $20 million
The land has been staked - now the major players have taken to the ground to complete geological and geophysical work surrounding the Pebble gold-copper-molybdenum resource near Iliamna, Alaska. Lead...

MINING NEWS: Pebble activity in southwestern Alaska heats up 04/18/2004
Claim staking continues around gold-copper deposit northwest of Iliamna, fourth player in the region announces land holdings
A surge in claim staking surrounding the Pebble gold-copper-molybdenum deposit in southwestern Alaska has continued through the first three months of 2004. Anchorage-based geological consultant Bill E...

MINING NEWS: Claim staking takes off 04/18/2004
Mineral prospectors laid claim to more than 500 square miles of Alaska in 2003, staking continues in early 2004
Prospectors looking for valuable minerals in Alaska hit the ground hard in 2003, laying claim to 507 square miles of state and federally controlled land in the Last Frontier. That's about double the...

MINING NEWS: Teryl Resources plans drilling at West Ridge 02/15/2004
British Columbia company looks to property near True North mine, magnetic survey results extend mineralized area
Vancouver, B.C.-based Teryl Resources plans to drill up to 15 reverse circulation holes on its West Ridge gold exploration property, located just south of the True North mine, about 10 miles west of t...

MINING NEWS: Claim staking rush surrounds Pebble 02/15/2004
Three companies stake more than 300 square miles of state land in December in three major blocks near gold-copper deposit
Three exploration companies independently and secretively launched major land staking efforts in December, laying claim to more than 300 square miles of state land surrounding the Pebble gold-copper-m...

Teryl hits gold at West Ridge 09/28/2003
On Sept. 18 Teryl Resources reported a gold mineralized zone outlined by soil and rock samples taken on its West Ridge exploration property, neighboring the True North mine located about 20 miles nort...

Southeast locals form mining company 08/03/2003
Recreational cabin building among friends results in Olympic Resources
One of just a few Alaska-based mineral exploration companies, Olympic Resources LLC, evolved from a small group of friends prospecting some patented land in Southeast Alaska purchased for recreational...

Prospecting for platinum 06/01/2003
South African producer funds grassroots platinum property in Alaska
Exploration on the Union Bay platinum property near Ketchikan, Alaska, started in May, shortly after announcement of a long-term financing deal involving a major South African platinum producer. A cre...

Mine records recovered 05/04/2003
Geologist receives 65-year old production, assay records from shuttered Cleary Hill mine
Recently recovered assay and production records for the Cleary Hill gold mine and mill, dating back to 1938 and 1939, are providing a gold mine of information to assist prospectors currently working t...

Prospecting old mine sites 05/04/2003
Freegold Ventures drills beneath high-grade historical mine site
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Freegold Ventures has found significant high-grade gold mineralization at its Golden Summit exploration property about 30 miles northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, where...