Mining News: Geologists must resist 'pigheadedness' 12/19/2010
Technology advances, ore deposit models fail to trump boots on the ground and keen observation in mineral exploration successes
As the last days of the decade tick by, I am tempted to look back on 2010 and distill the year in a few sentences. I'll resist and opt for a bunch of sentences similar to some I recently dumped on the...

2010 Mining Explorers: Harmony Gold Corp. 10/31/2010
H: TSX-V President and CEO: Craig Michael Engelsman Lucky Shot Project Manager: William J. Burnett With its sights set on becoming a junior gold producer in the first half of 2011, Harmony Gold Cor...

2010 Mining Explorers: Beyond the colossal Pebble deposit 10/31/2010
Partners drill intriguing prospects on property, pick up regional targets
As the Pebble Limited Partnership approaches the completion of an extensive feasibility study for the Pebble Project, it is investigating the Southwest Alaska property beyond the bounds of the 80.6 bi...

2010 Mining Explorers: Junior investments pay big for Kinross 10/31/2010
Major's strategy to invest in Tintina Gold Belt explorers turns up White Gold
Kinross Gold Corp. is a partner of choice for many junior explorers investigating gold prospects in Alaska and northwest Canada. The Toronto-based major has formed various alliances with a number of j...

2010 Mining Explorers: Full Metal re-emerges in Alaska 10/31/2010
From Rolling Thunder to Pyramid, junior makes significant finds across state
From its search for White Gold-style mineralization in the Fortymile placer gold district just across the border from the Klondike in eastern Alaska to exploration of the Pyramid copper-gold project s...

2010 Mining Explorers: Explorers trek to Last Frontier 10/31/2010
Geologists seek next world-class deposit in rugged, under-explored state
The Last Frontier, as Alaska has long been labeled, is as applicable a moniker today as it was to prospectors who ventured to the territory at the end of the 19th century. Alaska is considered one of...

Mining News: Porphyry experts join junior at Pyramid 10/31/2010
Chilean miner Antofagasta partners with Full Metal on Alaska Peninsula property; drilling cuts thick zones of copper mineralization
With copper-gold-molybdenum intercepts up to 500 meters thick and a location near tidewater on the Pacific Rim, Full Metal Minerals Ltd.'s Pyramid Project on the Alaska Peninsula is shaping up as a si...

Mining News: Alaska copper exploration makes comeback 10/31/2010
Resurgence in 2010 rivals heady 1970s when explorers focused on the bright metal, while prospecting for gold was an afterthought
As termination dust falls across most of Alaska, the curtain has come down for the bulk of the exploration projects around the state; however, mine development programs as well as mine-site exploratio...

Mining News: Columnist tips hat to mine developers 08/29/2010
Explorers, miners often fail to appreciate contribution of those who specialize in converting what could be into what should be
In the last month, several of Alaska's major metal mines reported strong operating numbers; one company released a preliminary economic assessment and three new mineral exploration companies acquire...

Mining News: In-depth Pebble study nears completion 07/25/2010
Engineers and consultants are expected to produce project's baseline document and mine plan for public scrutiny in a few months
PEBBLE - Pebble Partnership CEO John Shively opened his June 21 presentation to the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Make it Monday Forum with the query, "How many people here have heard of the Pebble Mi...

Mining News: Kensington joins ranks of big producers 07/25/2010
New mine will boost Southeast Alaska economy; Murkowski promotes legislation to support mining of strategic rare earth minerals
Two seminal events related to the Alaska mining industry occurred in the past month. First, in late June, Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. reported the commencement of production at it Kensington gold mine...