Mining News: Geophysics reveal deep targets at Man 01/17/2010
Pure Nickel plans to drill targets in large conductive bodies located below two areas of its nickel-copper-PGE property in Alaska
During their first exploration season as joint venture partners at the Man nickel-copper-platinum group element project in Interior Alaska, Pure Nickel Inc. and Itochu Corp. said they discovered compe...

Mining News: Selwyn teams with Chinese miner 12/20/2009
Investor will sink C$100 million into new joint operator charged with advancing giant zinc-lead deposit to commercial production
Selwyn Resources Ltd., owner of the zinc and lead deposit of the same name in the mountains of eastern Yukon Territory, has entered a binding framework agreement with a large Chinese corporate investo...

Mining News: Kinross signs JV pact to explore claims 12/20/2009
Gold producer joins Millrock Resources in targeting grassroots prospects on Seward Peninsula; drill program scheduled for 2010
Kinross Gold Corp. has agreed to team up with Millrock Resources Inc. to explore more than 900 square kilometers, or 222,000 acres, of gold properties in the Council Mining District about 60 miles, or...

Exxon seeks new life 12/20/2009
Bets heavily on unconventional gas as fuel of choice by 2030 in takeover of XTO
The tipoff was there for anyone caring to pay attention when ExxonMobil declared on Dec. 8 that natural gas would be the fuel of choice in the United States by 2030, shunting aside coal and oil. Less...

TG World positive on NS exploration 12/06/2009
BRPC JV partner spells out some details of seismic and drilling program across the North Slope; sees value of exploration credits
As the only outfit engaged in exploration onshore or offshore northern Alaska this winter, Brooks Range Petroleum Corp., operator for a joint venture of small independents, looks like having a lonely...

Mining News: New junior targets production in 2010 11/22/2009
Harmony Gold JVs Lucky Shot property, plans to spend US$15 million to bring historical high-grade gold mine back into production
With its sights set on becoming one of North America's newest junior gold producers, Harmony Gold Corp. has entered into a joint venture agreement with Full Metal Minerals Ltd. on that company's high-...

Denali sends 2nd report to legislators 11/22/2009
BP-ConocoPhillips JV has spent $120 million in advance of 2010 open season; has nearly completed cost estimates for pipeline, GTP
Bud Fackrell, president of Denali, told legislators in a Nov. 11 letter that the BP-ConocoPhillips-owned project has spent $120 million to date in advancing the gas pipeline project from the North Slo...

Mining Explorers 2009: Prize Mining Corporation 11/01/2009
PRZ: TSX-V President and CEO: James "Jim" Glass Interim chairman and CFO: Feisal Somji Prize Mining Corp., founded in 1996 in Alberta, is dedicated to the exploration, discovery and development of p...

Mining Explorers 2009: Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. 11/01/2009
MPV: TSX; MDM: AMEX Chairman: Jonathan Christopher James Comerford President and CEO: Patrick Evans Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. is a 23-year-old diamond exploration and development company bas...

Mining Explorers 2009: Teryl explores next to Fort Knox 11/01/2009
Junior has long-running partnership with Kinross in property near major's Alaska mine
With four gold properties located next door to Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox gold mine, Teryl Resources Corp. is one of the largest landowners in the Fairbanks Mining District, and a favored joint ve...

Mining Explorers 2009: Alix explores two new gold projects 11/01/2009
Junior's geologists investigate properties in Goodpaster, White districts
Alix Resources Corp. geologists spent the summer investigating the junior's two new gold properties in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Joining the 2009 gold rush to the White District south of Dawson...

Mining Explorers 2009: JV seeks base metals, PGEs at Man 11/01/2009
Pure Nickel, Itochu explore high-grade nickel-copper-PGE property in Alaska
Forging a partnership in 2008 on the Man Project in Alaska, Pure Nickel Inc. and Itochu Corp. launched a US$4.9 million exploration program at the high-grade nickel-copper-platinum group element prope...

Mining Explorers 2009: Majors discover value in Millrock 11/01/2009
Investments help project-generating junior seek new gold projects in tough financial times
When Greg Beischer and Phil St. George teamed up to form Millrock Resources Inc. early in 2007, they set out to make big discoveries that would attract the interest of the world's mining giants. The M...

Mining Explorers 2009: Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. 11/01/2009
(Rio Tinto plc. and Harry Winston Diamond Ltd.)
TSX: HW/NYSE: HWD/RTP:LON and NYSE DDMI Manager Operational Readiness: Richard Storrie DDMI Superintendent, Geotechnical Engineering: Sarah Greer DDMI Chief Geologist: David Eichenberg The Diavik...

Mining Explorers 2009: Full Metal weathers financial storm 11/01/2009
Waiting for improved market conditions, junior prepares for smoother sailing in 2010
Full Metal Mineral Ltd., like many juniors, battened down the hatches in 2009 to ride out the financial storm that sank many explorers and caused others to climb aboard ships better suited to the turb...

Mining Explorers 2009: A year of transition for CBR Gold 11/01/2009
Consolidated junior JVs Alaska VMS project, scopes Nunavut high-grade gold property
Consolidating its name to CBR Gold Corp. and its shares on a 5-to-1 basis, 2009 was a transitional year for the Vancouver B.C.-based junior formerly known as Committee Bay Resources Ltd. With the tr...

Mining News: JV partners plan exploration at Niblack 08/30/2009
Hunter Dickinson, CBR Gold schedule drilling start in September aimed at tracing high-grade mineralization into Lookout Mountain
Hunter Dickinson has joined forces with CBR Gold Corp. to resume exploration of the Niblack copper-gold-silver-zinc project on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Heatherdale Resources Ltd., a...

AK-WA Connection 2009: Service firms make inroads in region 08/23/2009
Information technology and staffing companies fill niches in Alaska, Washington State in ways that fuel expansion in the Northwest
Providers of information technology and human resources services are making the Alaska-Washington connection work for them in increasingly innovative ways. These firms vary in target markets, size and...

AK-WA Connection 2009: Firms find ways to weather the storm 08/23/2009
Drawing on experience, diversity and innovation, companies make the Alaska-Washington connection to offset effects of recession
Businesses engaged in the Alaska-Washington trade, along with the rest of the nation, have spent recent months coping with challenges presented by the worst economic downturn in modern history. They...

Risk to reward 08/09/2009
Exploration takes breather, but project development has North Slope buzzing
If you've been to Alaska's North Slope in the last few months you know that beds and trucks are in short supply and Deadhorse, the center of oilfield activity, looks like a boom town. "There are more...

Mining News: Yellowjacket gears up for production 06/28/2009
JV partners Prize Mining Corp. and Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. move closer to startup with upgrades to mill at gold mining project
Now that Prize Mining Corp. and Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. have completed modifications on a 350-metric-ton-per-day mill at the Yellowjacket Gold Project near Atlin in northwestern British Columbia,...

Contracts and conditions at issue 05/03/2009
Superior Court case between Alaska Venture Capital Group and TG World Energy focusing on contract signed late last year
A lawsuit between two North Slope explorers is centering on a contract signed last fall. Kansas-based Alaska Venture Capital Group and its subsidiary Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. asked state Superior...

Mining News: Mining pay ranks No. 2 after oil and gas 03/29/2009
New industry statistics reflect importance of sector's contribution to Alaska, local governments and Native corporations in 2008
There are some new stats out from the State of Alaska that I thought you might like to see. For 2008, the Alaska mining industry accounted for 3,500 direct jobs and 5,500 indirect jobs. The industry d...

Mining News: Mineral Roundup in Nunavut Territory 02/22/2009
Producing mines Early in 2008, Tahera Diamond Corp., owner and operator of Jericho Diamond Mine – Canada's third, and Nunavut's first diamond mine – filed bankruptcy and sought creditor protection....

Mining News: Is Estelle Alaska's next Donlin Creek? 01/25/2009
Exploration team known for uncovering global-scale ore bodies says Millrock property has similarities to giant porphyry deposit
When Greg Beischer and Phil St. George teamed up to form Millrock Resources Inc. nearly two years ago, they set out to make big discoveries that would attract the interest of the world's mining giants...