Mining News: Wanted: Mineral prospectors with skills 01/17/2010
Far North territories, B.C. governments use mining incentives to ease financial burden of grassroots exploration by individuals
Just as junior and major mining companies have important roles to play in the chain of developments that lead, hopefully, to discovery of substantial mineral deposits and subsequent commercial develop...

Ho-ho-hold the holidays 01/10/2010
Proponents of Mackenzie gas have tight deadline to respond to 679-page report
It landed Dec. 30 with a thud on desks in the high-rise petroleum towers of downtown Calgary, spoiling whatever hopes employees working on the Mackenzie Gas Project might have had to put their feet up...

Mining News: Diamond mines look north for new workers 12/20/2009
Operators of Diavik and Snap Lake seek to fill employee ranks with more locals by offering training, eliminating travel perks
Two diamond mines in Northwest Territories are vowing to recruit new workers locally rather than continue a longstanding practice of seeking candidates in southern Canada. Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., o...

Mackenzie Gas Project report on its way 12/20/2009
Backers of the Mackenzie Gas Project have a date - Dec. 31. That's when the Joint Review Panel is expected to meet its promised deadline and deliver its findings on environmental and socioeconomic iss...

Mining Explorers 2009: Economy dims North star in 2009 11/01/2009
Diamond, metals exploration continues, albeit at somewhat slower pace in Northwest Territories
Hampered by a recession-driven drought in capital markets, mineral explorers in the Northwest Territories met the challenges of 2009 with a variety of survival strategies. With significant diamond, pr...

Mining Explorers 2009: Look up north to the NWT; diversity in abundance 11/01/2009
The Northwest Territories has a rich and diverse commodity base. There is significant interest in the development of strategic metals, base metals and precious metals. In 2008, exploration projects we...

Mining News: Junior chases gold near Yellowknife 10/25/2009
Tyhee Development Corp.'s diligent pursuit of resources in historic mining camp is paying off with increasingly attractive project
After seven years of looking for gold to produce economically in the Yellowknife Gold Camp in Northwest Territories, Tyhee Development Corp. is closing in on a potentially lucrative payday. The Vancou...

Mining News: New agency for 'North' awards key grants 10/25/2009
Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory to benefit from C$2.7 million in mining research, business development grants
Canada's new economic development agency for the Far North has awarded a new round of mining research and business development grants, providing significant funding to key projects in Nunavut, Northwe...

Decade older; what have we got? 09/20/2009
Mackenzie Gas Project faces being overtaken by Alaska line, shale gas; Ziff Energy analyst - pipeline dead without government money
In more than a decade since visionaries unveiled the second serious attempt in 30 years to develop Canada's Arctic natural gas resources - call it Mackenzie Mark II - time has been wasted; costs have...

Mining News: Wanted: More Far North infrastructure 08/30/2009
NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines map proposal for network of roads, ports, power facilities and railroads to maximize development
While many business organizations promote infrastructure development in the communities they serve, few of them craft as detailed a visualization of their wish lists as a map created recently by the N...

Mining News: Recession drives miners into mergers 08/30/2009
Tough economic conditions precipitate flurry of consolidation among majors, juniors that do business in Alaska, Northwest Canada
The recession is taking its toll among mining companies with properties in Alaska and northwestern Canada as mergers and acquisitions surged in this sector during the second quarter, in step with a gl...

Mining News: Junior clears obstacles to Nico Project 08/30/2009
Fortune opts to move hydrometallurgical process to southern Canada; completes dismantling mine buildings, equipment in Ontario
Fortune Minerals Ltd. is taking the lemons it has encountered in developing the Nico Project in Northwest Territories and making lemonade. The London, Ont.-based junior recently reported substantial p...

Mining News: Park expansion provides for mine access 07/26/2009
The Canadian government recently approved a massive expansion of the Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada, a move being hailed as a win for both conservation and economic development. "Nahanni is o...

Canada coy on guarantees 07/05/2009
Northwest Territories stepping up request for Mackenzie project loan assistance
The Canadian government is keeping tight-lipped about whether it will ever provide loan guarantees for the Mackenzie Gas Project. Jim Prentice, the cabinet minister overseeing the project, told report...

Who's on first? 06/21/2009
Exxon-TransCan Alaska gas line push sends tremor through Mackenzie ranks
So ExxonMobil hitches up with TransCanada to build an Alaska natural gas pipeline. Does that spell the end of the current road for Canada's Mackenzie Gas Project: yes or no? Make that a definite maybe...

Mining News: Mineral Roundup in the Northwest Territories 03/29/2009
The Northwest Territories has four operating mines: three diamond producers and one long-running tungsten operation. Exploration and development activity was brisk in 2008 with the most advanced proje...

NWT leaders under attack 02/15/2009
The Northwest Territories government narrowly sidestepped being toppled on Feb. 6, fending off a no-confidence vote that could have seen Premier Floyd Roland and his entire cabinet overthrown. Turmoi...

Mining News: Leaders seek help for mining industry 01/25/2009
Mining association outlines major ways that Ottawa can lend a hand in tough economic times without hampering free markets
Provinces, territories and at least one mining leader are appealing to the Canadian federal government to offer up substantial assistance to the beleaguered industry in its new annual budget due out J...

Heat on Mackenzie panel 01/11/2009
Strong opposition to delay in release of findings, now set for end of this year
A panel reviewing the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project pipeline is under pressure to release its findings within three months and not at the end of 2009. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., th...

Mining News: GNWT, diamond mines focus on workers 12/28/2008
Government and industry agree to take a collaborative approach in building skilled and stable work force in territory
The Government of the Northwest Territories and three diamond mines in the Northwest Territories entered a Memorandum of Understanding to further development and retention of the Arctic territory's di...

North in a rage 12/21/2008
NWT leaders lash out at latest regulatory delay in Mackenzie Gas Project
Canada's northern political leaders may have finally snapped over the unending regulatory delays in dealing with the Mackenzie Gas Project application. Word that the Joint Review Panel, responsible fo...

Mining News: Gahcho Kue diamonds earn higher valuation 11/30/2008
Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. Nov. 17 reported results of an independent valuation of the diamonds recovered from the Gahcho Kue Project during the exploration phase. The valuation was conducted by...

40 Years at Prudhoe Bay: Mangus laid groundwork for oil discovery 11/16/2008
Retired geologist was among the few who surveyed and mapped the Arctic coastal plain from Barrow to the Northwest Territories
Marvin Mangus first came to Alaska's North Slope in 1947 with the U.S. Geological Survey and spent nine field seasons mapping the geology of the area, from the Brooks Range to the Arctic Ocean and fro...

Russia stakes claims to Arctic resource base 09/21/2008
The Russian bear is starting to throw its weight around in more than Georgia these days, making it clear the use of a mini-submarine to plant a flag under the North Pole last year was more than just...

It's hot-button time in Canada 09/14/2008
Arctic, environment figure large in federal election, more than sideways glance at U.S. campaign; Harper favored by industry
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a federal election for Oct. 14, right in the thick of the U.S. campaign. Given that everything Harper does is carefully and strategically designed, ta...