Mining News: Junior finds REEs, niobium on gem claims 01/17/2010
True North Gems confirms significant mineralization at aquamarine property near the Ketza River gold mine south of Ross River
After focusing on its ruby-rich claims in Greenland for the past few years, True North Gems Inc. has returned to Yukon Territory to hunt for rare earth elements rather than gems. The junior has confir...

Mining News: Seasoned mine builder joins NovaGold 01/17/2010
Gil Leathley's five decades of experience is expected to be invaluable as the company continues to build world-class mines
NovaGold Resources Inc. tapped a wealth of mining experience recently when it appointed Gil Leathley as senior advisor to the junior's president and CEO, Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse. "Mr. Leathley is one of...

Mining News: Prospector looks beyond White Gold find 01/17/2010
Yukon's Shawn Ryan sees bright future for mining district; expects major to purchase Underworld property then grab Coffee deposit
The prospector who discovered the highly promising White Gold property near Dawson City, Yukon Territory says he believes the future is beyond bright for the region – it's blazing. Shawn Ryan, a self-...

Mining News: Junior scores 'major' coup in Far North 01/17/2010
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings Plc joins Commander Resources Inc. quest for 'elephant' gold on district-scale Baffin Island property
Among juniors actively working to attract majors to invest in mineral exploration projects scattered across Canada's Far North, one Vancouver, B.C.-based company leaped to the front of the pack recent...

Mining News: New year, decade brings opportunities 01/17/2010
Alaska mining industry will continue to supply world's demands for mineral resources, despite ups and downs in global markets
As we plunge headlong into a new year and a new decade, the broad economic indicators for the mining industry suggest continued strong prices for most commodities in 2010 followed by slightly lower av...

Mining News: Terrane seeks partner to build mine 01/17/2010
Terrane Metals Corp. has decided to move ahead with construction of a C$900 million open-pit copper-gold mine at the Mt. Milligan Project in north-central British Columbia. Robert Pease, Terrane's pr...

Mining News: Arsenic spill dusts worker at Giant site 12/20/2009
Agency followed safety procedures; studies technology that could permanently lock up hazardous material in underground workings
An accidental discharge of deadly arsenic trioxide at the old Giant gold mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories this fall has brought into focus the potential impact of an ongoing project to recla...

Mining News: Interior property shows huge potential 12/20/2009
Junior cuts 400 meters of gold mineralization during 2009 exploration program aimed at seeking prospects beyond Whistler zone
Kiska Metals Corp. cut long intercepts of gold-rich mineralization in two of the five holes that it drilled during the newly formed company's fall 2009 exploration program. These intercepts indicate t...

Mining News: Explorer targets winter drilling at Livengood 12/20/2009
While International Tower Hill contemplates building a mine capable of producing more than 400,000 ounces of gold per year at Livengood, the exploration saga continues at the rapidly growing project....

Mining News: Livengood explorer could build mine 12/20/2009
Junior seems reluctant to turn over multimillion-ounce Alaska gold asset to major; vows to assemble operations team in early 2010
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd.'s rapidly expanding Livengood gold project could prove to be the catalyst that transitions the Vancouver B.C.-based junior from explorer to producer. "The Livengoo...

Mining News: Miners, like boats, rode tide in 2009 12/20/2009
But the fortunes of some mining companies foundered even as commodities prices marched steadily higher during the past 12 months
Although commodities prices have improved for the mining industry over the past year, 2009 has been the kind of year most of us hope not to repeat. The best analogy I can come up with is the one that...

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...

BBNC opposes offshore leasing, Pebble 12/20/2009
Native regional corporation says oil and gas leasing, mine development are too risky for fish-rich Bristol Bay; others fire back
A major stakeholder in the Bristol Bay region has come out against offshore oil and gas leasing in the North Aleutian basin. The Bristol Bay Native Corp. announced Dec. 11 its board passed a resolutio...

Mining News: Romios finds deposit near Galore Creek 11/22/2009
Junior reports values as high as 6.21 percent copper, 2.2 g/t gold and 20.7 g/t silver in samples from its new Dirk discovery
Romios Gold Resources Inc. Nov. 11 reported the discovery of significant copper, gold and silver mineralization on its Dirk Property located about 37 kilometers, or 24 miles, southeast of NovaGold Res...

Mining News: Fort Knox heap leach yields first gold 11/22/2009
Kinross Gold Corp. loaded tons of lower-grade ore onto a 70-acre pad in August; poured first bars of yellow metal in November
About 400 ounces, or 11.4 kilograms, of molten gold poured into bars at Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox Mine on Nov. 11 marked the first of the precious metal produced from the Walter Creek Valley Heap...

Mining News: Junior seeks flavor of Coffee prospect 11/22/2009
Kaminak Gold gets promising start on exploration of its claims in the historically gold-rich White District south of Dawson City
Kaminak Gold Corp. is one of the frontrunners in the exploration rush sparked by Underworld Resources Inc.'s recent gold discovery in the White District of Yukon Territory. In less than six months, th...

Mining News: 2008 gold discovery gets better in 2009 11/22/2009
Explorer drills longer intersections of high-grade gold at Rau Project in east-central Yukon; plans C$12.5 million program in 2010
RAU PROJECT, Yukon Territory – While the "White Gold Rush" captured the headlines in 2009, Atac Resources Ltd. quietly conducted a one-company claim-staking rush covering known geochemical and geologi...

Mining News: Race heats up for territory's next mine 11/22/2009
Alexco Resource and Yukon Zinc are rolling into home stretch of competition to develop Yukon's second operating mine after Minto
The race to become the next operating mine in Yukon Territory is heating up as two projects, Alexco Resource Corp.'s Bellekeno silver project and Yukon Zinc Corp.'s Wolverine volcanic massive sulphide...

Mining News: Optimism surges among Alaska miners 11/22/2009
As metals prices climb and world demand resumes upward trend, mineral industry prepares for period of robust activity in 2010
Metals markets continue to climb out of the basement as the world demand for metals resumes its upward trend. Fueled by this growing demand, numerous Alaska precious, base and rare metal projects repo...

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-...

The Explorers 2009: Interior Alaska basins 11/15/2009
Although analysts think that the majority of Alaska's oil and gas resources lie within the major basins of northern Alaska, Cook Inlet and the Bristol Bay area, there are several other basins around t...

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: Northern Tiger Resources Inc. 11/01/2009
NTR: TSX-V President and CEO: Greg Hayes Director: Lori Walton Vice President, Exploration: Dennis Ouellette Northern Tiger Resources Inc., formed in April 2008 in Alberta as a spinoff of Firestone V...

Mining Explorers 2009: Northern Freegold Resources Ltd. 11/01/2009
NFR: TSX CEO and COO: Bill Harris President: Susan P. Craig Vice President, Exploration: Corwin Coe Northern Freegold Resources Ltd., founded in 2006, in the development stage as of March 31, 2009, i...

Mining Explorers 2009: Prospects pan out at White Gold 11/01/2009
Underworld delivers strong 2009 drilling results on red-hot Yukon property
Underworld Resources Inc. hit the ground running in 2009, reporting impressive assay results in the first three holes of its drilling program at its White Gold Project in late May. For two field seas...