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: Junior lauded for innovative reclamation 12/20/2009
Western Copper cleans up abandoned workings on Casino property, while targeting zero environmental impact from current activities
Western Copper Corp. won the coveted Robert E. Leckie Award for 2009 for outstanding reclamation of old abandoned workings on the Casino Property in west-central Yukon Territory. But the junior explo...

Mining News: Pebble bobs to, fro on waves of opinion 12/20/2009
Fisheries board rejects plan to establish Bristol Bay fish refuge; Native corporations differ sharply on mining project's impact
The Pebble Partnership, a 50-50 joint venture between Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and Anglo American plc, can chalk up one win and one potential loss toward the development of a mine at its copper-...

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: Parnell lauds Alaska permitting process 11/22/2009
"The state will continue to defend our permits that we issue, and our permitting process. That is the least I can do as governor"
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell reflected on Alaska's rich mining history and vowed to defend the state's mining regulatory process and to oppose unjust attacks on the industry during an address to miner...

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 Explorers 2009: Romios Gold Resources Inc. 11/01/2009
RG:TSX-V/RMIOF:NASDAQ OTC/D4R:FE President and Director: Anastasios (Tom) Drivas Chief Financial Officer: Errol Farr Vice President, Exploration, Geologist and Director: Thomas Skimming Romios Gold...

Mining Explorers 2009: Max Resource Corp. 11/01/2009
MXR: TSX-V; MXROF: OTCBB; M1D:FSE President: Stuart Rogers Vice President, Exploration: Clarence J. (Clancy) Wendt Max Resource Corp., incorporated in Alberta in 1994, is a mineral exploration compa...

Mining Explorers 2009: Imperial Metals Corporation 11/01/2009
III: TSX Chairman: Pierre Lebel President and COO: J. Brian Kynoch Vice President, Exploration: Patrick M. McAndless Imperial Metals Corp., organized in 2001, is a Vancouver-based miner focused on...

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: Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. 11/01/2009
EPL: TSX-V President and CEO: Tim J. Termuende Chief Financial Officer and Director: Glen J. Diduck Vice President, Exploration and Director: Charles C. Downie Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. is a 20-yea...

Mining Explorers 2009: B.C. explorers recover slowly 11/01/2009
Gold prices and federal funding for power line give boost to northern miners
Most of the mining companies looking for minerals in northern British Columbia ushered in 2009 with high hopes and little else. "It's a perfect storm. The credit crunch in the world financial system...

Mining Explorers 2009: Copper Ridge Explorations Inc. 11/01/2009
KRX: TSX-V President and CEO: Gerald G. Carlson Non-Executive Chairman: William M. Sheriff Vice President, Exploration: J. Greg Dawson Copper Ridge Explorations Ltd., incorporated 1983 British Colu...

Mining Explorers 2009: Canasia Industries Corp. 11/01/2009
CAJ: TSX-V Director: Graeme Sewell President and Director: Negar Towfigh Project geologist: E.R. Kruchkowski Canasia Industries Corp. is a Canadian exploration company dedicated to aggressive pursu...

Mining Explorers 2009: Pebble team focuses on engineering 11/01/2009
Developers budget US$20 million toward 2009 exploration drilling; rest pre-feasibility work
The Pebble Partnership, a 50-50 venture between Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and Anglo American plc, put together a 2009 budget of US$70 million focused on completing a pre-feasibility study for the...

Mining Explorers 2009: Merged juniors explore Whistler 11/01/2009
Rimfire, Geoinformatics join forces to explore enormous gold-copper prospect in Alaska
Kiska Metals Corp. emerged on the Alaska exploration scene as the result of a merger between Geoinformatics Exploration Inc. and Rimfire Minerals Corp. The amalgamated company has a portfolio of ten p...

Mining Explorers 2009: Gold fever heats up in Yukon 11/01/2009
Markets separate 'haves' from 'have-nots' in mining-friendly region
Recession, what recession? That could have been the cry of some gold exploration companies in Yukon Territory in 2009. Thanks to several very impressive gold discoveries in 2008 at a time of unpreced...

Mining Explorers 2009: Gold shines through financial cloud 11/01/2009
While base metal explorers struggled, gold seekers carried the torch in 2009
The plunge of base metal prices and turmoil in the financial markets caused explorers and producers alike to scale back exploration budgets for 2009. North of 60 Mining News estimates this year's expl...

Mining Explorers 2009: Western Copper Corp. 11/01/2009
WRN: TSX Co-chairman, President and CEO: F. Dale Corman Executive Vice President, Corporate Development: Paul West-Sells Vice President, Engineering: Jonathan Clegg Western Copper, incorporated in...

Mining News: Reclamation draws 200 to Yellowknife 09/27/2009
About 100 scientists, engineers, and regulators attended the 2009 Northern Latitudes Mining Reclamation Workshop held in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Sept. 8-11. Presenters delivered 22 profess...

Mining News: Majors discover value in Millrock 09/27/2009
Junior uses investments to expand portfolio of Alaska gold properties; restricts exploration focus to prospect for giant deposits
Built on a project generator model, Millrock Resources Inc. has teamed up with Kinross Gold Corp., Altius Resources Inc. and Vale Exploration Canada to seek out and explore new large gold and copper p...

Mining News: Minerals gain momentum as season wanes 09/27/2009
Average rate of gold investment around the world nearly doubles in past eight years as demand for metals increases exponentially
Although Alaska's summer field season is quickly coming to an end, the mineral industry continues to gain momentum thanks to rapidly increasing metals prices, fueled in part by growing industrial dema...

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: Seabridge refines vision for KSM Project 08/30/2009
Toronto junior lays groundwork for feasibility study, adds 22 adjacent claims to huge copper-gold property northwest of Stewart
Seabridge Gold Inc. is inching closer to production of one of the world's five-largest undeveloped gold deposits, the KSM Project located in the Iskut-Stikine region about 65 kilometers, or 40 miles,...

Mining News: Suit worries natural resources industry 08/30/2009
Trustees for Alaska sues state, claiming DNR and the Legislature created a scheme to skirt public comment of water use permits
Alaska's resource development community is responding en masse to a civil suit filed by environmental law firm Trustees for Alaska that contends permits issued by the Alaska Department of Natural Reso...