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: 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: 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: 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 Explorers 2009: Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. 11/01/2009
PGD: TSX Chairman and CEO: Eric Friedland President: Brooke Clements Vice President, Exploration VP: Peter Holmes Since 2002 Peregrine has focused on diamond exploration in northern Canada, acquiri...

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: 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...

Mining Explorers 2009: Kivalliq Energy Corp. 11/01/2009
KIV: TSX-V President and CEO: John Robins Chairman: Rob Carpenter Vice President, Exploration: Jeff Ward Kivalliq Energy Corp. is a uranium exploration and development company created in early 2008...

Mining Explorers 2009: Kaminak Gold Corporation 11/01/2009
KAM: TSX-V President and CEO: Rob Carpenter Chairman: John Robins Chief Geologist: Craig S. Finnigan Kaminak Gold Corp., formed in 2005 in British Columbia, is a prospect generator recently focused...

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: 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: 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: Commander Resources Ltd. 11/01/2009
CMD: TSX-V President and CEO: Kenneth Leigh Chairman: David Watkins Vice President, Exploration: Bernard H. Kahlert Commander Resources Ltd., incorporated in 1987 in British Columbia, is a diversifie...

Mining Explorers 2009: Explorers seek Arctic riches 11/01/2009
Far North minerals, diamonds still beckon to investors in down year
Mineral-rich Nunavut Territory celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2009 and mining explorers seeking diamonds and precious and base metals brought their drills to the party. The territory, home to only...

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: Bokan Mountain deposit is rare earth 11/01/2009
Ucore focuses on exploration of strategic rare earth elements in Southeast Alaska
Ucore Uranium Inc., a junior based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has shifted its primary focus at the Bokan Mountain Granite complex in Southeast Alaska from uranium to rare earth elements. Ucore changed...

Mining Explorers 2009: Discovering Nunavut: 10 years of growth and opportunities ahead 11/01/2009
Nunavut was created on April 1, 1999. The new territory and the public government, in which I am proud to be the Minister of Mines, was created as part of the largest aboriginal land claims settlement...

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: Uranium North Resources Corp. 11/01/2009
UNR - TSX-V President and CEO: Mark Kolebaba Director: Stuart (Tookie) Angus Vice President, Exploration: Allan Armitage Between 2002 and 2005, Diamonds North aggressively acquired 27 million acre...

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: Recession walloped exploration spending 10/25/2009
As drought in available venture capital eases, miners seeking acquisitions would do well to accelerate the pace of purchases
As the active exploration season winds down in Alaska, both good news and bad is afoot and both sets of news turn out to be the same data. Double speak you say? Read on and judge for yourself. Halifa...

Oil Patch Insider: Canada takes delivery of two Arctic submarines 10/04/2009
The Canadian government has taken delivery of two remote-controlled submarines that will be used in mapping the Arctic seabed. The program's purpose is to document Canada's territorial claims in the A...

Mining News: Step-out drilling expands Golden Saddle 09/27/2009
Underworld Resources continues to explore prospects at White Gold Project; other juniors scramble to line up their own programs
The hunt for gold launched by Underworld Resources Inc. more than a year ago in Yukon Territory's Dawson Mining District is yielding more encouraging results for the junior at its White Gold Project....

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...