Mining News: Brixton goes public; plans 2011 drilling 12/19/2010
Amassing a huge land position in Alaska and picking up a promising gold-silver project in B.C., new junior plans robust programs
Brixton Metals Corp., the newest explorer and among the largest landowners in the Kahiltna Terrane region of Southwest Alaska, is on a mission to acquire large-scale precious metals properties and adv...

2010 Mining Explorers: Teck Resources Ltd. 10/31/2010
TSX: TCK.A, TCK.B and NYSE: TCK Chairman: Norman Keevil President and CEO: Donald Lindsay Vice President, Exploration: Fred Daley Teck Resources Ltd. is looking forward to 20 more years of high-grad...

2010 Mining Explorers: Junior delivers big projects to majors 10/31/2010
Teck joins a growing list of global miners seeking projects generated by Millrock, while juniors also grab some of the action
Since its inception in 2007, Millrock Resources Inc.'s modus operandi is to seek out early-stage mineral prospects in Alaska and Arizona, complete initial exploration and then joint venture the projec...

2010 Mining Explorers: Kiska gains sole ownership of Whistler 10/31/2010
Kennecott backs out of gold-copper property, options nearby prospect to junior
When Rimfire Minerals Corp. and Geoinformatics Exploration Inc. joined forces to form Kiska Metals Corp. in the fall of 2009, the primary objective of the amalgamated junior was to resolve the tenure...

2010 Mining Explorers: Explorers trek to Last Frontier 10/31/2010
Geologists seek next world-class deposit in rugged, under-explored state
The Last Frontier, as Alaska has long been labeled, is as applicable a moniker today as it was to prospectors who ventured to the territory at the end of the 19th century. Alaska is considered one of...

Mining News: Alaska copper exploration makes comeback 10/31/2010
Resurgence in 2010 rivals heady 1970s when explorers focused on the bright metal, while prospecting for gold was an afterthought
As termination dust falls across most of Alaska, the curtain has come down for the bulk of the exploration projects around the state; however, mine development programs as well as mine-site exploratio...

Mining News: Explorers descend on Kahiltna Terrane 06/27/2010
Geologists scour this rugged, mineral-rich, but underexplored Alaska region known to produce huge porphyry copper-gold deposits
From the enormous Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum project to grassroots gold and copper discoveries, the Kahiltna Terrane of Southwest Alaska is becoming a hot destination for mining companies seeking t...

Mining News: Millrock projects attract global miners 05/30/2010
Teck options Alaska gold property to become latest major to partner with junior on copper and gold prospects that it generates
When the financial storm of late 2008 wreaked havoc on global markets, Millrock Resources Inc. refrained from splurging its precious cash on expensive drill campaigns. But it didn't it sit idly by wai...

Mining News: Alaska climbs higher in Fraser rankings 05/30/2010
State makes impressive showing among 72 mining jurisdictions worldwide; industry response to annual index results lacks enthusiasm
The annual Fraser Institute "Report on Mining Companies, 2009-2010" was recently released to a thundering silence. Several oddball items may help explain the lackluster response, but Alaska fared well...

Mining News: To buy back interest in Whistler or not 04/25/2010
That is the question for Kennecott, as Kiska Metals conducts early season exploration program at the enormous gold-copper property
Eager to discover whether Rio Tinto Ltd. subsidiary Kennecott Exploration Inc. will exercise its right to buy back a 60 percent stake in the Whistler gold-copper project, Kiska Metals Corp. has launch...

Mining News: Terrane wreck lures explorers to Alaska 02/28/2010
Nearly 400 million years of mineral-rich formations crashing into each other created among world's most prospective geology
Geologically, Alaska is a terrane wreck, with multiple tectonic plates dumping their mineral payloads over the landscape. Geologists are still sifting through the wreckage in many places across the st...

Mining News: Statistics show mining matters to Alaska 02/28/2010
Economic benefits of industry include paying state's second-highest average wages, substantial share of some local, borough taxes
The Alaska Miners Association recently released an economic benefits summary of the Alaska mining industry. This summary indicated that in 2009 the Alaska mining industry provided 3,300 direct jobs al...

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: 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: 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...