MINING NEWS:Mining and fish can coexist 12/30/2007
Pebble spokesman tells Anchorage Chamber that there is precedent for enviro-responsible mining; partnership sets up in Anchorage
Sean Magee, spokesman for The Pebble Limited Partnership, told members of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Dec. 3 that the Pebble Mine Project could be developed in an environmentally and socially re...

MINING NEWS: Mining News Summary: '07 summer exploration results set stage for 'one heck of a 2008' 10/28/2007
The results from Alaska's summer field campaigns continue to pour in from all over the state, while field crews wind down their summer work and kick off their winter programs. If the results released...

MINING NEWS: Anglo CEO: Initiative will halt mining 10/28/2007
Top exec promises environmental protections for Bristol Bay; Pebble owners expand huge eastern copper-gold-molybdenum deposit
It would put a halt to activity around mining in Alaska." That's what Cynthia Carroll, president and CEO of global mining giant Anglo American plc, had to say about the Clean Water Initiative when as...

MINING NEWS: Ramras suspects payoffs at Pebble 09/30/2007
State legislator calls for AG to investigate rumors that Northern Dynasty bribed officials; Native leaders protest allegations
Village corporation leaders in the Bristol Bay region reacted angrily the week of Sept. 16 to remarks made by Rep. Jay Ramras, a Fairbanks Republican, suggesting that Northern Dynasty Mines paid area...

MINING NEWS: 'Termination dust' prods explorers to wrap up busy exploration season 09/30/2007
Even though the concept of global warming is a welcome idea to many companies working in Alaska, its effects are not being felt fast enough to allow companies to complete all of the work they had hope...

MINING NEWS: Alaska Mining News Summary: 'Holy Cow!' Explosion of activity across state 08/26/2007
As the late, great Phil Rizutto used to say when something amazing happened on the baseball field: "Holy Cow!" The last month has seen an explosion of activity across Alaska with companies working in...

MINING NEWS: Anglo American to steer Pebble project 08/26/2007
Northern Dynasty talked to several majors and has already attracted investment from Rio Tinto; new deal is worth $1.4 billion
Like a magnet, Pebble's inferred resources of 42.9 billion pounds of copper, 39.6 million ounces of gold and 2.7 million pounds of molybdenum attracted Anglo American to the southwest Alaska project....

MINING NEWS: Drilling deep, costs high at Pebble 07/29/2007
Northern Dynasty aims to triple the amount of drilling done last year using eight rigs operating 24/7, supported by helicopters
At the site of Alaska's most controversial mining project, Pebble, near-tranquility reigns. Out on the mossy tundra, surrounded by deep blue lakes and streams, mountains and sky, the drone from the dr...

MINING NEWS: Infrastructure ideal for New Afton project 04/29/2007
Costs will be kept low and labor force is available for New Gold's proposed copper-gold mine in south-central British Columbia
Vancouver-based New Gold plans to develop its New Afton copper-gold project into an underground block cave mine, based on a feasibility study the company released April 2. New Afton is located six mil...

MINING NEWS: Northern Dynasty tops most juniors on market cap 04/29/2007
Mining boom prompted accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to analyze top 100 companies listed on Canada's TSX Venture Exchange
Vancouver-based Northern Dynasty, whose sole asset is the Pebble project in southwest Alaska, is the only junior mining company to remain in the top five on the TSX Venture Exchange or TSX-V by market...