Mining News: Geophysics reveal deep targets at Man 01/17/2010
Pure Nickel plans to drill targets in large conductive bodies located below two areas of its nickel-copper-PGE property in Alaska
During their first exploration season as joint venture partners at the Man nickel-copper-platinum group element project in Interior Alaska, Pure Nickel Inc. and Itochu Corp. said they discovered compe...

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: 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: 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...

Oil Patch Bits: Solstice Advertising receives eight MarCom Awards 11/15/2009
Solstice Advertising LLC said Oct. 30 that it has been awarded nine international MarCom Awards, four of which are at the platinum level. The agency also received four gold awards and one honorable me...

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: 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: Hard Creek Nickel Corp. 11/01/2009
HNC: TSX President and CEO: Mark Jarvis Executive Vice President: Neil Froc Manager of Geology: Tony Hitchins Hard Creek Nickel Corp., organized 26 years ago in British Columbia, is developing its...

Mining Explorers 2009: JV seeks base metals, PGEs at Man 11/01/2009
Pure Nickel, Itochu explore high-grade nickel-copper-PGE property in Alaska
Forging a partnership in 2008 on the Man Project in Alaska, Pure Nickel Inc. and Itochu Corp. launched a US$4.9 million exploration program at the high-grade nickel-copper-platinum group element prope...

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: Starfield Resources Inc. 11/01/2009
SRU: TSX / SRFDF:OTCBB President and CEO: André J. Douchane Chief Financial Officer: Greg Van Staveren Vice President of Exploration: Raymond Irwin Starfield Resources Inc. is a 25-year-old advanced...

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...

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...

Arctic Directory: CH2M Hill showcases solutions at energy summit 09/20/2009
In January, CH2M Hill, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction and operations firm announced its platinum sponsorship and participation in the World Future Energy Summit held in A...

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: Alaska explorers hit potential pay dirt 08/30/2009
Miners report encouraging exploration results in their search for a range of commodities, from the expected to the unpronounceable
They say when it rains, it pours, and that is just what is happening with news from field programs all over Alaska. Results from summer 2009 programs are pouring in from the Brooks Range to Prince of...

Mining News: 260,000 abandoned mines still mar West 07/26/2009
GAO: States assess functional royalties on hardrock mining; Murkowski urges caution as U.S. Senate debates modernizing mining law
Though Alaska has more than 7,300 abandoned hardrock mine sites, most of which are located on federal lands, the state's problems are relatively small potatoes compared with the estimated 260,000 aban...

Mining News: Mining industry gears up for new season 05/31/2009
Worldwide economic uncertainties persist, though metals prices are climbing and some investors are snapping up bargain properties
Spring has arrived in Alaska and the mining industry is heading to the hills to do its work. Compared to last year, the state is a quiet place in the sun due to drastically reduced exploration and dev...

Mining News: Mineral Roundup in the Northwest Territories 03/29/2009
The Northwest Territories has four operating mines: three diamond producers and one long-running tungsten operation. Exploration and development activity was brisk in 2008 with the most advanced proje...

Mining News: PDAC offers miners feast of information 03/29/2009
Annual convention, trade show brings world mining industry together for premium networking, learning and marketing opportunities
TORONTO – For a first-timer, attending the 77th Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada annual International Convention, Trade Show and Investors Exchange overwhelmed, teased, tantalized and...

Mining News: Mineral Roundup in Nunavut Territory 02/22/2009
Producing mines Early in 2008, Tahera Diamond Corp., owner and operator of Jericho Diamond Mine – Canada's third, and Nunavut's first diamond mine – filed bankruptcy and sought creditor protection....

Mining News: Base metal price slump stings industry 02/22/2009
Drop in industrial metal values hammers Alaska, Northwest Canada producers, explorers; analysts hope stimulus will hasten recovery
The plummet in base metal prices in 2008 will be felt across Alaska and Northwest Canada's mining sectors. Miners of the far north reaches of North America enjoyed a bounty when base metal prices reac...

Mining News: Alaska mining project roundup 01/25/2009
Alaska saw robust mining activity in 2008 across the full spectrum of the industry, from small placer operations to major producers, and from exploration programs to advanced development projects. Her...

Oil Patch Bits: CH2M Hill showcases solutions at energy summit 01/25/2009
In January, CH2M Hill, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction and operations firm announced its platinum sponsorship and participation in the World Future Energy Summit held in A...

Mining News: 2008: A truly memorable year for mining 12/28/2008
Despite industry's tumultuous year, a decades-old truism that 'good projects get funded and good mines make money' offers comfort
As 2008 winds inexorably to a close, I found myself looking for words adequate to describe what will go down in history as one of the most memorable years in many a moon. Words like tumultuous, unpred...