Mining News Editor Rose Ragsdale and I would like to wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a Golden New Year!

We hope that this Holiday Season affords you the opportunity to spend time with your friends and family. Rose and I plan to do the same, so we will not be sending out North of 60 Mining News’ Weekly Online Newsletter on Dec. 29. We will resume the comprehensive mining news coverage you have come to expect on Jan. 5.

2011 has been a banner year for the mining industry across the Far North and the North of 60 Mining News team looks forward to providing our readers with in-depth reporting of the news and events that shape Alaska and Northern Canada’s minerals sector in the coming year.

We wish you the greatest success in your endeavors in 2012!

– Shane Lasley, publisher