The deal, announced this week, would combine Contango Ore with Vancouver-based Dolly Varden Silver Corp. It’s the latest in a ...

Third in a three-story series on mining in Alaska published in a partnership between Inside Climate News and Northern Journal. Read parts one and two. COOK INLET — High in a mountain valley on the far ...

The long-planned Donlin Gold mine in Southwest Alaska is the latest Alaska project to gain the support of a federal agency seeking to streamline permitting. The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering ...

An aerial view of the tundra not far from the Pebble prospect. (Photo by Bretwood Higman, Erin McKittrick/Ground Truth Trekking via Creative Commons license) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

ESTER, Alaska—At a mining site here, Rod Blakestad cracked open a shiny rock with his pick. He found quartz, a sign that the rock may contain gold. But Blakestad, a veteran gold hunter, tossed the ...

Donald Trump Jr. is among the opponents of the Pebble Mine. He posted this photo of himself on Facebook in 2014. The Trump administration is reviving the hopes of the company behind the proposed ...

Since our last article, NovaGold Resources Inc. (ticker symbol “NG”) has gained 17.46% on the NYSE, outperforming the S&P 500 index, which had gained 1.11% at the time of writing. This upturn in the ...

Gold was discovered in the Fairbanks area in 1902 when Italian immigrant Felix Pedro struck it rich. He put Fairbanks on the map and thousands of men rushed to interior Alaska in search of the ...

The First Alaskans Institute’s annual gala awards rarely get much attention outside of the black-tie fundraiser where they’re given. The honors typically go to people whose work has aligned with the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through an Alaska wilderness to allow mining of copper, cobalt, gold and other minerals. The ...