Contango is now seeking to grow by using a similar model in Southcentral Alaska: It aims to develop two more gold mines by the end of the decade that, like Manh Choh, would ship raw ore rather than ...

NOVAGOLD is entering a pivotal new phase as it advances the Donlin Gold Project toward a construction decision, buoyed by ...

A year ago, Alaska’s miners were selling gold at what seemed like a great price: around $2,200 per ounce. Today, that number sounds like a steal. After a historic surge in value, gold is now selling ...

A layer of ancient volcanic ash is exposed in a core sample at the Donlin Mine exploration camp on Aug. 11, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Supreme Court is considering a pair ...

Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old who had a medical emergency while in an abandoned mine on an island in Alaska, but they were unsuccessful, officials said. The group attempted CPR on ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The world's biggest undeveloped gold and copper mining project, planned in southwestern Alaska near the largest fishery for sockeye salmon globally, moved a step closer ...

Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse has little patience left for mines that aren’t getting built. After 40 years in Alaska’s mining industry, he is tired of permitting delays, lawsuits and the state’s lack of ...

Fellow rock hunters tried to save a 50-year-old from Washington state after a medical emergency in an abandoned gold mine in Alaska, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto Fellow rock hunters tried ...