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 ...

Contango Ore helped build Alaska’s newest major mine. Its merger with and Dolly Varden Silver comes amid a flurry of deals in ...

The Eskay Creek project is one of several prospective mines near the British Columbia-Alaska border, where the government and ...

Developers’ efforts to overturn the cancellation of a vast gold and copper mine planned for southwest Alaska are getting a boost from national mining and pro-business groups, including the U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – 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 long-debated ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...