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

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

A major mining company is pulling out of Western Alaska’s Donlin Gold project, selling most of its shares to a U.S. billionaire with a history of investing in gold. Barrick Gold Corp., a Canadian ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Reeves sisters grew up playing in dirt in the Interior. Now they own and operate Gold Daughters. Ilaura and Jordan’s childhood was filled exploring a gold dredge and panning for gold. They’re the ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Alaska Public Media. The Tulsequah Glacier meanders down a broad valley in northwest British Columbia, 7 ...