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Alaska Man Monday: Gold, Fires, and the Value of Touching Grass
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (574+ words) Gold is in large part what made Alaska. The discovery made Alaska go, overnight, from "Seward's Folly" to the frantic destination for thousands of gold-seekers, from the Yukon to Nome. A lot of people died on those rugged trails, from…...
Alaska Antimony Breakthrough: Felix Reveals New Direct Smelting Path
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (492+ words) Never underestimate American ingenuity - and never underestimate Alaskan ingenuity. In the latest example of just that, the Felix Gold Company Ltd, which operated the Treasure Creek project in the interior, has developed a new process for smelting antimony that cuts…...
New Report Crowns Port Mac Kenzie Alaska Mineral Export Leader
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (448+ words) Alaska is, as I'm fond of pointing out, America's treasure chest. The Great Land has a surfeit of resources: Rare earth metals and other minerals, natural gas, oil, and much more. Of course, the greatest treasure in the world isn't…...
Nova Minerals Boosts Estelle Project With New High-Grade Gold Target
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (444+ words) There's gold in them thar Alaska hills, and it turns out there's more than previously thought. While Alaska is often associated with gold and gold rushes, from the Yukon to Nome, we're still finding more deposits, and improving technologies are…...
Project Vault: Trump's New $12 Billion Plan to Shield U. S. from China Mineral Dominance
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (404+ words) Now, the Trump administration has announced something called Project Vault, which will be a national critical minerals stockpile, sort of a Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but for minerals. President Donald Trump is set to launch a strategic critical-minerals stockpile with $12 billion…...
Venezuela's Rare Earths May Now Be America's Path to China Independence
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (301+ words) The deposition of Venezuelan dictator Nicol's Maduro has sparked questions about the country's future " and its vast natural resources. While many, including President Donald Trump, have focused on Venezuela's oil as a potential benefit to the U. S. , one expert says the…...
Alaska's Pebble Deposit: From Discovery to New Critical Security Asset
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (539+ words) All that's over now. Alaska is open for business, and America's treasure chest just opened a little wider with some new survey results in Alaska's Pebble deposits. Under the 2023 mine plan evaluated in the PEA, using the metal price assumptions…...
Alaska's Ambler Mining Road Now a Go: New Study Showing Minimal Impact on Caribou Range
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (450+ words) Last fall, President Trump authorized Alaska's Ambler Mining Road, which would run from the Dalton Highway near Wiseman to the Ambler Mining district, a distance of about 150 miles. The purpose is to allow for easier extraction and transport of the…...