Most placer mining operations in Alaska are small, but combined they bring in more than $100 million a year. That’s according to a new study from the Alaska Miners Association looking at the economic ...

Plans are being made to expand production further in future and to add additional placer mining operations to provide additional cash flow to the Company Edmonton, Alberta--(Newsfile Corp. - August 20 ...

Golden Cariboo Resources Ltd. (the "Company") (CSE:GCC) (OTC:GCCFF) (WKN:A402CQ) (FSE:3TZ) announces the launch of its autumn surface drilling campaign at the Company's flagship Quesnelle Gold Quartz ...

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Using excavators in or near streambeds to dig up gravel and sand in the hunt for gold can be devastating for fish and fish habitat, says the BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council, which is ...

PESHAWAR: Following revelations of massive irregularities in the auction of placer gold blocks, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has ordered a comprehensive inquiry into the entire process of placer ...

The Klondike Placer Miners' Association says it's pausing all engagement and high-level discussions with the Yukon government until the government comes up with a solution to expedite licence renewals ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (CN) - A massive mining project will destroy the landscape and divert and pollute water from creeks in a pristine Montana mountain chain and wilderness, a placer mining company claims ...

LITHIA, FL–(Marketwire – Mar 26, 2012) – American International Ventures, Inc., (“AIVN”) Symbol (OTCBB: AIVN) (OTCQB: AIVN), proudly announces today that AIVN has acquired one hundred percent of the ...

Terry Teegee is Regional Chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations. Calvin Sandborn is a long-time advocate for environmental law reform. Helmcken Falls is a beloved landmark in Wells ...

Using excavators in or near streambeds to dig up gravel and sand in the hunt for gold can be devastating for fish and fish habitat, says the BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council, which is ...

Stuart Schmidt says the adversarial nature of the permitting process is dividing Yukoners when it should be building bridges. (Nancy Schmidt) A longtime Yukon placer miner says the territory's ...