Alaska 2018--Mining in Review

The planned work consists of continued community engagement, 2,000 meters of core drilling to tighten drill spacing within the identified mineral resource, collection of core samples to be used for additional metallurgical test work, assessment of various alternative project access routes, and reconnaissance level fish and wildlife surveys. * The big news was the announcement that 50/50 partners NovaGold Resources and Barrick Gold received major permits from two federal agencies on the Donlin gold project. The US Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Land Management issued a joint Record of Decision for the project four months after the publication of the Final Environmental Impact Statement, marking the completion of the multi-year federal environmental review process through the National Environmental Policy Act. In 1971, six years before it was required by federal law, the mine pioneered a successful reclamation program including the now-standard process of recontouring and reseeding disturbed areas with a mixture of grasses and plants indigenous to the northern regions. Since 1971, more than 5,500 acres of land have been reclaimed. The inferred resource for the Zackly deposit is 3.4 million tonnes grading 1.2% copper, 2.0 gpt gold, and 14 gpt silver (41,200 tonnes of copper, 213,000 ounces of gold, and 1.5 million ounces of silver). * Alaska newcomer New Age Metals announced a lease-purchase option with a private Alaska corporation Anglo Alaska Gold to acquire the Genesis platinum group metal prospect north of Valdez.