Once a bustling gold mining town in the early 1900s, Ester — located just west of Fairbanks off the George Parks Highway — has evolved into a vibrant community rich with history, art and ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Justin Peterson, a 41-year-old gold miner in Alaska who has built ... you have to dive dredge, which is a form of placer mining.

Bristol Bay region in Alaska is key state region for wild salmon, but also holds sizable copper and gold deposits. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has blocked development of Pebble Mine ...

This open-pit gold mining venture ... The proposed mining project would be Alaska’s largest suction dredge mining operation and the first in an undisturbed estuary. This concerns tribal groups ...

The state’s bipartisan delegation supports the Donlin open-pit gold mine, despite a push from tribes to pull Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to oppose to the Trump-approved project. Alaska ...

In Interior Alaska, a company is preparing to start production at a large gold mine near the Native Village of Tetlin. A former tribal chief greenlit the mine and leased mineral exploration rights ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world, arguing that federal agencies failed to properly analyze ...

(Reuters) -Canada's Barrick Gold said on Tuesday it will exit the Donlin gold Project in Alaska by selling its 50% stake to billionaire John Paulson and NovaGold Resources for up to $1.1 billion.

Barrick Gold ABX0.92%increase; green up pointing triangle entered a deal to sell its stake in an Alaskan gold project for as much as $1.1 billion to affiliates of billionaire John Paulson’s ...