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Western Alaska communities mourning the loss of 10 people killed in the Bering Air crash are coming together with tears, tributes and songs of remembrance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A search is underway for a small commercial plane that went missing in Alaska. AP correspondent Jennifer King reports.

Common eiders are the largest duck in the Northern Hemisphere, with some tipping the scales at nearly 6 pounds. They are also the most widely distributed and heavily harvested sea duck in the world. In North America alone, there are 4 subspecies of the common eider. On this episode, Dr. Sarah Gutowsky and Kate Martin join Dr. Mike Brasher for Part One of our in depth discussion about this highly prized bird. This episode covers all the basics, including how to identify them, where they breed and winter, what their nests look like, and what we've learned from recent research about their ecology and unexpected shenanigans during the nesting season. Tune in for a wealth of information as we lay the foundation for even more discussions to come.Listen now: www.ducks.org/DUPodcastSend feedback: DUPodcast@ducks.org

Kit Marrs, CEO of Western Alaska Minerals, discusses the company's drilling strategy for the Illinois Creek project this year, the importance of clear market messaging regarding silver and gold resources, and the evolving political landscape in the U.S. that may impact resource development. Kit says the company will focus on the high-grade tenor of Waterpump Creek in 2025 and look for resource expansion opportunities to direct drilling.

Kit Marrs, CEO of Western Alaska Minerals, discusses the recent developments in the Illinois Creek CRD project, the significance of mineralization transitions, market expectations, and the economic viability of their resources. The dialogue highlights the company's strategic focus on drilling and resource expansion, as well as the importance of upcoming studies to assess the project's potential.

As the storm hitting Western Alaska begins to subside, the aftermath is being revealed. That and more top news and weather on this Wednesday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reports of flooding and wind damage are coming in from many communities across Western Alaska following a large storm that moved through the area. Details from that plus all the day's top news and weather on this Tuesday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reports of flooding and wind damage are coming in from many communities across Western Alaska following a large storm that moved through the area.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Erik Wetterling, Founder and Editor of The Hedgeless Horseman website, joins us to discuss two junior resource companies that have put out recent news to the market; where he is attracted to the current value proposition.   Magna Mining Inc. (TSXV: NICU) (OTCQB: MGMNF) announced September 12th that it has entered into a definitive share purchase agreement dated September 11th2024 with a subsidiary of KGHM International Ltd to acquire a portfolio of copper, nickel, platinum, palladium assets located in the Sudbury Basin. Magna will acquire the producing McCreedy West copper mine, the past-producing Levack mine, Podolsky mine, and Kirkwood mine, as well as the Falconbridge Footwall (81.41%), Northwest Foy (81.41%), North Range and Rand exploration assets.*   Western Alaska Minerals (TSXV:WAM) (OTC: WAMFF) announced on September 10th an update on the 2024 discovery at the Warm Springs Target, on its 100% owned Illinois Creek project in western Alaska.  This is appearing to be a CRD type mineralization, where Silver-zinc-lead mineralization has been intersected Including 1.15 m @ 687 g/t Ag, 33.64% Pb, and also  2 m @ 88.5 g/t Ag, 2.39% Pb, 4% Zn.   * In full disclosure, the companies mentioned by Erik in this interview, are positions held in his personal portfolio, and also may be site sponsors of The Hedgeless Horseman website at the time of this recording.   * In full disclosure, Shad is also a shareholder of Magna Mining at the time of this recording.   Click here to visit Erik's site – The Hedgeless Horseman

Western Alaska Minerals published new drill results this week from the Warm Springs area of the Illinois Creek project. Results included 1.15 meters of 687 g/t Ag, 33.6% Pb and 3.2m of 88.5 g/t Ag, 2.4% Pb, 4.0% Zn. Kit Marrs talks about the complexities of Warm Springs and what it means for the overall system of mineralization.

Western Alaska Minerals (WAM) has reported the first drill results from the Warm Springs target, which showed the presence of precious metals and significant copper values. The company drilled a total of nine holes at Warm Springs and four holes at the LH target. The results indicate the discovery of a new major pathway for the proximal source of fluids, which is important in the CRD model. The drilling also revealed a continuum of mineralization from the Warm Springs Zone to Water Pump Creek, with different mineral compositions. The company plans to analyze the data and reevaluate the resource at the Illinois Creek mine.

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On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: It is Primary Election Day today. A series of large storms have left some Western Alaska communities grappling with flooding and erosion. And Wood Bison are being introduced to the Minto Flats State Game Refuge west of Fairbanks. Photo: Severe flooding is seen in the coastal community of Kwigillingok on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (Courtesy Lewis Martin)

It's the peak of tourism season in Alaska, so we're reading letters from tourists in our holdings! We'll hear from folks traveling the Inside Passage, through the Interior, and even out to Western Alaska.

Officials in Stebbins worked to put out a fire Wednesday night at the K-12 school in the Western Alaska community. The latest on that story and more news and weather on this Thursday morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Western Alaska Minerals is commencing drilling at the Illinois Creek project in Alaska. The goal is to link the 8km long system from Water Pump Creek to the past producing Illinois Creek Oxide Gold Silver Mine. The company will be drilling at LH and Warm Springs, targeting high-grade zones of massive sulfide. The historic drilling at LH and Warm Springs was focused on extending mineralization for mining and did not assay for lead, zinc, and silver. The current drilling program is budgeted for 4,000 meters, but there is room for expansion if necessary.

In this newscast: Security footage posted online shows Anchorage police killing an armed man last week, but a witness who owns the camera says her footage contradicts what officers say happened in the lead up to the shooting; The first Alaska woman has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences; The remote village of Golovin is the subject of a new documentary that shines a light on the unique hardships experienced living on the Western Alaska coast; A Homer man died Sunday morning after being attacked by a moose

Western Alaska Minerals CEO, Kit Marrs, discusses the company's recent financing and upcoming drilling program. Marrs explains that the timing of the financing was fortunate, and the company is now fully funded for the coming year. He also emphasizes the importance of cost efficiency and managing the company's capital reserves. Marrs mentions the potential for Water Pump Creek to contribute to the critical minerals pathway in the United States, particularly with regards to gallium extraction. He highlights the significance of gallium as a critical mineral and the potential for research funding in this area.

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In this morning's briefing: Western Alaska Minerals announced an increased brokered offering of up to $7 million; Filo Corp. announced assay results (yesterday) from eight holes from the Filo del Sol Project; Probe Gold announced the final set of results (28 holes) from Monique Val-d'Or, Quebec; Summa Silver provide assay results from its final two drill holes at Mogollon, New Mexico; and, Freegold Ventures announce drill start at Golden Summit. This episode of Mining Stock Daily is brought to you by...  Arizona Sonoran Copper Company (ASCU:TSX) is focused on developing its brownfield copper project on private land in Arizona. The Cactus Mine Project is located less than an hour's drive from the Phoenix International airport. Grid power and the Union Pacific Rail line situated at the base of the Cactus Project main road. With permitted water access, a streamlined permitting framework and infrastructure already in place, ASCU's Cactus Mine Project is a lower risk copper development project in the infrastructure-rich heartland of Arizona.For more information, please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.arizonasonoran.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Fireweed Metals is advancing 3 different projects within the Yukon and Northwest Territories, including the flagship Macmillan Pass Project, a large zinc-lead-silver deposit and the Mactung Project, one of the largest and highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world. Fireweed plans to advance these projects through exploration, resource definition, metallurgy, engineering, economic studies and collaboration with indigenous people on the path to production. For more information please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fireweedmetals.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Vizsla Silver is focused on becoming one of the world's largest single-asset silver producers through the exploration and development of the 100% owned Panuco-Copala silver-gold district in Sinaloa, Mexico. The company consolidated this historic district in 2019 and has now completed over 325,000 meters of drilling. The company has the world's largest, undeveloped high-grade silver resource. Learn more at ⁠https://vizslasilvercorp.com/⁠ Victoria Gold operates the Eagle Gold Mine within the Dublin Gulch Property. Eagle is the largest gold mine in Yukon's long history of gold production. In addition to the long-life Eagle Gold Mine, the Dublin Gulch property has upsized exploration potential including priority targets Raven and Lynx among others. Follow all the gold production and exploration news at ⁠vgcx.com⁠.

Western Alaska Minerals CEO Kit Marrs discusses the company's initial inferred resource for Waterpump Creek in the Illinois Creek Project in Alaska. The resource contains 75 million ounces of silver equivalent, with a high-grade of 977 grams per ton silver equivalent. The resource is relatively insensitive to cutoff grade, indicating a large margin for potential mining. Marrs also discusses the next round of growth, focusing on the LH South area and the Warm Springs target. The market reaction to the resource has been positive, with increased trading volume and a bounce in the company's share price. Marrs plans to start drilling in June and will announce the company's exploration plans for 2024.

Kit Marrs joins us from the AME Roundup Conference for a little be of a preamble of the companies work as they head into its initial resource estimate for Waterpump Creek. We talk about market expectations for CRD-system resources and Kit's own expectations for the report.

In this newscast: Wrangell's search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of the deadly November landslide used specially-trained dogs in the search; Amid prolonged salmon crises in Western Alaska, calls have grown for tribes to have a greater say in the way fisheries are managed; Mat-Su students and parents who sued the local district in November over the removal of books from school library shelves are asking a federal court to order the books back during the court case

Kit Marrs of Western Alaska Minerals provides a corporate editorial on the news out of the company today discussing a bit of a refinement in the exploration and development strategy heading into the new year. Kit talks about producing the project's first initial resource estimate after two years of drilling. He also shines some insight into the 6km of strike the project presents.

If the US is going to supercharge its production of electric vehicles and its batteries, it's going to need a lot more graphite.Graphite is a key battery component, and currently, much of the supply comes from China — particularly when it comes to the highly processed form used in electric vehicles (EV). Amid increasing tensions, the Chinese government placed new export controls on shipments of graphite on Dec. 1. And the recent move is getting attention in North America, where companies are eyeing graphite deposits that could feed the domestic supply chain. Some 30 miles outside Nome, supplies for Graphite One's remote mining exploration camp wait at a staging area the company uses for its helicopters. Credit: Berett Wilber/The World That includes Alaska's Seward Peninsula, the finger of land in the western end of the state that stretches toward Russia and the Bering Strait.This past summer, US Sen. Lisa Murkowski traveled to the area, to what the US Geological Survey says is the country's largest graphite deposit. She flew in by helicopter to the remote site tucked between mountains and a huge tidal estuary.There, she visited an exploration camp that belongs to a Canadian company, Graphite One. With help from the US government, it could one day become the site of a mile-wide, open pit mine. In Nome, US Sen. Lisa Murkowski walks away from a helicopter that flew her to the Graphite One project, a mining exploration camp that the Canadian company is developing to build an open pit graphite mine. Credit: Berett Wilber/The World While construction is still years away, the project is getting a grant of nearly $40 million from the US Department of Defense to speed up its development — a step that Murkowski supported.“If we're going to talk electric vehicles, if we're going to talk about the contents of your cell phone, you're going to want graphite,” she said in a video she later posted to social media. “You're going to want American graphite. And why not Alaskan graphite?”Graphite One is among a number of mining companies developing new mineral deposits in Alaska. And while this work is supported by the US government, many of the companies are headquartered in Canada or elsewhere.Gracelin Baskaran, a mining economist at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the US has not focused on mining in “a very long time.”“We have actually turned to companies like Rio Tinto, Anglo American, BHP,” she said. “We turn to these giant mining companies, and sometimes we forget that they're not American.”Some of the Indigenous people with ties to the area of the Alaska graphite deposit would rather see the graphite stay in the ground. Teller and Brevig Mission are the two Iñupiaq villages nearby, and Brevig Mission is only accessible by plane or boat. The nearest full-sized grocery store is 70 miles away, so many residents subsist on harvests of salmon, moose and berries in the vicinity of Graphite One's project. The main store in Teller lacks fresh produce and charges steep prices for groceries, making hunting and fishing essential for the village's Iñupiaq residents. Credit: Nathaniel Herz/The World “The further they go into the mine, our subsistence is just going to move further and further away from us,” said Gilbert Tocktoo, president of Brevig Mission's tribal government. “Sooner or later, it's going to become a question of: Do I want to live here anymore? Or do I want to make a choice to move?”Graphite itself isn't toxic, but Graphite One is still examining whether mining it could generate heavy metals. The mining techniques under consideration pose a relatively low risk, said Dave Chambers, president of the Montana-based Center for Science in Public Participation, which provides technical assistance to tribal and advocacy groups on mining issues. But, he added, that doesn't mean “no risk.”“There is always a possibility for some sort of catastrophic failure — but that doesn't happen very often,” he said. “There's also a possibility there will be no impact — that doesn't happen very often, either.”Some residents of the nearby villages say they're open to the development.“If it's good and clean, so be it — it's money,” said Nick Topkok, a Teller resident.Topkok, who was taking a break from hanging salmon to dry on the beach in his village of Teller, said he doesn't oppose Graphite One. Four in 10 residents live in poverty in Teller, and Topkok said a mine would create jobs in a place that needs them badly. Freshly cut salmon dries on racks in Teller, a traditional Iñupiaq village on Western Alaska's Seward Peninsula. Salmon are an essential food source for Teller residents, who must drive 70 miles on a gravel road to reach affordable groceries. Credit: Berett Wilber/The World He said it also might help the town finally get running water and sewer systems for the homes there; right now, nearly everyone in town uses what's known as honey buckets for their toilets.“It's money for 50 years or more,” he said. “I'll be dead by then. But it'll affect my kids financially.”Topkok's kids aren't in Teller right now. He said they moved away because there are no jobs in town. He's done some work driving boats for Graphite One in the past. And he said he thinks the mine can coexist with the locals and their fish and game harvests.“Anchorage, Alaska, you've got moose running around, you've got bears running around, they'll be adapted, you know,” he said. “It's going to take a year or two, and they'll be right there.”Graphite One's mine, if it's opened, would benefit the area economically. A regional Indigenous-owned corporation recently said it would invest $2 million in the project.But, ultimately, it's a foreign mining company that will be calling the shots — because Graphite One has the mining rights to the land, not Indigenous corporations or tribal governments. The Tuksuk Channel, which reaches inland to the Imuruk Basin and its surrounding tundra, is a vital area for harvests by residents of the nearby Iñupiaq villages of Brevig Mission and Teller. Credit: Berett Wilber/The World Graphite One's Canadian chief executive, Anthony Huston, pointed out that the project would come with other benefits: training, jobs and college scholarships.“I think to myself, ‘What can I do to give these people the potential for a job one day, the potential to put gas in their ski-doo, to be able to live and work and stay in their village, if that's what they choose to do?'” he said. “And that's where I see Graphite One really stepping in.”Huston said he understands the importance of protecting the environment and locals' subsistence harvests — and the company has spent some money to back up that commitment. Earlier this year, it decided to fly in fuel to its remote camp rather than barging it through an environmentally sensitive channel, which would have been cheaper. But objections remain. Conservation groups have challenged other large Alaska mining projects in the courts, and at least one has already expressed opposition to Graphite One. Company officials say they expect intense battles over permitting in the years to come.An earlier version of this story was produced by Northern Journal, APM Reports and Alaska Public Media as part of the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around the country.

If the US is going to supercharge its production of electric vehicles and its batteries, it's going to need a lot more graphite.Graphite is a key battery component, and currently, much of the supply comes from China — particularly when it comes to the highly processed form used in electric vehicles (EV). Amid increasing tensions, the Chinese government placed new export controls on shipments of graphite on Dec. 1. And the recent move is getting attention in North America, where companies are eyeing graphite deposits that could feed the domestic supply chain. Some 30 miles outside Nome, supplies for Graphite One's remote mining exploration camp wait at a staging area the company uses for its helicopters. Credit: Berett Wilber/The World That includes Alaska's Seward Peninsula, the finger of land in the western end of the state that stretches toward Russia and the Bering Strait.This past summer, US Sen. Lisa Murkowski traveled to the area, to what the US Geological Survey says is the country's largest graphite deposit. She flew in by helicopter to the remote site tucked between mountains and a huge tidal estuary.There, she visited an exploration camp that belongs to a Canadian company, Graphite One. With help from the US government, it could one day become the site of a mile-wide, open pit mine. In Nome, US Sen. Lisa Murkowski walks away from a helicopter that flew her to the Graphite One project, a mining exploration camp that the Canadian company is developing to build an open pit graphite mine. Credit: Berett Wilber/The World While construction is still years away, the project is getting a grant of nearly $40 million from the US Department of Defense to speed up its development — a step that Murkowski supported.“If we're going to talk electric vehicles, if we're going to talk about the contents of your cell phone, you're going to want graphite,” she said in a video she later posted to social media. “You're going to want American graphite. And why not Alaskan graphite?”Graphite One is among a number of mining companies developing new mineral deposits in Alaska. And while this work is supported by the US government, many of the companies are headquartered in Canada or elsewhere.Gracelin Baskaran, a mining economist at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the US has not focused on mining in “a very long time.”“We have actually turned to companies like Rio Tinto, Anglo American, BHP,” she said. “We turn to these giant mining companies, and sometimes we forget that they're not American.”Some of the Indigenous people with ties to the area of the Alaska graphite deposit would rather see the graphite stay in the ground. Teller and Brevig Mission are the two Iñupiaq villages nearby, and Brevig Mission is only accessible by plane or boat. The nearest full-sized grocery store is 70 miles away, so many residents subsist on harvests of salmon, moose and berries in the vicinity of Graphite One's project. The main store in Teller lacks fresh produce and charges steep prices for groceries, making hunting and fishing essential for the village's Iñupiaq residents. Credit: Nathaniel Herz/The World “The further they go into the mine, our subsistence is just going to move further and further away from us,” said Gilbert Tocktoo, president of Brevig Mission's tribal government. “Sooner or later, it's going to become a question of: Do I want to live here anymore? Or do I want to make a choice to move?”Graphite itself isn't toxic, but Graphite One is still examining whether mining it could generate heavy metals. The mining techniques under consideration pose a relatively low risk, said Dave Chambers, president of the Montana-based Center for Science in Public Participation, which provides technical assistance to tribal and advocacy groups on mining issues. But, he added, that doesn't mean “no risk.”“There is always a possibility for some sort of catastrophic failure — but that doesn't happen very often,” he said. “There's also a possibility there will be no impact — that doesn't happen very often, either.”Some residents of the nearby villages say they're open to the development.“If it's good and clean, so be it — it's money,” said Nick Topkok, a Teller resident.Topkok, who was taking a break from hanging salmon to dry on the beach in his village of Teller, said he doesn't oppose Graphite One. Four in 10 residents live in poverty in Teller, and Topkok said a mine would create jobs in a place that needs them badly. Freshly cut salmon dries on racks in Teller, a traditional Iñupiaq village on Western Alaska's Seward Peninsula. Salmon are an essential food source for Teller residents, who must drive 70 miles on a gravel road to reach affordable groceries. Credit: Berett Wilber/The World He said it also might help the town finally get running water and sewer systems for the homes there; right now, nearly everyone in town uses what's known as honey buckets for their toilets.“It's money for 50 years or more,” he said. “I'll be dead by then. But it'll affect my kids financially.”Topkok's kids aren't in Teller right now. He said they moved away because there are no jobs in town. He's done some work driving boats for Graphite One in the past. And he said he thinks the mine can coexist with the locals and their fish and game harvests.“Anchorage, Alaska, you've got moose running around, you've got bears running around, they'll be adapted, you know,” he said. “It's going to take a year or two, and they'll be right there.”Graphite One's mine, if it's opened, would benefit the area economically. A regional Indigenous-owned corporation recently said it would invest $2 million in the project.But, ultimately, it's a foreign mining company that will be calling the shots — because Graphite One has the mining rights to the land, not Indigenous corporations or tribal governments. The Tuksuk Channel, which reaches inland to the Imuruk Basin and its surrounding tundra, is a vital area for harvests by residents of the nearby Iñupiaq villages of Brevig Mission and Teller. Credit: Berett Wilber/The World Graphite One's Canadian chief executive, Anthony Huston, pointed out that the project would come with other benefits: training, jobs and college scholarships.“I think to myself, ‘What can I do to give these people the potential for a job one day, the potential to put gas in their ski-doo, to be able to live and work and stay in their village, if that's what they choose to do?'” he said. “And that's where I see Graphite One really stepping in.”Huston said he understands the importance of protecting the environment and locals' subsistence harvests — and the company has spent some money to back up that commitment. Earlier this year, it decided to fly in fuel to its remote camp rather than barging it through an environmentally sensitive channel, which would have been cheaper. But objections remain. Conservation groups have challenged other large Alaska mining projects in the courts, and at least one has already expressed opposition to Graphite One. Company officials say they expect intense battles over permitting in the years to come.An earlier version of this story was produced by Northern Journal, APM Reports and Alaska Public Media as part of the Public Media Accountability Initiative, which supports investigative reporting at local media outlets around the country.

We connect with Kit Marrs of Western Alaska Minerals. Kit travelled to Zurich straight from an important Alaska miners event. He shares some of the insights from that conference and why he believes the brightest days for Alaskan mining is in front of them. His company is also preparing for a larger 2024 drill program on the back of some geophysics data. They are also looking to publish an inaugural resource estimate.

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: At least a dozen school districts across Alaska received bomb threats by email Tuesday. Repairs are complete to a severed fiber optic cable affecting internet and cellular services to much of Northern and Western Alaska. And the opioid overdose treatment Narcan became available over the counter in pharmacies throughout Alaska last week.

This conversations recorded on goes Aug 18th goes into depth regarding the recent press release: https://ceo.ca/@accesswire/western-alaska-minerals-extends-mineralization-at-waterpump Western Alaska Minerals Extends Mineralization at Waterpump Creek     40.2 meters of 262 gpt Ag (8.4 opt), 10.9% Pb and 4.5% Zn, Including: 5.3 meters of 729 gpt Ag (23.4 opt), 24.1% Pb and 3.1 % Zn And Last Hurrah Drilling Cuts Strong Indicators of Proximity to Mineralization TUCSON, AZ / ACCESSWIRE / August 14, 2023 / Western Alaska Minerals (the "Company" or "WAM") (TSX-V:WAM) is pleased to report the first assay results from the initial step-out phase of its second-year drilling program at the 100% owned Waterpump Creek ("WPC") silver-rich Carbonate Replacement Deposit ("CRD"). Hole WPC23-0030 extends WPC to 495 meters in strike length. Highlights Step-out drill hole WPC23-0030: Last Hurrah Drilling: *Last Hurrah was coined by Anaconda in the 1980s as it was the last target to be drilled by Anaconda within the Illinois Creek Mining District. "We welcome this proof that high-grade mineralization at Waterpump Creek remains open to the south and that the distinctive CRD alteration seen there is turning up in our drilling 700m farther south at Last Hurrah," said Kit Marrs, CEO of Western Alaska Minerals. "We look forward to continuing drilling at Last Hurrah to find the sulphides that the alteration is telling us should be nearby and trace it back towards WPC, which may just be the tip of the finger of a major CRD manto". "It is always exciting to see this strength of BBQ fluorescence response in "Fugitive Calcite" veining in a new area. It says you're getting into the halo around something important" said Dr. Peter Megaw, technical advisor to WAM. "Fugitive calcite is the exhaust half of the replacement process and surrounds the sulphides we're looking for. Shortwave UV lights it up like fluorescent fur on a shaggy dog". I'm a PRIVATE INVESTOR, enjoying early retirement after a successful and fulfilling career managing investment portfolios with a focus on the resource sector (including oil and gas).  About me: I am completely independent. My only client is me. No one pays me, I don't sell subscriptions or offer sponsorship deals or special access to my trading info. Anything I write, record, post is done free. My money where my due diligence is and I explain why.I employ common sense, Fundamental, bottom-up analysis that incorporates but not limited to: currency exchange rates, cost of labor, raw materials cost, geology, Metallurgy, cost of capital, infrastructure, macro influencing factors, capital discipline by management, etc.  If the data changes (company, sector or macroeconomic environment) then I do, no emotion about it, let the data guide your investments.Twitter: https://twitter.com/drjimjonesceo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/docjonesresourceinvestor/message

Kit Marrs of Western Alaska Minerals is on MSD to talk about the latest drill result out of the Waterpump Creek CRD project. Hole 30 returned 40.2 meters of 262 gpt Ag (8.4 opt), 10.9% Pb and 4.5% Zn, Including: 5.3 meters of 729 gpt Ag (23.4 opt), 24.1% Pb and 3.1 % Zn. The company also shared visuals of a hole from the Last Hurrah target.

Western Alaska Minerals have published first step-out holes at Waterpump Creek. New Found Gold looks to work with Maritime Resources while Tomagold trying to achieve a stronghold at Chibougamau. Alpha Lithium publishes a PEA. Ascot Resources provides a construction update. Kingfisher begins drilling in the Golden Triangle. Aldebaran will continue with Altar. We'd like to thank our sponsors: Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 11 billion pounds of copper and 21 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. Arizona Sonoran Copper Company (ASCU:TSX) is focused on developing its brownfield copper project on private land in Arizona, a tier 1 location. The Cactus Mine Project is located less than an hour's drive from the Phoenix International airport via highway i-10, and with grid power and the Union Pacific Rail line situated at the base of the Cactus Project main road. With permitted water access, a streamlined permitting framework and infrastructure already in place, ASCU's Cactus Mine Project is a lower risk copper development project in the infrastructure-rich heartland of Arizona.For more information, please visit www.arizonasonoran.com. Fireweed Metals is advancing 3 different projects within the Yukon and Northwest Territories, including the flagship Macmillan Pass Project, a large zinc-lead-silver deposit and the Mactung Project, one of the largest and highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world. Fireweed plans to advance these projects through exploration, resource definition, metallurgy, engineering, economic studies and collaboration with indigenous people on the path to production. For more information please visit fireweedmetals.com.

Lots of drill results to report this morning, including the latest from Western Alaska Minerals, New Found Gold, DLP Resources and Liberty Gold. Los Andes Copper has a US$20M NSR deal. We'd like to thank our sponsors: Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 11 billion pounds of copper and 21 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. Arizona Sonoran Copper Company (ASCU:TSX) is focused on developing its brownfield copper project on private land in Arizona, a tier 1 location. The Cactus Mine Project is located less than an hour's drive from the Phoenix International airport via highway i-10, and with grid power and the Union Pacific Rail line situated at the base of the Cactus Project main road. With permitted water access, a streamlined permitting framework and infrastructure already in place, ASCU's Cactus Mine Project is a lower risk copper development project in the infrastructure-rich heartland of Arizona.For more information, please visit www.arizonasonoran.com. Fireweed Metals is advancing 3 different projects within the Yukon and Northwest Territories, including the flagship Macmillan Pass Project, a large zinc-lead-silver deposit and the Mactung Project, one of the largest and highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world. Fireweed plans to advance these projects through exploration, resource definition, metallurgy, engineering, economic studies and collaboration with indigenous people on the path to production. For more information please visit fireweedmetals.com.

We have exploration and corporate updates from Western Alaska Minerals, Provenance Gold, Enduro Metals, Discovery Silver, Meridian Mining and Bluestone Resources. We'd like to thank our sponsors: Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 11 billion pounds of copper and 21 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. ASCU is an early-stage copper developer and explorer of the Cactus Mine and its satellite project, Parks/Salyer, both situated on a 4km mine trend on private land in Arizona's porphyry copper district. Opportunity for significant growth and scale exist along the trend, while future capex requirements outlined in the Cactus PEA benefit from significant onsite and nearby access to infrastructure. The Company is led by an executive management team and Board which have a long-standing track record of successful project delivery in North America. For more information, please visit www.arizonasonoran.com. Fireweed Metals is advancing 3 different projects within the Yukon and Northwest Territories, including the flagship Macmillan Pass Project, a large zinc-lead-silver deposit and the Mactung Project, one of the largest and highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world. Fireweed plans to advance these projects through exploration, resource definition, metallurgy, engineering, economic studies and collaboration with indigenous people on the path to production. For more information please visit fireweedmetals.com.

In this newscast: The 50-year-old state ferry Columbia is out of service for at least a week due to maintenance issues A quarter of Petersburg’s Dungeness crabbing fleet is skipping the season because they expect low prices Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed funding for research on the chinook and chum salmon crisis in Western Alaska…

Kit Marrs of Western Alaska Minerals joins us for his corporate comments on the work planned this year for the Illinois Creek Mining District. The company is planning both in-fill drilling around the Waterpump Creek Prospect and some step-out exploration drilling at some key targets, including the Last Hurrah.

Amid a looming gas shortage, lawmakers discuss the expensive option of importing liquefied natural gas. Plus, Western Alaska prepares for flooding as ice jams move down the Yukon River.

Kit Marrs of Western Alaska Minerals Corp walks listeners through the successful exploration work in 2022 and the strategy and drill targets for this year at Illinois Creek in Alaska. The company is preparing some geophysical data work to pinpoint appropriate drill targets. Kit discusses these targeted areas while the company is currently in a financing round.

In this newscast: Juneau's cruise season will kick of next Monday with a vengeance; The US Forest Service is asking the public to get involved in creating a 10-year forest management plan for the Tongass National Forest; Two regional tribal organizations have sued the federal government over failed Western Alaska salmon runs

Thousands of years ago, people crossed a land bridge from Siberia to Western Alaska and dispersed southward into what we now call the Americas. The story of exactly when that was, how they did it, and who they were has fascinated us for a long time as excavations have uncovered pieces of those stories. University of Kansas Associate Professor of Anthropology Jennifer Raff joins us to talk about her book "Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas", digging into the ways modern genetics is being used to help us understand the history of people dispersing across the Americas. Along the...

Leah Gruhn has ridden the northern Minnesota winter ultra Arrowhead 135 for more than a decade, as well as the Tuscobia 160 and the Iditarod Trail Invitational 350. And in 2017 she and her husband jumped on their bikes in Banff Canada and rode south to the U.S. Mexico border in the Tour Divide. This winter she flew back to Alaska and rolled across Knik Lake and up the Iditarod Trail for the 1000-mile journey towards Nome. 21 days later she was the first, and only female to complete the entire journey across Alaska. She was kind enough to spend some time on Bike Talk with Dave just prior to heading south to Florida for a week of warmth! I enjoyed getting to know her, and I hope you will too! So grab cup of Chain and Spoke Coffee and enjoy the show!Thanks for tuning in to todays episode -and thanks to Leah for making time before trading snow drifts for sandy beaches! Look for her on instagram and facebook, doesn't sound like she's done with these great adventures! And later this week, I've got a bonus episode for you! Leah talked about how great it feels to reach Unakaleet on the Bering Sea and the pizza joint called Peace on Earth Pizza. When I was there in 2019 I talked with Peace on Earth owner Brett Hansen - it's pretty interesting how a little pizza joint in a small village on the Bering Sea can thrive serving all the villages in Western Alaska. I'd like to thank Chain and Spoke Coffee and Bikes for supporting the show - you can order your favorite blend now at chainandspoke.com or you can just stop by the first retail location in Des Moines, Iowa! Great coffee, great bikes! Service too! If you're headed across the country on either I-80 or I-35, stop on in!And thank you for listening to Bike Talk with Dave! If you'd like to support the show, you can do so by rating, reviewing and sharing! If you'd like to support the show financially, and help it improve, you can go to BuyMeACoffee.com and throw some change my way - I'll use it to make the podcast better AND I'll send you a Bike Talk sticker! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dmable122QWe've got a busy month ahead - this weekend the Trofeo Sabato Santo circuit race in Des Moines, and at the end of the month we'll be back on gravel enjoying the beautiful hills of Northeast Iowa in the Driftless 100! There's still time to join the fun at driftlessgravel.com. Hopefully we'll see you there! And in May, stage racing is back in the Midwest at the Three Days of Des Moines or Driedaagse Des Moines. May 12, 13 & 14 All categories. Race for GC on time or earn the green points jersey or go for polka dots in the KOM competition (yes... even in Iowa). Information here

New drill results from Bravo Mining, Minto Metals, Gold79 and Thesis Gold. Western Alaska Minerals has defined new targets for this year's exploration work. EV Nickel announced a maiden mineral resource estimate for the A Zone. We'd like to thank our sponsors: Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 11 billion pounds of copper and 21 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. ASCU is an early-stage copper developer and explorer of the Cactus Mine and its satellite project, Parks/Salyer, both situated on a 4km mine trend on private land in Arizona's porphyry copper district. Opportunity for significant growth and scale exist along the trend, while future capex requirements outlined in the Cactus PEA benefit from significant onsite and nearby access to infrastructure. The Company is led by an executive management team and Board which have a long-standing track record of successful project delivery in North America. For more information, please visit www.arizonasonoran.com. Fireweed Metals is advancing 3 different projects within the Yukon and Northwest Territories, including the flagship Macmillan Pass Project, a large zinc-lead-silver deposit and the Mactung Project, one of the largest and highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world. Fireweed plans to advance these projects through exploration, resource definition, metallurgy, engineering, economic studies and collaboration with indigenous people on the path to production. For more information please visit fireweedmetals.com.

We welcome in Joe Piekenbrock of Western Alaska Minerals to provide his summary of the 2022 drill results and the importance of exploring for new CRD systems in the United States.

We have lots of news to report this morning, including new drill results from Western Alaska Minerals, Arizona Sonoran Copper, and Faraday Copper. Western Copper and Gold are out with new drill results and met testing results. Heliostar will finance their latest acquisition. Collective Mining has commenced Phase II drilling. We'd like to thank our sponsors: Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 11 billion pounds of copper and 21 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. ASCU is an early-stage copper developer and explorer of the Cactus Mine and its satellite project, Parks/Salyer, both situated on a 4km mine trend on private land in Arizona's porphyry copper district. Opportunity for significant growth and scale exist along the trend, while future capex requirements outlined in the Cactus PEA benefit from significant onsite and nearby access to infrastructure. The Company is led by an executive management team and Board which have a long-standing track record of successful project delivery in North America. For more information, please visit www.arizonasonoran.com. Fireweed Metals is advancing 3 different projects within the Yukon and Northwest Territories, including the flagship Macmillan Pass Project, a large zinc-lead-silver deposit and the Mactung Project, one of the largest and highest-grade tungsten deposits in the world. Fireweed plans to advance these projects through exploration, resource definition, metallurgy, engineering, economic studies and collaboration with indigenous people on the path to production. For more information please visit fireweedmetals.com.

There are new drill results out form Integra Resources, Western Alaska Minerals, Collective Mining and Blackrock Silver. Hot Chili, Galway Metals, Meridian Mining and Banyan Gold provide important corporate updates. We'd like to thank our sponsors: Integra is a development-stage mining company focused on the exploration and de-risking of the past producing DeLamar gold-silver project in Idaho, USA. Integra is led by the management team from Integra Gold Corp. which successfully grew, developed and sold the Lamaque Project, in Quebec, for C$600m in 2017. Since acquiring the DeLamar Project in late 2017, the Company has demonstrated significant resource growth and conversion while providing robust economic studies in its maiden preliminary economic assessment and now pre-feasibility study. An independent technical report for the PFS on the DeLamar Project has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of NI 43-101 and is available under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.integraresources.com. Western Copper and Gold is focused on developing the world-class Casino project in Canada's Yukon Territory. The Casino project consists of an impressive 11 billion pounds of copper and 21 million ounces of gold in an overall resource. Western Copper and Gold trades on the TSX and the NYSE American with WRN. Be sure to follow the company via their website, www.westerncopperandgold.com. ASCU is an early-stage copper developer and explorer of the Cactus Mine and its satellite project, Parks/Salyer, both situated on a 4km mine trend on private land in Arizona’s porphyry copper district. Opportunity for significant growth and scale exist along the trend, while future capex requirements outlined in the Cactus PEA benefit from significant onsite and nearby access to infrastructure. The Company is led by an executive management team and Board which have a long-standing track record of successful project delivery in North America. For more information, please visit www.arizonasonoran.com.

Western Alaska Minerals CEO, Kit Marrs, joins us this morning for his corporate editorial on the company's latest drill results coming from hole WPC22-22 which hit 3 intervals of massive sulfide horizons. We discuss these results, their significance, and what the company has planned for the Waterpump CRD project for 2023.

This year, more than 78 million sockeye salmon returned to the estuaries of Western Alaska, a record high and a stark contrast with most salmon populations elsewhere as urban infrastructure and rising water temperatures threaten numerous species. University of Washington professor Daniel Schindler told Soundside that sockeye salmon have been climate change winners in recent years, but why is still an answer researchers are seeking an answer to.

Kit Mars, CEO of Western Alaska Minerals, gave us the history of the company leading up to those first remarkable drill results out of the Waterpump Creek project in Alaska.

A major storm heading toward Western Alaska could bring flooding and high winds. Also, U.S. Senate candidates share how they would support Southeast Alaska. And new rules in Sitka target short-term rentals by out-of-state homeowners.

Gabe Canfield "Kungunna" is Iñupiaq and was born in Fairbanks, AK but grew up in Ketchikan. Her family comes from Wales, Nome, and Ketchikan, and she now lives in Anchorage on Dena'ina Elnena. Gabe graduated from Dartmouth College in 2021 with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and Native American Studies, works at the Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association (YRDFA) as the Project Coordinator, and is excited to be working in the field of Indigenous advocacy and fisheries resource management into the future.  If you want to get in touch with Gabe, you can reach her by email (gabefloren@gmail.com) or find her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabe-canfield-aa4942151).  Find out more about YRDFA at https://yukonsalmon.org/.  Main point: Even the most complex fisheries systems can be sustainable.  -------   Get in touch with us!   The Fisheries Podcast is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @FisheriesPod    Become a Patron of the show: https://www.patreon.com/FisheriesPodcast   Buy podcast shirts, hoodies, stickers, and more: https://teespring.com/stores/the-fisheries-podcast-fan-shop   Thanks as always to Andrew Gialanella for the fantastic intro/outro music.   The Fisheries Podcast is a completely independent podcast, not affiliated with a larger organization or entity. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the podcast. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by the hosts are those of that individual and do not necessarily reflect the view of any entity with those individuals are affiliated in other capacities (such as employers).  

Jennifer Raff celebrated anthropologist reports 20,000 years ago, people crossed a great land bridge from Siberia into Western Alaska and then dispersed southward into what is now called the Americas. Until we venture out to other worlds, this remains the last time our species has populated an entirely new place, and this event has been a subject of deep fascination and controversy. No written records—and scant archaeological evidence—exist to tell us what happened or how it took place. Join us when Jennifer Raff examines her study if many different models which have been proposed to explain how the Americas were peopled and what happened in the thousands of years that followed on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large