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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 ...

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A Yukon placer miner says delays in the territory's permitting process could cost him his mining season this year. Riley Gibson was born and raised in the Yukon and he co-owns a placer mining company ...

The Dawson City, Yukon's Chamber of Commerce (DCCC) and the Klondike Visitor's Association (KVA) are the latest organizations to show their support for the Klondike Placer Miner's Association (KPMA) ...