...of Ketchikan. The 25,000-foot drilling program will assess the gold, silver, copper and zinc resources. No actual mining is planned. Iwanaka said exploration could last through December.

...of Atlin. They continue to review specific technical issues as Redfern works toward road construction next year and actual mining operations in 2002. The plan is to extract zinc, silver, copper, lead and gold for 10 years. But the administrations...

...costs and to move its facilities to the Jualin site, which is on the Berners Bay side of Lions Head Mountain. The actual mining will be done on the Kensington site, which is on the other side of the mountain. Ore will be transported to the Jualin...

...of Atlin. They continue to review specific technical issues as Redfern works toward road construction next year and actual mining operations in 2002. The plan is to extract zinc, silver, copper, lead and gold for 10 years. But the administrations...

...000-acre area surrounding Chickaloon. The president of the Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said that any actual mining would largely be underground with little impact on the terrain, rivers or Chickaloon's 250 residents. Any work...

...the proposal is." The nonprofit fishery association's board likely will discuss the project at its September meeting - after this summer's exploration but long before state and federal regulators could approve actual mining operations.

...They are only doing exploration at this point. No actual mining operation has been proposed," Benson said. "So it's really too early to comment on any actual mining operation. They have done a pretty extensive effort...