Live Activity
The Drill Grid
Who’s working right now across the states of the Season 1 tour: the mines producing today, the drills turning, and the next generation moving through permitting. Every pin carries its source.
Idaho
- Producing
Hecla Mining
Lucky Friday · Mullan, Idaho
Silver · Lead · Zinc
One of the deepest mines in the United States.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Bunker Hill Mining
Bunker Hill Mine · Kellogg, Idaho
Silver · Lead · Zinc
Shipped its first concentrate in 45 years in June 2026.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Drilling & building
Perpetua Resources
Stibnite Gold Project · Yellow Pine, Idaho
Gold · Antimony
America’s only planned domestic primary antimony source.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Exploring & permitting
IDEX Metals
Freeze (Kismet target) · Adams-Washington counties, Idaho
Copper · Molybdenum · Tungsten
Re-assays confirmed broad tungsten alongside the copper-moly system; early stage, no resource estimate yet.
SourceVerified 2026-07-11
- Producing
Idaho Strategic Resources
Golden Chest Mine · Murray, Idaho
Gold
Currently the only producing hard-rock gold mine in Idaho.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
Integra Resources
DeLamar · Silver City, Idaho
Gold · Silver
A 2026 feasibility study outlines a ten-year mine reviving the historic DeLamar silver district.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
Revival Gold
Beartrack-Arnett · Salmon, Idaho
Gold
The largest past-producing gold mine in Idaho, now being drilled deeper for underground ore.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Exploring & permitting
Liberty Gold
Black Pine · Cassia County, Idaho
Gold
Prime visit watch — not a partnership. Past-producing oxide heap-leach. Company released a feasibility study 8 Sep 2026 and is advancing permitting and engineering.
SourceVerified 2026-09-08
- Exploring & permitting
Idaho Copper
CuMo · Idaho City, Idaho
Copper · Molybdenum · Silver
One of the largest undeveloped molybdenum deposits in the world, 14 miles north of Idaho City.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
American Tungsten
IMA Mine · Patterson, Idaho
Tungsten · Molybdenum · Silver
America’s second-largest tungsten mine in 1938; the company is now testing a restart.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
Thunder Mountain Gold
South Mountain · Owyhee County, Idaho
Zinc · Silver · Gold · Copper
Anaconda mined here in the 1940s; a 10,000-foot drill program restarted in 2026.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Exploring & permitting
Excellon Resources
Kilgore · Clark County, Idaho
Gold
A caldera-hosted gold system in the Centennial Mountains, cleared for drilling by a federal court.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
Montana
- Producing
Montana Resources
Continental Pit · Butte, Montana
Copper · Molybdenum
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Sibanye-Stillwater
Stillwater Mine · Nye, Montana
Platinum · Palladium
America’s only primary platinum and palladium mines.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Exploring & permitting
Sandfire Resources America
Black Butte · Meagher County, Montana
Copper
Reserves extended mine life to 12 years per July 2026 update.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Magris Talc
Yellowstone Mine · Cameron, Montana
Talc
North America’s largest talc mine has shipped ten million tons over eighty years.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Producing
United States Antimony
Thompson Falls antimony smelter · Thompson Falls, Montana
Antimony
A smelter rather than a mine: it is adding nine furnaces under a federal award to rebuild domestic antimony supply.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Exploring & permitting
U.S. Critical Materials
Sheep Creek · Ravalli County, Montana
Rare earths · Gallium · Niobium
Surface samples graded above ten percent total rare earth oxides, among the highest reported in America.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
Wyoming
- Producing
Ur-Energy
Lost Creek ISR · Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Uranium
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Cameco
Smith Ranch-Highland · Converse County, Wyoming
Uranium
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Drilling & building
American Rare Earths
Halleck Creek · Albany County, Wyoming
Rare earths
One of the largest rare earth resources in the country.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Drilling & building
Rare Element Resources
Bear Lodge · Crook County, Wyoming
Rare earths
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Drilling & building
Ramaco Resources
Brook Mine · Sheridan, Wyoming
Coal-hosted rare earths
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Ur-Energy
Shirley Basin ISR · Shirley Basin, Wyoming
Uranium
Mining restarted here in April 2026, in the district where in-situ uranium recovery was invented.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Producing
WE Soda
Westvaco and Granger trona operations · Green River, Wyoming
Trona · Soda ash
Bought from Genesis Alkali for 1.4 billion dollars in 2025, creating the world’s largest soda ash producer.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Exploring & permitting
Visionary Metals
Tin Cup · King Solomon · Jeffrey City, Wyoming
Nickel · Copper
Nickel-copper targets in the Granite Mountains, with a 2026 drill program funded by Teck.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
Nevada
- Producing
Nevada Gold Mines
Carlin Complex · Carlin, Nevada
Gold
Barrick and Newmont JV: the largest gold-mining complex in the world.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Albemarle
Silver Peak · Clayton Valley, Nevada
Lithium
America’s only producing lithium operation.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Drilling & building
Lithium Americas
Thacker Pass · Humboldt County, Nevada
Lithium
Under construction on one of the largest known US lithium resources.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Drilling & building
Hycroft Mining
Hycroft Mine · Winnemucca, Nevada
Gold · Silver
Large gold-silver system west of Winnemucca on the Nevada silver & emerging-plays tour leg.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Drilling & building
i-80 Gold
Granite Creek · Humboldt County, Nevada
Gold
Underground gold project ~northeast of Winnemucca on the Getchell trend; flagship in i-80’s Nevada portfolio (also Ruby Hill, Lone Tree, Cove).
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Drilling & building
i-80 Gold
Ruby Hill · Eureka, Nevada
Gold · Silver
Battle Mountain–Eureka trend complex near Eureka, including Archimedes underground and Mineral Point open-pit work.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Drilling & building
Guardian Metal Resources
Pilot Mountain · Mina, Nevada
Tungsten · Silver · Copper · Zinc
Took a 6.2 million dollar Defense Production Act award, the only US tungsten project to receive one.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
Western Exploration
Aura (Doby George · Gravel Creek) · Mountain City, Nevada
Gold · Silver
Gold and silver deposits about 100 kilometres north of Elko, with Doby George advancing toward permitting.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
Headwater Gold
Spring Peak · Aurora district, Nevada
Gold · Silver
Selected for the federal FAST-41 permitting track, beside the historic Aurora mine.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Exploring & permitting
Maverick Gold and Silver
Jericho · Stateline district · Lincoln County, Nevada
Gold · Silver
Low-sulphidation epithermal option ~40 km northeast of Pioche near the Nevada–Utah line; first-phase mapping and sampling done, drill intent for 2026.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Exploring & permitting
Maverick Gold and Silver
Gator · Pershing · Lander Counties, Nevada
Gold · Silver
Battle Mountain district option ~56 km south-southwest of Battle Mountain (Gator South + GSX); geophysics and mapping toward a 2026 drill decision.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
California
- Drilling & building
Four Nines Gold
Hayden Hill · Lassen County, California
Gold · Silver
Past-producing district ~2.5 hours from Reno; first modern drill campaign in nearly three decades (maiden holes underway 2026). Plotted as a watch west of the Nevada line — not a Season 1 tour stop. Appearing here is not a partnership.
SourceVerified 2026-09-08
Utah
- Producing
Rio Tinto Kennecott
Bingham Canyon · Salt Lake County, Utah
Copper · Molybdenum · Tellurium
The largest man-made excavation on Earth.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Materion
Spor Mountain · Juab County, Utah
Beryllium
Supplies most of the world’s beryllium.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Energy Fuels
White Mesa Mill · Blanding, Utah
Uranium · Rare earth processing
The only operating conventional uranium mill in the United States.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Exploring & permitting
Heliostar Metals
Goldstrike · Washington County, Utah
Gold · Antimony
Heliostar bought this oxide gold project from Liberty Gold in April 2026; antimony occurs alongside the gold.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Producing
Redmond Minerals
Redmond Salt Mine · Redmond, Utah
Salt
One underground seam supplies both kitchen salt and the grit that de-ices Utah highways.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
Arizona
- Producing
Freeport-McMoRan
Morenci · Morenci, Arizona
Copper
The largest copper producer in North America.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Exploring & permitting
Resolution Copper
Resolution · Superior, Arizona
Copper
Rio Tinto and BHP JV on one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits.
SourceVerified 2026-07-10
- Producing
Gunnison Copper
Johnson Camp Mine · Dragoon, Arizona
Copper
Its copper is the first from Rio Tinto’s Nuton bioleaching process, bound for Amazon data centers.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Producing
Trekor Metals (formerly Taseko Mines)
Florence Copper · Florence, Arizona
Copper
The first greenfield copper production in the United States since 2008, dissolving copper underground instead of digging a pit.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
Faraday Copper
Copper Creek · Mammoth, Arizona
Copper
Cleared federal permitting in January 2026 for 67 drill pads across under 200 acres.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
Arizona Sonoran Copper
Cactus Project · Casa Grande, Arizona
Copper
A 1970s mine site being rebuilt to plate copper cathode on site, minutes from the Lucid Motors plant.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
- Drilling & building
Bell Copper
Big Sandy · Wikieup, Arizona
Copper · Molybdenum · Silver
The copper system here sits under 600 to 1,200 metres of valley gravel.
SourceVerified 2026-07-28
New Mexico
- Producing
Golconda Gold
Summit Mine · Steeple Rock, Grant County, New Mexico
Gold · Silver
Underground mining restart underway; first ore to surface reported Jul 7 2026, with plant wet commissioning still forward-looking in the company release.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Producing
Freeport-McMoRan
Chino Mine (Santa Rita) · Santa Rita / Bayard area, Grant County, New Mexico
Copper · Molybdenum
Open-pit copper complex about 15 miles east of Silver City, listed on Freeport’s North America operations page.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Producing
Freeport-McMoRan
Tyrone Mine · Tyrone, Grant County, New Mexico
Copper
Open-pit copper SX/EW complex about 10 miles south of Silver City.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Exploring & permitting
New Mexico Copper
Copper Flat · Hillsboro, Sierra County, New Mexico
Copper · Molybdenum · Gold · Silver
Brownfield restart near Hillsboro in state permitting (MMD SI027RN); not producing.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Drilling & building
Silver47
Mogollon · Mogollon, Catron County, New Mexico
Silver · Gold
Historic Mogollon district project; company announced a winter drill program on the Last Chance Vein in 2026.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Exploring & permitting
Southern Silver
Oro · Eureka Mining District / Hachita area, Grant County, New Mexico
Copper · Molybdenum · Gold · Silver · Lead · Zinc
NM-only pin (not the Mexico flagship). Prior drilling complete; further NM drill permitting described in 2026 company materials.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Exploring & permitting
Southern Silver
Hermanas · Hermanas area, Luna County, New Mexico
Gold · Silver
NM claim block east of Oro; epithermal gold-silver veins. Coords approximate to the Hermanas area.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Drilling & building
Premier American Uranium
Cebolleta · near Laguna / Seboyeta, Cibola County, New Mexico
Uranium
Advanced sandstone-hosted uranium project in the Grants Mineral Belt; 2025 PEA published; 2026 sampling/drill work for metallurgy reported by the company.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Exploring & permitting
Energy Fuels
Roca Honda · near San Mateo / Grants, McKinley County, New Mexico
Uranium
Advanced permitting uranium project in the Grants district; not producing.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07
- Exploring & permitting
Laramide
Churchrock–Crownpoint · near Church Rock, McKinley County, New Mexico
Uranium
ISR uranium project; NMED advanced a groundwater discharge permit to public-notice phase in 2026 company reporting. Not producing.
SourceVerified 2026-09-07