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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

  • Hecla Mining

    Lucky Friday · Mullan, Idaho

    Producing

    Silver · Lead · Zinc

    One of the deepest mines in the United States.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Bunker Hill Mining

    Bunker Hill Mine · Kellogg, Idaho

    Producing

    Silver · Lead · Zinc

    Shipped its first concentrate in 45 years in June 2026.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Perpetua Resources

    Stibnite Gold Project · Yellow Pine, Idaho

    Drilling & building

    Gold · Antimony

    America’s only planned domestic primary antimony source.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • IDEX Metals

    Freeze (Kismet target) · Adams-Washington counties, Idaho

    Exploring & permitting

    Copper · Molybdenum · Tungsten

    Re-assays confirmed broad tungsten alongside the copper-moly system; early stage, no resource estimate yet.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-11

  • Idaho Strategic Resources

    Golden Chest Mine · Murray, Idaho

    Producing

    Gold

    Currently the only producing hard-rock gold mine in Idaho.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Integra Resources

    DeLamar · Silver City, Idaho

    Drilling & building

    Gold · Silver

    A 2026 feasibility study outlines a ten-year mine reviving the historic DeLamar silver district.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Revival Gold

    Beartrack-Arnett · Salmon, Idaho

    Drilling & building

    Gold

    The largest past-producing gold mine in Idaho, now being drilled deeper for underground ore.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Liberty Gold

    Black Pine · Cassia County, Idaho

    Exploring & permitting

    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

  • Idaho Copper

    CuMo · Idaho City, Idaho

    Exploring & permitting

    Copper · Molybdenum · Silver

    One of the largest undeveloped molybdenum deposits in the world, 14 miles north of Idaho City.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • American Tungsten

    IMA Mine · Patterson, Idaho

    Drilling & building

    Tungsten · Molybdenum · Silver

    America’s second-largest tungsten mine in 1938; the company is now testing a restart.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Thunder Mountain Gold

    South Mountain · Owyhee County, Idaho

    Drilling & building

    Zinc · Silver · Gold · Copper

    Anaconda mined here in the 1940s; a 10,000-foot drill program restarted in 2026.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Excellon Resources

    Kilgore · Clark County, Idaho

    Exploring & permitting

    Gold

    A caldera-hosted gold system in the Centennial Mountains, cleared for drilling by a federal court.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

Montana

  • Montana Resources

    Continental Pit · Butte, Montana

    Producing

    Copper · Molybdenum

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Sibanye-Stillwater

    Stillwater Mine · Nye, Montana

    Producing

    Platinum · Palladium

    America’s only primary platinum and palladium mines.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Sandfire Resources America

    Black Butte · Meagher County, Montana

    Exploring & permitting

    Copper

    Reserves extended mine life to 12 years per July 2026 update.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Magris Talc

    Yellowstone Mine · Cameron, Montana

    Producing

    Talc

    North America’s largest talc mine has shipped ten million tons over eighty years.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • United States Antimony

    Thompson Falls antimony smelter · Thompson Falls, Montana

    Producing

    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

  • U.S. Critical Materials

    Sheep Creek · Ravalli County, Montana

    Exploring & permitting

    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

  • Ur-Energy

    Lost Creek ISR · Sweetwater County, Wyoming

    Producing

    Uranium

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Cameco

    Smith Ranch-Highland · Converse County, Wyoming

    Producing

    Uranium

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • American Rare Earths

    Halleck Creek · Albany County, Wyoming

    Drilling & building

    Rare earths

    One of the largest rare earth resources in the country.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Rare Element Resources

    Bear Lodge · Crook County, Wyoming

    Drilling & building

    Rare earths

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Ramaco Resources

    Brook Mine · Sheridan, Wyoming

    Drilling & building

    Coal-hosted rare earths

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Ur-Energy

    Shirley Basin ISR · Shirley Basin, Wyoming

    Producing

    Uranium

    Mining restarted here in April 2026, in the district where in-situ uranium recovery was invented.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • WE Soda

    Westvaco and Granger trona operations · Green River, Wyoming

    Producing

    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

  • Visionary Metals

    Tin Cup · King Solomon · Jeffrey City, Wyoming

    Exploring & permitting

    Nickel · Copper

    Nickel-copper targets in the Granite Mountains, with a 2026 drill program funded by Teck.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

Nevada

  • Nevada Gold Mines

    Carlin Complex · Carlin, Nevada

    Producing

    Gold

    Barrick and Newmont JV: the largest gold-mining complex in the world.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Albemarle

    Silver Peak · Clayton Valley, Nevada

    Producing

    Lithium

    America’s only producing lithium operation.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Lithium Americas

    Thacker Pass · Humboldt County, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    Lithium

    Under construction on one of the largest known US lithium resources.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Hycroft Mining

    Hycroft Mine · Winnemucca, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    Gold · Silver

    Large gold-silver system west of Winnemucca on the Nevada silver & emerging-plays tour leg.

    SourceVerified 2026-09-07

  • i-80 Gold

    Granite Creek · Humboldt County, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    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

  • i-80 Gold

    Ruby Hill · Eureka, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    Gold · Silver

    Battle Mountain–Eureka trend complex near Eureka, including Archimedes underground and Mineral Point open-pit work.

    SourceVerified 2026-09-07

  • Guardian Metal Resources

    Pilot Mountain · Mina, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    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

  • Western Exploration

    Aura (Doby George · Gravel Creek) · Mountain City, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    Gold · Silver

    Gold and silver deposits about 100 kilometres north of Elko, with Doby George advancing toward permitting.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Headwater Gold

    Spring Peak · Aurora district, Nevada

    Drilling & building

    Gold · Silver

    Selected for the federal FAST-41 permitting track, beside the historic Aurora mine.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Maverick Gold and Silver

    Jericho · Stateline district · Lincoln County, Nevada

    Exploring & permitting

    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

  • Maverick Gold and Silver

    Gator · Pershing · Lander Counties, Nevada

    Exploring & permitting

    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

  • Four Nines Gold

    Hayden Hill · Lassen County, California

    Drilling & building

    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

  • Rio Tinto Kennecott

    Bingham Canyon · Salt Lake County, Utah

    Producing

    Copper · Molybdenum · Tellurium

    The largest man-made excavation on Earth.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Materion

    Spor Mountain · Juab County, Utah

    Producing

    Beryllium

    Supplies most of the world’s beryllium.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Energy Fuels

    White Mesa Mill · Blanding, Utah

    Producing

    Uranium · Rare earth processing

    The only operating conventional uranium mill in the United States.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Heliostar Metals

    Goldstrike · Washington County, Utah

    Exploring & permitting

    Gold · Antimony

    Heliostar bought this oxide gold project from Liberty Gold in April 2026; antimony occurs alongside the gold.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Redmond Minerals

    Redmond Salt Mine · Redmond, Utah

    Producing

    Salt

    One underground seam supplies both kitchen salt and the grit that de-ices Utah highways.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

Arizona

  • Freeport-McMoRan

    Morenci · Morenci, Arizona

    Producing

    Copper

    The largest copper producer in North America.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Resolution Copper

    Resolution · Superior, Arizona

    Exploring & permitting

    Copper

    Rio Tinto and BHP JV on one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-10

  • Gunnison Copper

    Johnson Camp Mine · Dragoon, Arizona

    Producing

    Copper

    Its copper is the first from Rio Tinto’s Nuton bioleaching process, bound for Amazon data centers.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Trekor Metals (formerly Taseko Mines)

    Florence Copper · Florence, Arizona

    Producing

    Copper

    The first greenfield copper production in the United States since 2008, dissolving copper underground instead of digging a pit.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Faraday Copper

    Copper Creek · Mammoth, Arizona

    Drilling & building

    Copper

    Cleared federal permitting in January 2026 for 67 drill pads across under 200 acres.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Arizona Sonoran Copper

    Cactus Project · Casa Grande, Arizona

    Drilling & building

    Copper

    A 1970s mine site being rebuilt to plate copper cathode on site, minutes from the Lucid Motors plant.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

  • Bell Copper

    Big Sandy · Wikieup, Arizona

    Drilling & building

    Copper · Molybdenum · Silver

    The copper system here sits under 600 to 1,200 metres of valley gravel.

    SourceVerified 2026-07-28

New Mexico

  • Golconda Gold

    Summit Mine · Steeple Rock, Grant County, New Mexico

    Producing

    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

  • Freeport-McMoRan

    Chino Mine (Santa Rita) · Santa Rita / Bayard area, Grant County, New Mexico

    Producing

    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

  • Freeport-McMoRan

    Tyrone Mine · Tyrone, Grant County, New Mexico

    Producing

    Copper

    Open-pit copper SX/EW complex about 10 miles south of Silver City.

    SourceVerified 2026-09-07

  • New Mexico Copper

    Copper Flat · Hillsboro, Sierra County, New Mexico

    Exploring & permitting

    Copper · Molybdenum · Gold · Silver

    Brownfield restart near Hillsboro in state permitting (MMD SI027RN); not producing.

    SourceVerified 2026-09-07

  • Silver47

    Mogollon · Mogollon, Catron County, New Mexico

    Drilling & building

    Silver · Gold

    Historic Mogollon district project; company announced a winter drill program on the Last Chance Vein in 2026.

    SourceVerified 2026-09-07

  • Southern Silver

    Oro · Eureka Mining District / Hachita area, Grant County, New Mexico

    Exploring & permitting

    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

  • Southern Silver

    Hermanas · Hermanas area, Luna County, New Mexico

    Exploring & permitting

    Gold · Silver

    NM claim block east of Oro; epithermal gold-silver veins. Coords approximate to the Hermanas area.

    SourceVerified 2026-09-07

  • Premier American Uranium

    Cebolleta · near Laguna / Seboyeta, Cibola County, New Mexico

    Drilling & building

    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

  • Energy Fuels

    Roca Honda · near San Mateo / Grants, McKinley County, New Mexico

    Exploring & permitting

    Uranium

    Advanced permitting uranium project in the Grants district; not producing.

    SourceVerified 2026-09-07

  • Laramide

    Churchrock–Crownpoint · near Church Rock, McKinley County, New Mexico

    Exploring & permitting

    Uranium

    ISR uranium project; NMED advanced a groundwater discharge permit to public-notice phase in 2026 company reporting. Not producing.

    SourceVerified 2026-09-07