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99 stories · Updated October 26, 2026

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Treasure Hunter Chronicles · The featured story

Bunker Hill: The Mine That Refused to Die

The first Treasure Hunter Chronicle: how a stray burro named Bill led Noah Kellogg to one of the greatest mines America ever built — and how Bunker Hill came back from the dead, forty-five years later.

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The Bunker Hill mine works in Idaho's Silver Valley at golden hour
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Mount Sicker: The Mountain That Waited a Century to Be Cleaned Up

A Treasure Hunter Chronicle: how a top copper camp of 1905 left 400,000 tonnes of treasure-grade waste on a Vancouver Island hillside — and how one small company plans to sort the poison out, sell the metal, and hand the mountain back.

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Mount Sicker's bare waste-rock slopes above the Cowichan Valley forest
Aerial view of layered mining country at golden hour, from desert mesas to northern peaks
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Idaho mining country16 stories filedIdahoIdaho built one of the richest silver districts on Earth, armed two world wars from a single mountain district, and is central to America’s minerals comeback.Montana mining country4 stories filedMontanaButte’s copper electrified America, and Montana still runs on ore: copper at the Continental Pit and the only platinum and palladium mines at Stillwater.Wyoming mining country1 story filedWyomingWyoming leads the nation in uranium, holds the world’s largest trona deposit, and is opening America’s newest rare earth district in the Cowboy State.South Dakota mining country1 story filedSouth DakotaHomestake’s Black Hills legacy, Wharf’s living gold pit, Dakota Gold’s Homestake-district work, and South Dakota Mines’ rare-earth detection grant — a living master report for Season 1.Nevada mining country33 stories filedNevadaNevada produces roughly three-quarters of US gold, hosts the country’s only producing lithium mine, and closes the loop from ore body to EV battery pack.Utah mining country6 stories filedUtahUtah dug the largest man-made excavation on Earth and still supplies America’s copper, beryllium, magnesium, and uranium processing, the Beehive State report.Arizona mining country16 stories filedArizonaArizona produces about 70 percent of US copper, from Morenci’s giant pits to the next generation of deposits still waiting underground in the Copper State.New Mexico mining country1 story filedNew MexicoGrant County’s living copper pits, silver-rush Silver City, and the companies working New Mexico’s ground today — a living master report for Season 1.Colorado mining country2 stories filedColoradoLeadville silver, Cripple Creek gold, Climax molybdenum, and the companies working Colorado’s ground today — a living master report for Season 1.
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Company News · October 26 · 3 min read

Blackrock Silver Puts Engineers on the Tonopah West Decline Permits in Nevada

Blackrock Silver has engaged NewFields Mining Design & Technical Services to prepare construction-level designs for the Water Pollution Control Permit and Nevada Reclamation Permit at its Tonopah West silver-gold project in Nye and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada — the engineering step toward permitting an exploration decline, test mining and a 50,000-tonne bulk sample, with designs due by year end and submission anticipated in January 2027.

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Company News · October 26 · 3 min read

Resolution Confirms a 500-Metre Gold Zone at Golden Gate North, Next Door to Stibnite in Idaho

Resolution Minerals has reported assays from the first three holes of its completed 2026 program at Golden Gate North in Idaho — including 324 metres at 0.49 g/t gold from surface — confirming a mineralized zone at least 500 metres long, 200 metres wide and 300 metres deep at its Horse Heaven project, immediately adjacent to Perpetua's permitted Stibnite project, with assays for more than 32 holes still to come.

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Company News · October 26 · 3 min read

Thunder Mountain Finds New CRD Silver-Zinc 250 Metres Northwest at South Mountain, Idaho

Thunder Mountain Gold's 2026 core program at the South Mountain project in Owyhee County, Idaho has intersected new carbonate replacement deposit mineralization at Kentucky Ridge — 22.28 metres at 2.07% zinc and 9.00 g/t silver in hole SM26-062 — and confirmed porphyry-style intrusive rocks and alteration at the Gold Breccia and Birthday targets, with assays for five holes still pending.

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Company News · October 24 · 3 min read

Carlin Gold to Spin Out a Royalty Company Holding a 5% NSR on Nevada's Cortez Summit

Carlin Gold has entered an arrangement agreement dated October 22, 2026 to spin out Carlin Gold Royalty Corporation to its shareholders — before closing, its US subsidiary will grant the spin-out a 5.0% net smelter returns royalty on the Cortez Summit gold property in Nevada's Cortez district, alongside a 1.0% Yukon royalty and a CDN$1,000,000 capital contribution, subject to a November 30 shareholder vote.

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Company News · October 24 · 3 min read

Copper One Starts Phase 2 Drilling at Majuba Hill: Up to 10,000 Feet in Pershing County, Nevada

Copper One Resources has commenced an expanded Phase 2 diamond drilling program of up to 10,000 feet at its 100%-owned Majuba Hill copper-silver-gold project in Pershing County, Nevada — 24/7 drilling with an initial 5,000 feet contracted — aimed at advancing the past-producing project toward a maiden NI 43-101 mineral resource, with Phase 1 assays still pending.

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Company News · October 24 · 3 min read

Hercules Metals Upsizes Idaho Copper Bought Deal to $45 Million on Strong Demand

Hercules Metals has upsized its bought deal private placement for its Hercules copper project in Idaho from $30.0 million to $45,000,750 — 51,725,000 shares at $0.87 — citing strong investor demand, with a further $5.0 million underwriter option and closing expected on or about November 12, 2026.

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Company News · October 24 · 3 min read

Newmont Prices Red Chris Expansion at $4.8 Billion

Newmont priced its Red Chris underground expansion in British Columbia at $4.2 billion to $4.8 billion, targeting 2033 production.

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Company News · October 23 · 3 min read

Aztec Pushes Tombstone 190 Metres West: 115.8 Metres at 0.67 g/t Gold Equivalent in Arizona

Aztec Minerals has reported results from nine reverse circulation holes at its Tombstone property in southeastern Arizona — all nine hit oxide gold-silver mineralization, step-outs extended the known footprint about 190 metres west of the North Extension, including 115.8 metres at 0.67 g/t AuEq in TR26-45, with the maiden resource estimate expected in November 2026 and 22 more holes still pending.

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Company News · October 23 · 3 min read

Integra's Florida Canyon Produces 17,652 Ounces in Q3: Nevada Gold Output Up 40% Since Q1

Integra Resources has reported third-quarter 2026 production from its Florida Canyon Mine in Nevada — 17,652 ounces of gold, up 8% on the second quarter and 40% on the first, on a record 9.0 million tonnes mined at 97,428 tonnes per day, with full-year guidance of 70,000 to 75,000 ounces maintained and $119.5 million in cash at September 30.

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A report that never closes

Built like a magazine. Kept like a fieldbook.

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What’s changing now

Field activity, permitting, financing, construction, production and the decisions changing the region.

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The history underneath

Geology, discovery, communities, infrastructure and the people who built the district.

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Operators and projects to watch

Producing mines, established developers and prospectors still trying to turn an idea into a mine.

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The source record

Geological surveys, regulators, technical filings and field interviews attached to the reporting.