Alaska mining company pushing Cook Inlet, Hatcher Pass projects will merge with Canadian firm Contango Ore helped build Alaska’s newest major mine. Its merger with and Dolly Varden Silver comes amid a flurry of deals in the state’s mining industry.
Inside one of Alaska’s national parks, a fight looms over a possible gold mine An Alaska Native corporation leased mineral rights inside a national park to Contango Ore Inc. The company’s plans are generating opposition from fishermen and conservationists.