Northern Star goes north to Alaska with $US260m gold mine purchase, page-2

Pogo is in the Tintina Mineral Belt, the metal province is a 200km wide, 1,200km long arc stretching across much of interior Alaska through to the south-eastern Yukon. The region is host to mostly gold deposits, where over 50Moz of gold resources have been defined in the last 20 years, but also hosts copper, lead, zinc, silver and tungsten.

The Tintina Mineral Belt was the focus of the 1890’s Klondike gold rush and has experienced a resurgence of activity since the late 1990’s, stemming from major discoveries such as 45Moz Donlin Creek, 12Moz Fort Knox and 18Moz Casino deposits. Also, major miners including Barrick, Teck, South 32 and Newmont are extremely active in the region.