The Australian owner of a cobalt mine in Central Idaho plans more extensive study of cobalt at a remote site in the Salmon River Mountains, and the potential for a cobalt refinery, after securing $15 ...

The CuMo Exploration Project aims to search for minerals that could lead to a mine years later in mountains outside Boise. (Kyle Pfannenstiel/Idaho Capital Sun) For now, the CuMo Exploration Project ...

In the face of mounting legal challenges, the corporate backers of a gold and antimony mine in Central Idaho hosted state and federal dignitaries Friday at the remote site to celebrate recent ...

Ralph Silberstein’s recent opinion piece in The Union reflects a widely shared community narrative about environmental protection and sensible land use in Nevada County. However, the piece omits sever ...

BOISE, Idaho — A historic mining district in central Idaho will soon reopen and become one of the largest gold mines in the United States after it received approval, but it wasn't without controversy.

An Australian mining company poised to open the only cobalt mine in the U.S. has halted final construction on its Idaho Cobalt Operation west of Salmon, Idaho. Jervois Global announced Wednesday that ...

WHO DON’T THINK THIS IS A GOLDEN IDEA. IN THE YEARS SINCE THIS LAND IN GRASS VALLEY BUSTLED WITH GOLD MINING ACTIVITY, THE COMMUNITY AS IT’S KNOWN TODAY, HAS TAKEN ITS OWN SHAPE. THE DOWNTOWN ITSELF ...

Idaho’s Cobalt Belt is a 34-mile-long desirable stretch of ore tucked under the Salmon River Mountains that’s considered “globally significant” by mining companies. And miners are interested in that ...

BOISE -- Federal officials have approved a Canadian company's request to do exploratory drilling about 55 miles northeast of Boise to determine if molybdenum, copper and silver exist in sufficient ...

Rising over the River of No Return that winds through central Idaho’s city of Challis, the dry landscape wrinkles with beige hills, beyond which the Salmon River Mountains mark entry into one of the ...