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  • Aerial view of the Bornite camp in Alaska’s Ambler Mining District.

    Doyon, NANA leaders visit Ambler District

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 3, 2022

    Chiefs from the Doyon region and village leaders from the NANA region came together for a meeting at Ambler Metals' Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects to gain a first-hand understanding of the mining proposed for the Ambler Mining District, as well as to discuss the economic benefits this resource development and a proposed road into the region could have on both the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regions represented. "One of our core values is respect – for people, t...

  • Ambler Metals LLC Trilogy South32 joint venture UKMP Upper Kobuk Mineral map

    Arctic assays meet high expectations

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 24, 2022

    Trilogy Metals Inc. March 17 reported additional "outstanding but not unexpected" results from the 2021 infill drilling at the Arctic deposit on the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects in Northwest Alaska. The company also provided a brief update on the U.S. Department of Interior's suspension of permits to build a road to the Ambler Mining District where UKMP is located. Being advanced by Ambler Metals LLC, a joint venture operating company equally owned by Trilogy and South32...

  • AIDEA BLM Ambler UKMP Alaska Biden roadblock suspend right-of-way Whitehouse

    White House puts up an Ambler roadblock

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Mar 16, 2022
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    The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is leveraging its control over federal land along the Dalton Highway corridor to throw up a roadblock on the proposed industrial access to Alaska's Ambler Mining District. On March 11, BLM notified the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority that it has suspended a previously issued 50-year right-of-way that covers 25 miles of the proposed 211-mile road connecting the Ambler District to Alaska's highway system. Despite the receipt...