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Roads could unlock mineral potential

Alaska studies two proposals that could pave way for major deposits in remote West; private partners may repay public investment

Alaska is considered one of the most mineralized provinces on Earth, but a vast amount of this wealth is locked up in a more than 350,000-square-mile, or 906,000-square-kilometer, area west of Alaska's contiguous road system. Surface transportation is considered key to unlocking the immense mineral potential of this area, which is roughly twice the land mass of California.

In the Survey of Mining...

 

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