The Link Alliance Magazine Summer July 2023

THE LINK: JULY 2023 38 2023 exploration not in budget due to uncertainty The U.S. Bureau of Land Management delayed a key decision on a 211mile access road to high-grade copper and cobalt deposits in the Ambler Mining District of Northwest Alaska. Companies engaged in the exploration, Australia’s South32 and Vancouver, B.C.-based Trilogy Metals, learned of the decision in a court filing made May 19 by BLM in relation to lawsuits filed by conservation groups. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the state development finance corporation, is planning the road construction and has a $26 million field program underway this summer, jointly funded by the companies, to assess cultural resources that may be affected by the road as well as hydrological studies at BLM delays key decision on Ambler access road Photos Courtesy Ambler Metals Environmental research along the Ambler Access Project route.

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