The move is a setback for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority’s effort to build the road to access valuable mineral deposits in the region.
Core samples, some of which are decades old, are stored in weathered wooden boxes at Bornite, a mineral deposit and exploration camp in the Ambler Mining District, on July 24, 2021. The area has been explored for its mineral potential since the 1950s.
The Biden administration is moving to review a Trump-era decision supporting development of a controversial, 200-mile industrial road in Northwest Alaska, a setback for the effort to access deposits of valuable minerals in the region.on Tuesday in a federal court case asking Alaska District Court Judge Sharon Gleason to allow the agency to revisit a study conducted during the Trump administration that allowed the road to advance.
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