Trilogy Metals provides update on Ambler Access Project

Trilogy Metals provided an update on the Ambler Access Project, or AAP, the proposed 211-mile, industrial-use-only road from the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects, or UKMP, to the Dalton Highway that would enable the advancement of exploration and development at the Ambler Mining District, home to some of the world’s richest known copper-dominant polymetallic deposits. The United States Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, has filed the final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, or SEIS, for the AAP on its website. The Final SEIS identifies “No Action” as the BLM’s preferred alternative. The proponent for the AAP is the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, or AIDEA, which is a public corporation of the State of Alaska. AIDEA’s purpose is to promote, develop, and advance the general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of Alaska. AIDEA stated in its April 19 press release, “The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) strongly objects to both the process used by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reach a “No Build” decision and the effect of the decision which illegally blocks access to statehood lands, minerals, and federally patented mining claims. Federal agencies are not supposed to include biased non-government employees in an objective open and transparent decision process. Yet, the BLM held closed-door meetings with former leaders of environmental groups and opponents of the project while locking out AIDEA, a State of Alaska corporation, and imposing a gag order on the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources who participated in the BLM meetings.”