President Donald Trump on Monday directed United States agencies to reissue permits for the 340 km Ambler industrial road in northwest Alaska and announced a $35.6 million federal investment linked to mining exploration.
The executive order, which overturns a 2024 federal rejection and will help fund exploration in the Ambler Mining District, “is in the public interest and will unlock Alaska’s mineral potential by securing domestic supplies of critical minerals,” the White House said in a statement. At an Oval Office ceremony, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said construction could begin as soon as the second quarter next year.
The Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and US Army Corps of Engineers are to reissue authorizations after years of litigation that stalled the project, the White House said. Building the road will allow miners to tap copper, cobalt, gallium and germanium deposits…
