The proposal opened for comment on Feb 17.

Third in a three-story series on mining in Alaska published in a partnership between Inside Climate News and Northern Journal. Read parts one and two. COOK INLET — High in a mountain valley on the far ...

ESTER, Alaska—At a mining site here, Rod Blakestad cracked open a shiny rock with his pick. He found quartz, a sign that the rock may contain gold. But Blakestad, a veteran gold hunter, tossed the ...

Opponents of the planned Donlin Gold mine in Western Alaska won a key victory Monday when a federal judge ruled that regulators who granted a permit needed to build the project failed to properly ...

The long-planned Donlin Gold mine in Southwest Alaska is the latest Alaska project to gain the support of a federal agency seeking to streamline permitting. The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 29—A federal agency that coordinates permitting for projects said it will support Donlin Gold in Southwest Alaska, a move ...