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FP/AP say three Alaska tribes give Barrick, rival grief
2023-04-10 09:46 ET - In the News
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The Financial Post reports in its Saturday, April 8, edition that three Alaska native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world, arguing that federal agencies failed to properly analyze health and environmental concerns for the project in southwest Alaska. An Associated Press dispatch to the Post reports that tribes from the communities of Kwethluk, Tuluksak and Bethel filed a federal lawsuit challenging the adequacy of a 2018 environmental review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and issuances of a key permit and lease for the Donlin Gold project. The lawsuit states the project has received the approvals needed for construction to begin but that construction has not yet started. Donlin Gold LLC, owned by subsidiaries of Canada-based Novagold Resources and Barrick Gold, manages the project. Dolin Gold said in a statement that the federal permitting process was rigorous. "Donlin Gold's stakeholders fully believe that this lawsuit is meritless and are confident the actual record will once again fully support the agencies' decisions," the statement said. "In the meantime, the Donlin Gold team and the owners continue to advance remaining state permitting."