The project, located about 145 miles northeast of Bethel, would be one of the biggest open-pit gold mines in the world.
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A Southwest Alaska village needs money to drain its sewage. But it doesn’t have a local government to make it happen.
Red Devil can’t get funding together to pump its tanks or to dig a lagoon because it doesn’t have any entities to act as recipients on the community’s behalf. It had a tribal council running intermittently since the 1970s, but the council stopped operating more than a decade ago.
Y-K Delta tribes protest Donlin Gold in letter to mining company Novagold
Ten tribes have sent a letter protesting the proposed Donlin Gold mine to the two companies trying to build it in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
Donlin Gold suspends drilling program, moves employees from work camp
Donlin Gold has suspended its drilling program and plans to remove most of its employees from its remote work camp in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta starting April 9.
Donlin Gold receives more state permits, moving closer to operating mine in Y-K Delta
The permits will allow Donlin Gold to build an airstrip and a port, and install fiber optic cables and build access roads for its mine, which could be one of the biggest in the world if completed.
This old Alaska mining town is almost a ghost town. It has everything to gain from Donlin mine.
The school closed long ago. There is no city or tribal council. A proposed mine nearby could change all that. But what’s the risk?
For people who live in remote Red Devil, an old mine’s toxic legacy is not enough to doubt Donlin’s promise
A mine built Red Devil. It also left behind enough pollution to require a federal government clean up, and some people are still not supposed to eat the fish.
How do you revive an almost ghost town in remote Alaska? Ask the 20 residents of Red Devil who are betting on Donlin mine.
How do you you restart a city government? Red Devil residents are making phone calls to find out.
YK Delta tribal consortium withdraws support for Donlin Gold mine
Delegates at the Association of Village Council Presidents’ annual convention overwhelmingly voted to withdraw a 2006 resolution supporting the Donlin Gold mine, then passed a separate resolution that opposes it.
Donlin Gold looks to schools, workforce development for future employees
Donlin Gold promised to hire local workers for its proposed gold mine. To fulfill that promise, the company knows that it has to start now. And it has to start young.