The lease is an important step forward in Donlin Gold’s quest to build the Southwest Alaska mine, which could be one of the largest in the world if completed.
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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.
Donlin Gold enjoyed years of support from neighboring communities, but as the project becomes more real, that’s changing
Tribes, organizations, and communities have begun opposing the mine development and organizing.
Novagold talks expansion, mine development in latest earnings call
Novagold, one of the two companies that has formed Donlin Gold to build and operate the mine, is exploring how to build the mine in stages.
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.
At the moment, Donlin Gold isn’t building a mine. But it is building a church.
The company that wants to build one of the world’s biggest gold mines is currently renovating a church in a small village on the Kuskokwim River. Why?
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.