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Alaska Native leaders support Ambler Road

Asks DC lawmakers to listen to those that steward the land North of 60 Mining News - May 5, 2023

Last updated 5/11/2023 at 2:56pm

Alaska Native drillers test world-class Arctic deposit in the Ambler District.

Many residents from within and around the Ambler Mining District have helped to explore the metals-rich deposits found there and hope that a future road and mines will continue to provide good-paying jobs in this area of Northwest Alaska.

A growing and increasingly vocal group of Alaska Native leaders are joining the 49th State's delegation in Washington DC on pressing the Biden administration to carry out a timely review of the proposed 211-mile road to the Ambler Mining District in Northwest Alaska.

"We are asking lawmakers in Washington to listen to the voices of the people who have lived on these lands and stewarded Alaska s...

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