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ANCHORAGE — Two Alaska Native corporations own and want to develop the site of what would be the world’s largest pure gold open-pit mine. They say the mine would bring jobs, a stronger economy and much-needed infrastructure to an impoverished region.…

The state of Alaska on May 13 affirmed its 2019 decision to issue a 401 clean water certification for an open-pit gold mine in Southwest Alaska despite a lawsuit contesting the determination. Donlin Gold LLC proposes to develop a large open-pit,…

Four tribal representatives say their exclusion from a Jan. 11 subsistence advisory committee meeting cast aside their concerns about a road that would cross their traditional hunting and fishing grounds. The Dalton Highway is the only road extending…

Two Alaska Native corporations are working to develop what would be one of the world’s largest gold mines while some of their shareholders oppose it and more than a dozen area tribes have joined in a lawsuit against it. The Donlin Gold mine would be…

A lawsuit filed by the Orutsararmiut Native Council has led to a judgment that invalidates a key permit for what could be one of the largest gold mines in the world: Donlin Gold in western Alaska. The proposed mine has tribes, villages and for-profit…