Trump signs order to build access road to Alaska's Ambler mining district

Source: Reuters

Trump signs order to build access road to Alaska's Ambler mining district

By Reuters
October 6, 20255:13 PM EDT Updated 12 mins ago

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had signed an executive order to allow construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska and unlock domestic supplies of copper and other minerals.

The move reverses the Biden administration's rejection of a 211-mile (340-km) road intended to enable mine development in the north central Alaskan region. Biden's Interior Department had cited risks to caribou and fish populations that dozens of native communities rely on for subsistence.

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