Feds begin to look at the effects of possible large spill at a proposed Alaska mine

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: January 31, 2026

Words: 904

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Nearly six years after it approved permits for the Donlin Gold mine, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is launching a new study of a possible large waste spill at the site.

The agency is working on a supplement to its environmental impact statement to comply with a federal court order that found the original environmental study, completed in 2018, to be deficient. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason ruled in June 2025 that …

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