Ambler Access Road Project's Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

VANCOUVER - Trilogy Metals Inc. reported on the Ambler Access Project (AAP) – the proposed 211-mile, industrial-use-only road from the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects (UKMP) to the Dalton Highway that will enable advancing exploration and development at the Ambler Mining District. The United States Bureau of Land Management (USBLM) submitted a status report in accordance with the Voluntary Remand. The comment period ended for the scoping process of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS). The purpose of the SEIS is to further evaluate subsistence impacts to fish and caribou habitat and address the desire for additional tribal consultation. The USBLM is now evaluating the scoping comments and determining whether additional impacts, if any, should be more thoroughly assessed. A compilation of the substantive comments received will be assembled into a summary public scoping report and available on the USBLM website for public review.

The USBLM currently anticipates publishing a draft SEIS during the second quarter of calendar year 2023, which will be open for public comment upon publication. The USBLM also anticipates publishing a final SEIS, conducting final pre-decision consultation with Alaska Native Tribes and Corporations, and issuing a Record of Decision, all within the fourth quarter of calendar year 2023.