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# Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Approves Ambler Road Project to Unlock Alaska’s Mineral Potential

The White House
October 6, 2025

UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL: Today, President Donald J. Trump approved the appeal of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), directing his Administration to promptly issue authorizations necessary for the establishment of the Ambler Road Project. This project will provide road transportation access to the Ambler Mining District.

- The Amber Road Project is a proposed 211-mile industrial road from the Dalton Highway to Alaska’s remote Ambler Mining District (District) that would enable access to large deposits of copper, cobalt, gallium, germanium, and more.
- The permits for the road have been held for years due to protracted litigation, and the President has finally allowed this project to go forward to support the Administration’s energy dominance agenda.
- The decision finds that the road is in the public interest given our need for access to domestic critical minerals, and there is no economically feasible and prudent alternative route.
- The decision directs the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reissue necessary permits to construct the road.
- In addition, the U.S. government is announcing a partnership with Trilogy Metals, investing $35.6 million to support mining exploration in Alaska’s Ambler Mining District. This investment makes the U.S. government a 10% shareholder in Trilogy Metals and includes warrants to purchase an additional 7.5% of the company.

UNLOCKING ACCESS TO AMERICA’S CRITICAL MINERALS: President Trump’s decision overturns the Biden Administration’s 2024 rejection of the Ambler Road, which ignored Alaska’s economic needs and national security imperatives.

- The Ambler Road Project is vitally important to America’s national defense and economic prosperity.
- An access road is crucial to unlocking critical minerals located in this currently-inaccessible area of Alaska, which has been characterized as one of the largest undeveloped copper-zinc mineral belts in the world and contains extensive deposits of copper, silver, gold, lead, cobalt, and other strategic metals.
- The road will provide essential surface transportation access for the more than 1,700 active mining claims in the District, supporting expanded mineral exploration, mine development, and operations.
- Construction of the road will directly support 2,730 jobs, driving income, spending, and economic growth in rural Alaska.
  - Alaska is projected to receive more than $1.1 billion in revenues from mining license tax revenues, corporate income taxes, production royalties, and claim rents associated with this project.
- The project takes extensive mitigation measures, including caribou protection policies and fish passage culverts, to minimize environmental impacts.

ENSURING AMERICAN PROSPERITY: President Trump continues to prioritize economic growth and national security, delivering where Democrats have failed to harness America’s resources.

- Immediately upon returning to office, President Trump signed an Executive Order to unleash Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential, including advancing the Ambler Access Road Project.
- The Trump Administration has streamlined permitting, cutting project approval times to boost domestic industry and infrastructure.
- In March, President Trump signed an Executive Order to boost American critical mineral production.
- In April, President Trump launched a Section 232 investigation into the national security risks posed by U.S. reliance on imported processed critical minerals and their derivative products.
- In June, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to foster interagency coordination when funding energy and critical mineral projects to better prioritize the use of taxpayer funds and end wasteful duplicative processes.
- President Trump has consistently championed policies that balance economic development with environmental stewardship, ensuring projects like the Ambler Road benefit all Alaskans and the Nation.

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