Trump DOJ Blocks Largest Copper, Gold, And Silver Extraction Site In The US Over Salmon, Sending Stock Tumbling
Northern Dynasty Minerals .Northern Dynasty Minerals .(US:NAK) ZeroHedge·2026-02-18 18:35

In a move that has sent shockwaves through the mining industry, the Trump administration has blocked what would have been the largest copper, gold, silver, and molybdenum extraction site in the United States, after the DOJ filed a 143-page brief late Tuesday defending the Biden Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 veto of the controversial Pebble Mine project in Alaska's Bristol Bay region.Workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamm ...