Trump win ignites hope for stalled Alaska copper, gold mine

Reuters | December 22, 2016 | 4:59 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Copper Gold

Pebble transportation corridor and port site location. Image from Northern Dynasty

A small Canadian miner is confident Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential win will let it proceed with an application for a copper and gold mine in Alaska that has been stalled almost three years by environmental regulators aiming to protect the world’s biggest sockeye salmon fishery.

Ronald Thiessen, chief executive officer and president of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd, said he expected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to announce in the first quarter of 2017 that it will let the application process proceed for the controversial project.