Niblack Project
The Niblack Project is a copper-zinc-gold-silver
prospect in an advanced exploration phase of development. The
proposed underground exploration project is located off
Moira Sound on southeastern Prince of Wales Island, approximately
30 miles southwest of the town of Ketchikan.
The applicant, Niblack Mining Corporation, proposes to
develop 6,000 feet of underground tunneling
from a single adit entry. The main focus of the underground
work is to provide access for exploration drilling to test
deep zones of mineralization. The project is expected
to last 2 years. It will require development of a marine
access and camp barge facility on the adjacent State-owned
tide and submerged lands. Other surface disturbances
including an access road, portal, and waste rock storage
and disposal areas will be confined to private property.
Total surface disturbance requiring post-closure reclamation
is approximately 5.5 acres. The proposed underground excavation
will generate about 60,900 cubic yards of waste rock, most
of which is benign. Approximately 14,300 cubic yards
is potentially acid-generating (PAG) material which will
be temporarily placed in an engineered, lined 0.85-acre
storage facility. At the end of the exploration
period, all PAG waste rock will be picked up and transferred
back underground and the adit will be sealed.
If you would like to find out more about the state’s permitting process for the Niblack Project, please contact:
State of Alaska Large Mine Permitting Team
Sharmon M. Stambaugh
Large Mine Coordinator
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Office of Project Management and Permitting
550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 920
Anchorage, AK 99501-3577
Phone: (907) 269-0880
Fax: (907) 269-8930
Email: sharmon.stambaugh@alaska.gov
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