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Trump Orders Permits for Alaska’s Ambler Road as U.S. Buys 10% of Trilogy Metals

The White House casts the move as a critical-minerals and national security push, with court challenges from opponents likely to determine the timeline.

The Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, where the Ambler Road project would pass through, is visible from Ambler, Alaska, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
President Donald Trump listens as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, where the Ambler Road project would pass through, is visible from Ambler, Alaska, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
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Overview

  • An executive order directs the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reissue or promptly issue permits for the 211-mile Ambler Access Road.
  • Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said work could start next spring with a pilot single-lane gravel segment, and he described a plan for joint ownership by the state, federal government and Native Alaskan entities.
  • The U.S. will invest $35.6 million for a 10% equity stake in Trilogy Metals, with warrants for an additional 7.5%, to support exploration in the Ambler Mining District.
  • Environmental groups and Alaska Native organizations, citing threats to caribou, salmon habitat and subsistence, vowed legal action after the reversal of the Biden administration’s 2024 halt.
  • Trilogy Metals’ shares surged more than 200% after the announcement, as officials argued the road would help secure domestic supplies of copper, cobalt and other strategic minerals and lessen reliance on China.