Niblack Project
News & Announcements
ISSUED March 13, 2013
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
Niblack Mine Waste Management Permit No. 2013DB0001
Support Documents:
- Niblack Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Application under the Waste Management Permit (April 2007)
- Niblack Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Application 2012 Post-Construction Update (May 25, 2012)
- Industrial Waste Monofill Solid Waste Permit Application, Version 12-2011 (May 25, 2012)
- Niblack Water Quality Monitoring Plan, 2012 Post-Construction Update (May 25, 2012)
- Niblack Mining Corporation Quality Assurance Project Plan (2007)
- Niblack Project Underground Exploration Plan of Operations 2012 Post-Construction Update (May 25, 2012)
- Niblack Reclamation and Closure Plan 2012 Post-Construction Update (May 25, 2012)
Archive of Jan 2013 Public Notice
Project Description:
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.
Niblack Mining Reclamation Bond 2007 (Niblack Mining Corporation)
- Reclamation Plan Approval J122711 (August 23, 2012)
- Reclamation Plan Approval J072711 (June 29,2007)
- Final Finding and Decision - Tideland Lease ADL 107544
- Early Entry Permit - Tideland Lease ADL 107544
- Temporary Water Use Permit #J2007-01
- Temporary Water Use Permit #J2005-07
- DNR / ACMP Final Consistency Determination AK 0704-03J
- Waste Management Permit (2006-DB0037)
- 401 Certificate of Reasonable Assurance (POA-1982-290-N)
- Air Permits Program: Owner Requested Limit Letter of Approval ORL No. AQ1098ORL01
- May 7, 2008 - DEC Field Inspection Report
- February 14, 2008 - DEC Memo: Site Inspection
- August 24, 2006 - DNR draft Trip Report
- Niblack Exploration Project Annual Report (posted 6/23/2010)
- Niblack Exploration Project Annual Report (posted 2/22/2010)
- Temporary Land Use Permit #LAS 25727
- ACMP Consistency Determination AK 0703-01J - Concurrence
- ACMP Start-up Packet (includes Applications)
- Temporary Water Use Permit #J2005-06 - Amended
- ACOE Section 10 (Modification) POA-1982-290-M
- Fish Habitat Permit FH-06-VII-0014
- ADNR State Historic Preservation Office Determination
- ACOE Nationwide Permit File No. POA-2006-511-D
For More Information Contact
Juneau, AK 99801
Fax: (907) 586-2954
