Donlin Gold Project

Project Description
Donlin Gold, LLC (Donlin) has proposed to develop an open pit, hardrock gold mine located approximately 10 miles north of Crooked Creek, Alaska in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta area of southwest Alaska. The mine site is located on native lands owned by The Kuskokwim Corporation (surface estate) and Calista Corporation (subsurface estate). Donlin Gold, LLC is jointly owned by Barrick Gold US Inc. and NovaGold Resources Alaska, Inc.
Donlin estimates that the project will take 3 to 4 years to construct and have an active mine life of approximately 27 years. Key mine site facilities include the open pit, a waste rock facility, a mill plant, a tailings storage facility, a power plant, and water management structures including a wastewater treatment plant. It's estimated that the mine would produce approximately one million ounces of gold per year.
General cargo for the mine would be transported by marine barge to Bethel. Once there, the cargo would be loaded onto river barges for transport up the river to the project's proposed port facility at Jungjuk Creek. A proposed 30-mile all-season access road would be constructed to bring the cargo from the port to the mine site.
Donlin's proposal to power the mine includes a buried 14-inch diameter, 315-mile-long natural gas pipeline that would start near Beluga, Alaska, head northwest through the Alaska Range, and then continue westerly to the mine site. For further information about the pipeline please visit the State Pipeline Coordinator Services (SPCS) website.
News
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Financial Assurance
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Permits and Approvals
Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Mining Section
Lands Section
Lands Section & SPCS
Water Resources Section
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
Waste Management Permit WMP 2017DB0001 PDF (updated 6/25/2019) 401 Certification (POA-1995-120) PDF (updated 4/5/2019) Air Quality Control Construction Permit AQ093CPT01- Search Donlin as Owner PDF Alaska Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (APDES) Permit AK55867 PDFAlaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G)
Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0181 Kuskokwim Port PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0182 Jungjuk Creek Lower Bridge PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0183 Jungjuk Creek Upper Bridge PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0184 Tributary S. Getmuna PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0185 S. Fork Getmuna PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0186 N. Fork Getmuna PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0187 Crooked Creek Bridge PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0188 Crooked Creek Outfall PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0189 Snow Gulch FW Dam PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0190 Anaconda Creek TSF PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0191 American Creek PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0192 Ruby and Queen Gulch PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH18-III-0193 Snow Gulch Reclamation PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH19-III-0142 Geotechnical Exploration PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH19-III-0142 Amendment 1 Geotechnical Exploration PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH20-III-0092 Ruby and Queen Gulch Beaver Dam Removal PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH20-III-0120 Queen Gulch Culvert PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH21-III-0151 Snow Gulch, Beaver Dam Removal PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH21-III-0159 Snow Gulch, Beaver Dam Removal PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH22-III-0053 Multiple Stream Crossings PDF Fish Habitat Permit FH22-III-0065 Crooked Creek flow test with dye PDF Special Area Permit FH21-SPO-043-SA, Pretty Creek Road, Buried Pipeline PDF Special Area Permit FH21-SPO-044-SA, Pretty Creek Road, Compressor PDFUnited States Army Corps of Engineers and BLM
Donlin Gold USACE and BLM Joint Record of Decision PDF (8/13/2018) Donlin Gold Project Final Environmental Impact Statement PDF (4/2018) Environmental Impact Assessment Final Scoping Report PDF (August 2018) Donlin Gold USACE 404 Permit PDF (8/13/2018) Section 10-404 Draft Permit Application PDF (11/2015)Annual Reports and Meetings
None at this time.
Other Supporting Documents
Plan of Operations
Project Description PDF (12/2016) Water Resources Management PDF (2/2017) Aquatic Resources Monitoring Plan PDF (revised 3/2020) Integrated Waste Management Plan PDF (12/2016)Archive
Contact
Jennifer Murrell
Large Project Coordinator
Alaska Department of Natural Resources
Office of Project Management and Permitting
Phone: (907) 334-2185
Fax: (907) 269-5673
Email
Mail to:
550 W. 7th Ave. Suite 1430
Anchorage, AK 99501
Visit at:
550 W. 7th Ave. Suite 1430
Anchorage, AK 99501