Decision Memo Completed

Helm Bay Exploration Project (formerly Agnico Eagle [USA] Limited - Helm Bay Project)

Tongass National Forest Ketchikan Gateway, Alaska Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District

This is a surface mineral exploration program. Exploration activities include diamond core drilling, detailed geologic mapping, ground surveying, geochemical sampling (rocks, soils, and stream silts), and ground-based geophysics.

Location

Cleveland Peninsula, west side of Helm Bay.

Project timeline

1
Scoping Start
01/29/2020
2
Decision
11/2020 (Estimated)
3
Implementation
03/2021 (Estimated)

NEPA / regulatory detail

Categorical Exclusion32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8)
Special AuthorityNot Applicable / Other
Notice and Comment RegulationNot Subject to Regulations
Project ActivityMinerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations
Helm Bay Exploration Project (formerly Agnico Eagle [USA] Limited - Helm Bay Project)Decision Signed Date: 11/20/2020
ForestsTongass National Forest
DistrictsKetchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District
Legal Land DescriptionT71S, R87E, sections 35 and 36; T72S, R87E, section 1; T72S, R88E, sections 18 and 29
Minerals and geology