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 Exclusion | 32.2 (8), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(8) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Minerals Or Geology Plans Of Operations |
| Helm Bay Exploration Project (formerly Agnico Eagle [USA] Limited - Helm Bay Project) | Decision Signed Date: 11/20/2020 |
| Forests | Tongass National Forest |
| Districts | Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | T71S, R87E, sections 35 and 36; T72S, R87E, section 1; T72S, R88E, sections 18 and 29 |