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Graphite One holds community meetings as work begins for 2022

By Sean Milligan | June 3, 2022 |

Graphite One has resumed preparation for the eventual establishment of a graphite mine in the Kigluaik Mountains north of Nome. The company will be wrapping up work on the pre-feasibility study in June before moving onto work for the feasibility study later in the season.

Graphite Mine Bill Provokes Mixed Reactions in Western Alaska

By admin | March 1, 2018 |

Flying over the Kigluaik Mountains. Photo: Jenn Ruckel, KNOM.

While some people are optimistic about possible economic benefits of a proposed graphite mine on the Seward Peninsula, others express concern about the mine’s potential impact on subsistence.