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Orutsararmiut Native Council et al v. United States Army Corps of Engineers et al

  1. June 12, 2025

    Review Ordered For Alaska Gold Mine As Permits Kept Alive

    An Alaska federal judge isn't revoking key permits for a proposed gold mine in the state's Yukon–Kuskokwim region despite finding legal flaws in an environmental review, but she has ordered government agencies to reassess the risks of a catastrophic tailings spill while construction remains paused.

  2. June 04, 2025

    Donlin Gold Says Vacatur Not Warranted In Alaska Mine Case

    A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision confirms that government approvals for a large gold mine in Alaska should not be thrown out even if an agency botched some aspects of an environmental review, the company behind the project told a federal judge.

  3. October 09, 2024

    Alaskan Tribes Ask Court To Reconsider Gold Mine Ruling

    A group of Alaskan tribes is urging a federal district court to reconsider its ruling that two U.S. government agencies did not take a realistic look at the potential spill risks associated with a large open-pit gold mine, arguing that it erred in its determination concerning the project's barge traffic.

  4. October 01, 2024

    Feds Didn't Consider Gold Mine's Full Impact, Judge Says

    The federal government didn't realistically study the potential spill risks associated with a large open-pit gold mine when it approved the project, an Alaskan federal judge has said, arguing the Army Corps of Engineers erred in concluding that a catastrophic event is a "worst case" scenario in its environmental analysis.

  5. June 12, 2024

    Tribes Say Court Must Examine Spill Risks In Gold Mine Row

    Half a dozen tribes that oppose a large open-pit gold mine along the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska have urged a federal judge to vacate a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorization for the project, saying the government has wrongly interpreted environmental concerns.

  6. April 11, 2024

    Alaska Native Village Defends Donlin Gold Mine Approvals

    Alaska's Native Village of Crooked Creek threw its support behind the federal government in litigation brought by half a dozen tribes challenging its approvals for a massive open-pit gold mine along the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska, saying the project will bring meaningful improvements to Crooked Creek.

  7. April 03, 2024

    Gov't Says Alaska Gold Mine Approvals Should Stand

    The U.S. government is defending its approvals for a large open-pit gold mine along the Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska, telling a federal judge a half dozen tribes challenging them fail to show that agencies did not take the required "hard look" at project impacts.

  8. July 17, 2023

    Alaska Can Intervene In Tribes' Gold Mine Suit, Judge Orders

    The state of Alaska can weigh in on litigation brought by several of its Native American tribes, which are attempting to block an open-pit gold mining operation that developers say could produce more than 33 million ounces of the pure metal in the next three decades, a federal judge ruled.

  9. June 16, 2023

    Tribes' Gold Mine Suit Threatens Tax Windfall, Alaska Says

    Alaska wants to participate in federal litigation challenging a proposed gold mine that developers say would be among the largest in the world, telling an Anchorage judge that the lawsuit threatens over $1.2 billion in possible tax revenue and thousands of new jobs.

  10. May 31, 2023

    Tribes Say Alaska Native Corp. Can Defend Controversial Mine

    Three tribes suing to block the development of a massive gold mine in southwestern Alaska said reluctantly that an Alaska Native corporation can defend the mining plans in court, setting up another fight over a project that has long divided Indigenous communities in the state.