“The mine was originally owned by Canadian mining company NovaGold and operated by its subsidiary, Alaska Gold. It opened briefly in 2008 before shutting its doors just months later. In the two years of preproduction and the two months of actual production, the mine went more than $20 million over budget, lost two of its workers in a construction-related accident, and violated the Clean Water Act, resulting in over $800,000 in federal fines.”

Read the full article here: Gold dreams scrapped at Nome’s defunct mine

Now the same CEO of the defunct Rock Creek Mine is hoping for more help from the State of Alaska this time at the Ambler Mining District, 220 miles of road for starters…