President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday approving construction on an access road to the Ambler Mining District in Alaska , rolling back environmental restrictions imposed by the Biden administration.

Supporters of the project have called it essential in reaching copper, zinc, and cobalt deposits to boost the domestic supply chain of critical minerals.

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“This was something that should have been long operating and making billions of dollars for our country and supplying a lot of energy and minerals and everything else,” Trum

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