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- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted Contango Silver & Gold a permit to mine Johnson Tract in Lake Clark National Park despite a 2025 Clean Water Act lawsuit.
- The Center for Biological Diversity alleges the Corps ignored protection for Cook Inlet belugas and risks acid-mine drainage into the Johnson River.
- Greg Encelewski, Ninilchik Traditional Council president, says the mine would boost tribal self-sufficiency.
