April 23, 2025
Trump administration tabs Stibnite mine as ‘priority project’
By Drew Dodson
Valley Lookout – A gold and antimony mine in eastern Valley County is among 10 projects tabbed for “expedited” permitting by a new federal energy council.
The National Energy Domination Council recently released the list of projects, which includes Perpetua Resources’ Stibnite Gold Project about 40 miles east of McCall.
The list was created under President Donald Trump’s March 20 executive order that tasked agencies with identifying all domestic mineral production projects and working with the council to determine priority projects.
The order directs agencies to “take all necessary or appropriate actions within the agency’s authority to expedite and issue the relevant permits or approvals” for the priority projects.
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