07:46 AM EDT, 03/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Trilogy Metals Inc. ( TMQ ) on Thursday provided an update on the Ambler Access Project.

On March 18, 2024, TMQ noted, the United States Bureau of Land Management filed its 11th status report with the Courts stating that it posted the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on its ePlanning website on October 13, 2023 and published notice of availability of the Draft SEIS in the Federal Register on October 20, 2023. The public comment period ended on December 22, 2023. The BLM conducted several public meetings concerning the Draft SEIS, and conducted associated ANILCA Section 810 hearings on subsistence use in communities affected by the project.

The BLM, TMQ noted, had previously reported that it anticipated publishing a Final SEIS in the first quarter of calendar year 2024, but now anticipates publishing a Final SEIS in the second quarter of calendar year 2024. The BLM continues to anticipate publishing a Record of Decision within the second quarter of calendar year 2024.

The Ambler Access Project is a proposed 211-mile, industrial-use-only road from the Upper Kobuk Mineral Projectsto the Dalton Highway that will enable the advancement of exploration and development at the Ambler Mining District, home to some of the world's richest known copper-dominant polymetallic deposits.