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Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday will open bidding on drilling leases in a pristine Arctic wildlife refuge in Alaska despite tepid interest from the oil and gas industry and a pledge from incoming Democratic President-elect Joe Biden to protect the region.
The move is among a slew of last-minute efforts by President Donald Trump’s government to expand fossil fuel and mineral development in the United States before leaving office in two weeks, building on his years-long drive to maximize domestic production over the objections of environmentalists.
Officials from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are scheduled to open and read bids received since late December on more than 1 million acres (4,000 square kilometers) of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Alaska’s North Slope during a live video broadcast on Wednesday morning.
Oil-gas lease moratorium: Not much impact in Montana
No current operating rig on fed lands in MT
By: Mike Dennison
and last updated 2021-02-01 19:40:19-05
HELENA â Editorâs note: This is the second of a two-part series on the Montana impacts of President Joe Bidenâs executive orders on oil-and-gas development.
While President Bidenâs order to halt oil-and-gas leasing on federal lands has been blasted by the industry and GOP members of Montanaâs congressional delegation, the impact on actual production or revenues in the state appears minimal.
Not a single oil rig is operating on federal land in Montana, and companies with existing federal leases can still explore and drill, if they choose.
Lithium Americas advances Thacker Pass project in Nevada
Drilling operations at Lithium Americas Thacker Pass property in northwestern Nevada. Credit: Lithium Americas
Posted By: Daniel Sekulich
February 2, 2021
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Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) received final approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the company’s Thacker Pass lithium mine project in northwestern Nevada on Jan. 15.
The project, located 100 km northwest of Winnemucca, in the state’s Humboldt County, is host to the largest known lithium resource in the United States, and Lithium Americas has been working the asset up for a decade. According to a pre-feasibility study filed in August 2018, the company foresees it as a two-phase, open-pit project, with production capacity that could reach 60,000 tonnes annually of battery-grade lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) over a 46-year mine life. Thacker Pass is 100% -owned by Lithium Americas.