Chickaloon

Chickaloon Coal Leases

In November 2011, the Alaskan Mental Health Trust Authority offered 10,000 acres in the Chickaloon area up for coal leasing.  In January 2012, an Australian company called Riversdale Resources Ltd purchased the leases for $3 million.  Riversdale applied for exploration permits on the property in May 2012, and limited exploration (mainly aerial surveys) was ongoing as of throughout summer 2012.

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Contacts and Further Reading

• Castle Mountain Coalition
  

  Most of the land visible in this photo is part of the Chickaloon coal leases sold by the Alaska Mental Health Trust in 2011 (Source: Ground Truth Trekking)

• Chickaloon Village Traditional Council
• Mat Valley Coalition
• Envision Mat-Su (formerly Friends of Mat-Su)
• Riversdale Resources Presentation about Chickaloon
• DNR Coal Regulatory Program Chickaloon page– contains exploration permits and related documents, contact information for state regulators, and other information.

Matanuska Coal Leases (Source: DNR permit for Alaska Mental Health Trust Coal Leases)

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(Content derived from Ground Truth Trekking)

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