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Blue Copper

All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.

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Mining

SECTOR
Mining

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CATEGORY
Project Category FAST-41 Transparency Projects

Department of Agriculture

LEAD AGENCY
Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service

Description:

The 7,520-acre Blue Copper Project represents a strategically important domestic critical minerals development opportunity, targeting six federally-designated critical minerals—copper, tungsten, gold, zinc, gallium, and germanium. The project is located 30 miles west of Helena, Montana.

This project is posted in the interest of transparency and response to Executive Order 14241.  A permitting timetable will be posted by September 5, 2025.