Sheep Creek Project
All dates below are specific to the schedule of the Environmental Review and Permitting processes for this project.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING STATUS
IN PROGRESS
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING
05/21/2027
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROCESSES
COMPLETED
SECTOR
Mining
CATEGORY
Project Category
FAST-41 Transparency Projects
LEAD AGENCY
Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service
Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:
Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Description:
The Sheep Creek project is located in the Bitterroot National Forest, West Fork Ranger District in Ravalli County, Montana approximately 40 miles southwest of Darby, Montana. The project is near the Montana-Idaho border in the West Fork of the Bitterroot river drainage. The Sheep Creek project is focused on the exploration of gallium, samarium, scandium, neodymium, praseodymium and other economically viable heavy rare earth elements. This exploration project includes activities to maintain existing roads (approx. ¾ miles), secure and stabilize three existing adits, exploratory drilling and extraction underground inside adits, exploration drilling on surface with up to 10 boreholes with associated pads and road work, and other ore sampling activities.
This project is posted in the interest of transparency and response to Executive Order 14241. This permitting timetable will be updated when the project sponsor submits an application for an authorization. The initial permitting timetable reflects the agency’s best estimates based on available information, but is likely to vary widely, depending on receipt of a complete application.
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Permitting Timetable
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