Alaska Online Public Notices #LAS 36201

Public notice of Aurquest Alaska’s water-right application for placer gold mining

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources published a public notice concerning Aurquest Alaska, Inc.’s application to use water for placer gold mining near Nome; this is not a competitive procurement. - Government buyer and office - State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land and Water, Water Resources Section. - Applicant - Aurquest Alaska, Inc. is the water-right applicant, not a procurement vendor or OEM. - Requested authorization - Water use for placer gold mining at the Third Beach placer mine properties in the Cape Nome Mining District. - The application requests a maximum pump output of 10,000 gallons per minute, equivalent to 14,400,000 gallons per day. - Mining use is stated for May through October; makeup water for settling-pond and sluice processing is stated for April through November. - The application describes a 100% recycled settling-pond system and mine-cut seepage. - Procurement status - No goods, commercial services, OEM products, or contract vendors are being solicited. The notice concerns a water-right application.

Description

Aurquest Alaska, Inc. applied to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources for water rights to withdraw water from an unnamed pond in support of mechanical placer mining. The application requests up to 14,400,000 gallons per day from May 1 through October 31, from a settling pond within U.S. Mineral Survey 670 (No. 3 Laura Gulch Placer Claim), Sections 18 and 19, Township 11 South, Range 33 West, Kateel River Meridian. Written comments are due by 5:00 p.m. on October 23, 2026, and written objections may be filed under the stated provisions of Alaska law.

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