Stibnite Gold Project Completes Federal Permitting

WASHINGTON (May 20, 2025)- The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) is pleased to announce the completion of federal permitting for the Stibnite Gold Project with the finalization of Section 404 Clean Water Act requirements. Added to the FAST-41 program as a transparency project last month in response to President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order, Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production, the project creates one of the largest gold, silver, and antimony mines in the United States.

“The Permitting Council is thrilled to announce the completion of federal permitting for one of the first projects to receive FAST-41’s transparency designation,” said Manisha Patel, Permitting Council Acting Executive Director.

Stibnite Gold is a hardrock mine and legacy cleanup project located on federal, state, and private lands in Valley County, Idaho. Once operational the project will extract gold, silver, and serve as America’s only domestic source for antimony, a designated critical mineral essential for supporting renewable energy generation, manufacturing processes and military applications vital to national security. The project is located on the site of an abandoned mine that was operational from 1899 until 1997. The Stibnite Gold Project includes plans for significant restoration of the existing mine site. Project sponsor, Perpetua Resources, Inc., anticipates that the project will provide long-term economic benefits for the local area, to include employment and business opportunities for rural communities in central Idaho. 

“As we celebrate receiving the final federal permit for the Stibnite Gold Project, we applaud the National Energy Dominance Council and the Permitting Council’s efforts to streamline permitting and propel critical mining projects nationwide, said Jon Cherry, President and CEO of Perpetua Resources. “We believe this administration’s commitment to boosting efficiency without compromising rigorous environmental standards can have a transformational impact on American mining."

In response to the Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production Executive Order, the chair of the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) submitted a list of mineral production projects to be identified as transparency projects on the Federal Permitting Dashboard to the Permitting Council Acting Executive Director, including the Stibnite Gold Project. Inclusion on the Permitting Dashboard as a transparency project benefits all interested entities by making the environmental review and authorizations schedule for these vital mineral production projects publicly available. The public nature of the dashboard ensures that all stakeholders, from project sponsors and community members to federal agency leaders have up-to-date accounting of where each project stands in the review process. This transparency leads to greater accountability, ensuring a more efficient process. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service led federal permitting for this project. For more information on the project, visit the Federal Permitting Dashboard. For more information on the Permitting Council visit permitting.gov.