Community Support

Building strong and collaborative working relationships

The Estelle Community

Establishing strong and collaborative working relationships with the communities adjacent to our operations is essential to earning and maintaining our social license to operate. By encouraging an atmosphere of mutual respect, transparency and constructive dialogue we strive to respect the values and culture of communities that lie adjacent to our operations. Nova is committed to supporting the local communities in which we operate to ensure we have a meaningful impact on their culture, environment and economic prosperity. Where possible, we do this by prioritising local procurement and employment and investing in community partnering initiatives consistent with our core values: Integrity, Respect and Openness.

Supporting Alaskan Communities

In 2021, Nova participated in a funding partnership with the State of Alaska, industry peers and native corporations to help supply fish to the communities along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers and Emmonak that have suffered from salmon shortages.

Photo of Nova CEO, Christopher Gerteisen with supply of Wild AK Coho Salmon for communities in need.

This has been a tremendous team effort to get salmon into the hands of our fellow Alaskans in need. Salmon is the lifeblood for those along the Yukon, and my administration wasn’t going to sit on the side-line while our rural communities struggled to put food on the table. Alaskans are at their finest when hardship strikes. I am grateful for the strong partnerships and collaboration between local businesses, tribal and village leaders, seafood processors, and shipping companies who all played an integral role in the success of this project.

Mike Dunleavy – Governor of Alaska

Other Community Support

Nova actively supports Alaskan communities by being a good neighbor and supporting local lodges, like The Perrins Rainy Pass Lodge, with not only business income from lodgings in our early years, but by providing logistics support for its personal needs, including bringing in various supplies and fuel for the Iron Dog race.

Nova Support and Sponsorships:

  • Skwentna barge landing / river access road improvements
  • Alaska Resource Education sponsor
  • Kenai River Sportfishing Association sponsor
  • Iron Dog snow machine race sponsor/prizes
  • Iron Dog Rainy Pass Lodge checkpoint sponsor – provide all fuel
  • Youth progam sponsor
  • Iron dog Skwentna checkpoint sponsor
  • Skwentna XC200 snow machine race sponsor
  • Iditarod dog sled race support
  • Skwentna Fly-In event sponsor
  • Matsu Valley Youth Sport Programs sponsor
  • Other community food / salmon donations
Photo of Nova and Rainy Pass Lodge personnel working together to bring in Lodge supplies on another Nova chartered aircraft.
Nova and Perrins Rainy Pass Lodge personnel working together to bring in Lodge supplies on another Nova chartered aircraft.

Exploration Licences

Nova’s subsidiary qualifies under AS 38.05.190 to acquire exploration and mineral rights; and is authorised to conduct a mining related business under Alaska Business License #1058506.

This document was prepared in accordance with applicable requirements and statutes of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR) including, but not limited to: 11 AAC 86.800 et seq. AS 27.19.010 et seq. 11 AAC 97.100 et seq.

Nova’s subsidiary has submitted its Application for Permits to Mine in Alaska (APMA) accompanied with an Exploration and Reclamation Plan for its proposed exploration drilling activities on Alaskan State mining claims within the Estelle Project.

Please note that an APMA does not allow the holder to conduct any mining activities. Further permitting must be granted for this to occur, a process which can take many years to approve.

Community Feedback

All community feedback will be carefully considered when deciding how to proceed with exploration programs and all reasonable measures will be made to ensure a satisfactory solution is achieved for all parties.

Please contact Nova direct for further details or information requests:

Alaska Range Resources, LLC
1150 S Colony Way, Suite 3-440
Palmer, Alaska 99645

Email: info@novaminerals.com.au