Nova Minerals Backs U.S. Government's $249M Investment In Port MacKenzie Rail Extension

Benzinga · 2d ago

Nova Minerals Corp ("Nova Minerals" or the "Company") (NYSE:NVA, ASX: NVA))) welcomes the U.S. Government’s $249 million investment to complete the final stages of the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension, providing a key transportation link intended to support the development and movement of critical minerals within the region.

The funding will deliver a new the 32-mile rail line connecting Port MacKenzie, Alaska, to the Alaska Railroad Corporation’s main line.

Nova Minerals’ direct rail siding at Port Mackenzie will enable shipments of antimony and other critical minerals ore and concentrate feedstock to seamlessly move from the Alaskan interior and the region directly to its planned antimony and critical minerals processing and refining hub at Port MacKenzie via the new rail extension.

Nova Minerals CEO Christopher Gerteisen joined Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transport Sean Duffy, US Senator for Alaska Dan Sullivan, and US Representative for Alaska Nick Begich, US House Natural Resouces Committee Chairman Rep. Bruce Westerman, and Matsu Borough Mayor Edna Devries, for the announcement at Port MacKenzie on October 19.