Trump had initially approved the Ambler Road project during his first term, but the Biden administration blocked it after taking office, citing the need to protect "a pristine area that Alaska Native communities rely on."

In a statement, Trump approved the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority's (AIDEA) appeal of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) decision under the Biden administration last year.

As Aldgra Fredly reports for The Epoch Times, Trump stated that the road, which will stretch from the Dalton Highway to Alaska's remote Ambler Mining District, would provide transportation access to an area rich in mineral deposits.

"The decision finds that the road is in the public interest given our need for access to domestic critical minerals, and there is no economically feasible and prudent alternative route," the White House said in a fact sheet.

The president has instructed the BLM, National Park Service, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reissue the required permits to enable construction of the road, according to the fact sheet.

"I signed this years ago, and Biden unsigned it for me," Trump told reporters at the Oval Office.

"This is something that should've been long operating and making billions of dollars for our country and supplying a lot of energy and minerals."

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that building the Ambler Road in Alaska will enable access to copper, lead, zinc, gold, gallium, and other minerals the country needs "to win the AI arms race against China."

"We've got to get back in the mining business. China controls 85 to 100 percent of all the mining and refining of the top 20 critical minerals," Burgum said at the press conference.

The White House said the project is expected to create thousands of jobs, boost economic growth in rural Alaska, and open transportation access to more than 1,700 active mining claims in the district.