https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1295337904496160769
Article is paywalled but the opening paragraph is good enough, the auction for the leases begins at at the end of the year
The Trump administration plans to approve an oil leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Monday, opening up the pristine 19-million-acre wilderness to drilling for the first time and making it difficult to unwind the decision should Democrats recapture the White House in November.
edit: wapo article not paywalled
They don't care about the miners, just about the mining companies.