THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                          (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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For Immediate Release                                     March 10, 1998

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

I transmit herewith the 1996 Annual Report on Alaska's Mineral Resources, as required by section 1011 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96-487; 16 U.S.C. 3151). This report contains pertinent public information relating to minerals in Alaska gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and other Federal agencies.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

                                   THE WHITE HOUSE,
                                   March 10, 1998.

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