By Shane Lasley
Mining News
Alaska gov calls for halt of Pebble EIS
Contends project is not ready for review, AMA says he is wrong North of 60 Mining News – July 6, 2018
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During the exploration phase, the Pebble project provided good paying jobs to workers from the Bristol Bay region.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has called for a halt to an environmental review process aimed at determining whether a mine at Pebble can be developed in a way that protects the environment of the Bristol Bay region where the world-class copper-gold-molybdenum deposit is found.
In a June 29 letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, also signed by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, Walker questioned the "readi...
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Reader Comments(1)
Eidolon writes:
This is a huge mistake by the governor.
07/06/2018, 4:26 pm