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Final EIS completion clears path for Pebble to begin state permitting, make its case in the courts of law, public opinion North of 60 Mining News – July 31, 2020
Workers returning to camp trek across the world-class Pebble copper-gold-molybdenum deposit in Southwest Alaska. Despite the unassuming topography, this project has received strong opposition from conservationists worried that a mine could affect salmon habitat in the Bristol Bay region.
The July 24 release of a final Environmental Impact Statement that details a mine at Pebble capable of extracting copper, gold, and other valuable metals from a world-class deposit in Southwest Alaska without harming the Bristol Bay salmon fishery is a landmark achievement for Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., which has spent the better part of two decades advancing the project to this point.
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