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By A.J. Roan
Mining News 

Pebble is conscientious of its impacts

Addresses concerns over tailings facility, environmental effects North of 60 Mining News – September 23, 2022

 

Last updated 9/22/2022 at 2:49pm

An aerial shot of the Pebble camp located in Northwestern Alaska.

Pebble Limited Partnership

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in the 2020 Environmental Impact Statement for Pebble that they "could not conceive how a failure could occur" when determining the logistics of a future tailings facility for the mine.

In spite of the current uncertainty regarding a final decision by the Environmental Protection Agency, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and Pebble Limited Partnership has outlined the potential locations and solutions of a tailings pond for the proposed world-class copper-gold-silver-rhenium mine in Southwest Alaska.

To alleviate concerns over the environmental impacts a mine like Pebble would ha...



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