My Turn: Pebble Mine would soil ‘Alaska brand’
Damage to the environment from construction would
hurt our image
By Barbara Belknap
Juneau Empire
February 16, 2007
At her inauguration, Gov. Sarah Palin said, “We’ll
engage in safe development, and we’ll show the way
for the rest of the world – that we can be good stewards
of God’s green Earth. We haven’t always done
that.”
Those are very wise words. Stopping the Pebble Mine right
now because the risks to God’s green Earth far outweigh
any benefits to Alaskans would be an excellent way to
put that pledge into action.
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Pebble prospect ranks 2nd worldwide
UNPROVEN: A revised estimate of gold, copper deposits
puts the value at more than $200 billion.
By Elizabeth Bluemink
Anchorage Daily News
February 21, 2007
The company exploring the controversial Pebble copper
and gold prospect announced Tuesday its Southwest Alaska
project now ranks as the second-largest mineral deposit
of its kind in the world.
And it’s still growing.
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Northern Dynasty unshaken by capitol activity
Mining company stands by second-largest prospect
of its kind worldwide, they say, amid Juneau discussion,
legislation
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
February 21, 2007
As conversations and bills regarding the future of the
Bristol Bay watershed pervade Juneau, Northern Dynasty
Minerals remains steadfast in the pursuit to develop the
extremely rich mineral deposits across Cook Inlet.
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Pebble Claim Much Larger than Originally Estimated
By Bianca Slota
ABC-TV Alaska Super Station
February 20, 2007
The debate over the Pebble Mine is heating up again,
after a major announcement from Northern Dynasty Minerals.
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Pebble lode estimate doubles
By Eric Lidji
Fairbanks News-Miner
February 21, 2007
A new estimate of Pebble East released Tuesday nearly
doubles the mineral wealth of the copper and gold deposit
in Southwest Alaska, but the company developing the project
wants a clearer picture of the ore in the ground before
announcing a plan to get it out.
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New Resource Estimate Confirms Pebble East As One
Of The World’s Most Important Copper-Gold-Molybdenum
Deposits
By Ronald W. Thiessen
Northern Dynasty Website
February 20, 2007
February 20, 2007, Vancouver, BC – Ronald W. Thiessen,
President and CEO of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX
Venture: NDM; AMEX: NAK) reports that a new mineral resource
estimate has increased the inferred mineral resources
in the Pebble East copper-gold-molybdenum deposit by nearly
90%, to 3.4 billion tones. The Pebble East deposit is
contiguous to and deeper than the 4.1 billion tonne near
surface Pebble West deposit and is higher grade. Geotechnical
assessment has shown that Pebble East is amenable to low
cost, bulk underground mining. The combined resources
of the Pebble deposits constitute one of the most significant
metal accumulations in the world. Northern Dynasty’s
Pebble Project is located in southwestern Alaska on State
land.
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New estimates put Pebble Mine worth at $300 billion
By Jason Moore
KTUU
February 20, 2007
You thought the controversial Pebble Mine was going to
be big?
Figures released today by Northern Dynasty Mines show
that Pebble Mine could be almost twice as valuable as
once thought.
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Conflicting answers
Governor not very clear about future home for habitat
division
February 16, 2007
The governor’s legislative director says the administration
is still thinking about what to do with Alaska’s
habitat protection. Good, because this is one of those
ill-informed and ill-mannered moves of the Murkowski administration
that needs reversing. But it’s hard to know what
Gov. Sarah Palin thinks about the issue; her answers this
past week don’t match up.
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