The Good of Gold

Part of what makes the Pebble Mine debate so interesting is that the mining industry has come head-to-head with the fishing industry.  But in other places around the world it is the gold mining industry that has been established.  A website called “Goldfacts” is run by the World Gold Council, and shares many of the […]

Perspectives from the Mining Industry

There is a vast and undisputed mineralogical wealth available in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. The “Pebble Deposit” exists near the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers, two of eight primary tributaries feeding the Bristol Bay water supply. The deposits are of gold, copper, and molybdemum, and weigh about 4.1 billion tons. They would likely be mined by […]