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June Issue 2 2013

Pebble Partnership touts economic impact

If it is built, the proposed Pebble copper/gold mine near Iliamna would generate substantial employment in Alaska as well as revenues to the local, state and federal governments, according to an economic analysis of the proposed mine by IHS Global Insight, an Englewood, Colo. consulting firm.

Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce

June Issue 2 2013

Rare earths research at Bokan sheds light on formations

A unique deposit of heavy rare earth elements at Alaska’s Bokan Mountain could help scientists understand how rare earth element deposits form, according to new research by geologists from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and the U.S. Geological Survey.

U.S. Geological Survey

May Issue 2 2013

Greens Creek silver production increases

The owner of the Greens Creek Mine in southeast Alaska says silver production is up for the first quarter of 2013.

Associated Press

Predictable reaction after latest EPA Pebble assessment May Issue 1 2013

Predictable reaction after latest EPA Pebble assessment

Build-out of a large-scale mine near the headwaters of a world-class salmon fishery in Alaska could wipe out as many as 90 miles of streams and alter stream flows, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a revised assessment released April 26.

BECKY BOHRER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pebble partners plan $80 million for studies, permitting April Issue 4 2013

Pebble partners plan $80 million for studies, permitting

The Pebble Partnership, developers of the large gold/copper project in southwest Alaska, has approved an $80 million budget for 2013 engineering and environmental studies, with a goal of initiating federal and state permitting by the end of the year, the group said Monday in a press release

TIM BRADNER, ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE

April Issue 3 2013

Pebble mine project 2013 budget is $80 million

The 2013 budget for the Pebble mine project is $80 million with the goal being to begin permitting this year.

Associated Press

March Issue 4 2013

Interior Dept. cuts mineral payments to 35 states

The U.S. Department of Interior is cutting federal mineral payments to 35 states by about $110 million this fiscal year as part of the automatic federal spending cuts that started this month.

BEN NEARY, Associated Press

March Issue 4 2013

State files lawsuit on access to mining claims

Gold miners who have been fighting the federal government for years over access to their mining claims in the Fortymile region gained a powerful ally this week.

TIM MOWRY, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

March Issue 4 2013

AJOC EDITORIAL: Cantwell letter to SEC latest nonsense over Pebble

Thanks to Sen. Maria Cantwell, the federal budget put forth by Sen. Patty Murray wasn’t the dopiest thing to come out of the Washington delegation last week.

ANDREW JENSEN, MANAGING EDITOR

Tribes, conservation groups propose own plan for Bristol Bay March Issue 4 2013

Tribes, conservation groups propose own plan for Bristol Bay

JUNEAU (AP) — Tribes and conservation interests are proposing their own land-use plan for the Bristol Bay region.

BECKY BOHRER, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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