Pebble Mine CEO resigns after recorded comments released

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https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/pebble-mine-ceo-resigns-after-recorded-comments-released-rOdR6lVo-E-uvJxurb2sqQ

Joaqlin Estus
Sep 23, 2020
Indian Country Today

'We are dealing with a company that has lied to everyone’
Corrected: Added tribal affiliation for the director of United Tribes of Bristol Bay
Story edit by: Joaqlin Estus

The head of a proposed copper and gold mine near a prime Alaska salmon fishery has resigned after covertly filmed videos showed him talking about elected and regulatory officials and unreleased plans for the huge project.

Northern Dynasty, owner of Pebble Limited Partnership, announced the resignation of Pebble Limited CEO Tom Collier in a statement Wednesday.

The Environmental Investigation Agency, a Washington, D.C.-based environmental group, this week released secretly recorded Zoom conversations between Collier, Northern Dynasty CEO Ron Thiessen and activists posing as investors. The conversations occurred in August and earlier this month. [snip]

In its statement, Northern Dynasty said Collier’s comments “embellished both his and the Pebble Partnership’s relationships” with Gov. Mike Dunleavy, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and senior representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.[snip]
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I'm afraid more monkeybusiness in in the future - the proposed open-pit mining operations would threaten a major salmon fishing operation that Native Americans rely on for jobs and food as well as being much bigger and likely last in the landscape for more than 200 years versus the 20 years initially parsed to last only 20 years. Further, such a large open-pit lasting so long would diminish the soil which is currently very green, removing carbon from the atmosphere, and protective of wildlife, and established native species above and below the ground. Can you say toxic consequences?