Pebble to challenge anti-mining ballot
- Publishing Date
- 03 Nov 2011 10:59am GMT
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- Mining, People and the Environment
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Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd has announced that it will fight a ballot initiative in the Lake & Peninsula Borough in southwest Alaska to restrict large-scale mining developments in the region.
The ballot, which was supported by a vote of 280 to 246, seeks to prevent mining developments of more that one square mile in size and would impact development of Northern Dynasty's Pebble project.
The company said in a statement that the Pebble Partnership (the joint venture between Northern Dynasty and Anglo American plc) and the State of Alaska believe the ballot is "unconstitutional and unenforceable because it seeks to restrict development of state-owned resources on state land".
The Alaska Superior Court will begin proceedings to consider the constitutionality of the Lake & Peninsula Borough ordinance on November 7.
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