Alaskans uneasy over another Imperial Metals mine nearing end of construction

“In Southeast Alaska, we will absorb nothing but risk,” Brian Lynch of the Petersburg Vessel Owner’s Association told JuneauEmpire.com. “A breach like [Mount Polley’s] would be a disaster (…) These systems produce a lot of salmon for our billion-dollar-a-year industry.”
“Sooner or later [the tailings dams] are going to fail,” Guy Archibald, mining and clean water coordinator at the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, was quoted as saying. “It’s not a matter of ‘if,’ but ‘when.’”
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