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Members of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation (CCN) are concerned about something that they are calling ‘Huckleberry Soup,’ in reference to the discharge that Huckleberry Mine Ltd. (HML) is permitted to flow into Tahtsa Reach.
According to CCN the mine sits directly on its traditional territory.
Bill Mracek, HML’s mine manager said that the mining company purchased the [...]

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp., the Idaho-based parent company of Coeur Alaska Inc., announced Friday that AIC and Kake Tribal Corp. will be its contractors to complete the final component of the companies’ Juneau-area Kensington Gold Mine.
“We are pleased to make this award to these highly skilled Alaska-based union contractors and look forward to bringing Kensington [...]

It should have not taken until August 14 2009, as the Corps are arriving only now at a decision that will potentially end the F O U R years of controversy surrounding The Coeur Alaska’s project.

BTTS FACT: June 2009 US Supreme Court were called upon to verify The Coeur Alaska’s right to develop the area, even though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently renewed its threats to veto the project.
The outcome can be a lot better as this means that the 3 0 0 +

–A  little bit about the two firms–
Xstrata: Fourth largest producer of copper founded in 1926
CEO: Mick Davis
Profits  down from US$2.77 billion to US$643 million a year later
Anglo American: Gold mining, largest platinum and diamond producers founded in 1999
CEO: Cynthia Carroll
Net income dropped to 2.97 billion from 4.28 billion a year earlier
*A 40 billion merger proposal [...]