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The problem is if there ever is a spill, the contamination would destroy the Bristol Bay Fishery which is the largest remaining natural salmon habitat on this Earth. You see water from holding pond would make it into creeks then river systems and kill everything the whole way to the ocean and this would be for years into the future. The mine owners don't want the liability on their backs if this were to happen. When the locals demanded legislative safeguards to hold the mine owner/developer financially responsible, our AK Repub legislators said no way; would kill the project. You see the owners will only proceed if they are in no way held responsible for any future problems. It's like they are already planning their escape before the environmental disaster happens, ha ha.

No joke, from I hear, most the people that live out that way are against it, regardless of politics. It's kind of like building a nuclear waste site in your back yard that will never go away.

Sometimes, no matter how much money can be made, the down side might be just too big of a chance to take. There are new open pit gold mines all over Alaska, not like Alaskans are a bunch of greenies. This one is just an accident waiting to happen many Alaskans believe.