Constantine Metal Resources, the Canadian mining company that has explored hard-rock mining in the Chilkat Valley for 13 years, came out with a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) this month that projects an 11-year mine that would earn a $266 million profit.
The CVN reporters spoke with Alaskan mining trade associations, the state permitting agency and Constantine Metal Resources officials to come up with three key-takeaways from the report: utilizing existing infrastructure is important to the…