Constantine employees and local boosters of the Palmer Project have repeatedly claimed that mining in Alaska is done safely, carefully, and in compliance with all laws and regulations to protect local waters and fisheries, and our State regulators work tirelessly to make it so. The recent EPA settlement for 200+ permit violations by Coeur Alaska’s Kensington Mine proves both claims are myths: unauthorized discharges, inaccurate sampling, failure to repair containment structures, improperly trained employees, missed…
