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Alaska Gold Mining

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ALASKA GOLD MINING

SHALL WE? OR SHALL WE NOT?
Photo by Ben Cooper

DEFINITION OF ISSUE

-PEOPLE WANT THE LAND KEPT ALL NATURAL, OTHERS WANT THE NATURAL RESOURCES

ALASKA IS HOME TO MANY METALS

GOLD, COPPER, SILEVR, AND ZINC

ALASKA

MOSTLY NEVER BEEN MINED TO BE KEPT NATURAL

MINING ALASKA

GREAT CHANCE OF HARMING WATER, FISH, & OTHER WILDLIFE

CONTAMINATES

HEADWATER AND ALASKA'S WATERSHED

RECLAMATION OF 500,000 MINES

COSTS U.S. TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLORS

TOTAL VALUE IN ALASKA

JUST OVER 3.5 BILLION IN 2011 DUE TO METAL PRODUCTION

MINING INDUSTRY

PROVIDES AROUND 2,500 DIRECT JOBS~10,000 INDIRECT JOBS

STATES GROSS PROFIT

MINING BRINGS IN 3% OF ALASKA'S GROSS PROFIT

COMPANIES SPENT $356 MILLION

DUE TO EXPLORING COSTS

FOR MINING

PROVIDES JOBS, BRINGS IN STATE REVENUE, & LOTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES

AGAINST MINING

CONTAMINATES HEADWATER, HARMS WILDLIFE, & RUINS NATURAL BEAUTY

CAUSES & EFFECT

GREEDY PEOPLE ARE CAUSING THIS AFFECTING CONTAMINATION BUT ALSO JOBS

1890'S-KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH, 1896-BONANZA CREEK

1914-LIVENGOOD CREEK GOLD WAS DISCOVERED

FUTURE

ALASKA WILL BE MINED BECAUSE OF ALL ITS NATURAL RESOURCES DO TO GREED
Photo by Muffet

OPINION: AGAINST

LARGE TOURIST STATE, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, CONTAMINATION MAY OCCUR

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