John Shively, CEO The Pebble Partnership United States of America: A Second World Country? Heritage Foundation 2011

The Pebble Partnership A Shared Commitment to Sustainable Development and Social and Community Responsibility. Northern Dynasty has delineated one of the world's great orebodies, assembling one of the most extensive environmental databases in the history of resource development. Anglo American US brings a depth of corporate resources and a successful track record of global leadership in modern mining practices.

Slide from J. Lang, 2009 Kennecott ( ) Copper River Bristol Bay Kuskokwim River Yukon River Wulik River Colville River Tanana River Mining & Fishing Co-Exist

Pebble Deposit PEBBLE EAST PEBBLE WEST X Total In-Situ Resource: 80.6B lbs Copper, 107.4M ounces Gold & 5.6B lbs Molybdenum. West East

Infrastructure

Region Population Source: US Census Bureau

Copper – Building Block for Green Economy? Hybrid car nearly 2X the copper – 42lbs vs. 78lbs 3MW Wind turbine nearly 5 tons of copper Solar panels up to 60% copper

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“The core talent of a successful environmental activist is not science and law. It's campaigning instinct.” “ Psychological warfare is a very underappreciated aspect of environmental campaigning.” “New injunctions, new species listings and bad press take a terrible toll on agency morale. They feel like their careers are being mocked and destroyed -- and they are.” “The core talent of a successful environmental activist is not science and law. It's campaigning instinct.” “ Psychological warfare is a very underappreciated aspect of environmental campaigning.” “New injunctions, new species listings and bad press take a terrible toll on agency morale. They feel like their careers are being mocked and destroyed -- and they are.” Kieran Suckling One of the Founders of The Center for Biological Diversity Kieran Suckling One of the Founders of The Center for Biological Diversity From an interview with High Country News, December 21, 2009 Scare Tactics

Despite vast underground stores of raw materials, U.S. one of the last places miners go to start a project. 7 year permitting process Longest wait globally Australia, 2 years Environmental laws = to U.S. Federal Permitting

Regulatory Costs Sept Fiscal Year 43 new federal regulations $28 billion $23 billion EPA and automobile fuel standards

Opposition Through Litigation Red Dog Mine

$2.1 billion OCS lease purchase $1 billion investment to pursue project Lawsuit filed by Alaska Wilderness League, Natural Resource Defense Council Shell cancels exploration program;-$200 million Shell cancels exploration program;-$108 million 2010 – Exploration work air permits withdrawn by EPA NGO’s - Opposition Through Litigation

Opposition Through Administrative Action Army Corps of Engineers Denies Permit $600 million invested 400 direct new jobs 100+ support jobs National Petroleum Reserve

EPA revokes permit for hilltop mining project in West Virginia The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revoked a permit for one of the nation’s largest mountaintop removal mining projects, saying it would destroy water, wildlife and Appalachian communities West Virginia. CNN Headline News

Green vs. Green Growing solar industry faces green backlash Environmentalists creating snags Roughly half of all plants in development face issues concerning plant and animal habitat, culture sites or water demand. Environmentalists creating snags Roughly half of all plants in development face issues concerning plant and animal habitat, culture sites or water demand. Reuters as reported by MSNBC.com 1/6/2011 China & Solar Energy Strategic industry Investing $1.5+ trillion over 5 years Cement position as a provider of high-value technologies … the prevailing view in China is that the good done by solar plants outweighs any damage they may do to the environment” China & Solar Energy Strategic industry Investing $1.5+ trillion over 5 years Cement position as a provider of high-value technologies … the prevailing view in China is that the good done by solar plants outweighs any damage they may do to the environment”

Scope Matters Bristol Bay Region 39, 184 sq. miles State of Virginia 42,774 sq. miles Nushagak River 12,735 mi 2 = Maryland Kvichak River 8,017 mi 2 = New Jersey Virginia Pebble

Glacier Bay National Park Historic Glacial Coverage

 Nevada, Idaho, Washington  Alaska Fraser Institute 2010 – 2011 Mining Survey  Four US states rank last  Colorado Washington California Wisconsin Alaska

US Offshore Alaska Fraser Institute Petroleum Survey 2010 Six US States/regions rank in the bottom 10 US Offshore – Pacific Florida New York California US Offshore – Alaska Pennsylvania Alaska US Offshore Gulf of Mexico US Offshore Atlantic US Offshore Pacific  US States - general  Alaska & offshore regions

“What I have found during my first 16 months as director of BLM is that an awful lot of my time is dealing with litigation matters. Litigation that was filed two, three, four years ago that has yet to be settled. And so my optimism of being able to move forward and do what I believe to be the right thing based upon the input of the public has been somewhat put on hold. And that’s an unfortunate situation, but it’s a realistic situation.” President Obama’s Director of the Bureau of Land Management Bob Abbey Dec. 2 presentation to RDC:

The World is Out of Balance Developers High Risk Low Rewards Appeals & Litigation

Equal Burden of Proof Balance the Scale R ESPONSIBLE D EVELOPMENT D EVELOPERS NGO’ S Common Sense Standards Promote economic and environmental literacy Reduce litigation & appeals risks Require reporting of all income sources Adjust appeals system Eliminate tax-exempt status Loser pays in court

54% prioritize economy over environment Widest margin in 3 decades March 2011 Americans say save the economy, not the planet Economic Conditions

U.S. National Debt $14.220,574,192,

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