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EPA admits to spending over $2 million on Pebble Mine assessment

Ana Komnenic | July 24, 2013 | 11:50 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Top Companies Europe Copper Gold 

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is under fire for spending $2.4 million in reviewing the proposed open-pit copper and gold Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska, The Daily Caller reports. The figure represents the agency's external expenses on its draft...

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