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February 4, 2010

Tests show planned Alaska mine has additional deposits

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The potential for riches keeps growing at Pebble Mine, a huge minerals deposit in southwest Alaska near Bristol Bay and the world's most productive wild salmon streams.

A new estimate released Monday is larger than the 2008 estimate — growing 12 percent for copper, 14 percent for gold and 16 percent for molybdenum, which is used to strengthen steel.


 
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