Mate, you can mine for gold without a tailings dam and you can't do it in that particular location without a purpose-built dock. Neither is happening anytime soon.
If you have Google Earth, type in, "johnson creek, alaska". Zoom out a bit, tilt down down past 45 degrees, then tell me how you build a mine there without a tailings dam.
The enviro's have been opposed to this since 1991 - sixteen years:-
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022307/opi_20070223016.shtml
In fact, despite their assertions to the contract, the greenies also oppose dry stack tailings, as this article makes clear:-
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/041607/opi_20070416014.shtml
Bottom line: anyone who thinks the Kensington mine is going ahead is dreaming.
BSG
bolnisi gold nl
Mate, you can mine for gold without a tailings dam and you can't...
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