Opportunity

Sustainable Future

Responsible, mining development projects bring new and diverse economies to areas where few other activities are viable.  Southwest Alaska is one of the most economically depressed areas in the country, where jobs are scarce and the cost of living is one of the highest in the nation.  

According to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development's Alaska Economic Trends November 2009 report on jobs in Alaska's fishing industry, roughly 46% of licensed crew members and 74% of seafood processing workers are non-Alaska residents.  The Pebble Project presents the opportunity for diversifying the regional economy.

• Regional and Alaska-hire focus
• Workforce development programs
• 1,000 high-skill, high-wage operation jobs
• 2,000 construction-phase jobs
• Business opportunities

Career Move

Workers in Alaska's mining industry are among the highest paid in the state.  The mining industry as a whole has one of the highest resident workforce rates in the state at more than 80%.

• Average compensation $80,000 (2007)
• Apprenticeship development programs
• Higher education scholarships and opportunities

Enterprising Prospect

The Pebble Project is expanding Alaskan expertise in environmental science and resource development, while promoting a project that will help diversifying the state's economy.  Southwest Alaska businesses are already benefiting through supply and service contracts, lodging, transportation and personnel services. 

Regional new business opportunities and partnerships are part of the sustainable infrastructure of Pebble's development model.

• Multi-billion capital investment
• Hundreds of millions of dollars in annual operating expenditures
• Annual payments to state and local governments
• Supply and service contracts with spin-off community benefits