October 1, 2020 — Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) called for a federal investigation of the testimony and documents submitted by Pebble Partnership CEO Tom Collier and other executives in support of the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, Cantwell called for a Justice Department investigation into possible discrepancies between comments made by Collier and Donald Thiessen, president and CEO of Pebble’s parent company Northern Dynasty Minerals, on a series of recorded video calls and how they characterized the project’s scope and plans in legally binding federal documents, as well as in congressional testimony.
The Pebble Tapes, as they are being called, resulted in Collier’s resignation as CEO of the Pebble Partnership.
“The Pebble Tapes make one thing very clear: The Pebble Limited Partnership will stop at nothing to build their disastrous mine, even if it means lying on their permit application, deceiving their investors, or possibly perjuring themselves in front of Congress,” said Cantwell in a statement released on Tuesday. “The Department of Justice should investigate what is disclosed in these disturbing Pebble Tapes.”