Comes down to bribes! And when everyone starts getting used to that money, the bam! Here comes the chemicals. These people are snakes in the grass. How can they afford 500 for every single resident of Bristol Bay? Ask yourself that and then ask what the state gets out of it? This is a foreign owned mine! Just because it's neighboring Canada still means foreign! Won't help Alaska's bottom line a whimper. Remember Mt. Polley!