Sources and Mining Practices: Tiffany's Views on Large-Scale Mining
Tiffany's believes:
*New mine development should not occur in areas of high ecological or cultural value.
*Air, water and soil contamination should be prevented.
*The principle of informed community participation in mine development should be embraced.
*Workers’ rights, labor standards and human rights should be respected by all parties.
*Mine operators should provide for appropriate and fiscally sound guarantees to cover the costs of mine closure, cleanup and restoration.
*Mine wastes should not be placed in rivers, streams, lakes or ocean waters.
Despite the economic and social benefits that mining can contribute to communities, they believe that there are special places where mining should not take place. Bristol Bay, Alaska is one such place. Tiffany & Co. supports the many Alaskans who believe that the development of the Pebble Mine poses too large a risk to the world’s most productive salmon fishery and to the wilderness and recreational resource values that Bristol Bay embodies. Tiffany & Co. is a signatory to the Bristol Bay Protection Pledge stating that they will not use gold from the proposed Pebble Mine should it be developed.
