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The Pebble Limited Partners has enlisted BGR Government Affairs to gain support for its controversial open-pit mine project located at the headwaters of Alaska's Bristol Bay, which is opposed by environmentalists, commercial fishermen, native Alaskans and the hospitality industry.
There’s an estimated $400B in reserves of gold, copper and molybdenum in the area, according to the Pebble Limited Partnership, which is owned by Canada’s Northern Dynasty Minerals of Vancouver.
Alaska's Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan oppose the mine, as does sportsman Donald Trump Jr., who took his son on a fishing trip to Bristol Bay in 2014.
The Army Corps of Engineers on Nov. 25 announced it plans to block the mine because it does not comply with Clean Water Act guidelines. Pebble Limited Partnership expressed disappointment with the ruling and plans to explore its options.
BGR founding partner Haley Barbour, former Mississippi governor and chair of the Republican National Committee, and state advocacy & government marketing practice head Loren Monroe, ex-aide to New Mexico Republican senator Pete Domenici, represent the Pebble Limited Partnership.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
