Red Dog turns to new deposit.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

NANA Regional Corp. Inc. and Teck, operator of Red Dog Mine, are pursuing plans to develop the Aqqaluk Deposit. Ore from Aqqaluk is needed to supplement ore from the Main Deposit, which is almost mined out. Teck officials are working to begin mining at Aqqaluk.

Red Dog Mine, located in Northwest Alaska, is situated on land owned by NANA and operated by Teck. The mine is one of the world's largest producers of zinc concentrate.

Operators have faced an uncertain future for the mine since the Environmental Protection Agency pulled certain water-quality provisions from the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit it issued in respect of the main water discharge from the Red Dog Mine in February. The EPA ruling...