• 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 financial 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, we 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
great a risk to one of the world’s greatest remaining salmon fisheries and
to the wilderness and recreational resource values that Bristol Bay embodies.