Minerals
AIDEA’s mine-access projects Alaska Industrial Development Authority, the state’s development finance corporation, is work- ing closely with developers at the Palmer mine- project near Haines being planned by Constantine Metal Resources and Dowa Metals and Mining Co. Ltd. Palmer is a multi-metal project with copper, zinc, gold and silver. The project appears to be three to five years from moving into development, AIDEA officials said. The authority’s role would be in helping finance infrastructure, which would include a short access…