Being foreign, if there was a crisis, they could walk away knowing the taxpayers would pay the cleanup.
Truth. If anybody wants to see a case study for this, look at Pegasus Gold and what they did in Montana at the Landusky/Zortman mine. Cyanide in the ground water from a failed heap leaching pad, an entirely insufficient reclamation bond, and they just kicked the dust off their boots and left the mess for somebody else to clean up.
Some might be offended by government overreach. I'm offended by the corporations raping the land for profit and leaving a mess for future generations.
