Avuu that is complete BS.

Example RED DOG:

Since mining began, NANA has retained approximately $480 million in the $1.3 billion it has  received net proceeds from the mine. NANA has distributed approximately $820 million to other regions and at-large shareholder via the 7 (i) sharing provisions of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Of the $480 million NANA has retained, the Corporation has distributed approximately $221 million in dividends to shareholders primarily from the net proceeds from Red Dog Mine.


 Red Dog Mine directly creates more than 600 full-time, family-supporting jobs at the mine-site and in an area of Alaska where good-paying jobs are scarce. Since 1989, NANA shareholders have received more than $469 million in wages by working at Red Dog. In 2015, approximately 603 NANA shareholders worked at the mine earning $39.3 million in wages.