Environmental Impact Statement draft released on potential Stibnite mine project

The environmental impact statement was just released on Friday, this draft goes into detail on the Midas Gold's proposed Stibnite Mine project.

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IMJESSICA TAYLOR.A DRAFT OF THEENVIRONMENTALIMPACT STUDY ON APROPOSED MININGSITE NEAR THEHEAD-WATERS OFTHE SOUTH FORK OFTHE SALMON RIVERHAS JUST BEENRELEASED.IDAHO NEWS SIX'SSTEVE DENT HASMORE ON THEPOTENTIAL STIBNITEMINE PROJECT."WE ARE REALLYEXCITED TO HAVETHE DRAFT FINALLYAVAILABLE TO THEPUBLIC THIS HASBEEN TEN YEARS OFSCIENTIFIC STUDYAND FOUR YEARS OFREGULATORYREVIEW."THE STIBNITE MINEHAS QUITE THEHISTORY IT GOESBACK A HUNDREDYEARS WITH THEEFFECTS STILL SEENTODAY AND BEFOREMIDAS GOLD DOESANY MINING THEYWILL CLEAN UPTHESE LEGACYIMPACTS."THERE AREMILLIONS OF TONSOF ABANDONEDTAILINGS LYING INTHAT WATERSHEDINTERACTING WITHGROUND ANDSURFACE WATER SOWE INITIALLY CAMETO THIS SITE ANDSAID MINING NEEDSTO FIGURE OUT AWAY TO CLEAN THISUP."BUT CONSERVATIONGROUPS DON'TBELIEVE MOREMINING IS THEANSWER AND IDAHORIVERS UNITEDWORRIES ABOUT THEFUTURE OF THEHEADWATERS OF THESOUTH FORK OF THESALMON RIVER."IT'S ALL ABOUT THEDOLLAR FOR MIDASWHENENVIRONMENTALRECOVERY DOESN'TPRODUCE THERETURNS THEY AREGOING TO DO WHATEVERY OTHERMINING COMPANYHAS DONE AND DOWHAT'S BEST FORTHEIR BOTTOM LINEAND YOU CAN SEESOME OF THAT INTHE CURRENTPROPOSAL THEIRPROPOSAL FORCYANIDATIONDOESN'T EVEN MEETTHE REQUIREMENTSFOR IDAHO LAW BUTINSTEAD OFCHANGING THEIRCURRENT PROPOSALTHEY ARE LOOKINGTO CHANGE ANDRELAX THEENVIRONMENTALREGULATIONS.MIDAS GOLD WOULDPRODUCE GOLDSILVER ANDANTIMONY THEY SAYTHE PROJECTWOULD BRING 500GOOD PAYING JOBSTO RURAL IDAHO THEPLAN CALLS FOR A 20YEARS LIFESPANINCLUDING LASTTHREE FOR CLEANUPAND RESTORATION."MINING IN THE U.S.IS ON OF THEHIGHEST AND MOSTREGULATEDINDUSTRIES IN THEWORLD WE HAVE TODO IT RIGHT WE ARENO LONGER IN APLACE WHEREMINING HAPPENS INSUCH A WAY THATWE ARE NOTTHINKING ABOUT THEENVIRONMENTALCONSEQUENCES WEHAVE A NEWMODERN ETHOSAROUND HOW IT HASTO DONE AND WEHAVE A REGULATORYTHAT DEMANDS ITAND A PUBLIC THATDEMANDS IT."BUT IDAHO RIVERSUNITED SAYS THEMINING WASTEWOULD COVER 30FOOTBALL FIELDSAND LEAD TO A 20PERCENT LOSS OFCHINOOK SALMONWHILE ALSO PUTTINGSTEELHEAD ANDBULL TROUT AT RISK."THIS MINE THATTHEY HAVE AND THISPROPOSAL IS GOINGTO EXPONENTIALLYINCREASE THEFOOTPRINT OF THISMINE THERE AREMILLIONS OFPOUNDS OF MININGWASTE THAT AREGOING TO SPILLEDOVER 100'S OFACRES OVER NEWMEADOW VALLEYINTO MEADOWCREEK WHICH IS APRISTINE AREA."THE PUBLIC HAS 60DAYS TO PROVIDECOMMENTS ON THISPROJECT STEVEDENT IDAHO NEWSSIX.MIDASGOLD SAYS THEYWELCOME THEPUBLIC COMMENTSAND THAT PEOPLECRITICAL OF THEMINE HAS HELPEDTHEM IMPROVE THEIRPROPOSAL.MEANWHILE IDAHORIVERS UNITEDBELIEVES 60 DAYS ISNOT LONG ENOUGHTO REVIEW THEENVIRONMENTALIMPACT STATEMENTTHAT CONTAINSMORE THAN 5-THOUSAND