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Idaho Gold Mine May See "Recession Momentum"

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Monday, January 26, 2009   

Boise, ID – Gold prices are heading back up, not just for the Valentine's Day jewelry gift season, but because gold is a traditional investing bet during a recession. A Canadian company is working to cash in with its long-planned Atlanta gold mine north of Boise. The newest plans for the mine show gold-recovery methods using cyanide have been dropped, which is good news for those concerned about risks to the nearby Boise River. However, the mine is now also planned on private land, rather than public land, which Idaho Rivers United Campaign Coordinator Liz Paul says means a whole new game.

"That changes the amount of public participation in the whole thing. There's very little public participation, very little agency participation from the Forest Service and DEQ."

Moving the mine to private land removes state oversight, but concerns about pollution are the same whether the mine is on public land or private, according to Paul. She claims the mine will release arsenic, and heavy mine-related traffic along stream-side roads could affect water quality of the river that Boise depends on for about a quarter of its drinking water.

"There'll be lots of transportation of materials, operations underground and some above ground, all of which put the Middle Fork of the Boise River at risk."

Paul's group and government officials have been working with the mining company to make sure that ongoing clean-up of arsenic-contaminated water from a previously-abandoned gold mine in the area continues, and to limit possible damage to nearby public land and water with the new mine location. Atlanta Gold Company leaders say cyanide processing for the planned mine was eliminated to address those concerns.


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