City of Grass Valley Imposes Final Application Deadline on Emgold
Press Release
By Citizens Looking At Impacts of Mining (CLAIM-GV)
claim@claim-gv.org
March 15, 2012
On Thursday, March 13, Grass Valley City Council set a final 180-day time limit for Emgold to come up with the required deposits for their flagship project, the Idaho-Maryland Mine and Ceramics Factory. If Emgold fails to deposit approximately $440,000 within 180 days, the project application will be [...]
In a Surprise Move, Grass Valley City Council Sets Hard Deadline for Emgold
In a surprise move this evening, the Grass Valley City Council went well beyond what was strictly required of them and took action on a formally non-action agenda item, by imposing a “final” and hard deadline of six months for Emgold to secure financing to complete the Draft Environmental Impact Report on its Idaho-Maryland Mine [...]
Why Did Grass Valley City Council Ignore Public Comments on IMM Contracts?
By Don Pelton
Four of the five members of the Grass Valley City Council, in its meeting of November 8th, voted unanimously to approve the proposed contracts with ASCENT Environmental (for the revised Idaho-Maryland Mine EIR) and with Emgold (the reimbursement agreement). Dan Miller was absent.
Before the vote, Mayor Jan Arbuckle allowed public comments, within the following [...]
Film and Forum Tonight at Nevada Theater
Excerpts from the CLAIM newsletter:
“A Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sundance Film Festival nominated film about the dangers of coal mining – and how a small town fought back against a big corporation – will be featured at public forum here to educate the community about the environmental threats of reopening the Idaho Maryland Mine in [...]
New Economic Analysis Needed for Idaho-Maryland Mine Project
by Jane and Don Pelton
The Grass Valley City Council has the authority to invest the life of our community in a proposal by a junior Canadian mining company to re-open the Idaho-Maryland Mine (IMM). But no prudent investor would proceed with re-opening a massive hard rock gold mine in a populated area without first requiring [...]
Back to the Drawing Board: GV finds numerous errors in IMM proposal
By CLAIM-GV
“Yesterday, Grass Valley Planning Director Tom Last stated that the CD that was released to the public and the copies that were posted online contain a number of errors and will have to be revised by IMM and re-submitted. It is not clear whether the errors that are in the CD version also appear [...]
Emgold’s Press Release Featured in The Union as an Op-Ed
Emgold’s latest press release, appearing in today’s The Union as an op-ed by David Watkinson, announces their submittal of drafts of the “revised executive summary, introduction, and project description.”
As I reported on April 8th, this appears to be in partial fulfillment of the City of Grass Valley’s April 8th deadline.
The press release also promises that Emgold’s [...]
Idaho-Maryland Mine Company Sends Partial Application Update by April 8th Deadline
As I reported here on April 6th, Idaho Maryland Mine Corporation CEO David Watkinson sent a new letter on March 31st (dated April 1st) signaling his intent to submit some preliminary documents updating their application by April 8th, the deadline set by the City of Grass Valley last fall.
According to a new press release sent [...]
New Letter from Idaho-Maryland Mine’s CEO, David Watkinson
Idaho-Maryland Mine Corporation’s CEO David Watkinson submitted a new letter (dated April 1st, received by the City on March 31, 2011) to Joe Heckel, City of Grass Valley’s Community Development Director.
Mr. Watkinson says in his letter that IMM Corp. plans to submit by April 8th (among other things) the “working draft” of a Revised Project [...]
Reopen the Idaho-Maryland Mine? Trust, but Verify
Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Ralph Silberstein, President, and Mike Pasner, Vice-President, of Citizens Looking at the Impact of Mining in Grass Valley (CLAIM-GV ). In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I’m a member of CLAIM-GV and have assisted in efforts to research the Draft Environmental Impact Report.
February [...]
