By Randall J. Newsome Of all the lofty promises Rise Gold has churned out over the preceding months, none has been more ballyhooed than the number of jobs the mine would create, and the $94,000 average annual wage they’ll pay. Before anyone runs to get in line for one of these dream jobs, let’s…
By Paul Schwartz There are many development options for the Idaho-Maryland Mine property on Brunswick Road that are better than reopening the mine. Many options are consistent with the Nevada County General Plan and would not require zoning changes, special use permits, or variances that reopening the mine requires. There are many development options…
By Paul Schwartz (Reprinted from The Union with permission of the author) Fourteen months ago, Nevada County Planning Department published the notice of preparation (July 17, 2020) that presented Rise Gold’s proposal to reopen the Idaho-Maryland Mine, including 100-plus technical reports prepared under the direction of Rise Gold. The project scope of work and…
Editor’s Note: I’ve been searching through old articles published here a decade ago, about our struggle to prevent Emgold Corporation from re-opening the Idaho-Maryland Mine. Many of the articles are too dated to reprint now, for instance ones that discussed Emgold’s plan to build a ceramics factory to repurpose old mine tailings. Rise has…
Six years ago, residents of San Juan Ridge organized to stop the re-opening of the Siskon Mine. This was the second time many of them had fought this battle. The lessons learned from that experience are still relevant today for anyone considering Rise Gold Corporation’s application to re-open the Idaho-Maryland Mine in the heart…