I had a short chat with Paul Emery of KVMR yesterday. He called to ask me for an update on the Idaho-Maryland Mine project after reading my brief report in Yubanet about the City of Grass Valley’s recent letter to David Watkinson, President and CEO of Emgold. In the letter written by Joe Heckel,…
Joe Heckel, City of Grass Valley Development Director, on October 22, 2010 sent a letter to David Watkinson, President and CEO of Idaho-Maryland Mining Corporation, giving the mining company until April 8, 2011 to submit “an updated application package and the appropriate funding” for processing its project, or else the city would “consider the application withdrawn…
David Watkinson, President and CEO of Emgold Corporation, recently sent a letter to Tom Last, City of Grass Valley Planning Director, in which he said that “we would like to confirm that our permit application is still active and ongoing and request that the City continue to treat it as active unless notified otherwise by IMMC.” That’s…
The Union’s front-page today features an article, “Who’s Blowing Smoke?”, about CLAIM-GV’s photographic rendering of the impact of the Idaho-Maryland Mine — should it re-open — on the Grass Valley skyline. The article includes — finally for The Union! — a discussion of Dunn Capital Partners’ recent press release containing severe criticisms of the…
The following is an accurate photographic projection, a photograph edited to reflect the likely appearance of the Grass Valley skyline if the Idaho-Maryland Mine were to reopen and go into full operation. It was done by researchers for the local group, “Citizens Looking at the Impact of Mining” (CLAIM-GV), in consultation with officials in…