PolyMet Statement on Environmental Review Timeline

PolyMet Mining Corp. (TSX:POM)(NYSE Amex:PLM) reported that the state and federal Agencies responsible for review of PolyMet’s project are working diligently to analyze public comments and recommendations in order determine the best way to complete the environmental review process.

The press release is quoted as saying:

In October 2009 the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the US Army Corps. of Engineers (USACE), the Lead Agencies, completed the draft EIS reviewing PolyMet’s project. The project includes the Erie Plant and the nearby development-stage NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore-body, located near Hoyt Lakes in the established mining district of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota.

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