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Scorpio Gold (TSXV:SGN) has been issued a Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Environmental Assessment for the Mineral Ridge Mine Mary LC Satellite Deposit Project Amendment by the Bureau of Land Management Tonopah Field Office.
Mineral Ridge Gold, LLC, Scorpio Gold’s 70% owned US subsidiary, submitted an Amendment to the Plan of Operations for an increase in the surface disturbance at Mineral Ridge, to facilitate the development of the previously authorized Mineral Ridge Mine Project operations. Proposed activities include expansion of the Plan of Operations boundary, the addition of the Bluelite and Solberry pits, and reallocation and increase of exploration disturbance areas.
As quoted in the press release:
Scorpio Gold’s 70% owned US subsidiary, Mineral Ridge Gold, LLC, submitted an Amendment to the Plan of Operations to increase the surface disturbance at Mineral Ridge from approximately 612 acres to approximately 906 acres (448 acres BLM administered land; 458 acres private land) to facilitate the development of the previously authorized Mineral Ridge Mine Project operations. The major components of the proposed activities include: expansion of the Plan of Operations boundary; addition to operations of the Bluelite and Solberry pits; addition of two new waste rock disposal areas; addition of a physical barrier to public access near the crusher; and reallocation and increase of exploration disturbance areas.
Scorpio Gold CEO, Peter Hawley, said:
We are very pleased that our Amendment to the Plan of Operations has been accepted by the State and Federal regulators. I would like to thank everyone involved from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Land Management and the various contractors who all came together and assisted the Mineral Ridge staff in this process. This approval allows us to move forward with our scheduled mining at the Bluelite and Solberry pits in Q2 2015. Unique to the Bluelite and Solberry deposits is that neither has been mined before, hence their high-grade core zones are preserved and expected to positively impact the grade of ore being processed at both Mineral Ridge and the Company’s 100% owned Goldwedge mill facility.
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