South Carolina mine sparks mini-gold rush to the Southeast

[gremlin]

I wonder what happen to the usa mineing companys.

A Canadian mining company and a tiny South Carolina town are leading what could be a modern gold rush to the southeastern United States.

Romarco Minerals Inc. reopened the historic Haile Gold Mine near Kershaw, S.C., this year and expects to pour its first gold bar there in early 2014, Chief Executive Diane Garrett told Reuters this week.

Once environmental impact studies and permits are complete, Haile will be the only modern gold mine east of the Mississippi River, Garrett said, and the first since the Kennecott Minerals mine closed in Ridgeway, S.C., in 1999.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/ ... FU20111015

[Gramps43]

Several people are going to get new Bimmers out of this deal.

Gramps

[Gold Seeker]

You can bet your bottom dollar that the environuts are all over this and they are!!

I live about 150 miles south of where this is going and I keep up with all of the setbacks, they were already to go with getting the permits and the environuts jumped in and made sure that they did anything they could do to make it as hard as possible to get the go ahead, now they have to do another environmental impact study (they had already done one) to show among other things how they will "relocate" the "Heelsplitter mussels" they encounter as they "destroy" wetlands in mining the land, they of course have to submit a reclamation plan on how they will replace these wetlands, it's the show that never ends, they will be lucky to get the permits and start mining is the general consensus at this time, if they do get the permit within the next 2 years it will be a miracle!!!


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[Hoser John]

I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES

[CalGoldDredger]

Miracles happen, got another fine nug today and ain't got caught doing so.
Wasn't highbanking, tell ya that, don't have the cash for those sort of fines. I'll stick to what I brought.

[russau]

goodluck John! hope you find that big one your looking for!