Environmental & Energy
Dec. 24, 2024
Owners of disused Gold Rush mine sued over wastewater
After the Idaho-Maryland mine in Nevada County halted operations in the mid-1950s, subsurface workings were allowed to flood for seven decades, bringing arsenic, iron, manganese, ammonia and other chemicals to the surface and into Wolf Creek, the lawsuit claimed.
An environmental group sued the new owners of what was once one of the most productive gold mines in the world, accusing them of being responsible for toxic wastewater discharge. The dispute comes as the need for green energy and battery technology has increased the demand for gold, making previously uneconomical mines worth reopening.
Rise Gold Corp. bought the Idaho-Maryland mine in Nevada County in 2017. In a separate case, it sued the county in May in a bid to reopen the mine....
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