US selects proposed plan for open-pit gold mines in Idaho
The Yellow Pine Pit open-pit gold mine in the Stibnite Mining District in central Idaho, where a company hopes to start mining again, Sept. 19, 2018. The U.S. Forest Service on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, made public an environmental study for British Columbia-based Perpetua Resources' Stibnite Gold Project about 40 miles east of McCall. (Riley Bunch/The Idaho Press-Tribune via AP, File)
By KEITH RIDLER
Associated Press
BOISE — A plan for three open-pit gold mines in salmon habitat in east-central Idaho is one step closer to approval after the U.S...
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