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Submit a comment in support of HB 1722: prohibits cyanide use in mineral mining

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 17, 2023 | Gold Mining

Protect our Water! Thanks to Press Pause Coalition, for writing House Bill 1722 and finding Delegate Simonds to patron it. Now it’s up to us to get the comments to the General Assembly. Use this link to find the bill. Click on view comments. See what others have...

Community needs larger role in gold mining discussion

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 14, 2023 | Gold Mining

Brian Carlton, Editor of the Farmville Herald, has been following the gold mining issue closely. In 2 articles last week, he follows the formation of the gold mining committee by the Buckingham Board of Supervisors. The committee was approved at the 12-12-2022 Board...

DRILLING FOR GOLD OpEd Column: Gold mining in Virginia has the makings of an environmental disaster by Jessica Sims

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 7, 2023 | Gold Mining

In 2020, Buckingham County residents discovered that a mineral exploration company, Aston Bay, had been performing exploratory drilling for gold in their county since the previous year. Why had Aston Bay looked to Virginia as a prospecting location for new,...

Newsletter #155: Buckingham campaign to stop gold mining forges on

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 5, 2023 | Gold Mining, Newsletter

Media articles on State Gold Study Final Report Release

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 16, 2022 | Gold Mining

On December 2, the State Agency Committee (SAC), tasked with the study of large-scale gold mining and the industry’s potential impacts on communities and their watersheds in Virginia released its public report “Potential Impacts of Gold Mining and Processing in the...

George Neall, retired miner, concerned environmentalist, gives commentary on the final SAC report

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 12, 2022 | Gold Mining

George Neall, current farmer, retired miner, has been serving us a steady stream of pertinent information on mining, which has been helpful in educating us to the history and facts of the business. George served on the State Agency Committee (SAC), tasked “to...
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