Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. has cleared another major permitting hurdle with the approval of the two most critical Baseline Data Reports (BDRs) related to key environmental aspects of its proposed Grassy Mountain high-grade underground gold mine in Oregon. The reports cover water and geochemistry.
“With the approval of these BDRs, the DOGAMI and all other participating agencies will shift focus to completing their review of the company’s most recent Consolidated Permit Application (CPA) to determine completeness, which is a key step in the approval process,” Paramount President and COO Glen Van Treek said. “The company continues to work collaboratively with all state agencies to ensure a complete application.”
Once the Consolidate Permit Application is complete, the state will initiate the Environmental Assessment, which incorporates all the 22 pre-approved BDRs plus the Cultural Resource Report, and will direct the permitting agencies to write draft permits.
On June 30, two separate public meetings were held by Oregon State regulators to approve the geochemistry and groundwater BDRs as complete.
The Grassy Mountain Gold Project consists of approximately 8,200 acres located on private and BLM land in Malheur County, Oregon.
