PRESS RELEASE: CEA Foundation Weighs in on Rise Gold’s Vested Rights Petition
Claiming a ‘right to mine’ after a 67-Year closure is absurd. Local opposition leader CEA Foundation provided a review and analysis of...
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Former B.C. mining mogul fined $30,000 for past environmental infractions
Recent Rise Gold CEO, Ben Mossman, was CEO and Mine Manager of Banks Island Gold in British Columbia in 2015 when environmental...
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CEA Responds To Vested Rights Maneuver
"..the biggest challenge for Rise Gold is to prove that mining activities have been ongoing continuously since before the current use...
Rise Gold may apply for “vested right to mine”
Required public hearing will delay BOS decision on Rise Gold application. Read the full article in YubaNet. Excerpts from a YubaNet...
Press RELEASE: Rise Gold seeks to side-step requirements for mining use permit
Rise Gold is attempting to circumvent the County’s permitting process by claiming they have “vested rights” to mine. For Immediate...
Man behind plan to reopen Grass Valley gold mine faced charges. Here are the verdicts.
"Ben Mossman, the man behind a controversial plan to reopen a shuttered gold mine in Grass Valley, has been found guilty of 13...
Rise Gold’s CEO found guilty on 13 counts in British Columbia retrial
"When people show you who they are, believe them the first time." Ben Mossman was found guilty of 13 charges related to discharging...
The Allegations in Rise's Complaint letter are Meritless
CEA Foundation attorneys analyzed Rise Gold's 164-page complaint letter claiming unfair treatment and lack of due process in reaction to...
CEA Board of Directors: Just say no - The mine can’t be fixed
Supervisors will make the final vote in October. The unavoidable reality is... you can’t fix this project. It sits in the middle of a...
Community Reacts to Rise Gold's Temper Tantrum
Rise Gold wasn't happy when Nevada County Planning Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend a NO vote on both the Idaho-Maryland Mine...
How the $100 million proposed reopening of a former gold mine has angered Grass Valley
"Sixty-eight years have passed since the Idaho-Maryland Mine operated in this small city in the Sierra Nevada foothills, about 50 miles...
Earthshaking News: Planning Commission Rejects Mine
We won a pivotal victory! All five Planning Commissioners voted unanimously against the Idaho-Maryland Mine at the end of Nevada County's...
Press Release: Planning commission recommends No to Foothills Gold Mine
For Immediate Release: May 13, 2023 Contacts: Traci Sheehan Community Environmental Advocates Foundation traci@cea-nc.org PRESS RELEASE...
Marianne Boll-See: Local well owners organize in advance of meeting on proposed mine's reopening
"Grass Valley property owners gathered on Thursday evening to organize and sign a group letter from the Wells Coalition to present to...
Press Release: MineWatch Coalition Delivers Final Comments to Board of Supervisors
For Immediate Release: April 5, 2022 Contacts: Traci Sheehan Community Environmental Advocates Foundation traci@cea-nc.org 25 Groups Call...
Just Say No': Supervisors asked to deny mine's reopening
“We will ask you to just say no, please do not certify this flawed EIR and do not approve the project,” said Laurie Oberholtzer to the...
Press Release: Community Weighs in on Mine’s Economic Report
For Immediate Release: December 23, 2022 Contacts: Traci Sheehan Community Environmental Advocates Foundation traci@cea-nc.org Community...
‘They’ll be around their whole lives breathing this toxic soup’
Mine impacts scrutinized during public meeting The Union newspaper covered a recent public forum hosted by the Universalist Unitarian...
Press Release: 250 Businesses reject idaho-maryland mine proposal
Opposition to the Idaho-Maryland Mine runs deep in Nevada County. 150 business leaders submitted a letter to the County Supervisors. In...
CONTROVERSY - RISE GOLD "STUFFING THE BALLOT BOX"
During the comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Report, Rise Gold submitted 1,600 reply cards and form letters as “comments”...
A new gold rush pits money and jobs against California’s environment
Companies are seeking to open old mines and explore in new sensitive regions, amid resistance from Californians who want the Gold Rush to...
Press Release: Community Submits Petition Signatures Opposing Gold Mine
Over 5,500 signatures From Nevada County residents and others were collected online and in person by an army of volunteers... showing...
A California gold mine’s toxic legacy: Inside the fight over reopening a treasure trove
For five years Rise Grass Valley has been trying to get a permit, but the people of Grass Valley are overwhelmingly rejecting the mine....
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