Gold mine outside Fairbanks cleared for cyanide heap leach construction

Thu, July 26, 2007
Posted in Alaska News

The operator of the state’s largest gold mine hopes to begin construction of a proposed heap leach facility later this summer. The project at Fort Knox Mine has undergone extensive scrutiny given the technology’s tainted history in the West.

Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks

Fort Knox heap leach documents at the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land & Water
Fort Knox Mine is owned by Kinross Gold Corporation in Canada

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