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Mosquito Rejects Claims in Cumo Procedural Appeal
Mosquito Rejects Claims in Cumo Procedural Appeal.
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[{"type":"text","content":"Vancouver, April 6, 2011 – Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines Limited (Mosquito – TSX Venture: MSQ) today announced that it has received notice that an administrative appeal was filed by the Idaho Conservation League and other environmental organizations regarding the Environmental Assessment conducted by the U.S. Forest Service for the CuMo Exploration Project. By rule, the Forest Service has to act on the appeal within 45 daysMosquito has done a preliminary examination of the appeal of the U.S. Forest Service Environmental Assessment for the CuMo Exploration Project and found several claims to be inaccurate and without merit, improving the likelihood that the Assessment will be affirmed and the proposed exploration will proceed as scheduled. \"The Forest Service spent hundreds of hours of thorough and detailed scientific analysis in order to complete their due diligence on the Environmental Assessment. We trust in their finding that the exploration will result in few measurable environmental impacts, and in fact, will improve conditions over those anticipated under a ‘no action’ alternative,\" said Shaun Dykes, CuMo project manager. \"In addition to the improved conditions anticipated by the Environmental Assessment, we heard from many residents of Boise County during the public hearing process and nearly 80% were in the support of the project with the confidence that our environmental practices were among the most stringent in the industry.\" Among the inaccurate claims in the appeal: Riparian Conservation Areas (RCAs) not adequate - The standard of 300 feet on either side of Grimes Creek, not only applies, but has been extended to 500 feet in accordance with Mosquito Gold's corporate standard.Percentage of shade trees not adequate - The proposed area for CuMo exploration where any intermittent stream crossings may be constructed are at elevations, and in areas that contain few trees. No shade trees will be affected by any of the work.Stream temperatures may be impacted - None of the CuMo exploration activities will impact stream temperatures, either directly or indirectly.Allowing mine waste in RCAs - Any mine waste in the region would be a result of previous gold mine efforts in the 1930's. The CuMo exploration project would not produce any waste in the RCAs...