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U.S. Forest Service Rejects Appeal of Environmental Assessment.
U.S. Forest Service Rejects Appeal of Environmental Assessment..
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[{"type":"text","content":"Vancouver, Canada, May 17, 2011. – Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines (TSX.V: MSQ; US OTCQX: MQCMF - “Mosquito” or the “Company”) today announced that the U.S. Forest Service, Intermountain Region, has rejected the appeal of the Environmental Assessment for the CuMo Exploration Project. This decision provides authorization for Mosquito to begin its exploratory drilling program in early June 2011 on National Forest land about 14 miles northwest of Idaho City, Idaho .“We are pleased to be able to move forward with the exploration,” said Shaun Dykes, CuMo project manager. “It will provide valuable information about the nature of the mineral deposit and also create at least 50 jobs in the Boise County area throughout the summer. The Forest Service’s environmental specialists and their consultants have done a very thorough job on the Environmental Assessment. This analysis has reaffirmed that the proposed activities would have no significant impact on the environment, including water resources in the region.”According to Mr. Dykes, “The exploration will be carried out to comply with all of the Forest Service’s protective requirements. If exploration someday leads to mine development, we intend to carry out substantial restoration work on lands that were already heavily mined in past years by other companies.” Last month, Mosquito announced that the Company’s preliminary site exploration has determined the potential for six billion tons of metals containing molybdenum, copper, silver and tungsten. This resource estimate, if confirmed by future scientific measurements through exploratory drilling, would be one of the largest concentrations of combined minerals of this type in the world.CuMo’s exploration is expected to begin in June 2011 on approximately 2,900 acres of the Boise National Forest. The exploration will involve construction of up to 10.2 miles of temporary roads and up to 137 drill sites. Since the summer of 2010, when the Environmental Assessment was released for public comment, the CuMo project team has held onsite information sessions with environmental groups, conducted public hearings and established a website for project updates at www.cumoproject.com. Mosquito pledges to continue to work with community, civic and environmen...