Open pit, cyanide-leach mines are costing Montana taxpayers millions in reclamation costs. |
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FACT: The State of Montana currently faces a potential liability of approximately $40 million in reclamation and water treatment costs at the Zortman-Landusky, Beal Mountain and Kendall mines.
FACT: To date, the State and federal agencies have spent $5 million in public funds to address water pollution at the Beal Mountain Mine. Long trumpeted by industry as a "state of the art" open-pit cyanide leach mine, the Beal Mountain mine is now in the federal Superfund program.
FACT: The State and federal agencies have so far spent more than $4 million to deal with reclamation and pollution at the Zortman-Landusky mines.
FACT: In addition, the state is spending $500,000 in taxpayer funds this year to develop a reclamation plan - long delayed by owner Canyon Resources -- for the Kendall mine. |
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IMAGE CREDITS: "Why should citizens have to clean up Kendall mine?", Great Falls Tribune, January 21, 2001; "Company walks off, leaving state with mine reclamation," Helena Independent Record, June 25, 1999; Cyanide solution contaminated springs and streams by Idaho's Grouse Creek Mine (shown in photo) in 1995, prompting the Forest Service to warn the public about drinking the water, by Lynn Stone; "Zortman/Landusky cleanup draining state," Helena Independent Record, October 8, 1998. |
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Save the Blackfoot. Vote NO on I-147. - Paul Roos, treasurer - P.O. Box 68, Ovando, MT 59854 - info@nocyanide.org |
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