Completion Of Environmental Permitting Process For Relief Canyon Mine

 

LAKEWOOD, CO - Pershing Gold Corporation has successfully completed the environmental permitting process and has secured all of the permits necessary to restart and expand the Relief Canyon Mine. The permits fully authorize Pershing Gold to begin mining and heap leach processing of the Relief Canyon deposit. Mining activities and facilities covered by the permits include: expanding and deepening the open-pit mine, constructing a new waste rock storage area, significantly increasing the exploration drilling area to allow testing of high-priority targets around the existing pit, installing and operating the mercury emission control equipment in the processing plant, and operating the crusher and other equipment at the heap leach processing facilities.

"The successful acquisition of these permits is a major milestone for the Company that significantly advances our ability to begin production at the Relief Canyon Mine," stated Stephen Alfers, Chairman, CEO, and President of Pershing Gold. "We thank BLM and NDEP for all of their hard work in carefully reviewing and approving our permit applications for the Relief Canyon Mine."