Nevada Excellence in Mine Reclamation Award Winners Named

CARSON CITY, NV – The Nevada Excellence in Mine Reclamation Awards for 2019 will be presented on September 7, 2019 at the annual Nevada Mining Association Convention in South Lake Tahoe. Six awards will presented this year:

• Paramount Gold Nevada will receive an award for Post-Mining Land Use Planning for the Sleeper Mine Pit Lake Water Quality Project in Humboldt County.
• B2Gold Corporation will receive an award for Exploration Project Reclamation for their exceptional work in at the Rockland Exploration Drilling Project within the Toiyabe National Forest
  in Lyon County.
• Nevada Gold Mines will receive an award for Legacy Remediation and Closure for their work in reclaiming the Butte Canyon Historic Waste Rock Facility in Lander County.
• Barrick Gold USA will receive an award for Pit Lake Remediation for the Bullfrog Mine Partial Pit Backfill in Nye County.
• Western Exploration LLC will receive an award for Concurrent Exploration Reclamation for their Doby George Exploration Project within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Elko County.
• Newmont USA Limited will receive an award for Abandoned Mines Hazard Mitigation for the Buttes Exploration Project Reclamation in Elko County.

The Goal of the annual State Reclamation Awards is to encourage operators and explorers to submit sound reclamation plans, raise industry standards, and increase public awareness of the positive aspects of mining, and encourage innovation in reclamation techniques. “This year’s award winners met these goals and are to be commended for their efforts”, said Rich Perry, Administrator of the Nevada Division of Minerals. “By sharing their work efforts with others, the Nevada Mining and Exploration industries continue to lead the Nation in successful reclamation, community partnerships and environmental protection practices.”

This is the 28th year of the Nevada Excellence in Mine Reclamation Awards. The Awards Committee consists of representatives from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, the Nevada
Department of Wildlife, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Forest Service and the Division of Minerals. Each entry or nomination is visited by the Awards Committee as a group in July of each year. In order to receive an award, the Committee must unanimously vote that the submission or nomination is above and beyond what is mandated, and is a worthy example to share with others in the industry. For more information about submitting an entry or nominating an entity for the award, visit the Division of Minerals web site at http://minerals.nv.gov.