BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Bureau of Land Management, Mount Lewis Field Office, plans to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Gibellini Mine Project.
A public scoping period on the project ends May 29. Written comments will be accepted until that date.
The BLM has scheduled a public scoping meeting on May 14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Eureka County Opera House, 31 S. Main St., in Eureka.
Comment forms will be available at the meeting. Representatives from American Vanadium US, Inc., and the BLM will be present to answer questions.
American Vanadium US Inc. proposes to construct, operate, reclaim, and close an open pit, heap leach, vanadium mining operation. The proposed project also includes a water and communications corridor extending 6.5 miles from the Fish Creek Ranch to the proposed project area and a power corridor generally paralleling the Fish Creek Road to Highway 50.
The proposed Gibellini Mine Project would be located approximately 27 miles south of Eureka in Eureka and White Pine counties. The proposed project area contains approximately 7,697 acres of public land managed by the Mount Lewis Field Office; of that area, approximately 730 acres of disturbance is proposed.
For this proposed project, vanadium would be used in an electrolyte solution in the development of new energy storage technology. A photovoltaic solar field would be built at the mine to demonstrate the new battery technology on-site.
The life of the mine would be approximately 10 years. During the production phase of the project, American Vanadium US, Inc. anticipates a workforce of approximately 120 employees.
Interested individuals should address all written comments to the BLM Mount Lewis Field Office, 50 Bastian Road, Battle Mountain, NV, 89820, Attn: Gloria Tibbetts or via fax at (775) 635-4034. Comments may be also submitted via email at: BLM_NV_BMDO_GibelliniProject@blm.gov.
For more information, contact Gloria Tibbetts, BLM Mount Lewis Planning and Environmental Coordinator, at (775) 635-4060 or gtibbetts@blm.gov.
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