Now,
the state mining board wants Red Arrow Gold Corp. to repay the money,
and it moved Wednesday to revoke the company’s mining permit.
Red
Arrow owner Craig Liukko did not attend Wednesday’s hearing in Denver,
but in letters to regulators, he blamed the problems on a former
business partner and a receiver appointed by a bankruptcy court, who has
controlled access to Red Arrow’s property since April.
The
state excavated and isolated soil at the mill, and it isn’t currently
presenting a hazard, said Loretta Pineda, director of the Division of
Reclamation, Mining and Safety.
“I think at the present, we’re good,” she said.
More mercury remains to be removed from the Out West mine north of U.S. Highway 160, mining inspectors said.
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