Waterton plans new US gold mine

Investment firm Waterton Global Resource Management has announced the receipt of the environment impact statement for its Gemfield project, near Las Vegas, Nevada, making the project one of only a handful of fully permitted, shovel-ready gold mines in the US.

The Gemfield project is located near the town of Goldfield and is part of a prospective land package owned consisting of about 6 000 ha and 1 150 mining claims.