Midas Gold, which is seeking approval to mine for gold in Idaho, has added the US Forest Service (USFS) as a party in a lawsuit over water quality concerns near its Stibnite gold project site.
Midas Gold is being sued by the Nez Perce Tribe, but the Canadian company contends that the water quality concerns stemmed from activities that occurred decades ago – before the company existed.
In a statement by Midas Gold Idaho CEO Laurel Sayer, the company stated that it had never mined at any of the locations where the Nez Perce Tribe had identified water quality issued. It also said that some of the specific environmental issued mentioned in the lawsuit had taken place on land owned and managed by the USFS, including areas outside the proposed Stibnite project footprint.