Mines Management Updates Permitting Activities at the Montanore Project

 

SPOKANE, WA - Mines Management, Inc. reported that the public comment period for the re-permitting process for the Company’s Montanore Silver-Copper Project concluded on June 29, 2009. The 120-day period began upon completion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (ÒEISÓ), and allowed the public to review the Draft EIS and provide comments to the governmental agencies overseeing the re-permitting process.

Glenn M. Dobbs, the Company’s President and CEO, commented, Completion of the public comment period marks the conclusion of an important step in the process to re-permit the Montanore Silver-Copper Project, and significant advancement through the final stage of activities toward completion of the Final EIS. We began the process to re-permit the Montanore in 2005, and have been gratified with both the support we have received from the community in the vicinity of the proposed mine, and the substantial work conducted by all those involved in the environmental review process. We look forward to completing the remaining steps required for final permitting of mining activities.

The remaining steps in the process include the selection of preferred alternatives, a biological assessment, and drafting and editing of the Final EIS document, which would be followed by the issuance of a Record of Decision.

The Montanore was originally discovered and explored in the 1980’s, received mining and environmental approval, and advanced through preliminary engineering during the 1990’s.

The company’s address is 905 West Riverside Ave., Suite 311, Spokane, WA 99201, 509-838-6050.