Completion of Public Hearings for Columbus Gold's Montagne d'Or Gold Project; Support for Development of Montagne d'Or Remains Widespread
Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 7, 2018.
Columbus Gold Corp. (CGT: TSX, CGTFF: OTCQX) ("Columbus") is pleased to provide a permitting update for the Montagne d'Or gold mine project located in French Guiana, France. As required by French legislation, public hearings for Montagne d'Or were organized by the French National Commission of Public Debate (CNDP). They were completed on July 7th, 2018. In total, 14 public information meetings and workshops were held at various locations around French Guiana.
The next phase of the public consultation process is for the CNDP to create a report based on all the opinions, questions, commentaries and contributions received from stakeholders during the public hearings. The report is due to be published no later than September 7th, 2018. Following the publication of the report, the Montagne d'Or joint venture (Columbus 44.99% and Nordgold 55.01%) will have three months to make a public announcement regarding its plans, or modifications thereunder, to develop Montagne d'Or.
Like most mining projects, there is some NGO opposition to Montagne d'Or, which was expressed during the public hearings. However, Montagne d'Or has received widespread support from numerous local socio-economic groups, three out of the four local workers' trade unions, and a majority of the elected representatives of French Guiana, including Rodolphe Alexandre, the President of French Guiana, whom publicly stated: "I've always said that I support the gold mining sector... replacing illegal mining by legal mining".
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Soweit der momentane Status.
saludos