Archive of News Articles regarding IMM

• Deep Freeze for Canadian Commodities   "One of the worst places for performing markets on the planet over the last year is the TSX Venture Exchange."  (home of Emgold)  "From a high of 2735 in May 2008 to its current 902 level...."
• Link between Lava Cap Mine Super Fund Site and IMM   While EPA thinks a link between the contaminated Lava Cap water and IMM is unlikely, they cannot rule it out and indicate they will test for the possibility that a link exists. See p.153 of the PDF.
• What happens to local towns after mines contaminate their water? This is one story.   "...250 people with orange and black water in their taps, tubs and toilets are suing eight coal companies they believe poisoned their wells by pumping mine wastes into former underground mines."
• Gold is the duddest of dud investments  "According to Merrill Lynch, gold is "the duddest of dud investments." Ever since the U.S. dollar went off the gold standard, gold has had no special value as a commodity, with only 280 tons going to industrial uses per year. More than 85 percent of gold mined today will end up as jewelry tomorrow. Gold mining is not an essential industry like the harvesting of food or even paper production. It is certainly not sustainable, nor is it just."
• YubaNet series of articles on IMM. Very informative and worth the effort to read.
• Basics of Gold Mining Effects  "Excavated ore is pulverized into a fine powder in order to free the gold. The powder is combined with water to form a muddy mix called a slurry. It is at this point that the ore is treated with a liquid solvent (cyanide) to dissolve the gold."
• Renewed Mining Rattles Old Towns   "When there are explosions, you can feel the whole town shake...today's new, massive and more intrusive mines may endanger the picturesque old towns that stand atop the deposits, threatening centuries-old buildings..."